KmCaCFamilyof5

June 28, 2009

Park with Cousins

Friday afternoon cousins Carly, Claira, and Marcus came over to our house for a bit, then we went to one of the local parks by our house. Cousins Scott and Samantha were also with us while their mom (my aunt) went out to lunch with my mom, grandma, and all my other aunts to celebrate my mom's bday. It was great having two older cousins to entertain all the kids.

Ava on the swing

Carter on the swing

Weeeee

His hair would just stick straight up every time he swung forward.

Big smiles

Ava liked the baby swing because she could lean all the way forward and pretend she was flying

All 3 of my kids swinging

The birthday twins. Carter was born on Samantha's 10th bday :-) Now they share a special bond!!

Ava and Clair

The cousin train... Ava, Clair, Marcus, Cristian, Sam and Scott

Notice the little boy pushing them down... I think he grew impatient of them trying to all line up and go down together.

After we got back the kids all had a water fight. Here's Cristian showing off his bubble blowing skills.

My camera battery died after just taking these two pictures :-( Scott and Cristian really got into it and were pretty wet. Ava and Sam preferred watering my flowers with their squirt guns.

Ava enjoys dancing to music, and insists on wearing a dress so she can spin it :-) Here she is ready for our Friday, Family Fun Night DANCE Party!

The dancing princess! She was really workin' it to Hannah Montana's, Nobody's Perfect!

June 27, 2009

The Babies of the Family

My cousin Erin and little Cami came over Friday morning. We got such a kick out of watching these two interact. They are so cute!

Carter and Cami both like to play with phones

I think they both look like their daddies in this picture.

Cami will hold the phone up to her ear... and Carter just likes to push the buttons.

Phone swapping

They're both quite mobile now... crawling around and pulling themselves up to a stand. Cami is faster though... Carter tries to keep up with her :-)

My mom came over and they both got the biggest smile on their faces when she walked in the front door.

Cute Cousins Carter and Cami!

Bowling 6/25/09

Thursday I took my 3 kids, and cousins Brady and Abby bowling with our friends Peyton, Hayden, and Bailey!

This was the second time Cristian has ever been bowling, and he got his first STRIKE! He was so excited!! He ended up getting 3 strikes and 1 spare in the two games we bowled.

Cousin Abby and Cristian watching Ava bowl

Most of you know Brady's dad, Cousin Andy, is currently deployed over seas and has been gone since Easter. I thought it would be nice for Julianne to have an afternoon to herself (since Landon takes a 2.5-3 hour nap in the afternoon), so I brought Brady along with us and he had a great time! I think he enjoyed being around a bunch of kids.

Brady taking his turn

My friend Lana, and her two kids Hayden and Peyton, and Ava and Bailey getting everything set up for the 2nd game.

Thumbs up from Ava and Brady

Carter is such a great baby... he took his nap at the bowling alley... slept the entire time we were there in his stroller with his lamb :-)

My friends Lana and Erika (and Peyton too)

Ava enjoyed her bowling experience. She bowled almost the entire 2 games all by herself. On the 9th frame of the 2nd game, she came up and said, "When are we going home, I'm tired and done bowling." (when we got home she took a 2.5 hour nap... I think she was still tired out from the Mariners game the night before).

All the bowlers (minus Abby)

The bowlers again!

Mariners Game 6/24/09

As an end of the year Thank You present for Cristian's Kindergarten teacher, my friends Lana and Erika and I decided it would be fun to buy her family tickets to a Mariners game because they are HUGE baseball fans. The kids LOVED seeing Mrs Weber again, and it was fun to see her with her husband (who actually was one of my teachers in High School) and her 4 kids!

Mrs Weber and Cristian (her husband and her son Nate are sitting next to her)

Kyle, Ava and I

Cristian, Kyle, Carter, Lana and her husband, Clark.

Mrs Weber, Bailey, and Cristian (that's Mrs Weber's daughter Annie in the background... she is one year older then these guys and goes to the same school)