Saturday, In the Park, You'd think it was the 4th of July...

We love the 4th of July. It's Darren's favorite holiday. This weekend we barbaqued with family and friends and had a great time. We are lucky because we have a park in our backyard where they did fireworks and had an outdoor movie for the kids. They were in heaven. Here are a few pics
OOOO, AHHH... Darren and Abe watching the fireworks in our backyard.

Bella and her best little friend at a neighborhood BBQ

Bella loved the fireworks and sparklers.

Abe said this was his wand and he was casting spells on me and everyone else!

The whole family.

Cute Boys! Cason will be one year old in a few weeks.

Sitting on the back porch waiting for the hotdogs to cook.

Yummy!

Isn't she a Dream. I just love her!

This is Bella helping Mommy make a cake. She does all the hard work!

Pre-School Graduation

The big day final arrived. Abe loved going to pre-school. This is him saying his part for the graduation program. He practiced a lot for his "big moment!"



"We learned the alphabet a little bit each day. And made a book about what each letter should say."

Abe being silly with his favorite teacher.

The start of the after-party!

Abe thoughly enjoyed the long walk.

Cute Kids!

I can't believe how fast these kids are growing up. Cason all of a sudden got four teeth coming through, Abe said that meant he was going to be "very smart." I'm sure that's got to be true.

These guys are the best little buddies already. I love it!

This is the first time Bella had her toe nails painted. She loved it as you can see!

Popcicles mean summer!

Family Vacation

As many of you know I wasn't very excited to go to Disneyland with all the kids, but Darren really wanted to go so, of course, we went. But I have to say that it turned out to be pretty fun. The kids LOVED it, and even though it was hard managing them it was fun. I still won't call it a "vacation" because after it was all said and done, that is exactly what Mommy needed...

The classic Disneyland photo!

Just some pictures of the kids. We're keeping busy these days.

Super Star

Abe was the "Super Star" of the week at his pre-school and during that time the parents got to come to the school and do some sort of activity with the kids. Because Abe had been asking for weeks to set up a "Hot Cocoa" stand, Darren had the brilliant idea to set up the cocoa stand for Abe's Super Star activity. So we gave all the kids some money and let Abe run his little store. It was a hit, all the kids loved it, especially Abe!