USS Midway

We recently went to the USS Midway Museum. It was so awesome! I had never seen an aircraft carrier up close before. It is SO big! It was really cool to see how the sailors lived (small quarters) and worked on such a huge vessel! It was extra fun for us because Max's grandpa was a test pilot in the Navy and lived on an air craft carrier, so it was fun to imagine someone we know living on one. The boys got to sit in some of the airplanes and helicopters, and it was really fun, interactive museum.

So excited to see all of the airplanes!

Max thinks his grandpa flew this airplane (correct us if we're wrong?).

Me and my boys

Family Vacation

For our family vacation this year, we decided to drive up to the Sacramento area where Max's family owns some land. It was such a fun week, full of fishing, swimming in the lakes and rivers by their house, and camping under the stars. For some reason, I didn't take very many picture, but here are some from Fairy Tale land.


Mason driving the coach

Archie riding a horse

The best family photo we could get! This was taken on his family's property. It's so beautiful there!

True Story...

This is a real conversation I had with Archie the other day:

Archie: "Milk, please!"
Me: "The milk is all gone."
Archie: "Dada drink it all?"
Me: "Yep."
Archie: "Get more at a garage sale?"
Me: "Is that where we get our milk?"
Archie: "No, from Mama's boob!"

Oh my gosh! This kid cracks me up! :)

Disneyland Fun!

A couple of weeks ago, most of my siblings and their families met at my parents' house to say goodbye to our brother, Jake. He is going on a mission to Germany for 2 years. :( Anyways, while everyone was together, we decided to go to Disneyland! The kids and I hadn't been in a while, so we were really excited to go and it was so much fun for all of the little cousins to go together! The boys loved it and we can't wait to go back!

Grandma let Mason drive! He loved it!

Mason with Grandpa on Dumbo

The boys' favorite: Buzz Lightyear!

Mason and Archie with their cousin, Alice. They had so much fun together!

I just had to post this picture of my mom and Mason on Buzz Lightyear. They are both concentrating really hard on shooting the bad guys!

Lego Geniuses!

I think my kids are Lego geniuses! Every morning they wake me up with their latest creations. The other day Archie came in to our room to show us his tower. Max and I could not believe our eyes. His tower was in a perfect pattern! When he brought it to us, it didn't have the Lego on top. He said, "one more" and went and grabbed the next Lego. It was a green one, which fit the pattern perfectly! We were so amazed! Mason is a little more advanced with his building. He made a dragon the other day and honestly, it is better than anything I could have built. We are so impressed with our little building geniuses!

Archie's tower (notice the colors?)

Mason's dragon, complete with a head, legs, and tail. Wow!

Hiking!

We have been wanting to check out the hiking trails at Mission Trails Park for a while, and we finally did last week. It turned into an all day activity, when we realized we had to hike a mile and a half to get to the river. Now, that may not sound like that long of a hike, but with two boys, who don't walk very fast and stop to look at every little bug, it seemed to take forever! Plus, Max and I each had to carry a sleeping boy all the way back to the car. Nonetheless, it was a fun family activity and the boys loved it!

Part of the hike was paved...not that cool!

Mason testing how deep the water is.

Crossing the river

San Diego River Dam

They loved finding sticks!

Funny Story

I swear Archie is the smartest 22-month-old (I can say that because I'm his mother)! The other day I was out running errands and when we passed the bank he said, "Bank!". Then I pulled into the post office parking lot and he said, "Boring! Boring!" I said, "The post office isn't boring." To which he replied, "A little bit." I about died! It was the funniest conversation I've had with him. Love him!