Justus - the Cannonball King

Justus loves to swim and really he loves to do cannonballs!! That is his most favorite thing to do. Here are some pics of him in action:

Kitty Cats

My sister got two baby kittens the other week. The kids love to go see them and play. The kittens were orphaned by their mom who prob got killed (they are from the mountains) so Katie had to bottle feed the little black one. They dont have names yet cause were still not sure if they are boys or girls. The orange one is Kaleighs and the black one is Alis.

One last Hoorah

School is right around the corner and so the kids and I along with my sis and her girls decided we needed one last Hoorah before school started. So off to the beach we went.

Katie and I hung out in the chairs

While the kids played in the sand

We ate lunch - beach hot dogs, and the girls had snow cones

The kids were pretty tuckered by the time we drove home

Good times!!

Goodbye Jane....Hello Laura

Ive finished reading all of Jane Austen works. I absolutely loved them!

Now Im onto Laura Bush's book, Spoken from the Heart.

Havens first "real" haircut

I have cut Havens hair myself once or twice, maybe even three times. But it was time for a real hair cut. The last time I cut it, it wasnt very even.

So off to see Nicole we went. Haven got to sit in Nicoles "Beauty" seat (as opposed to when Justus goes to the kid place and sits in the taxi or firetruck) and get beautiful. Haven ran right to her and into her arms.

Nicole straightened her hair and then gave her a nice trim to make her hair smooth and even.

Playland..... precursor to Disneyland

We have planned a trip for Disneyland. I am SOOOOO excited as it will be our first time taking the kids. Well, Justus has had an aversion to rides so I had the great scheme in mind to take him to Playland. Not only is Playland fun, it would be a low cost way to expose J to rides. Also, the bonus is you get to go to Storyland too. What fun!!!

So when I saw Groupon had deal tickets I immediately jumped on it. Thankfully, friend Ashley did as well and since today was supposed to be rather mild (95 instead of 105....and with a cool morning) we decided today was the day.

Justus LOVED it all and I was so happily surprised. Haven on the other hand wasnt quite as thrilled though she at least attempted most of the rides even if she wasnt thrilled by them.

At Playland....They rode the carousel multiple times.

The helicopters were fun. They even made theirs go up super high!!

Riding the cars was Justus favorite!

Haven on the roller coaster

Justus in the front row roller coaster
Train ride take 1...it ran out of gas
Train ride take 2...on our way to Storyland

At Storyland....of course the kids were not so much into hearing the stories as they were playing on all the play equipment.

Here we attempted to get a cute pic of all the kids, but as you can see....it didnt work out so well.
Haven loved the idea of being on the throne, even tho she was upset to even go into the castle.

Hopscotch....timeless classic.

Gymnastics

Haven started gymnastics today. When we first were signing her up she told me she didnt want to go. But then when I actually took her to watch a class she was all over it and couldnt wait to start. So today was week one.

There are only 2 other kids in her class so that works out well since she really has no idea of how to do anything. Kaleigh came with me today which was super helpful. The lesson is 45 minutes long and Justus and Sawyer have to just hang out while she does her thing. Both kids were good, which was nice.

I didnt get very many pics beacuse:

a) youre not supposed to have flash photography

b) I had to watch Sawyer and make sure he didnt fall off the bleachers

Here are the few I did happen to capture. Hopefully when Justus starts school Ill be able to get a few better ones.