THEY'RE HERE

Our fun week has begun!!!!

Grandpa Steve, Grandma Bonnie and Katherine arrived on Thursday night and Mike, Stacy, Megan and Alex arrived last night!!!!

Rena and Maleah were so excited when they woke up this morning and Megan was in their room. They, of course, immediately woke her up and haven't left her side since.

Cameron and Alex went straight to the "Lego room" (also know as a dining room) and are already building some cool things.

Grandpa, Grandma and Katherine are still sleeping, but we are looking forward to a fun day today with everyone at the beach and then off to Universal Studios tomorrow and Disneyland on Monday and Tuesday!

KIDS GAMES

The kids spent the last week at a Vacation Bible School camp called "KidsGames". It ran from 8:45am - 12:15pm each day and the kids had a GREAT time! Cameron got to chose a primary activity - he chose basketball - and the girls got to "play" each day. They came home with new art pieces that they had made and singing new songs that they had learned.

Monday morning - ready for camp - dressed in the official camp t-shirts!

Friday was "team day" where everyone was suppose to wear their team color - Rena and Maleah were both green and Cameron was purple. Cameron doesn't have any purple so we had to take one of Rena's purple t-shirts and wear it inside-out (so that you couldn't see the pretty flowers that were on it).

We had a picnic lunch and "jumping" time (in the blow-up bouncy's that they brought in) at the church after the camp was over on Friday.

The kids did really good and had a lot of fun all week. Maleah had a bit of a break-down on Friday morning and didn't want to go to camp, but after one of the volunteers peeled her off of me and she stopped crying she had a good time.

"LOOK AT ME.....I'M DOING IT!"

We had a BIG, EXCITING night last night.........

Rena got rid of her training wheels!!! She did so great and picked up on it FAST. I held on to her seat for about 30 seconds, let go and off she went!!! She started out with knee pads (just in case) but quickly got rid of those after making a few laps around the cul-de-sac!


Maleah also had a big night riding her "big" bike. She got the "hand-me-down" bike from Cameron (notice the pink horn that we got to try to dress-up the boy bike - she also has a new girly-basket and handle bar streamers that haven't been put on yet). She hasn't been able to ride the bike by herself - it was still too big for her. BUT last night she decided to give it a try and she did GREAT!

Cameron also had a big night (ok - his wasn't as big, but he thought it was cool).........one of the neighbor boys let Cameron ride his skateboard for awhile. I think I know what I will be getting Cameron for his birthday next month!

MALEAH'S 4 YEAR PICTURES

OUR 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY

We celebrated the 4th of July at a barbeque at our neighbors house.....

One of our neighbors friends brought this little dog with him and Rena LOVED him!! She was so concerned about the dog all night long. She really wanted to bring him home, but luckily his owner wanted to keep him!!! :)

It got a little chilly in the evening so it was time for a fire.....

And what better thing to do around a fire than make smores?!!?!!!

Rena your marshmallow is on fire!!!!!!!!

THE BEACH

Our 4th of July Holiday started on Friday afternoon. Jeff had to work in the morning, but came home early and we all headed to the beach. We all love spending time at the beach.

The kids love to dig and build and dig and build and dig and build..............

The girls had a great time jumping and running from waves with Jeff. Maleah got knocked over one time and was covered from head to toe with sand. She didn't like that very much, but once she got rinsed off and got all of the sand out of her hair she was ready to go again.

Cameron just likes to dig and build and dig and build and dig and build..........

Jeff buried all 3 kids in the sand........

The thought it was cool until they tried to get out - and were stuck.........

Jeff and Cameron built a mountain............

It was a fun day at the beach even though it wasn't a very original idea.........

I recently met a man that lives here in Carlsbad and he told me to just wait until September. He says it's the best month to live here because the weather is beautiful and the tourist are gone!!!!! :)