Victoria Garden's Fountians

We had another wonderful playdate with my stroller strides group. My kids are loving the water this summer! Brandon makes me smile he is super cute, funny and sweet! He loves the water, his favorite thing is to get himself wet in the face. He was running all over the place. I really believe that boys do not know how to walk, they run everywhere! Emily is getting so brave with the water, she is very cautious and is finally loving to run through the water. Emily loves to have her brother follow her around. She is the sweetest girl. I love my kids so much! We had a great day with a picnic. I was so surprised but both my kids stopped playing to have lunch. They are super cute together!

Fireworks!

We took a little trip to Disneyland to see the firework show before we were blocked out for the rest of the summer. I think we weren't the only ones with this idea, there was lots of people. We had a great dinner at the carnation cafe. It was the best place we have eaten at Disneyland. They also have the best banana split, so yummy! The fireworks were great. Tinkerbell flies through the sky and so does Dumbo! Disney sure is magical!!! Brandon was mesmerized by the fireworks. Emily liked them, but not the loud noise. She did say that she would like to see them again. We can't wait until we can go back!

Water Fun!

We went with one of my mommy playgroups to the Claremont pool. It is a shallow pool that is a a park in Claremont. They fill it up around 11:30 and drain it at 1:30, the kids had a blast. Emily loved helping her brother around the pool and playing with the water toys. She is the best big sister! Brandon loved the water, he likes to get his bucket full of water and dump it onto his face. I think he is going to be a little swimmer. We also took lunch and had a nice picnic. I love the summer!

Birthday!

June 14Th is my birthday, So this year we went to Disneyland. I wanted to receive my fun card worth $69.00. We all had a great time, the weather was perfect and I was spending my day with my family. I couldn't have asked for a better birthday! My mom has a pass so she was able to join us. We spent half of the day there and then my mom watched the kids and my mother in law took us to shogun's for dinner, it was delicious!James also bought me a new double jogging stroller. It is not any stroller, It is the best jogging stroller. Since I use my stroller with stroller strides Mon-Thurs. I love exercising with my kids.

Graduation!

So my baby girl graduated from preschool. Wow I can't believe that she is going to be 5 and in kindergarten. I am so going to miss her everyday while she is at school.
At the graduation they announced what each child wanted to be when they grew up. I thought for sure Emily would say Hannah Montana, or something on that line. Boy was I wrong she wants to "collect sticks all over the world" yes sticks. So I say she wants to be a world traveler! She also received an award for The Kindness Heart. She sure does have the kindness heart! We made her graduation a big deal I really want her to be excited for kindergarten. James had to testify in court in that morning but talked to the judge and they rescheduled until 1:30, he wouldn't miss Emily's graduation for anything. What a great Dad! My Mom, Dad, Mother in law, Aunt Joanie, Uncle Rick and of course James, Brandon and I all went to see Emily graduate. Uncle Rick video the whole thing. He was practically laying on the ground in front of her feet so he wouldn't miss anything.
After her graduation we all went to eat lunch at Emily's favorite restaurant Olive Garden. She opened her present and had the best lunch. She loved being the Star.

Disneyland!

It was Sunday morning and we were home relaxing trying to figure out something to do with the kids. We had nothing to do and James wasn't on call! We thought about the park, chucke cheese, etc. But nothing sounded exciting. Until Disneyland popped into our head, we have passes and are not blocked. So we asked Emily which place she wanted to go to and she said lets go to Disneyland! So we packed up the kids and went! It turned out to be a beautiful day. I thought it was going to be packed but it wasn't too bad. We got in line for Emily and Brandon's favorite ride small world. But when we got to the front of the line the ride broke. So once again we asked Emily what she wanted to do. Since about half of the people in line left. She said lets wait a few more minutes and in about 2Min's later the ride was working. Emily made great choices today. Brandon loved Buzz lightyear I think next time we will have to buy him the toy gun! He loved it ! The kids had lots of fun! We sure love Disneyland!

Silver Lake

We went camping again this last weekend. I was so excited we got to got to our favorite place Sliver Lake ,which is about 25miles from Mammoth. James has been camping there since he was 1yr. This was the 1st time I had been there with our RV. It was so much fun! The kids had a blast playing in the dirt, throwing rocks in the lake and Emily fishing. She is so cute with her dad, they love to fish together. James has no problem taking her fishing anytime she wants. Emily is such a great fishergirl. She caught 7 fish. We took her first stringer to the little general store and they took her picture and gave her a certificate. She loved all the attention! Brandon loved playing in the dirt. He is all boy for sure! They also got to go on wagon rides, which they love. Everything is better in the mountains, the food was great, the air was so clean and crisp.
My mother in-law, and niece Raylene also went with us. We all had the best time and did not want to come home! The weather was nice it was sunny in the morning and then overcast in the afternoon. The RV was great we would put Brandon for a nap and relax and watch a movie. We are for sure going again. More wonderful memories we made with our family. What a great family and life I have. We love the sierra's!!( so happy we bought the RV it is so worth the payment)