Johnnyisms

This post is a little late but wanted to make sure to list some of the things Johnny is saying these days.  He is talking a lot and has the sweetest voice....

I a big strong man

You bubble monster

Mommy...Ider (spider...he is terrified of bugs)

You Yoda (he is a big fan of star wars)

You stinky butt butt

Me big boy

Me either (this means "I don't want to do something")

I angy

Mommy....me cying (this is when he is sad and wants us to help him...like when he doesn't want to go to bed)

Let me check

Look...no eyes (comes into room with his eyes squeezed shut)

Me angy at you

No fair! (Arms crossed, lips stuck out)

Mommy stop talking...me talk....

The Happiest Place on Earth

In May, we had THE BEST vacation.  We headed down south with Pappy and Yaya to spend three full days at Disneyland and Disneyland Adventure.   We spent our first day at the Magic Kingdom taking advantage of a weekday lack of crowds, our second day at Disneyland Adventure, and our third day taking in the parade, main street and anything else we had missed.  Emma was tall enough to ride everything but Indiana Jones and was brave enough to ride all of the rides.  Johnny would have been right there with her but was about six inches too short so got to ride his favorite ride, Buzz Lightyear, numerous times while we went on some of the bigger rides with Emma.  Highlights include Emma LOVING Space Mountain (my all time favorite ride), John and Johnny making a custom made light saber, Emma's need to have as many character signatures as she could get and Yaya's almost equal excitement over the signatures, discovering the "parent pass" and then using them in the evening when my parents took the kids back to the hotel and let John and I roam the park kid free, having a Disneyland giant ice cream cone while we waiting to watch the parade, Emma taking a stroll with Mary Poppins, watching Dumbo and Tinker Bell fly in the sky with the fireworks, experiencing Disneyland with my kids the way I remembered as a child with my parents there with us, I could go on and on .... 

 I am the only adult that could handle the tea cups.  And of course it had to be a pink tea cup.....

So glad that I married such a fun loving guy and a great dad.  We both considered this one of our best vacations and loved being there together...the kids and grandparents were an added bonus :)

Emma and Yaya on the crazy ferris wheel at California Adventure......

 This was the highest and scariest ride Johnny was allowed on and he LOVED it.

John and Johnny making his light saber....

Emma even got to meet Cinderella while dressed in her Cinderella costume complete with undo.

We spent a lot of time walking with no complaints from Pappy and Yaya.  What troopers!

 Our last night we all stayed late and took in the fireworks.  What a great end to a great vacation!!!

Sibnastics Class

Instead of dance class this quarter for Emma, we signed them both up for a gymnastics class for siblings.  They had a great time playing on the equipment and learning balance, swinging, bouncing and jumping techniques.  Mostly playing....

Little Bit of this...little bit of that

We spent April enjoying the great California weather with lots of parties and play dates at the park.....

 A freezing cold day at the beach close to our house .......

 At one point Johnny felt something on his face and actually wiped his face in the sand.....

And of course, a lot of playing....Emma and Johnny still love playing together and get along really well....

Easter

Our Easter week was full of easter egg coloring, pot lucks and easter egg hunts.  This is the park just down from our apartment where our mom's group meets on a regular basis.

 The kids getting ready for our neighborhood easter egg hunt....

 Emma and Johnny are on the older side of the group so they got lots and lots of eggs....

And Easter morning, the Easter bunny was very good to the kids...

HAPPY EASTER!!

CCF Reunion

One of the reasons for our trip to Washington in March was the CCF Reunion.  CCF was the college ministry we were a part of at Western Washington University.  This ministry was pivotal to our overall growth as people and also gave us lifelong friendships.  It was refreshing and inspiring to be on campus again and see all of our old friends.  

Here is a photo of my old room at the Mansion, a house that I lived in with ten other girls the year before John and I got married.  We got to show Emma and Johnny where I lived......

And also the ladder that daddy climbed up to ask me to marry him right out my bedroom window.....

We spent the weekend with friends that we hadn't seen for a long time.  It was great to catch up and also see how fast our families are all growing.....

A group of us stayed at the Belleme's house for the weekend.  They were, as always, so hospitable and patient with our growing group (It seems like each time we get together another child has been added).  We even left six of the kiddos all night with babysitters so that we could go to the Friday event and they did great.   I love that we were able to experience such wonderful things in college and then journey through life together...getting married...having kids....maybe someday going on a retirement trip without the kids??...ok I am getting ahead of myself....

Johnny was NOT HAPPY about being in the boy photo....

John and I were so thankful we were able to make it to Bellingham.  It was a great way to remind us of how much our college experience meant to us and confirm our desire to center our life around college students.  It was good for our soul....