Sac Town

Mikey has been talking about riding in a race all summer long, so of course we waited till one of the last weekends of summer to go to one. So we headed down to Sacramento on Friday morning at 7am. We drove over to Redding and made a stop at the water slides for an hour and a half, it was actually a perfect amount of time. Mikey picked us up lunch and we headed out to go to the race. After lunch both of the boys fell a sleep and Jake watched Sandlot with his headphones on the whole way to Sacramento:) It was the best drive.... We got to the race track and all the boys were in heaven including Mikey.

Mikey is in the middle and he is # 9, he getting ready to race in his second race of the night. 

Connor trying to fix things, with Daddy's tool box.

All three of the boys, you can tell that they like what they see:)

Jake was loving it, I don't he moved at all during the race.

Luke playing in the truck right before he got out of the truck, notice he is still clean...

After he got a hold of the Dorrito bag:)

Mikey and Jake before the race. 

After the races we headed over to Mikey's Aunt Bev's house a few miles away. She has a beautiful pool and she is so sweet and a very gracious host, anything we wanted she got for us. We pretty much laid around all day while the kids played, it was perfect.

Quick Trip

Last week Rachelle and I were talking about when the next chance would be to take the kids to the water slides, since summer is almost over:((( So we decided to go over to Redding on Thursday and to the water slides on Friday. I knew that Nat loves and needs to see the sun as much as we do so we invited her and she quickly said yes.  We left Thursday afternoon and thanks to Chrissy we were all able to ride together, thank goodness someone in our family has a big car. Every seat was filled and by the time we were half way to Willow Creek all the kids were out, perfect timing:)

We got to Redding around 5 o'clock and it was still 100 degrees. It felt so nice to wear shorts and a short sleeve shirt and feel warm. I just love and appreciate the sun so much, if the place we ate at had an option for outside dinning I am sure that is where we would have sat.

After dinner we walked to Cold Stone and got all the kids ice cream, and then we went over to the mall  to do a little shopping. Later that night we went back to the hotel and took the kids to the swimming pool. The hotel that we stayed at had a big pool and a little pool that was 2ft deep, and it is perfect for little kids. The next day we got up and hung out for a little bit, then we took the kids to breakfast. Then to the water slides we went. Here are some pictures from the trip....

All of us crammed on one table eating breakfast. I should have taken a picture after we were done eating,  the table was a disaster.

Best buddies, it was so cute to watch them play together. Teegs would go down a slide and Connor was right behind him. When one of the would get done they would wait for the other to come down the slide. They had a blast.

Nat and Lano Bano, right before he laid down for his nap.

Teegs loved going down all of the slides. This picture is so perfect, he looked just like the frog with his tongue out and all:)

Lucas running around. His new favorite thing is to mimic the sounds that go with one, two, three, go...  and then runs around, its so cute.

Rachelle relaxing while Bowdy was sleeping in the stroller.

Shasta Lake

We just got back from Shasta Lake. We were up there for two weeks and it went by sooo fast.  We had a lot of fun and I really enjoyed spending time with all of our family and friends.

Next to the campground we stayed at was a bridge with a railroad track on the top of it. There was always people jumping off of it everyday all day, needless to say we got inspired:) I wasn't quite as a dare devil as Mikey and the other guys but I knew I could handle at least the bottom level.

Luke is still a mama's boy and one of my favorite things is when he will is playing with his toys and randomly come up to me and give me kisses:)

The kids put on a talent show on of the nights, they each had their own kitchen utensil and they rocked out.

One of Connor's favorite thing to do is swim, so he was in heaven when we went to the pool every afternoon after his nap.

At the waterslides sharing cotton candy

Brothers

As a kid I hated when my mother made my sisters and I wear matching outfits. And now as a mom it is one of my favorite things! I am sorry Mom for giving you such a hard time, looking back we always looked so dang cute:)

3 years old

Today is Connor 3rd birthday. I know every mom says it, and I am going to as well, I can't believe how fast time has gone! Connor is becoming such a young little boy.

The day started out by everyone sleeping in till 10 o'clock (which is very abnormal,we're still on Hawaii time), but I'll take it. Connor helped me make Strawberry waffles, his request. Then the boys and I went to work. Where Uncle Travis bought Connor his own little tool set with a tool belt, hat, and suspenders. It was sooo cute, Connor didn't take the suspenders off till he took a bath tonight. For lunch we took him out to Luzmila's, which is always a favorite of his. It never fails he always orders a cheese quesadilla. Then we went back to work and the boys laid down for a nap. After nap we went and picked up Cole and Carly and headed into the Bounce-er-Rama to the mall. That place is always a hit. Then we went and got some dinner at Applebee's where Connor ordered Chicken nuggets his other meal of choice. When they sang to him he proceeded to hide behind me until they walked away, things haven't changed much. At his one year birthday he did the same thing too:)

This is him in Hawaii eating a Hula Pie, let's just say he was it heaven!

Connor at 3
Weighs 32.2 lbs (57%)
Is 37" Tall (34%)
Loves his cousins
Requests his blankie and a sippy cup of water at nights
Can name all his colors
Counts to 10
Loves anything sweet. Sometimes I tell him that there is sugar in his food and he instantly eats it (there usually is though).
Has lots nicknames, many of them are the result of Teegin: Weehaun, Con, Con Don.... And the list continues to grow daily:)
Goes to Preschool 2 days a week
LOVES to swim. I've never seen a 3 year old that loves to hold their breath and go under the water so much
Takes 1 nap a day
Sleeps 11-12 hrs at night. 
Is always so willing to do what I ask
Says YESS to most any question.
Asks "WHY Mom, Why Mom?" all the time
Loves his star nightlight 
Is one of the sweetest little boys and such a joy everyday. 

This was in Hawaii at the Croc's store

Boogie boarding

Day 2-3

The past couple of days we have been at the hotel hanging out by the pool. Yesterday afternoon we went to a little beach. The kids seemed to like the change. I think we are going to go to a different beach today that has more stuff to do. I am going to post a video later today.