Finally! A Saturday with the Family

It's been a long time coming but after several weeks of dental torture, multiple Saturday shifts at work and Chris's study time, we were finally able to have a Saturday just the four of us. So ... everyone is ready to go.

I'm asking Ella to smile in this picture and I think she was saying "What is this about?"

But, it worked out ok.

Um, yes! This is my husband!

It didn't take long, Aiden's almost 5 and now doesn't cry when he gets to ride a pony.

Ella and Chris rode the train. HAHA! I said I had to pee; there was NO WAY I was going on the train with Ella. By the time they got back, he was ready to kill her. Aiden had an incident with a bee two years ago on the train, which he still remembers, so he refused to go.

Not quite tall enough, even standing on a bail of hay. He is actually jumping in this picture.

There was a juice stop.

And ducks ...

Aiden gets a shower!

Ella looses her ball

Chris is teaching Aiden to throw the ball.

A Little Easter Party ...

Easter Time Out!

She really isn't interested in hunting for eggs.
She's just happy to get one and immediately eat the contents.

Delivering Grammy to her Utah home!

So, try and remember that my son has never lived outside California. He's never visited anywhere in the winter .. EVER. We went from sunshine and t-shirts to this. Our first night he was snuggled up to me all night, then, I get up to go to toilet and come back to him snuggled up with his grandmother.
Cold weather takes work. He's wearing a long sleeved shirt, then a sweater and then this hockey shirt. It didn't matter, with no gloves and iced over playground equipment, there were many falls and purple hands within about five minutes.
This was what it was all about. Snow gloves, snow hat, snow shoes, two shirts, one sweater and a sweatshirt. By the way, snowball fights are a great workout.

My cousin Kari's son Beau. I need to add that Beau is a nasty snowball flight player. He aims for the face!

My cousin Rob's son, Porter, in the middle. He seemed very passive and was cool hanging out in the snow, but wasn't really interested in beating anyone up. He just kind of layed down and chilled.

Our last night at "Just Desserts". Despite my son's ridiculous behavior, I still let him get a "Tweet".

Nana Sue & Uncle Gary Visit

Although ALL our plans were postponed due to the storms that passed through California, the kids thoroughly enjoyed puddle jumping.

In between storms, we ran everyone quickly down to the beach. Because the sand was so manky, we had to buy sea shells for Aiden to throw in the ocean.

Gary checking out the hotties playing volleyball on the beach.

All the gang playing "Rockband" on the Xbox. Turns out, they all sucked, I was the best singer!

Bubbles ... Bubbles ... Bubbles ...

Disneyland ... Gary's favorite place!

More Memories!!!

I miss hair like this !!!

Graduation to Orange Belt!

Expensive but very worth it!

Memories ...

Been looking through a lot of pictures recently, trying to get the ones I want scanned into our computer for safe keeping. So, before safely tucking away some of these pictures, I thought they deserved another viewing.

From left to right, Manda Hansen, Melissa Meridith and Tory Hansen. It's hard to believe that three such beautiful women were such total dorks!

Go Tom! It's your birthday!

Pretty Robby, I think this was in San Francisco.

From left to right, Tom Patane, Rob Patane, Tory Hansen, Melissa Meridith and Manda Hansen.
Again ... total dorks!