Weekend fun in July

Richard and I took the kids to Gilroy Gardens and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Gilroy Gardens is a botanical gardens with amusment park rides geared to preschool/gradeschool age children. It was the first time Maile has been to an amusment park. Maile and her Daddy had a blast riding rides together. Sawyer even got in on a few of them. Gilroy Gardens was awesome...the only draw back was the heat...man was it hot!!! Its a must see for all you parents of young ones!!

I was having issues with my camera so I was only able to get one shot of Maile at the Aquarium...she loved the fishes and was in shock and awe of them swimming around right in front of her. The Penguins were her favorite...they were coming up to the glass and she was squealing with delight!

It was an awesome weekend. We were celebrating the fact that we had hired our driver back on for a few months!!!! We were in MAJOR need of a break...and some relief! I can't tell you what a difference it has made to have some help here at the tow yard! :-)

Catching up with June

In June Maile started her second round of gymnastics. Its such a wonderful program for her. I love watching her interact with other people. She is learning to follow instructions and gain confidance in herself. She is a great tumbler and can even do the splits! I am sure you will see a lot more photos like these...because we plan to keep her in gymnastics for as long as she will let us!

Sawyer turned 7 months old in June...and man is he a stinking cutie pie!! He rolls alllll over the floor but has yet to crawl. He eats like a champ and can't get enough. He will give anyone the biggest smile around (showing off his two bottom teeth!!) We are so in love with our little guy. Daddy put him in the milk crate one afternoon when we got home from town and I couldn't resist taking a few photos of him...they turned out great!

July 4th fun

Man...I love these kids...love love LOVE these kids!

Tanner -- 4 years old

Maile --2.5 years old

Sawyer -- 8 months

Hope your 4th was wonderful!

Its been so long...

Since we have blogged...I thought I would try to catch up. So here goes...

In May...

Sawyer had his first foods....and he hasn't looked back! :-)

Maile graduated her first session of gymnastics...and was soo proud of her certificate and her medal. She loves everything about gymnastics...and so do we!

We also went camping and boating with some friends...it was so nice to get out for a few days...since we had been working so hard here at the tow yard. It was Sawyer's first time on the boat and we are all pretty excited to be there together!

Easter photos

there were just too cute so I had to share...you've gotta love the one of Maile NOT wanting to take a picture with her brother...poor Sawyer boy! :-)

The Egg Hunt

photos...

Easter 2009

Here are a few pics from our Easter...Maile woke up with a huge huggable Pablo from the Backyardigans! We woke up early and put it in her crib...it was too cute to hear her say..."Look it...Look it!" She loves the Backyardigans and toted Pablo around most of the morning...

She loved her "bucket" and was so excited about the "eggies" especially the ones with candy! She would lick her lips and say.."Yummy Tummy!" LOL

Maile girl

Well...its official...Maile sleeps in her own bed at night!! WOOOOOOT WOOOOOOT! The best part is...she did it on her own! One night she wanted to climb in her bed...so we let her...got her some milk...and a binky (of course) and she went to sleep. The next night we went through a bedtime routine and she quietly went down for the night. Every night its the same routine with the same amazing results. We are beyond thrilled! We typically have to get up 1 or 2 times in the night to rub her back and soothe her..which we are happy to do. She has been in our bed since she was 6 months old...finally we can ALL get some restful sleep! (well...besides the baby boy that nurses 3 times a night!)

So....here she is...our silly...lovey...amazing big girl who sleeps in her bed!! YEAH!

Sawyer

is growing bigger with each passing day! I can NOT believe he is 5 months old! WOW!! He is such a sweet baby...he loves to smile and gets really excited once you make eye contact with him. He is our little love and I find myself holding and hugging him and being sooo grateful that he is my baby boy!

Fun photos..

I love having a photographer in the family! Our niece Crystal just recently moved in with us to finish up Highschool and aside from having an extra pair of hands (which is always nice) She loves taking pictures of my kiddos! YEAH! Here are a few...and yes....once again...thats the dog water!

Today

I love the way Maile looks in this one..she is our little angel





















see the bubble? gross...i know but she loves making spit bubbles...she says "moooom"






















sweet baby boy














We were outside trying to enjoy some beautiful sunshine and I took some sweet pictures of my babies. Its so crazy how big they are getting!

Lets go ride a bike

Tanner got a new "dirt" bike for Christmas. He thinks he is just the coolest of cools. Richard really wanted to get Tanner a REAL dirt bike but was happy to settle for this alternative until Tannerman gets a few years older. The other day Tanner decided to take Maile for a ride and they had a blast!

The many faces of Sawyer

There are only 3 moods to Sawyer right now...Happy...Sleepy...and FUSSY! The last one being his most favorite! You gotta love that face!! I know we do!