Happy Birthday to Jaren, Happy Birthday to Jaren cha cha cha!

Today is Jaren's birthday! WOW 9 years old I can't believe it. Here are some pictures of him over the years. As you can see he loves sports and cub scouts. He is excited to start school on the 6th and get back to see his old friends and meet some new ones. Jaren is a very fun and outgoing child. He loves his sisters and worships his dad. He is a great son and I love having him in our family. Today Jaren played his first round of golf with his dad. He has had some lessons but has never played on the big course. He held his own in the 110 degree weather. He laughed and shot the breeze with the big boys. We all love you Jaren.

Summer Swim Lessons

Olivia was in sea sprites. She learned to float on her back, kick her feet, and swim without floaties.

Jaren did diving lessons with Ellie. He was trying a flip. He didn't land so well. He learned to back dive, tuck dive, and a pipe dive. He moved onto intermediate which he will do next summer.
Tae and I were in mommy and me class. She learned to get out of the pool, try and blow bubbles, and going under. She loves the water. Good thing living in Arizona.
Ellie also did diving. She had a little more fear to overcome. She did her back dive and is working on perfecting the other dives. She is excited to do it again next summer.

Sand Sculptures

Liv and Tae worked together to bury kids or fill buckets.
Grandpa got in on the fun. Justin was the first to be burried in the sand.

Zach had buckets for boobs. I love his little smile.

Jaren was our sea mermaid. He loved the attention.

Happy Fourth of July!

Brig and Jenn brought fireworks from Indio and we let some off in Newport. The kids loved them. We had sparklers, flowers, picallo pete's, and smoke boombs. Then we watched the real fireworks from Newport and Dana Point. They were fantastic and the kids loved them. This was the only picture of me from the vacation. I am usually the one taking the pictures. Jaren was off riding his scooter so I grabbed whomever I could find. Ty was home working while we were playing. Tough break!!

Brig gave Livi a sparkler and yelled for her to run. She freaked out and started crying then dropped it into the grass. We got her to try again, but this made us all laugh.

Our Little Relly

This is Jenn and her little boy Rell. He is standing in the hole. He loved the sand and playing with all the kids. Jenn is a great mom and has a lot of fun with him. His smile is so contagious.

Let me explain....

Next to where we were sitting there were three girls that enjoyed taking pictures of themselves. They took pictures all day. They would change hats, primp hair, lay on the beach, run in the water, and then just plain pose. It was hillarious. So my dad would try and get into the picture by posing in the background. We all laughed so hard. They of course were oblivious to the situation. They were so into themselves that it made it even funnier. Even when we immitated them they could care less. I had to capture the moment because it was so stupid it was funny.

Livi's beach buddy. Grandpa took her into the ocean. Tae loved the sand, and diggin in it.

These are my nephews Zach and Justin. The kids like to try and surf on the boogie boards. The loved the waves and trying to catch the big one.

Tae's First Haircut

I needed to have Tae's hair cleaned up so we took her to Super Cuts. She was so good. She was very serious and stayed right where he asked her. She did much better with him then she does with me. She looked so cute with her sweet face. I love it.

Bounce U

Jaren and Ellie had their birthday party at Bounce U. They invited all their friends and played for a couple of hours. Their were slides, basketball, boxing and a maze. The kids were able to release a lot of energy in a cool place. They had a blast!