Fun Firsts for Elizabeth and Owen

Fun firsts for the kiddos this week: Elizabeth had her first ballet/tap class and totally loved it. She was able to enjoy it with her friend Abby and they both did such a wonderful job together. Owen had his first official soccer game and scored one of the goals! You should have seen the proud look on his sweet little face. I was a total bad picture taker that day because I was way too into the game. One of the other moms actually captured his reaction after his first goal and snapped a shot. She is going to send it to me so I can share it with you later. Jeremiah is also the coach of O's team and its so fun to watch them out there together. Go Speed Racers!

Labor Day Weekend Fun

Fun times during Labor Day weekend: Spending time at the beach on a hot San Diego day and going to Disneyland on Monday because Daddy had the day off! Trying to take in every moment while our kiddos are little.Buggies was finally not afraid of any of the characters. She embraced each one with a hug and a kiss when she met them. This really was a first for her!
Can anyone guess what ride Daddy and Bugs are on?

The Boldt Family joined us for our day at Disneyland.

Owen and Elizabeth really did boogie board on their own. Elizabeth got clobbered by the waves a couple of times but just kept on tryin'!

Free Museum Day

Every first Tuesday of the month, Balboa Park opens up several of there museums to SD residents for free. We decided to venture out that day and explored the Reuben H. Fleet Science Museum and O and E's fav of the day: The Model Train Museum. (Actually, I think it really was Owen's favorite, but at this point Elizabeth LOVES everything her big brother is into so she hung in there quite well.:)) Owen did not want to leave the place and he continues to tell us how much he wants to go back. So I guess we'll be heading to Free Museum Day for a while. Its hard to tell in the pics, but we really were looking at lots of trains. It was pretty cool. But I think Elizabeth and I had seen plenty of trains after an hour . Owen could have been there all day.

Right now Owen is into being Elliot the Pirate from the Veggies Tales: "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything." In the movie, Elliot wears his eye patch above his eye, hence, Owen's patch above his eye. (in case you were wondering) He either wears the eye patch or his special Larry Boy(another Veggie Tale character) Hat everywhere we go.

Life-Long Friends

My sweet husband had the kiddos all to himself this morning while I took a drive up to Oceanside to meet up with a few dear friends from Westmont. We have a girls' weekend every February and there, we meet up with a total of 11 women (when we all can be there, its amazing!) to relax and catch up with one another. The gals who live in San Diego and Orange County will occasionally meet up in between our annual weekend retreats for a quick breakfast and catch up time as well. Both of these "just girls" times are always so refreshing for me. We have known each other since college, and its been such an honor and privilege to continue these friendships throughout our busy lives as growing women in Christ. Whenever we get together its like we've never left each other. I just love that.

A Weekend of Celebrations

We headed up to Thousand Oaks this past weekend for a couple exciting celebrations. Our good friend, Chris Cooke (a Westmonter) had a CA wedding reception with his new wife, Kelly. Cookies totally scored a great gal! It was also so fun to catch up with the other Fellas and their growing families. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Cookies! We also had a surprise birthday and retirement party for my mom on Saturday night. My brother and his wife, Ewona were the master planners of the festivities and they did an amazing job. My mom was so surprised and was so thankful to celebrate with close friends and family. We love you mom and we are so excited for this next phase in your life. More time to come and visit us!:)We love you Babcia! Congratulations!
Couldn't resist the cute pic of Daddy and the kids.

O, E, Jeremiah , Mom and Ewona

Happy Birthday and Retirement Mom!

Chris and Kelly Cook surrounded by the Westmont Fellas and their families!

A Visit with Family:)

Emily (8 years old this month) and Andrew (5 years old this month) are Owen and Elizabeth's step-cousins. My mom and dad decided to take them to Sea World for their birthdays and for a sleepover with us.:) Owen and Elizabeth had such a wonderful time with them. For the past two days Owen has been telling us how much he misses them. We enjoyed our visit with them very much!Showing off their face paintings at Sea World.
Waking up from their sleepover!

Hanging out with Babcia and DziaDzia

Enjoying the Atlantis Ride with Babcia and DziaDzia.

Owen starts PreK!

Owen started his last year of preschool last week. We can't believe he'll be in Kindergarten next year but for now we are going to enjoy his last year of PreK. He was very thankful to have his good buddy Zain in his class this year. Here are a couple pics. We are so proud of you Owen. We know you'll have a great year!His new teacher Miss Pam.
Elizabeth and Owen checking out the new school bus in one of his classrooms.

Owen and his buddy Zain

Owen was very excited about his new class pets: The turtles: Tilly and Tess. He would like to have his own pets at home, but mommy and daddy are not ready to venture in that direction yet.