Whipped Cream Fight, Yep You Read it Right!

Some of the neighborhood/church kids get together on the last day of school and have a whipped cream fight. Even though my kids aren't in school yet, they were nice enough to invite us to participate.

Here is the "Before" shot:


Ooey, Gooey, whipped cream!

Hayden had a blast!

I called Spencer my ice cream sundae, all he needed was a cherry!

Nothing better than a popsicle after a whipped cream fight!


What a fun day! Afterward, we headed straight for the pool to wash off the stickiness. I think the kids were in heaven! Thanks Brooke for such a fun day!

Playing Catch-up!

Wow, it's been too long and now I have to play catch-up!

Here is Jude with his morning hair. The kid loves to shove his head up into his bumper and fall asleep.

Jude is a happy guy! He is getting so strong!


The boys got silly putty (I did not buy it nor would I ever buy silly putty for my three-year olds) and decided to make mustaches, they looked so silly!


Here is Hayden at her end-of-year soccer banquet. She had a great time playing on the Sharks! She received the award for "Most Versatile Athlete" because she played so well on offense and defense. It was so fun to watch her play so hard and never back down from anyone (no matter how much bigger the other kids may have been).

Hayden's preschool graduation! She loved going to Kiddie Kampus (surprisingly, they teach spelling quite well) and she made some wonderful friends!

Hayden, Tara and Emily (her friends from school).


We were able to go Cedar City, Utah for my niece's baptism. It was a whirlwind of a trip but it was well worth it! Here are the kids and their cousin, Cambridge (Addi sneaked into the picture. She is a hoot)!

Hayden loves her cousin so much!

All the Wood grandchildren.

My brother and sister! One of my brothers wasn't there and boy did we miss him!

Huntington Beach

First beach trip this year and it was wonderful. We met some of Joey's cousins and an aunt and uncle in Huntington Beach and it was a great day.

Joey and Jude. Poor Jude cut two teeth this weekend and was not his happy self.


Getting our toes wet!

Hayden and cousin Catherine.


Spencer
Lincoln


Cousin Bradford buried the boys in the sand.


This is the first year the boys aren't afraid of the water. They loved it and can't wait for our next beach day. I did say that we have to do the beach with daddy, it is just too much work for me and the 4 kids by myself!


Yeah! A rare picture of me and Joey!


Joey and Spencer

Isn't he the cutest little man?!?

What a Weekend!

We had a great weekend! Hayden had her first soccer game but I didn't get any great shots so those pictures are still to come:) I also made the team banner so I will take pictures of that this weekend.

We went to the Mormon Battalion Visitors Center in San Diego on Saturday. We went on the tour and panned for gold. It was a story with which I was not previously familiar, and I was amazed at the faith of the Saints who traveled from Iowa to Southern California. This journey allowed them to earn the money and skills necessary to help the other Saints traveling to Utah.


While visiting the Visitors Center we also walked around Old Town San Diego. We went to an old-fashioned candy store and ate at a great Mexican restaurant.

Here is Jude sporting his San Francisco Giants outfit! Even though we live in SoCal our kids will learn from their father that Bay Area sports teams are the best (UCLA is the exception to that rule).


Link found Hayden's lipstick.


Link has been wanting to be a big helper lately so I let him set the table at dinner. He did a great job!


Oh Boy(s)!! They decided their dresser was a ladder. We had a serious talk and it will not be happening again!

Happy Easter

We had a wonderful Easter weekend. On Saturday we went on a great hike in the hills behind our home. It might be our new favorite activity.

On Sunday we had some family friends over for a great Easter feast and Easter Egg Hunt.

Here are the kids eating their candy!

The kids (minus Jude).


Our little family!


Daddy and Jude.

Hmmm, who knew you could use an Easter Egg Basket for a hat?

Weekend Visitors

Joey's parents came for a visit from Northern California this past weekend. We had a great time! Thanks for the visit, Nonni and Bobpa!

Nonni and Lincoln


Bobpa and Spencer

Our most updated family photo (we got to wear our Easter outfits a week early since General Conference is on Easter Sunday)

We took the kids to Pretend City with Bobpa and Nonni. It's this great children's museum that is a mini-city. They have a grocery store, fire station, farm, doctor's office, etc. It was so fun! Here is Hayden in her BMW convertible.


The kids in the art studio.

Lincoln doing his art project.

Joey keeping Jude happy!

We got to go see the Easter Bunny this weekend too.


Joey making Jude laugh, Joey is Jude's favorite person and I love it when he lights up when Joey is around!

Birthday weekend

I had a great birthday weekend! It started out with Joey writing me the nicest blog post (see post below, if you haven't read it). We went out to dinner on Friday night to begin the festivities. On Saturday I woke up and Joey said, "It's your birthday weekend, we will do whatever you want," so I decided I wanted to go to the beach. We had a wonderful day walking around Balboa Island.

My little man and me.


This pelican was just hanging out on the pier and I got so close to it.


The kids and me making our way down the pier. Joey was on stroller duty.

Three of the four kiddos! Jude was conked out from all the excitement!


The whole family:)
We had to get ice cream at Ruby's! Shooby dooby down to Ruby's!

This little guy was in our front yard when we got home! We named him "Quentin Turtle-tino" (Modern Family watchers will love that one!) and Spencer believes he now has a pet.


I had a great day!!!