Family Pics

This is what happens when you expect Jaxson to hold his smile too long! LOL

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY SYDNEE

Sydnee's birthday was the day before we left for vacation - May 22nd- So we decided to celebrate with the family when we got there. Brynlee turned 1 just the week before Sydnee, so we had a joined family celebration! Sydnee got some cute clothes, books, and a few toys. She had also gotten some gifts from Sam's family before we left. Thanks everyone!

Huntington Beach

Brooks, Chauntae, and Brynlee. Brynlee loved the sand. She didn't hesitate to jump right in and play.

Jaxson holding on for dear life while Grandpa tried to help him ride the boogie board!




Shaye absolutely loved the beach! She would go out by herself if she couldn't recruit anybody in to the cold water. She swam, rode the boogie board, played in the sand, and ran along looking for shells.


Most of the adults stayed on the beach, but Sam and Brooks got in a few times to swim and ride the board.

Jaxson abd Bryden would run out towards the water, and as soon as a wave came in, they would run away!

Sydnee was so adorable playing in the sand. Her swim suit cover came in handy on the cool beach. It would take her a minute to get use to the sand and she would hold her feet out of it and try to shake it off, but once she decided there was no getting away from it, she playing and crawled around.

Disneyland

On Wednesday we went to Disneyland. It was fun... the kids had such a great time! I would like to tell you about each of the pictures individually, but for some reason when I upload pictures it just gives me all the codes and I can't tell where one starts and one stops (is anybody else having this problem?)
The kids loved seeing all the Disney characters. We didn't go through the Princess tour though. Shaye is not really interested in princesses anymore, and with only one day to do the whole park, we had to keep moving. We rode as many rides as we could. Jaxson surprised me by getting on a few roller coasters. Turns out, it was Shaye who was scared to go on the big ones... it is usually the opposite. Jaxson is my one who is usually scared of things. The Matterhorn spooked them a little when we flew past that "monster" at the top of the mountain. Pirates of the Caribbean had them all looking around nervously too!
Everybody loved Small World. Even Sydnee got to take that ride, and as you can see in one of these pictures, she was oooing and pointing at everything.
It was a great time to go. It wasn't too hot, though plenty warm, and the lines weren't that bad either. I was glad we had the chance to take them.

LA Marathon

On Memorial Day Sam and Nicole ran the LA Marathon while we were out in California. They did great! I can't even imagine running over 26 miles. Sam finished in 5 hours 6 minutes, and Nicole was right behind him at 5 hours and 22 minutes. Considering they didn't finish their training, that was awesome! Sam's original goal was to finish in 4 hours, but his trainging got cut a little short due to injuries and the business of selling our house and he only made it up to 16 miles. I believe the farthest Nicole had run before this was a half marathon - 13.2 miles. They were sore for a couple of days, but we went to Disneyland on Wednesday and they were able to walk all day there without a problem. It was a huge accomplish, we were all proud of both of them!

Mother's Day

I had a great Mother's Day! The kids made cute gifts at school that they were excited to give me that morning, and Sam had gotten a gift and card from everyone also. Sam made a great dinner, and I even got to take a nap! The kids were especially helpful, and that made for a wonderful day!

Sydnee in Spring

Sydnee has hit that stage where she gets into everything and crawls around the house destroying things! Case in point: Here she is ripping up the pad for my ironing board. I came around the corner and she smiled and ripped a few more!

Poor thing was so tired. After she ate dinner, and smeared half on herself, she had a bottle and fell asleep right in the chair!