Corona del Mar, Ca

Family Pictures on the Beach

"The Amazing Book of Mormon Race"

We were asked by the Young Men president if we could host one of the Book of Mormon amazing race pit stops. The youths clue was somthing about the Lamanites. It told them to go to where the "brown people live". Get it, the lamanites and the Browns! The whole thing was supposed to be a re-enactment of Samual the Lamanite when he had arrows shot at him on the wall. Their whole team had to shoot a real bow and arrow and hit the target before they could get their next clue.  There were about thirty youth here. It was a lot of fun! Before they all got here my kids asked if they could get in on the action.  Surprisingly they hit the target! They must have a little of their Uncle Randy and Uncle LeRoy's blood in them!

"Tina" the Lama!

"Eat your food Tina you fat lard!!" This is a quote from one of our favorite movies, Napolean Dynamite.  Napolean has a pet Lama named Tina and he feeds her casserole! The kids kept calling this Lama Tina.  I was afraid it would spit at us.  You can't see in this picture but it had these huge buck teeth.  She just kept staring at us with these huge teeth.  She was a sweet Lama just waiting for her casserole!

This was a nice Saturday afternoon that we spent in Oak Glen.  We needed to get out and away from house work for a while.  We decided to take the kids to Oak Glen for some lunch and adventure! It was really fun and it brought back a lot of childhood memories.  On our drive home I asked Clint to drive past some homes where my old childhood friends had lived.  The kids loved to hear my stories, some were funny and some were sad.  I think it was a great break for all of us on a nice Saturday afternoon!   

Pucker up cutie give your Daddy a big kiss!

The kids looking at the animals in the petting zoo!

Apple Cider fresh off the press

Pearce making everyone laugh! He is a little goof in the making!

Night Night cousin!

Cousins and best buddies! They wanted to have a sleep over but we knew that wouldn't go over very well with a two year old and a three year old! So, we let them stay up late together and get redy for bed.  Bath time was full of play time.  Lotion time was full of giggles.  Pajama time was full of decisions over who got to wear what and cuddle time was full of love for each other! Pearce held Drew's hand as he walked him downstairs to say good night.  It was so cute and I am sure there will be many more real sleep overs to come with these two cousin buddies!

St. Patrick's Day flop!

  Usually the leprechaun comes and leaves his foot prints while he hides gold coins and  lucky charms.  Sadly he didn't bring his treasure this year.  Brock kept asking,  "Mom do you think the Leprechaun made our food green?"  Clint brought him his cereal and amazingly the milk had turned green.  That night for dinner we ate green pancakes and green eggs.  The kids loved it but they were still confused why the Leprechaun didn't bring gold coins and lucky charms! I said maybe he hid them somewhere and we will find them later!  I am sure some day soon we will find the Leprechaun's hidden treasure!