Catch a Wave

We are having a great time visiting with Grandma this week. We went to Huntington Beach today. It was a nice, clean beach with big waves. I must admit Mary and I used the boogie boards more than the kids! It took us a little less than an hour to get there, we were not quite so lucky on the way home. It took us about an hour and a half to drive 20 miles!! Poor CC had to go #1 into a bucket while we were on the road, I was very thankful for Grandma's help on that one. We will be sad to see her go.

Coming Out

Owen lost his first baby tooth last night. It showed up when he was about 10 months old and I think it served him well. He was over the moon about the thought of the Tooth Fairy. At 5:40 am this morning O came into our room pretty disappointed that his fairy only left him a lousy buck. Bill and I were suddenly alert, what do you mean? what did you expect? O informs us that his friend Tyler recieved 64 crayons from his fairy! Oh. Well, how much were you expecting? O- at least 2 bucks, 2 quarters, a couple of dimes and some pennies. No nickles. Hmmm. I told him maybe his Tooth Fairy pays by the size of the tooth. He had to admit his tooth was pretty worn down and rough looking. When I was telling Shelly about how lame our Tooth Fairy was she bragged to me that her kid's Tooth Fairy usually leaves at least 2 dollars that have been ironed crisp (seriously, she irons the money!) or a couple of silver dollars. Woo. Woo. I am guessing that Lar's fairy probably leaves something cool behind like Hermit crabs or Beta fish. I'm thinking our Tooth Fairy is going to have to kick it up a notch!

Let's Hear It For The Boy!

Happy Father's Day

Good Times, Part Two

Here are pictures of our Legoland adventure. As you can tell O takes his Bionicle stuff very seriously. They had a cool mini water park area, the bucket dumps a flood of water down every so often and all of the kids go nuts. They even had a full size Volvo made of Lego's. Sorry I don't have a pic, like I said we were a little rushed. And because I am a lover of food, if you are ever at Legoland make sure to stop by Granny's Apple Fries. Awesome.

Good Times

Owen T. turned 7 years old yesterday. This sounds like a big number to me. He acts so much older than he did a year ago, his hands are feeling big when I hold them. We noticed yesterday that Owen has his first loose tooth. We had a pretty awesome time this weekend. On Saturday we took the kids to Lego Land, it was a great time. They were tall enough to enjoy all of the rides. This seemed to be a great park for the age our kids are. I will post the pics tomorrow. The only downside was that the park was only open from 10 am to 5pm. We felt a little rushed. On Sunday our old neighbors from Washington came over for a cook out. Our first company in Cali. I am so happy they took time out of their Disney vacation to visit us. Our older boys are just 2 days apart and our little ones are just 6 months apart. The kids had a great time playing together, and we had a great time catching up. As an added bonus the "D" family had extra tickets for Universal Studios yesterday and we were able to spend more time hanging out at that park. Thanks you guys, we had a great time! To continue the birthday celebrations we went to "Bubba Gumps " for dinner and another round of the "Happy Birthday" song. Today we are recovering from our busy weekend. Woo Hoo!

Feliz Cupleanos!!

Starting Over

This post is for Mrs. Miller and her kindergarten class.

Hello from California. How are the baby chicks? It's almost my birthday. Here are a few pictures of me in California. My new school is called Peppertree Elementary. The school mascot is a panther. Here is a picture of my sister and I at my new school. I like playing in the pool. We went on the ferris wheel at Santa Monica Pier and got to hang out at Dodger Stadium. I miss my Ohio friends. Have a great summer.

Love, Owen