Cali Day 3

Our last full day in Cali we were off to the beach! This would be the first time my niece and her dad had EVER been to a beach, so they were both REALLY excited!

But when we got there, the temperature decreased by at least 20 degrees!!! It was mighty cold and we were only about to see about a quarter of a mile in any direction! The fog was awesome but did not make for the best beach weather!

As you can see, Lilah still has on her jackets AND leggings! Needless to say, we didn't stay at the beach long because the wind also started to pick up! But the kids were able to swim at hotel pool where the temperature was 20 degrees warmer and no wind!!!

We were sad to say goodbye to Cali, but we all had a BLAST!!! If tickets remain as cheap as they were I'm sure we will be making another trip in the very near future!!!

Full of Family Fun

In January we have a lot of birthdays to attend to starting on the 1st of January! We were able to celebrate some parties throughout the month and have a school celebration party. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any photos from the school party :(

Winner winner chicken dinner!!!

Look at that form! The ball still landed at the bottom!

Towards the end of the month we were visited by our family from California. Lilah had been running a fever the day before, which broke in the middle of the night, so she was not at school the day they arrived. She was able to come to lunch with us and it was great because this was the first time she had ever met her second cousins!

We love our cousins yes we do!!!!

Playing Catch-up, Christmas 2010

Yep, trying to do a full catch up again, so the pictures will be on OVERLOAD! I've been so busy with trying to get finish my degree and getting a new job, then with the holidays, and cutting back on my internet time, the blog has been neglected! :( BUT the camera is always in full swing!!!

Here are some photos of Lilah's time in IL with her dad's family. They all LOVED having her there and she was so happy to see them again! Even though Mommy missed her dearly, I know she had a wonderful time and an overload on Christmas!!!

I just love those slippers on her and she loves to wear them!

Pa-pa's Birthday

We celebrated my dads 40 + 4 + 5th birthday! Yea, that's his 49th birthday! We love you so much dad! You have been there for us through everything and are one of our biggest supporters! I am so thankful to have you in our lives, I can't imagine where we would be without you today! You mean the world to us and thank you for being there for me..even when I don't want to listen! We LOVE YOU Pa-Pa!!!!

 *Please excuse the 'holiday tree' outfit!* Lilah all ready to give Pa-Pa his gift!

 Elijah being his silly self!

 Now do you understand the 40 + 4 + 5th?! We couldn't find the '9' candle, so we were creative! :)

My dad's favorite cake, Pineapple Upside Down Cake!!!

Halloween 2010

Another family get together! Which I can NEVER get enough of! My brother and his wife invited us all over to do some pumpkin carving for the kids. We ate dinner, then started in the pumpkin carving. We all had a blast, although some of the pumpkins were harder to carve than others, my eldest brother helped with that! Oh, and NO, I did NOT touch the insides of the pumpkin, I stuck with my camera!!! The smell just gets to me every time!!!!

Just finished eating and waiting to CARVE!!!

Pumpkin guts...ewww!!!

My older brother and nephew

My Sis-in-law....she decided to make Kai-Lan for my niece, BRAVE women, but the finished project turned out really cute!

Had to get a picture before their hands got to icky!!

These are their SCARY faces!!! 

And Lilah's scary face next to her pumpkin!

My nieces scary face!

My sis and her family!

My eldest brother and his family

My brother acting goofy with his family

Oh, see what I have to deal with!! *In the back!!*

Showing us their Cap'tn Morgan poses!

All the kids and their pumpkins!

See, it turned out really well!!!

We all had a blast and can't wait to do it again next year!!!

Summer water fights!

A few weekends ago we celebrated my grandma's birthday. Considering the heat and all the children we had at her cozy house, my mother brought water balloons and water guns! The kids had a blast, even though it was hot outside and the adults, well they enjoyed the inside AC!!! Here are a few sneak peak photos, but more are attached in the slide show below! We filled over 100 balloons! Holding her little balloon They are all ready to go! Throwing the balloon and giving it her all!!! Hope you guys enjoy the slideshow and the end of summer!

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Drive-In Time!

It seems that I am completely OVER due on posting these photos or this post, no thanks to the daily reminders on my Facebook account from my sister! Without further ado, here are some sneak peak photos of our infamous annual Drive-In movie night with all the kiddos!

Please don't mind the dirty car! I wanted to get a photo of the LARGE movie 

screen and the kiddos playing.

Oh, look at all those TREATS! To make your own: Gather 4 car loads of children, approximate ages 1 year to adult, go to your local food store, do a grab and go down the snack aisle, load all the snacks into the car along with said children. Drive to your local drive-in theatre, throw a large blanket on the floor, empty food store products on the blanket: ENJOY!

Yep, of course the kids had to gather around the snack blanket! We had hotdogs, popcorn, candy, fruit, cookies, chips, juice boxes, and so much more there!

We're lucky enough in Wichita to still have a drive-in theatre. It has been closed on and off over the years, but we always continue to go each summer! We used to go as kids and I still remember having so much fun! The kids always enjoying going, even if we only stay for 1 movie! (They usually do a 3 movie showing!)

There are a lot more photos on the slideshow, so enjoy!

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