Braids

It is so much fun to have a girl and be able to do her hair!!!! Now I can finally french braid it!

My first attempt

The second attempt (I realized that it was too short for one and I needed to do two)

Just love that little face!

Good Guys Car Show

On Sunday the 30th Corey and I took the kids to the Car Show in Pleasanton. Considering it was my wedding anniversary I think I should win the Wife of the Year Award. LOL We had a great time!

Here are some of the cars

And some motorcycles

The kids having a good time

And ofcourse the boys talked us into buying them a each a car as we were leaving

Easter

The Easter Bunny decided to come early to Grammy Bunny and Papa Bob's house, and came on Saturday. The boys loved finding their baskets and searching for eggs with their cousins.

All 7 kids Easter baskets

Jackson with his new movie

Donovan looking at his basket

showing Bella what the Easter Bunny brought her

Jack looking for eggs

Megan reaching for one

looks like Zoey found a lot

San Francisco

We had alot of fun in San Francisco. We took BART in to the city, then walked to Pier 39 where we had lunch at Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co, rode the merry-go-round, then finished with sundae's at Ghiradelli. YUM!

view from pier 39 of the San Francisco bay

Dave, Corey, Kyle, and Daniel

Kyle in Forrest Gumps shoes with Daniel next to the suitcase

Daniel and Lucy

Bella got her first french fry, which she loved

the kids meal came in cute little boats

Jackson on the merry-go-round (action shot as we are going around)

Donovan

getting off the ride

Beautiful Bella Picture Vote

We take Isabella in to get her pictures done every month to show how much she changes each month during the 1st year. Because of our crazy February we were not able to bring her in for her 6 month pictures. So I had to get creative. I took a sheet off of the bed at the hotel and draped it over the headboard and propped her up. Now I need some help in deciding which picture is best for her 6 month picture

Here are the choices...

pose 1

pose 2

pose 3

pose 4

pose 5

pose 6 - falling over... still haven't quite mastered sitting up for long periods

pose 7 - maybe we should just go with the chewing on the foot pose LOL

CCC Friends

On the way home we made one last stop in Raymond, California to visit some old friends Brandi, Casey, and Kyle. Brandi, Kyle, Corey and I were all in the California Conservation Corps together. That is where I met Corey 10 years ago. We had so much fun seeing them and watching our kids play together! Kiera, who is 6, would have held Bella the whole time if we had let her! Braden, who is almost 4, is right in the middle of my boys ages. Brandi and Casey have 5 acres, so the kids had a blast going wild on their beautiful property.

Kyle and Corey

Brandi and Jessie

Corey, Casey, Kyle, and Van

Kiera holding Isabella

Kiera brought out her stroller she uses for her dolls and pushed Bella around in it

Braden on the tire swing

Kiera helping Donovan on the swing

Jack with his elephant Allie along for the ride

Jack and Van with Braden on the top

How many kids can we fit?

Kiera

Braden

This is what happens when you get 3 toddler boys together

Lots of mud!!!

Chuck E Cheese

On Sunday the 17th we took the kids to Chuck E Cheese. They needed to run around and get a bunch of energy out after being at the hospice so much.

Alexis, Jack, and Van

Jackson and Donovan having a blast!

Alexis having fun too!

playing air hockey

Jaden with Bob the builder

Mommy and Isabella

Aunt Katie and cousin Jaden