Summer in April

We've been outside pretty much all day for the last 3 days. It's been beautiful here, actually making it to 87 degrees! It's never this warm in Monterey so we're taking each day as it comes.

Jackson taking a drink from the Slip 'N Slide. Addie watching in the background while enjoying a snack, oh wait that's her hair.














Haley's decided she rather enjoys sunbathing. Don't worry she has SPF 1000 on. It's so think sun cannot penetrate her skin.



















One of Addie's best pics ever. The kid just never lets me capture her beautiful smile on camera. Maybe if Aunt Kenzie came out for a visit she might be able to get it out of her.

Haley and her friend Ella having a ball.

This is a snowcone record for the neighborhood. We were able to have all these children sit by each other for a total of five minutes and no one screamed, kicked, whined, well you get the picture. I screamed, but it was because I had a brain freeze. ;) Them's the breaks.

Easter Sunday

One of the girls' favorite things about church has always been the donuts afterwards. Heaven help us if we ever find a church that doesn't do this. I guess then we'll have to find a Dunkin Donuts or Krispy Kreme, oh how I miss Krispy Kreme.

In their Easter bonnets from Nana and Papa, we made it to St Thomas Aquinas this morning. It's wonderful to be surrounded by our friends from preschool and Jamie's curriculum.

A rare family photo. It was a gorgeous day this morning. 65 degrees with very little wind. Perfect for their little white sweaters and bonnets.

Me and my girls. This one will get framed. They're both looking and no one is scowling.

We hope you all are having a wonderful Easter with your friends and family. We miss our family today, but they know that we're thinking of them. Praise God for this country and our family and friends.

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz is an amusement park on the boardwalk about 45 minutes from Monterey. We stayed about 6 hours and it was an absolutely beautiful 70 degree day right on the beach.
The cars seemed fairly mild at first, but it really whipped around on the corners. The girls LOVED it! Everytime they'd hit a corner they would light up. It was pretty fun to watch.









Haley did the Mini-drop thing. I thought she was going to cry everytime she came down, but she had a huge smile on her face when they went back up. I attempted to do it with Addie, but we got kicked off before the ride even started because Addie was near tears already! They said if she started crying on the ride, they would have to stop the ride for her to get off. No thank you.














There were about 20 ride that the kids could do together and only a few (like the swings) that Addie couldn't do. My favorite was getting to go on the Skyline, but Jamie said he was too nervous to enjoy it. You can't go wrong with corn dogs, cherry slushies and kettle corn.

We rode the carousel probably 10 times. It's just one of those rides where you can get off but get back on quickly because it takes so many people. If you're on the outside of the carousel, you can grab a coin from the arm and try to throw it into the clowns mouth. With my coordination, I didn't even attempt it.

Month of the Military Child

MWR put on a nice little shindig today for the kids. There was a petting zoo, face painting, bounce houses and best of all our friends. Haley was very excited to say the least!
















Addie holding one of George's birds. George is at the wharf every weekend so the girls are very accustomed to him plopping a bird on their arm.



















Haley and Addie waiting patiently for the petting zoo line. Dad looking on.

Haley, Ella and Addie with their bunnies. We had two trips to the petting zoo. They're favorite to hold were the bunnies and I even got to hold a duck.