4th of July-Woodland. Wa

Eli and our new dog Dempsey.

Ethan and Ben on the jet ski.

Jen, Lydia and me.

Ginny and the boys.

Ben with all the kids in the parade.

Every year we go to Washington to celebrate the 4th with the Dobbe's and Moldenhauer's. We always have the best time. We love the parade and being up at the cabin, it is beautiful. The best part is being with great friends.

The Beach-Cali Trip 2009

Our family at Laguna Beach.

Ethan in the pool with friends.

Eli taking a break from swimming.

My Old Crew in Cali

Our kids playing together at Michelle's, wow how weird is that all our kids playing together...

Shan, me and Amanda

My dearest friends in Cali, I miss you guys!

Kate, me and Nae

Me, little Evan Brock (in my tummy) and my "little" brother Brock.

California Trip

Nae and Brock at the BBQ.

Shel and Nel.

The boys and watching fireworks at Disneyland.

Eli and I at our dinner break before heading back to Disneyland.

The view of all the parks from our hotel room.

The second day in California we took the boys to Disneyland. To be honest Ethan was a little grouchy at first and I wasn't too happy we paid that much money and he was actually grouchy, I told him that is was the happiest place on Earth and he would be happy! :) After lunch he was a new kid. We had a blast, even saw Kobe Bryant after the Lakers big win. We all had a blast it was a wonderful day. We stayed at a hotel near by and took a break around 4 for swimming and dinner then we went back for the fireworks and walked right on to a few rides, it was fabulous!!

Ethan's 5th Birthday

The boys helped make Ethan's birthday cake for his real birthday night. Ginny and Pa came over to celebrate and when Ben got home from karate we gace Ethan his big birthday present, his new BIKE!

Ethan's Birthday Lunch

On Ethan's real birthday we took him to a special lunch so Ben could be there to celebrate. He picked Red Robin, he loved the balloon "ears" and ice cream sundae. We had a great celebrating our little man turning 5, I still can't believe he is 5 already!

Yakima Birthday Celebration for the Boys!

The water fight, even though it was NOT warm that day!

The boys after the party, pooped!

Kristie and Janel

Mommy and her handsome birthday boy!

Ethan blowing out his candle.

Eli and Daddy with Eli's cupcake.

Ethan and his new shirt.

Every year we celebrate the boys birthday's in Yakima with the family. We had a great time with friends and family. What a fun day!

Our yellow belt!

Ethan recieves his yellow belt from Sensei Janel. :)