egg tradition

jeremys mom "nana" visited us during easter 08. here she is talking to the boys about Jesus' death and resurrection with the resurrection eggs. its one of our easter traditions.

"hey wally....."

wally is our most favorite neighbor in the world. he is our sweet "mr. wilson" to our boys "dennis the menice" everyday when we go outside, allister or oliver will constantly say, "hey wally, ......", "hey wally, check this out...." im constantly, "allister give wally a break, oliver, wally is busy!" but he is so patient and kind and listens to all their ramblings. he used to be a physics teacher, he is so smart and knows so much, we will pretty much have physic class outside of his garage, the boys and i love it.

here, wally took us on a hike to show the boys and i a rad trial in the hills near our house where other boys built forts/etc.

wally and ginger

friends from birth

easter with the stepan's, here is oliver's little buddy ella. she is tough and can keep up with the boys.

family pics of our fun 5 mile hike. oliver walked it no prob and with no complaints, allister on the other hand........ but here is allister at the beginning in a good mood.

jeremy

neat wall

excited boy with a heavenly light

no ducks were harmed

i caught a duck for wesley, we didnt know what was with wesley's tongue???? maybe he was hungry?

oliver says, "Hi Duckie!!!"

ducks followed us for more food

1984

a group of us rented out a rollerskating rink at moonlight rollerway in glendale, we dressed and skated to the 80's
jeremy (axel rose) and i do the train

.... our friends were saying that jeremy and i just came in our usual attire

caroline, christine, simona, me, kristen and bonnie

bonnie came FASHIONABLY late

laurie

christine and i are really cool

kristen

simona and bonnie

jeremy before

jeremy after

then he had to take a break

group pick of most the people who came, those of you who didnt come, sorry but it was so fun and ya missed out!!!

group hike

mint cyn hike in agua dulce bonnie, kristen and i and all our kids totaling=10! so fun.
here are the boys in the poppy field.

i love when i get flowers from my boys, teaching them early, : )

oliver was pretty tired and needed a nap, i love how he held ellas doll by the head!!!

wesley turns 1

happy 1st birthday wesley!!!! we just had a small party with the fam, my parents, talon, neighbors and their kids. we had a bunny ice cream cake, his birthday is march 19th, 07.

blue plaid overload, wesley, jeremy, oliver and my dad all had blue plaid on.

cake=very happy!

oliver loves his pop pop soooo much, he cried when pop pop had to go home. so cute

new discoveries

first ever dandelion, he could only blow his bangs! hehe!

the little things

i know, i know, im THAT mom who delights in every miniscule thing my kids do. well those of you who dont have kids, you'll understand when you do. : )
i just loved watching them throw rocks in the creek. esp oliver as he laughed out loud after every thrown rock

buddies

poor oliver

i caught allister passing oliver up as he gives oliver a nudge. oliver hits the ground. poor oliver has many more years of this treatment until he gets a little bigger.

still hiking

some more great pics of our hike,
oliver found a big log!

they found a small creek and loved jumping over it, i just stood there and watched them.

spring hikes and hams

allister, oliver, wesley and i hike in the hills around our neighborhood in the spring time.
here they are by a fence just being so cute

allister being the ham that he is

oliver expressing himself

run allister run!

allister loves to run in races, so any that we come across, we sign him up. allister did a mile at this race

him and his metal

mural update

here is an update of the mural im doing for little bethany
ive done a little more with the tree that is not shown here,
its taking me foreverrrrr b/c i have to do this when the kids are in bed,
its not my career

here is wesley taking his first cruise in the house with the police car having a blast

oliver and wesley are so small that they both fit, they were loving it

kid canvas

i paint my boys faces quite often, allister wanted to be a ninja turtle and i made oliver into a clown, our neighbor laughed pretty hard.

Ink for Kids

im probably the only mom to put a sleeve on her son but it was fun and it turned out pretty good.
all pirate images, then we fill it in with a washable black marker. some people thought it was real. i loved seeing there shocked faces as they saw my six year olds arm! hehe!

Spy Man

One day Allister came home from school and kepted telling me how he wants to be a spy man when he grows up. Later his teacher sent all the parents a letter saying that the students will dress up on friday of what they have chosen in class to be when they grow up. Here is Allister ....Spy man! I told him to say, "I am Allister, Secret Service Special Agaent! He was saying that all the way to school!