Amber and Jake play soccer

Amber and Jake played indoor soccer.  This was a game where their two teams played each other.  They were so excited to be able to play each other.

They had so much fun playing together.  They are little buddies!
The only way we could get Jake to play most of the time is when amber held his hand.  
As the season progressed he really enjoyed playing and kicking the ball.
Amber liked playing with the net when she was the goalie!  She really enjoyed soccer and did a great job.

The Bowcutts visit.

Our great friends The Bowcutts came to visit.  They live in Texas and we miss them so much.  Here is Dave, Michael, Jeffery and Tyler at our house.

Here we are Emily and Melissa.

Allie for some reason didn't want her picture taken with cut Emily Bowcutt!  It was so fun to see them and enjoy the time with them.

Easter

Here is Jake on our neighborhood easter egg hunt.  It was a cold day but the kids had fun.

Here is the easter bunny.  Amber is the only one that wanted a picture with him.  The other kids thought he looked too funny.

We colored easter eggs.  We used this metalic color for the top and it was messy but fun.  Tyler is showing off his eggs.

And here are Allie's.  She had a lot of fun with it.

Jake's favorite thing is to make faces in the pictures.  They were ready to start the eggs but Jake wanted to just have fun!!

Dave's birthday!!

For Dave's birthday we took a cake to him at the firs station with his sister Bekah's family.  The kids were so excited!! 
We made him a fire cake.  It was fun.

Dave took the kids for a ride like he usually does.  It is almost expected now.

I am not the best cake maker but invited some of our friends over and made a helmet cake for Dave.  It was a lot of work but I had fun doing it.

The kids are growing up.

Tyler was so happy that we finally had a warm enough day to go to the skate park. He really has no fear. He will go up or down any of the steep drop offs. It is fun to watch him. I love it!

One day Jake decided that he wanted his hair in a mohawk. He was so excited and wore it to preschool that way. It was so funny. Here he is with his peanut butter and honey sandwich still on his face. He is a very happy kid!!

Allie got her first set of braces. They are just on her top teeth. They will move her teeth over to make room for an eye tooth to come down. She is so excited about them and thinks it is the coolest thing. She loves when people notice them!

One day Amber decided that she wanted to color her hair. She came down in my salon while I was doing a client and used water and a color brush and put foils in her hair. She was so proud of herself when whe was done. This was how beautiful it looked!!

One day Jake fell asleep with chocolate in his hand. Then we realized that he had put his hand up to his face and made it look like this. It was so funny. It is all over his face, ear and hair.

What a fun trip!!!

Amber, Jake and I watched the parade while Allie, Tyler and Dave rode on the big white roller coaster. Every character kept coming up to us because nobody was around us. They were very spoiled.
Goofy was talking to people and Jake went up to him and gave him a hug. The big kids were riding on the Tower of Terror. The first time we went Jake couldn't ride it. The second time he had taller shoes and so he could go. He really didn't like how it dropped so fast. It was Ambers favorite ride though.

Of course this was the best part for Amber. We waited the longest for Tinkerbell. All of the rides were 5 to 15 minutes. Tinkerbell took 35 whole minutes.

We all love Mickey Mouse. We also saw Merry Poppins and Bert, The Incredibles, Stitch, and The Cars. Minney, Mickey and Goofy we saw several times. We never went looking for any characters besides Tinkerbell and there were never lines for pictures with them. It was sweet.

Tyler held a sign that said "The force is strong with me" and they picked him to be a Jedi fighter. He got to fight Darth Mall. He was in awe the whole time and absolutely loved it. Thanks Heather for the tip.

Sea World and California Adventures.

Here we are at Sea World. The kids loved the shows.

We met our friend Dave Baird there. His friend is a dolphin trainer. She showed us some tricks and spent some time with us. The dolphin is waving to the kids!!

We love Minnie Mouse!!

Here is Allie the firefighter. She had so much fun on the huge roller coaster. She could have gone on it over and over and over again. Allie always had a smile on her face and was extremely helpful. It was great.

Jake is showing off his skills.