SKATE PARK

I just found this video of Riley skateboarding in Ladera Ranch

 (This was 2 weeks before he broke his elbow).

My Baby Sis

Lucky for me I have an awesome 15 year old sister who lets me help her with fun stuff, like getting ready for Winter Formal! From the dress, to her shoes, hair and accessories she let me give my (sometimes unwanted) opinion. When it came time for the big night me and Sidney headed over to my moms house to help put on her fake lashes and some makeup... Sidney LOVED the make-up! haha

Sidney played with Uncle Jordan and his dog (she mostly chased him) while Kadyn and I attended to her primping. 

Here's the BEAUTY, seriously could she be anymore stunning? I miss my little baby Sis but I am so proud of what a beautiful woman she is becoming!

This is how we all remember her :) Love you KK

MORE Beach Days!

We'd be crazy not to take advantage of the all gorgeous weather we have been having this early in the year so that's exactly what we've been doing! 

Riley was so happy that his best buddy Scout was able to come to the beach. Scout is in a full body cast (from falling off a swing) and is such a trooper! I've never heard him complain about it and he scoots around with no problem, its amazing! The fact that Scout couldn't play in the water or sand was no problem for Riley he just played right along with Scout having scooting races, hitting Paul in the back of the legs, Bey blades and LOTS of Popsicles

The tide was SO low that we could see the rocks covered with starfish. There were 100's of them! (I couldn't get a good pic because I only had my iphone camera) ugh. I was able to get two of them off the rocks for the kids to look at (trust me those suckers are almost impossible to pull off) and of course we placed them back in their home when were done admiring their size and colors! 

  This is where Paul would usually be surfing! I love Low tide and so did the kids!

Another benefit of low tide is the caves! We were able to explore them without fear of getting stuck in them when the waves come crashing in. All the kids loved it except for Sidney she wanted nothing to do with them. She's more of a lounger... haha 

Notice Scout is sitting on his Aunt Tristen's lap! Well that's because he has the best Auntie and coolest mommy who make sure he doesn't miss out on any of them fun! The pushed him inside the caves in a Bob stroller and then carried him so he wouldn't get wet! 

   

Scout has a little sister Navy that's a bit older then Sid. They play so well together and Sidney loves having her special friend to teach her cool stuff! Like trading Popsicle flavors, making girls chill spots and how to tease the boys! These two could be trouble in the near future...

And here's the boys, all hanging out after a long day of sun and sand and Popsicles in hand!

Morning Cuddles

Paul and I both agree the morning is always the best part of our day. Around 7:00 we hear Sidney from her room saying "Mommy! Daddy! we love hearing her say it so after about 2 minutes of her shouting for us PAUL goes in and gets her and I hear a sweet "Hi daddy" and then Sid and Paul come back to bed. About 15 minutes later we hear Rileys bedroom door open and his little feet running across the wood floors to our room. Sid excitedly jumps up and says "Riley!" and then all 4 of us have a big family cuddle (cheesy I know but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world). I turn the cartoons on and Paul goes downstairs to get the kids a banana, juice and milk so that we can coax them to stay in bed with us a little longer... If were lucky we can get a full 30 Min of family cuddle time! Will it still be like this in 10 years? I HOPE SO!!!