Going home tomorrow :(

We have had a great week...got so busy relaxing I didn't have time to post!  Lauren came down from San Fransico this weekend, and we got to spend a few days together.  We went down to San Diego one of the days, and that was a lot of fun...

I will write some longer post when we get back and I can use my camera pics instead of my phone pics!

Boogie boarding at the beach

Deep Sea Fishing

On the USS Midway in San Diego

Both boys got autographs from Rockies players at the Padres game

They had a great time with Lauren in San Diego!

Rest of the week...

On Wednesday, Randy and Doug took all the boys to the Angels game to see the Cardinals play and they won 12-2!

Today we went down to San Diego to Coronado Beach... It was beautiful and sunny and the boys (all three) got to try out the boogie board...

The boys are in the center holding seaweed...

All the boogie board pics are on my real camera, so we will have to wait on those!

The Ocean

I was so excited to take the boys to see the ocean!  We went to Oceanside California today, and as the ocean came into view, they didn't disappoint, with a perfectly timed Wooooaaaaahhh! 

It was overcast, and a little cool, but they still loved it.  Randy took them out to jump the waves, which were so big people were surfing on them!  

(Sorry about the picture quality.... These are all phone pictures until I get home to download the camera)

Let's start with vacation!

I'm starting fresh today!  We are on a family vacation for the first time ever, so why not begin today?   We are out in California, visiting some great friends, Doug and Christina, who we went to Avila with.  Randy and Doug played baseball together, and worked at FedEx together.  They have 3 cute boys close to our boys ages, and are expecting a 4th baby in August.  

I think everyone should get to experience taking a child on their first flight.  The boys were so excited... Every little thing was exciting, and the very first takeoff was priceless... You would have thought we went on a roller coaster!  When the attendant took their drink order, and they got pretzels and peanuts and soda, it was like icing on the cake.  

At Kansas City International, our plane is in the background...

On the plane

Flying over the Rockies... We switched planes in Denver, so they got their first look at the mountains... I have never seen these from the air, and they are still amazing from up here.

Summer stuff

Once again I've taken forever to do a post....so this is my post to say more post to come! I'm putting it on my to- do list!

Here's some pictures pictures from our recent trip to the Cardinals game...

It was hot (104 at 7:00), but the Cards won, so it was worth it!

We finally took the boys to a Springfield Cardinals game....

Here they are with their cousin Peyton...

Austin's First Communion

 On May 5, Austin celebrated his First Communion.  We were blessed to have a lot family come up and celebrate with us...
During the mass, Austin was invited to come up to the Alter during the preparation of the gifts.  (there were 4 of them receiving First Communion that day)

 We don't get many family pictures, so I had to share this one... my dad must have said something funny...

 Andrew and Austin were excited to have their cousin's visit for the weekend....

My little boy

It was really cool, on the way home from the Mass, we saw about 6 or 7  hot air balloons in the air, and they were almost right over our house!  We stood outside and watched them for awhile...

And that evening was the super full moon... closest the moon will be in it's orbit around the earth....

Andrew's Sick Day

Anyone that knows Andrew knows he loves Egypt.... so the other week he was home sick for 3 days, and by the end of the last day he was feeling better and made his own little Egypt on a big white board we have...

 And then he did a picture of Austin...I think it looks a lot like him!