Friday, April 29, 2011

Somebunny loves you!



The Easter Bunny brought Brooke a Rapunzel theme basket-She was in heaven!
Brianne has an outdoor themed basket!

All the baskets ready to go!


Brennan on the hunt!
Brooke and mission!
Daddy helping Brianne get an egg before the big kids get it!

Easter morning was fun and relaxing. We let the kids open their baskets and go on an egg hunt in the morning and then Toby and Tien whipped up a super yummy breakfast!!!! We just vegged until it was time to head home! We had so much visiting our SoCal family. There is always lots of laughs and funny memories. Can't wait to see them again!

Easter Picnic


The Whole Gang

Easter Picnic 2011

Grammy and her little angels

Cousin love (Brennan 2 and Brooke 3)

Kailynn (13) and Brianne (1)

Little Cheeseball

Sassy Sister

Cutie pie!

Little Beauty

Brennan and Stoli with the Easter Bunny

Brooke and Brianne with the Bunny (aka Kailynn)

Hunting for some eggs

Brennan and Uncle Toby looking for some eggs

Brianne loved putting the same 3 eggs in and out of her basket, over and over!



This our 3rd year joining in on the Easter picnic with Tien and her friends. It is always lots of fun-the Easter bunny visits, there is a big easter egg hunt, lots of food and fun. It was at a different park this year, which has a huge grass area and playground which the kids loved running around on. All the kids visited the Easter Bunny (Kailynn-who did a super job!) Brianne loved the Bunny!!!!

Legoland



Thought this lego tourist guy sorta looked like me (hee!hee!)

Grammy and her kids!!!!

Family pic (if you look behind us the bridge is made of legos too!

Mini cities(above: Vegas and below: DC)


Soaring high on our lego ride

Mommy, Bri Bri and Brookie soarin'

Brennan and Titi

Kailynn trying to win a prize by climbing this rope (it was hard!!) She did great!

Daddy and Bri Bri

Brooke and Grammy stopping for some ice cream

Pirate and lego boats!



Brianne loved all the little cars and play areas


Taking a train ride-Brooke and Brennan leading the way and Kailynn pulling up the rear

Look at the are daredevils in the back!

Brennan and Kailynn

Toby and Brennan on the safari jungle ride (all the animals were made of legos)

Our first ride-Jungle Safari


After Ventura we went to see the Vares family and Grammy and Daddy met up with us there. We decided to take in Legoland for some fun. It was super crowded!!!! But we managed to make it lots of fun! The kids enjoyed lots of rides and playing the lego/play areas. There was a little something for all ages. I look forward to taking the kiddos back when they are older too!

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Visiting Ventura

BUILD A BEAR OUTING
Step 1: Pick your bear
Step 2: Stuff the dog
Step 3: Wash and Clean your dog
Bri Bri decided she wanted a dog too
Step 4: Now we picked out some clothes (a Rapunzel dress and Twinkle Toe shoes)
Step 5: Groom your doggie
ALL DONE: We were the proud owner of one Rapunzel Jesse Dog and a Dogg-Dogg (Bri's)



The Clubhouse
Who doesn't love playing in these colorful balls!
All 4 kiddos in the ball

Brianne loves these cars, anywhere and everywhere she can get in one she will!

Coloring Easter Eggs
Silly Lexi!
All the big kids dying eggs!

Buddies for Life!!!
Braydon getting to be such a big guy! He is in first grade now. Sadly that also means he was in school all day, so we only got to play in the afternoons and evenings
Carter -4, Brianne,-1, Brooke-3, Alexis-2
Sleepover time!

Celebrating mommy's birthday with treats Jen got for us
This is our 4th Annual Spring Break Kimble/Seffens Visit. This year we packed up and headed down to Ventura to visit some our favorite SoCal friends! Jen is always such a great hostess and treats us so good when we are there. She takes on lots of fun journies and feeds us yummy food!!! We love our visits. The older the kids get the more fun the visits are becoming. Brooke and Carter are a year apart and they were buddies this trip! They even had sleepovers in Braydon's room! Alexis and Brianne had fun tottin' around and playing with the big kids. We went to Build a Bear, baseball games, The Clubhouse, Grammy Terry's house (we always love seeing her on our visits too), and hung out in the neighborhood. It is harder and harder to keep in touch with friends from college, but I believe when you find true friendships you should go and do whatever it takes to spend time with those friends and make more fun memories. I am so happy we have the Kimble/Seffens visits. We always love our time with our dear friends!!!