Dinner on the Deck

This past weekend was beautiful and we joined my parents for dinner on the deck with my cousin and her family. It was such a nice day and evening and we even got to see the eclipse with some extra fun from it.

Forrest and "bama" or whatever he decides to call her when the time comes.

I got these fun shots on my camera of the eclipse...

What was even cooler was that my parent's little disco ball hanging in the tree reflected the eclipse on to other things on the deck.

Like the wall, the chair and Forrest's exersaucer.

It was amazing that at 7pm it was still warm enough to eat outside. I'm hoping for the same this coming weekend.

Forrest enjoying his cereal (well after anyways as you can see on his bib)

 

Christopher holding court with Merrill's daughter and her best friend.

 Great evening, great food and great company!

Relay for Life

We joined my cousin (Dr. Christ Mule) and his family for the Relay for Life in Salinas in June. We had a lot of fun. Christopher loves hanging out with his cousins.

The booth. The theme was fighting lung cancer.

Christopher was asking for these candies ALL morning.

The boys going for a walk. Getting Christopher out of the tent to work off some energy.

Some of the awesome shirts that they made for the event to sell.

Momma, please??? Just one?

Most popular shirt of the day

He was very committed to his cause

We stayed till bedtime. Walked the track a lot (maybe too much for being pregnant). Had a great time. The booth won best theme. It was great, every year. David went back in the middle of the night to keep the walking going and help out at one of the cancer booths making coffee for volunteers. We do what we can with a 2 1/2 year old.

El Dorado Visit

We went up to El Dorado the beginning of June to visit my brother and his family. We had a great time and as usual, the kids played really well together.

The kids played a lot on this mat they have, set up as a slide. They loved it. Up and down, up and down, over and over and over again!

The smiles are the best

And then some reading time with Grandma

On Sunday night, we did a little birthday party for Emmy and Cole's 2nd birthday. Mmmm cupcakes.

Gone!

Yummy!

And we can't forget Tucker and his sock!

Overall, it was a great weekend. I love getting the kids together and of course getting together with the entire family. It will be fun to see the 3 older cousins with the baby. 

Oh, and Saturday, Grandma, Grandpa, David and I, took all three kids to the library for reading time. I have pics on my phone, but just need to upload them. To be added later :)

Easter Sunday

For Easter Sunday, we joined my parents for mass, brunch and dinner. Christopher was so good during mass and really was a trooper. We had an amazing brunch in Carmel after which we went back to their house so Christopher could take his nap. 2 hours, later we started him on a mini egg hunt and basket time.

Yes, the hat made a repeat performance. Like I said, he loved it. He also loved the tie. Go figure.

Cutie

The hunt

Then, diving into the baskets.

Eating his first jelly bean. He was a little iffy at first, but hooked now.

Sugar!

A cookie!

Pig!

A chocolate bunny!

See Grandma!

Stickers!

Eggs!

No Candy :(

Candy!

Gifts:

Spelling out his name

Big Boy!

We had a great Easter. Christopher has enough candy for a while! Luckily, he doesn't get much so he doesn't have a big craving for it.