Our First Camping Trip

Spring Break Wahoo! We decided to go camping for a couple of nights at Carpinteria State Beach. We have been wanting to get back there since last summer. The camp spots are only a few feet from the beach so when we walked up a little hill this is what we saw.

Here are some pictures from the beach. I know there are a lot of them but I couldn't decide which pictures to leave out so I put most of them in.




















Can you think of a better place to wake up?



Pictures from our camp spot going to the beach.







This is our camp neighbor Abby. Alyssa and Abby had so much fun together in the freezing water. They shadowed each other running around jumping the waves, going out too deep into the ocean, throwing rocks and running to their Daddies.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We all love our homemade pizza so what else would we have for Michael's Birthday dinner? The kids get to make their own because well you can see why we don't eat theirs.

They all got a chance to blow out candles and I'm sure there was quite a bit of slobber by the time we got them all out.



Our friends Janet and Alan took the kids for the evening so Michael and I got to hang out and play Wii for the evening. Thanks!

Do you think he would mind if I mentioned that he fell on his rump trying to bowl?

Helping Out In The Kitchen

If I take out the mop or the broom I have two little Monkeys right on my tail.



Our little bug loves to cook so we pulled out the Easy Bake Oven.

Here she is frosting the "cakes".

We got a thumbs up! She did such a good job.

Hide and Seek

Our favorite game is Hide and Seek. We bought some cute Disney flashlight/lanterns for our upcoming camping trip and we use them to play at night. Michael and I take turns hiding and the kids use their flashlights to find us.

Around the house

Alyssa has definitely turned into a little princess. She has so much fun dressing up and having her picture taken.


I caught a great moment with the camera. Daddy and Lyssabug cooking together.

Punching ballons can entertain them for a good tem minutes or so, but they love having daddy blow up balloons so they can let them go and watch them fly through the air while deflating.

Thi kids had fun making valentine cards for everyone.

Bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles

The kids love making bubble stationary. We put food coloring in the bubbles and they blow them onto the paper.


Jess gave us a great idea for the kids when it is cold outside. We fill up the sink with water and bubbles and let them play with measuring cups and funnels and anything else that will make a mess.


I took Alyssa to Disneyland to celebrate her being potty trained. Wahoo! We brought back a bubble gun for Nathan that lights up and the kids had a blast with all of the bubbles. We had to play with it in the tub because it made tons and tons of bubbles.

Another Christmas

The kids had another entire Christmas with Nana and Tata.







You can tell by the look in Nathan's eyes that he is not happy about sharing his workbench. Notice the princess shoes on our little carpenter? She has six pairs of these shoes and she constantly changes them.