Memorial Day/Hurricane Harbor trip

Hey for 3 day weekends! We had a fun weekend and surprised the boys with a trip to Hurricane Harbor on Sunday. It's right next to Six Flags Magic Mountain and is the Kansas version of Oceans of Fun. The boys had a blast and were so excited! Lots of people, water, lines and sun! :) We spent the whole day there and would go back again. Next, 5 1/2 days of school left and summer begins!

Birthday-Mother's Day Celebration!

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, I had a very nice day! The boys didn't know which to celebrate so we just called it Mother's day. Derrik did take me out Monday to celebrate my birthday so both days were equally recognized! ;)


My three treasures

We had a nice breakfast out!

Birthday cheesecake with the 3-5 candles!

Cowboy Festival

We headed back to Melody Ranch for this year's Cowboy Festival. Here are some photos from our trip. The ranch is a location for many western movies and has a museum that displays some items used in movies (Hulk statue).

Our Easter

We had a very quiet Easter but enjoyed it very much. We spent Easter morning looking (and eating) through the baskets and hunting Easter eggs. We then attended the morning service at church. It was a nice, relaxing day and it ended our spring break nicely!

Spring Break Day 5: Bowlin' it to You!

We took the whole family bowling yesterday! I helped (or supervised) Ashton while he learned how to "take turns" with the rest of the family. It was his first time bowling except for wii, of course.
Well, thanks for hanging out with us during our spring break. It was fun and I think the boys had a great week! Have a happy Easter everyone!

Spring Break Day 4: Zooing It

This is my 200th post! Wow!

We took the kids to the L.A. zoo yesterday. It was Ashton's first trip and he enjoyed seeing all the animals! It was a lot of walking and we didn't plan on Ashton's short legs not handling all of it so Derrik did a lot of carrying him. We all had fun!














The above pictures are "borrowed." :) Don't tell! (shhh!)

Spring Break Day 3: Egg-citing times!

I had to work today so we spent the day decorating eggs! Fun times:

First, Mommy has to blow out some eggs. Whew!









Then we can decorate!

















Here are some emergency vehicles we created.









And the final product!

Spring Break Day 2: All Aboard!

We went to Travel Town today and got to climb on the trains. The boys were in their element and had a blast! Here you go:

Spring Break Day 1: Let's Go to the Farm

I promised myself I wouldn't do this again this year! But, the boys look forward to seeing their daily adventures on the blog and I love to make them happy so, here we go!
Day 1: We went to Underwood Family Farms in Moorpark and picked strawberries! They have a large farm, complete with animals and little rides for the kids. Check it out:






















Here is the "fruit" of our labor = STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE! Yum!

Date with Ethan

Derrik and I took Ethan out for dinner on his birthday. We went to Elephant Bar and gave him our last and final gift: the black Nintendo DS he's been dreaming of FOREVER! We included the Lego Star Wars complete saga game that he's also been wanting FOREVER! I'd say he had a great birthday. I know we're proud of him and so thankful that he's in our lives. And, it's official....he's 10!

Ethan's Birthday Party

We celebrated Ethan last Sunday with a party! We took several of his friends out to see "Monsters vs. Aliens" and then went back to our house for cake and ice cream. Did you know that nine and ten year-old boys make a lot of noise? It's true, yep. Lots of noise.
Anyway, here's a few pictures of the day:

Doin' the Spring thang!

This photo reminds me of water fights on Ranser.
(Do Grandma Bonnie, Uncle Greg, Aunt Stephanie and Aunt Kristin remember those?)



In theory, this did sound like fun. Upon reflection, I will be staying as far away from that thing as possible.

Pinecar Derby 2009

The boys did their annual pinecar derby last weekend. This was Cameron's first year to enter a car so he was very excited! Derrik even entered a car in the dad races. Cameron won third place for design with "Master Lego" and Derrik won first place with "Domino." We are very proud! Ashton got in on the action at home with our homeade ramp and his own car.