Wild Animal Park

Petting the deers...she thought it was pretty cool
Hot stuff on the rhino
Luke had to get a picture with spongebob
Mr. cool
Playing in the water area

I took the kids to the animal park the same day as my dr appt. making it a more worthwhile trip. We started by walking the trail that's up by condor ridge. It's neat because it takes you down past the elephants and tigers, the tiger was out and walking around which was cool. We also walked down where we could see the giraffes. It was a nice walk, I felt like we were on a nature hike. Luke was complaining because I only had the umbrella stroller so he had to walk the whole time, he was a trooper though. We ended up down by the lions so he could play in the water, which the only thing that he wanted to do. And then of course we got a treat. It wasn't too hot that day so I enjoyed walking around in the sun. We had a really nice time.

Last week of Awanas

It was Luke's last night of Awanas last week...how sad:( He went with his friends Ethan and Johnny. While the boys were in their meeting, us moms would go hang out and have a "moms night out". I'm going to miss that! On their last meeting the leaders gave out awards and patches for them to put on thier vests. The kids also were able to go to the awana store and spend thier awana bucks. Luke had around $90 saved up from wearing his vest, bringing his book, and saying his memory verses.

Luke's haircut

Long hair
Dad giving him a buzz
He looks like a different kid!

I liked how long his hair was getting, but when he would play it would get all sweaty and nasty so he said that he wanted hair like his dad's. I got talked into letting Chad buzz it off. I was sad at first because he looks so much more grown up now, but I'm getting used to it and he does look awful cute with a buzz...and it's so much easier!

Grammy's visit

Avery sitting pretty.
Avery and her Grammy.
Luke and his cousin Brody at the hoedown.
Reading books with Grammy, their favorite thing to do.
All dressed up and ready for the pool! She loves the water.

My mom came down for a short little visit a couple of weeks ago. It was so nice to see her, the kids had so much fun with her too. It was the weekend of the 100+ degree heat so we spent some time at our pool, the kids love the water. We also went to a hoedown at Murrieta Ranch preschool, where Luke's cousin Brody goes. Luke will be starting there in Aug. so we wanted to have him see what it was like and run around with the other kids. He is really excited about going there, and always asks when is he going to his "new" school. The boys ran around and had a blast, we stayed in the shade and tried to keep cool. My mom was only here for a long weekend so we didn't do too much, but it was nice to just hang out and spend time with her. I don't get to see her has much as I'd like so I'll take whenever I can get. This summer the kids will be going up to stay with her for a week while Chad and I are in NY and Boston, then after I'm going to fly to Washington to stay awhile longer. So I have that to look forward to.

In the middle...

It's been a while since I have posted, Amy told me that I'm lagging, so here I am. I had my second dr. appt on May 30 and I got to hear the baby's hearbeat. No matter how many times I have heard it before it is still such an awesome thing. The baby's heartbeat was 140 which is good and healthy. As of right now I am almost 17 weeks and the picture above was a couple of weeks ago, maybe 14 weeks, but there's still not really a belly. It's more comfortable to wear stretchy clothes and I have started to do the rubber band thing on my pants, but you couldn't tell by looking that I'm pregnant. I'm still in the stage where I just feel chubby and not pregnant.