Yosemite Pictures

Preparation

So we seem to be in preparation for several things in our lives these days. Namely...packing for a week in Yosemite, the arrival of a my friends' new baby, and their sudden departure from our lives here in California. :( As we played at the water park this afternoon, it dawned on me that Luke has had his one, true friend Nathan since he was 1 year old. Granted that's only been 3 1/2 years, but for him it's basically been his whole life. I can say goodbye and be sad and still be okay. But how do you help your 4 year old say goodbye and then re-tell him everyday where Nathan went everytime we go the park, go to church, ride our bikes, etc? Being a parent is hard! Ugh!!

Here are a few pictures we have of the boys along the way...

Drummers and Kings

I just had to share this precious little face with everyone. How does a person resist giving in to a face like this? I just happened to have the camera in my hand when Logan was pleading with me to have his markers back. They were taken away because he was using them as drumsticks (like he does with most things) and splattered the ink all over the kitchen! Guess who got a second chance??


This picture is what I woke up to the other morning. "Pillow Mountain" is Luke's most recent design. It's now become a regular in the living room. He uses it as his purch to watch his morning cartoons. Do you think we have a king in the making??

Summer Time!

With the last day of school behind us, we now feel as if we're officially into summer! We took the boat out on the river last night with some KFC to start off the season properly. Nate had his first wakeboard pull, first flip, and we enjoyed our first sunset while on the water. Here are a few pictures...

Big Boy Bed!

One more eventfull thing that has transpired in our house is that Logan had decided he'd like to take the rail off of his crib so that he has a "big boy bed" like his brother. 2 nights down and let's say that it's a work in progress. But he's so proud!

Also, here's more May pictures for you!

May in a "Nutshell"

Well, we've had quite the month these past 30 days or so. So instead of making several posts here, I thought I'd just group a bunch a pictures and a brief explanation and call it good. Maybe I can be better at posting in June...we'll see! May started off with Logan contracting a nasty virus that ended with him in Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Edema. We moved up his cardiologist appt and he had an echo. Good news is that everything looks good now and we don’t have to see Dr. Fallah again until November!

Nate won Area Manager of the Year throughout his company nationwide and got to go to San Diego for the annual meeting from the 20th-23rd. He was able to play golf, attend a Padres Game and receive a plaque which he had to give an un-prepared speech for. We’re so proud of him!

This last weekend Nick and Angie visited and we all had so much fun! We played Guitar Hero until the wee hours of the night, card-making into the same wee hours, BBQ’d at Southside Park and then BBQ’d again on the boat while hanging out on the river. FUN!!!

Finally we ended the month with Luke’s Preschool Graduation Ceremony. Even though he’s going back next year, it was still fun for him to participate with all of his friends.

June, here we come!!

Graduation...sort of & New Shoes too!

Luke brought home his graduation robe from preschool this week. Although he is only 4 years old, the teachers wanted the whole class to participate in the graduation ceremony together. He's so excited! I only hope he doesn't get too sad when he realizes that he's not going on to Kindergarten just yet. He's been wearing the robe around the house and the other day he asked my to take his picture in it. He's so funny!

This week Logan also received THE CUTEST pair of shoes! He thinks he is such a big boy in them! They are Keen 100% Hybrid and they are the coolest. Totally waterproof and designed to be breathable at the same time...which is a good thing for big chubby feet like Logan's! When he saw me taking pictures of Luke, he had to get in on the action too. So here is Logan and his new shoes!