Water..Beach..Fun!! Brody turned 1!!

Could not believe how fast that first year went by... My baby turned 1. I have to admit his party was really cool too. Too bad he won't remember it! We did a Beach theme and I had all the kids come in there bathing suits, and the first game we played was Cold Potato ( with a water balloon and a slow leak) yes nice wet game! The kids really had a great time with that....We played another game where once again they all got soaked...Kids love water it was so fun to watch them all have a great time. From there the kids had unlimited Otter Pops, and we did a craft where they glued stuff on a real starfish...yes I still have every ones starfishes too......I need to get those back to all..After that we did one final thing. We had a tarp and put 50 lbs of sand on it and placed starfish and sea animals( plastic of course) inside. I gave all the kiddos mini pails with there names on them and let them dig. I was so worried this would be crazy but every single kid was so good in the sand. They all got in the sand and dug so carefully for stuff it was such a cool experience to see tons of kids all calm and having so much fun. Brody loved the sand that day and then for a couple weeks later till we finally had it all gone. Now we can't forget about the cake that one of my friends made. She did awesome! The cake is adorable isn't it?!?!? Best part it was Red Velvet...It was delicious!

I also had cupcakes for the kiddos as well.... I feel that all the kids and adults had a great time... I know Brody did! WE are very blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family in our life. And I am so very thankful to all that made it we had friends come from California City that was so cool with there beautiful newborn Gabriel...and there were some that weren't able to make it and they were missed. I can't forget to give credit to Lisa who took pictures for me, she is so wonderful! She is a wonderful photographer and a wonderful friend. Look at these pics?! Aren't they great? There are soooooo many more! Such a fun happy day that I will remember forever..... Happy 1st Birthday Brody!

Family Vacay to OC

We needed a easy quick getaway, and the kids have been asking to go to Legoland, and we love the OC fair it is clean, and we feel more comfortable about letting the kids on the rides there LOL!
So our first stop was the fair..We did not let the kids know about any of our plans we kept it a surprise the whole way. When they saw the rides they knew we were going to the fair. There faces were so lit up. We knew this would be an amazing day.

We ate like we weren't counting calories and we rode rides and just overall had a great time Caleb was fascinated by the chicks and bees...The boys got to play games...



























And Caleb even gave Brody his winning Hat! Such a fun day!














The boys did not want to leave (of course, weren't we all that way as a kid?). So we explained we had a even bigger surprise for them tomorrow!
After we got all settled in the hotel for bed that night (which I must say is so crazy! The first night in a hotel is insane with the boys they think that it is a playground!) Anyway Mondo and I knew we wouldn't get much sleep but hey the getaway was for them not us.
So of course they woke us up bright and early...once we got all together and in the car we drove and of course the whole way you heard "Are we There Yet?" I think we need to ban that saying from out car next time. When we get off FWY the boys saw the signs and we kept telling them sorry guys but we can't go there it is closed. I know we are mean like that, but it is so much fun!
We get into parking lot and they are screaming with excitement cause they knew that we were kidding. Well wow this place had changed there was so much to do I couldn't believe it! The kids had so much fun!
Caleb got his drivers permit......







Brody got swallowed by a Lego Shark...


the boys did alot of exploring, and just saw some pretty cool things made out of Legos...
Jacob loved the Indiana Jones lifesize Lego....












Nicky rode a Lego Horse....














They shot water through Cannons on a Pirate ship.....


The fire truck was probably one of the faves though..We can't wait to go back there....














We drove home the next day and on the way we decided to go to Balboa Island. Mondo and I had never been before, and we didn't want our vacation to end....
Such a neat town gosh big dreams we now have on moving there! Hey maybe when it is time to retire....Everyone told us you must get a Balboa Bar or a Chocolate Dipped Banana. Well Jacob chose the banana...




But Nicholas and Caleb wanted something more original...

And that ended our trip it was back home from there.. What a great little getaway for us.....