We started Easter Sunday with church and the children’s choir that I lead sang a beautiful version of The Miracle. Of course everyone’s favorite part of the day was the post-church photo op. I kid. But we were feeling the love between the painful posed shots. My family came in…
Before we hit the road to come home after spring break, we squeezed in an Easter egg hunt in my parents’ town. We arrived bright and early so we wouldn’t miss the hunt, only to find out that the schedule included an hour of pre-hunt activities. I wanted to get…
The camera in my back pocket captured some winter happenings I don’t want to forget. Let’s just pretend the quality of the photos is better. Even though it’s nice out all year round, the temperatures drop enough in January that if we look really hard, we can find signs of…
I was able to sneak away to Disneyland a couple of times in March with just my older boys. We love those days because we can power through lots of rides without dealing with strollers and height restrictions. We nicknamed the theme park “DL” while we talked about it around…
We set out for a day of adventures on our day off from school on President’s Day. First on the agenda was meeting up with extended family at the Ocean Institute. We explored the boardwalk along the harbor while waiting for everyone to gather. Nash showed off his new toothless…
We met up with cousins and grandparents the day after Valentine’s Day at our favorite place. Troy’s sister introduced us to the Jolly Holiday Bakery and it has now become a staple. We love the view of the castle from the main roundabout where the restaurant is located. Nash relaxed…
As is tradition, I swept Nash away on Disney date during the week of his birthday. The boys look forward to their individual day-long dates the entire year. We began the day in Tomorrowland, where Nash was adorned with a cloak and lightsaber to fight the mighty Darth Vader. He…
We broke up our drive home after Christmas by stopping to see our good friends in Vegas. They heated their pool for their family to enjoy over break and even though it was dark, misty and cold outside, the kids jumped in with no hesitation. No one was mad about…
We headed to the desert for Thanksgiving. The boys had the whole week off from school so it was worth it to travel. Funny enough, we had to go to the desert to pull out the winter apparel. It was a lot chillier than Southern California. Nash’s “relaxing” photos have…
We tried to get our whole family to the pumpkin patch several times during the month of October. Things kept popping up and company kept filling our weekends so we didn’t actually make it to the patch until 4 days before Halloween. If it wasn’t for tradition’s sake, we might…
