Hilary and Colin

Hilary and Colin came over for dinner on Thursday. Jennie, Tim, and the girls as well as my parents came too.

Hilary fed Colin in Bella's exersaucer, he is a lot bigger than she is, and did not quite fit

Colin would tease Jen and I and act like he wanted us to hold him, until we tried and then he would shy away. But when he had his bottle he let Jennie hold him

Hilary, Colin, Zoey, and Jennie

I had to add a picture of the fresh fruit tart I made. It looked so pretty, and was just as delicious

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

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!!!

Back to the mountains

On Saturday the 23rd we headed back to California. We went back to Running Springs to visit more with friends, and get some things from our house there.

Jackson, Donovan, and Orion

Hannah, Threse, and Heather

Orion and Aaron

Hannah

We looked pretty funny when we left with our truck full of appliances and towing a chevy monza on the back

Visiting Friends

We also got to visit with a lot of friends while we were up in the mountains.

Heather and her son Orion, who is almost 2, came over. Orion was so cute laughing with the boys, and loved Isabella. An arrainged marriage is already in the works! LOL!

Heather and Isabella

Orion loved saying "baby"

Here he is giving her a kiss

And laying on top of her

The kids and I also spent one day at my friend Jenny's house

Jenny with Bella

Jenny's daughter Elizabeth with Isabella