Disneyland

And we have only been there for an hour!

The Submarines are back!

Well, the subs are back at Disney. Only now it is the "Finding Nemo" Ride. It is the most spectacular LINEUP you have ever seen. However thanks to divine providence, we got there and made a decision that we would not be looking for nemo just as we ran into the McGee clan (who has already been in the line about 2.5 hours) and they kindly let us in.

So we were able to find nemo!

The beautiful family picture as we arrive in the gate...

OK kids, we are at the happiest place on earth... now just look at the camera so that we can take a cute family picture in our Golden Mouse Ears...

Auntie Becky's Pool

Well, we did not plan on them swimming... but have i mentioned that they love water? So they got in with the whole gang. Aunt Rachel, (thanks Uncle Mike and Aunt Becky for being in the water with us) Aunt AnnaMarie for the little swimmers, Cousins Avery, Ian and Katelyn.

Woo-Hoo... A night out!!!!!

The great thing about being at a trade show in Southern California and bringing the family along was the built in babysitters!!! Major thanks to Aunt Rachel, Aunt Becky, Grandma Rose and cousin Vanessa for babysitting so that we could go out for a grown up dinner for a night!
We really need to find a way to do this more than once every six months.

Chillin by the pool!

Just hanging out by the pool after a little swimming at the hotel. I think Anastasia is barking out a drink order!

What the heck are these things and why are they stuck to this tree?

Grandma Rose has a tangerine tree in the back yard. the kids had fun plucking and then eating some of them.

Fathers Day 2007

We had a fantastic fathers day this year... driving from San Jose to LA. So once we got to the hotel, we took some pictures. Alas, i long for the good old days when we could stuff their little butts in a bumbo and they stayed there and the only challenge was getting them to look at us!

Little Climbers

These kids are fearless. They want to climb anything.

Fun With Water

We went to a really neat place here in San Jose called the Children's discovery museum. They have all sorts of experiential learning stuff. Of course the one thing that totally caught the kids attention was the water part. They are fascinated with all things water, and this place had all things water.

What a little angel

Or a little schemer... not sure which. i will go with angel for the moment.

Babies first trip to a water park

Well, we are a little behind here, and since i need to catch up before i can post current stuff... time to get started.

Back at the end of May, we took the babies to the local amusement park (Paramounts Great America) and it has a water park inside as well. The Babies LOVED it. we kind of knew they would as we cannot keep them away from water.

The funny part was every time we moved from one part of the park to another, they would start crying as if we were leaving... but they were good and really had a great time.





And the great white daddy did not even get too bad of a sunburn!

Mothers Day 2007

For Mothers day we went back to a local hotel we had gone to for Easter. they put on a nice spread and it is in a nice setting. As well, Mommy got a new Digital camera to take lots of nice pictures with.








So Happy Mothers Day Roxanne. For all you do for all of us every day we love you.

Babies first RIBS!

So, mommy has had a hankerin fer BBQ for a few days so we saddled up the clan and headed out to a local hole in the wall known fer their good eatin.

As we went through the meal we were doing the regular parent thing. We were tearing off small chunks of meat and slowly feeding it to them. This was not good enough for Christopher. Once the meat got close enough, he reached out and YANKED A RIB OFF THE RACK! He grabbed it and started gnawing like a dog who has not seen his bowl in a week. We could not believe it... he was loving it.






After a while he did what little kids do and jettisoned the rib over the edge and let it hit the ground. so that made it no longer baby friendly. That was no good for our little guy. THis is what happened next!









When the meal was winding down, we decided to let him knaw on a dead soldier. he loved it... and it kept him quiet! So we tried giving Anastasia one as well... BINGO!









As a result of this little experiment, we will definitely be going back. But more importantly, it lets us know that we can now go out for dinner as a family! So that is yet one more little smidgen of freedom gained!