I love my Mom

So, I just have to say to everyone out there that I seriously have the best Mom in the world!! She is amazing!! Even when I was a teenager and at the age where I hated everyone, my mom was still one of my best friends. I can remember her waking me up early one morning to take me out to breakfast so we could talk. She has always been there for me whenever I needed anything. I love her to death and I just want everyone to know that she wins the contest...HANDS DOWN!!

Lazy Monday

Monday was spent rotating the kiddos through naps so I decided to snap a few pictures of the ones who were awake....

Trevor (aka Little Auggie) playing with Sydney.

He is a very coordinated little guy and was throwing the ball for Sydney to chase.

I love the look on Kaela's face.

Anyone up for a kissie??

Poor Miss Ava had a rough night and was not very happy to be awake! Do you see the big crocodile tear on her cheek?

These were all the kids awake at the time.

This picture is actually from Friday night but I forgot to take one of Zac on Monday....I know....what a horrible aunt I am!!


And of course, a picture of my cute kids....

Believe it or not, Lucas actually had a pretty high fever on Monday (103.2 when he woke up from his nap). But fever or no fever, this kid smiles like you would not imagine!!

We had so much fun playing with Joel and his family!! We sure wish they lived closer!!

Psychedelic sunday

After dinner on Sunday, Joel decided to spice things up a bit by breaking out some glow-in-the-dark sticks....some....more like 4-5 packages!! The kids had a blast playing in the living room with them! Plus, the "grownups" also joined in on the fun.....Clarissa was worried that the glow sticks would break and get all over her pictures (I don't know why....we weren't throwing them into the ceiling fan or anything) so we had to leave them on the ground.

More time with the cousins....

Saturday was spent doing a few projects.....Damon and Clarissa have been working on this fence for quite some time now. Luckily, Joel doesn't mind getting his hands dirty :0) and was more than willing to spend his Saturday helping Damon figure out the fence and also the sprinkler system for the garden. Boys with toys....need I say more???



Damon had also been enlisted to help with the Relay for Life event that was held at CSUB so that afternoon we headed over to check out the festivities. Emma got to have her face painted and we won some tickets to a Blaze game (the local baseball team - didn't even know there was a local baseball team). Guess what we're doing on the 4th of July, Grandpa Oz?



Lucas was just happy that he got to sit in the stroller and have a sucker!!

The cousins are here!!!

On Friday night, my brother Joel and his family blew into town from Kansas City. They had been in Vegas for a family reunion and decided to brave the drive across the desert and through Barstow to come and see us. Emma has been in heaven all weekend long!!! When they got here, it was raining (I know!! Rain in Bakersfield!!) so they all went outside and got really wet and muddy playing in the puddles.

Emma and Kaela ran back and forth while Zac rode the bike all around them.

Emma and Kaela jumped in the tub together and got all clean again. Do you like their CRAZY hair? That's how I got them to let me wash it!!

This was after everyone was all clean and ready for bed. Do you like the boys PJ's, Mom???