Logan's Birthday Party

Yesterday we had a little celebration for Logan's 3rd Birthday. His actual birthday is on the 26th and we celebrated early because Jason's sister and mom were in town. It's been quite hot here in Cali so we thought it would be lots of fun to have a swim party. Logan loves the water and he loves the Fallentine's so they let us use their swimming pool for his little party. It was perfect! Our family came, we swam, ate some food, opened presents, ate some dirt cake, and swam some more. It was a great day and we all had so much fun! Thanks to all who came and especially thanks to our great friends the Fallentine's for letting us use their pool. Happy Birthday Logan!!

Swimming with his daddy

The party crew

The Dump Truck cake. The kids were really excited to eat the dirt cake with worms.

All of the crazy kids! Michael, Dax, Max, Afton, Emma, Kya and Logan. (not pictured Dylen, Brisa, and Eli)

and one with silly faces.

Opening his presents and getting lots of help. He's really into trucks right now....well not just any truck.....he loves construction type trucks. He loves dump trucks, cranes, cement mixers, tow trucks, loaders, etc. He points them out all the time when we see any. So he got lots of trucks at his party and loved them all.

Getting ready to blow out the candles on his dump truck cake.

Afton doing a somersault in the pool. She was so proud of herself.

This is my little nephew, Eli. He's so adorable!

Some more swimming at the end of the day. I don't know how kids can just swim for hours and hours. They're like little fish!

Mt. Whitney.....a sneak peek.

Here are a few pictures from our trip. Sorry it's taken me so long to post anything about our hike. I have a lot more pictures to post but I thought I'd share a few right now while I'm working on the rest.

Jason and I at the top of Mt. Whitney (elevation 14,497 ft.)

A gorgeous view from the top

Our hiking group:

Me, Jason, Scotty, Brook and Jon

Me and my friend Brook. We're showing that we're number one because we were the first to summit that morning......even before our husbands! I think we had the top to ourselves for like 20 minutes. It was so awesome!

I decided to try and call my mom from the top. It took me awhile to find a spot with good service but I finally got through.

Family Pictures

When Jason's family came to visit back in April, we decided to take some family pictures. Jason's cousin, Misty, is an amazing and very talented photographer and took some great pictures of our family. So I thought I'd share them since it's only been two months since we've taken them.

L to R: Kya, Ben, Kari, Eli, Rex, Sharon, Jason, Rickie

in the front: Logan, Dax and Afton

Sharon and Rex with their grandkids

had to do one with silly faces

the crazy grandkids. Logan was sticking his tongue out in every picture.

Sharon and Rex-my awesome in-laws!

Our family

One of my favorites. I love Daxon's face he's pulling and that Logan is trying to get a way.

The kiddos

Jason and the boys

Me and Afton

By far my favorite of the day. He is so stinkin cute!

Afton showing off her beautiful toothless smile



Love those big blue eyes!

We were trying so hard to get one of him smiling and Misty got a great one.

Me and my hot hubby

Buzzed!

Well, I thought since I've been really bad at blogging lately that I better come back with a pretty good post. So I'll start with this for now because I'll still have a lot more to post about. I decided back on the 1st of May that I was tired of doing the boys hair (i.e. washing, styling, etc). It was just taking too much time and I wanted something easier. I suggested to Jason that he just buzz it all off, I was kidding of course, but he jumped at the chance and ran to get the clippers. I couldn't believe it, but I let him shave the boys heads. Well, give them buzz cuts. I think he used a #2 on the clippers. Logan was the first and he jumped up in the chair and sat perfectly still while Jason buzzed off all of his beautiful blond hair. He was so happy and loved it. I, on the other hand, almost cried....again. It's just so hard to see that kind of haircut when they've had long hair for so long. But he really needed a summer haircut because he gets really sweaty and having all that hair doesn't help. Up next was Dax. We were actually just going to do Logan's hair, but Dax really wanted to have his daddy cut his hair too. So Jason went to town on Daxon's hair too....shaved it all off. Now we have two cute, bald boys! I love it!

Logan's turn. I love the picture with part of his head shaved and the rest still long. We thought about keeping it like that but figured he'd probably get made fun of.

I wanted a picture of all of his hair on the floor.

Loving his hair cut! He's so dang cute!

Daxon's turn

Look at all of that beautiful hair on the floor. I wish it were long enough to send to Locks of Love.

Easter 2010

It stinks when the weather is crappy for Easter. I guess you just expect it to be nice and warm since it is spring, but we didn't get that kind of weather. It was rainy and cold. We still had a good time though. The kids woke up to find that the Easter bunny had hid their baskets and left them a special note that led them on a scavanger hunt to find their baskets. They went from the living room to the hall closet to the bathroom to the kitchen sink to the washer and then upstairs to find their baskets. That sneaky bunny! The kids loved that they had to find their baskets. After getting their Easter baskets they went on the hunt for their easter eggs inside and outside. Grandma Sharon hid some eggs outside for them. Those lucky kids got two easter egg hunts.

Reading the note the Easter Bunny left them

Kya looking in the washer for another clue

No baskets in the hall closet

That sneaky bunny hid their baskets upstairs with all of their toys.

The second egg hunt.

Later in the day we went to Grandma Joy's for lunch and some more easter fun. The kids got to do some hunting for easter presents and money eggs. After they found their treasure, we had some lunch and then played our annual Easter soccer game. This year we opted out of the "no shoe" policy since so many injuries occurred last year. It was a lot better with shoes so I think we'll keep it that way for now. We had a great time hanging out with our family and we were especially happy because Jason's family was still in town and we got to be with them. It's always so much for fun on the holidays when your family is with you.

The hunt for their Easter treasure

Afton and Dylen opening their easter gifts that they found.

The Soccer Game:

Just a cute one of Logan during the game

all the kids were in this tree at one point but I only got a picture of Dax in it.

Aaron, Jason's cousin, pulled out his guitar and played some music for the kids. They thought it was great!