December Sun!

It is December and my kids are playing outside in the sun and swinging on the back porch. Gotta love California!

We celebrated my friend Shaun's 29th b-day at the country club. Great food!!! I love going "Home" and seeing the beauty that surrounds me. The flowers are my dad's at work. Jacob spent the day at Carmel Beach with the twins while Ellie and I got pedicures with my mom. Wish everyday was a vacation! Loved watching Jason at therapy. He is standing in a "stand frame" now for about 20 minutes. It's great to see him on his feet. Thanksgiving was filled with food and family. Now, it is time for christmas parades, hot cocoa, and enjoying my children play with the nativity sets. Our lives can be stressful, crazy, and hard but when your with the one's you love, life is easy.

Pic of the Day

Here is a pic of Jacob and Cooper. I am loving my Mac and new camera! I edited this photo and love it! Can't wait to practice some more. Love these guys:)

Halloween is over?!!! We started our festivities with a trunk-or-treat on friday @ church. Saturday carved pumpkins and played outside in the beautiful weather!! Trick-or-treated around the block, the kids were done, and wanted to go home to answer the door for all the trick-or-treaters! This is always the best part of Halloween for our kids. Answering the door! We got the most trick-or-treaters this year and it was a lot of fun. Once again Ellie was a cheerleader, last year she will be able to wear that costume, brothers were superman and batman thanks to Aunt Buffy's skills with the capes! We ate candy in the living room and sorted out all the loot! At the end of the night Jacob made the kids try a sour warhead and then he had one himself. Can you tell?!! Love him:)

Cooper

Here is a pic of cooper I took at the park today. Got a new camera from a friend at work to borrow and I think I might just have to buy it from him! I am no professional but the quality is def better than my camera. Love this boy!

2 wheels+2boys=Fun!!!

Guess what the brothers learned this week?!! Riding their bikes with no training wheels! It has been so fun to watch them fully enjoy riding a bike. No offense to Ellie but she doesn't ride her bike a ton and it is not really her "thing". So...with the boys it is a different story! They can't get enough of their bikes! Since the twins were little we did lots outside. It went from stroller rides, to trike rides, to scooter rides, and now bike rides. I took them to the park that has cement wrapped around it so they could get the hang of it. Now, they are in the front yard wanting to show off to all the neighbors! It is funny because they have been riding their bikes with training wheels for about a year now and now that there are no training wheels I guess it is that much better! I love being outside and enjoying the sun and fresh air with these guys! Ellie on the other hand, will have no problem watching Hannah Montana all day wrapped up with a blanket and a cup of hot chocolate. I did not have time to watch t.v. at Ellie's age. I asked my mom if I wanted to watch movies and shows at Ellie's age and she said no! I was busy with school and gymnastics. Which Ellie just passed to Level 2 in gymnastics and will be going 2 days a week now. I think it is genetic. Ellie and Jacob could watch movies all day while me and the twins would be out riding bikes all day! Not sayin one way is better than the other just different, you know what I'm sayin? I better stop talking now. Later.

Football games, reading, Jay comes

My brother Jason came to town for the weekend! Ellie had her primary program at church and my parents and Jay came over for it! Ellie did awesome! She had 3 sentences to read with big words and read it so well! Her reading has really taken off. As you can see she reads to the brothers all the time. It is nice because then I can just sit back and watch! I am glad she is enjoying reading. We have been busy this month so not much posting. I was sick for a good week with pneumonia!!! Well that's what they say it was but I was out for a week in bed mostly! Not fun! Our neighbors/babysitters had their homecoming game and Rachel got Princess! We went last year and her sister Leah got princess! This is Ellie's highlight of October. She is in her element at these games. We sit next to the band, we are down in front near the cheerleaders and she dances to every song that is played! Fireworks are set off after we score a touchdown and we scored a few so that was fun! I found James pumpin' some iron on Jacob's push up bars. It was so cute! He really had good form and was trying to be like "Dad"! When do your kids stop trying to be like you? Oh how I wish I could freeze the twins age right now. I hope they keep their innocence and love for us forever! Love this time of year and we are off to the pumpkin patch tonight! Loved having my parents and Jay in town. I miss them!! Ellie has been telling her class that she is moving to the beach after Christmas...hmm that would be nice! Someday:) I gave my little brother a pep talk about "giving mom and dad a break" I asked him if he wanted to live at home for the rest of his life and he said, "No way!" He is progressing with something every time I see him. I just wish he could be all better today! So, in our culture patience is truly a virtue because we all want it "now" and for Jason his now is going to come... just not "now".