Last day of summer

Sleeping

Painting before breakfast? Why not? It's the last day of summer!

Donuts & Skylanders!

Reading. 

Posing. 

Playing in the water table. 

Rain that changed the day. Our power went out at 5:30 from wind & rain taking out power poles & power lines. It's not expected to come back on until 4:30am!! 

We went over to the in laws so the kids could shower. They got sidetracked by blocks, who can say no to blocks? Not these guys!!!

Since both kids are afraid of the dark, they'll both be sleeping in our bed tonight. Four is a crowd, but it's a fun crowd! 

Hope you all had as fun a summer as we did!! 2013 is definitely a summer to remember!!

Traveling with Daddy

The view heading East

After a few hours of crying bc Mommy didn't bring his blanket, we FINALLY got to a Target and got him a new one. (We left his blanket at a hotel in Flagstaff & it cost us $54 to have it shipped home!)

Night 1

Trying not to fall in. 

Nap on day 2

Maryam in some wildfires on Route 66

Jax asleep at Cracker Barrel. 

Day 3, Posing on some rocks in front of Sonic. 

Cracking up bc Mommy put a shade up to block the sun. 

Stopped at Hoover Dam on the way to Las Vegas

Daddy & the kiddos with the dam in the background. 

Mommy & the kiddos

Maryam & the lounge piano player. He let her play too! I'll post the video soon. 

On Las Vegas Blvd. We saw the Pirate show at Travel Island, the Volcano at The Mirage, the fountains at the Bellagio, & the Fremont Street Experience.   

Two hours of pool time on day four before heading home. 

We had a fun week with Daddy! 

Traveling with Daddy

Weekend in OC

The Monday after we moved back we went to Brett's grandfather's memorial service. It was very sad & moving. It was nice getting to see all of his cousins & aunts & uncles though. We made the most of it too.
We went to Orange County on Sunday and spent the evening on Balboa Peninsula. We all had fun! We walked around, ate dinner on the pier, hung out with some of Brett' cousins and aunt from VA, & even rode the Ferris wheel. We were there with Brett's parents & his sister & her kids.

On Monday we went to the memorial & then had a big family lunch afterwards. It was fun hearing the stories of Gramps and catching up with family we hadn't seen in a while.
After the lunch a bunch of us went to Knott's Berry Farm! I hadn't been there in a few years. The kids didn't even really remember ever having been there before! So that was fun! Momom & I took my little kids around to all the kid rides while Brande, the boys, & the rest of the grownups hit all the big kid rides! Brett didn't come with us to Knott's because he had to get to AZ for work.
On Tuesday the kids & I got up and headed to the beach!!! We sure missed the beach! After the kids were demolished by a wave we had lunch with my super rad friend, Jen. It was fun catching up with her. After lunch we made the trek home to 29 Palms. As we pulled into town Jax asked, "is this home?" Maryam responded with, "Yes Jax. 29 Palms is home, not TN." It cracked me up!