Recent outings...

Well, it's official. Keira has the worst case EVER of the terrible two's! This weekend has been exhausting with her being defiant and therefore being punished. I think Jason is ready to head back to work tomorrow after this tiresome weekend. Let's hope this is a short phase that will be over soon.

Even with a bad temperament, Keira, Jackson and I did get to go to Old Town Sac on Saturday with the whole family (except for Jas who had to work). I'm not sure why, but every time that we plan an outing in Sacramento, it is at least 100 degrees. This weekend was no exception. I think at one point it was near 106 while we were there. The train ride that we went on was very hot, but luckily the railroad museum was very well air conditioned (we of course spent most of our time in there). All in all it was a very fun outing. I hope to go back when Jas can go with us and hopefully the weather will be cooler too!

Jackson's favorite place... Grandma's shoulder


Keira waiting in line for the train


Keira and Abby-doo


Jackson sure looks happy!


Keira and Mama!


All the kiddos on the train. Do they look hot???


Keira being a ham for the camera


Had to throw in a picture of the train (since that is what we went to see!)

A few weekends ago, my friend, Sherry took me and the kiddos to an A's game. It was a great day. Keira and Jackson were incredibly behaved and the weather was perfect! Here are some pics from Keira's 2nd A's game ever and Jackson's 1st!


My cutie pies!

Recently Jackson had rice cereal for the first time. Abby was over at our house while Jackson was eating. Abby LOVES to take pictures, so I let her have at it with my camera. She took 87 pictures of Jackson eating his first cereal. Here are a few cute ones!



And here are a couple more cute pictures of the kiddos. You can never have enough when you are a parent :-)

Roaring Camp Railroad

I'm blogging again. Twice in one week! Can you believe it??? (You're welcome, Emily!)

We had a really fun day yesterday. Spur of the moment, we decided to go on the Roaring Camp Railroad. This is located about 1 1/2 hours from our home and is in Felton, CA, near Santa Cruz. Our plan was to catch the 3:30 train that goes through the Redwoods. As we are always running late, we almost didn't make it! We pulled in to the parking lot at 3: 25 pm. We were sure that we were going to have to go to "Plan B". Luckily, the train was running late and we were able to get on. We pulled out of the train station around 4 pm and had a wonderful time on our train ride. The weather was absolutely perfect. The kids really enjoyed it too. Here are some pics from our fun day!

Jackson was enthralled with the trees

Super cool picture of the steam locomotive

My family


Jackson had enough...

Keira and Daddy's Special Day Out, Jackson Rolls Over!

Last Friday was Jason's birthday and his company lets them have their birthday off or they can take another day off in it's place. He decided to take Tuesday off instead and him and Keira went to the Children's Discovery Museum in San Jose. Mommy and Jack Jack stayed home. They left around 10:30 am, stopped and had lunch on the way and didn't get home until 6:30 or so. They had a really fun and busy day. How special for Keira to get to spend the whole day out with her Daddy!

Keira's ready to go spend the day with Daddy!

Playing at the museum


Keira loves to play in the sand

Keira and Daddy at the end of the day!

Meanwhile, our little Jackson has started to roll over already. I didn't actually see him do it at first, but every time I would go in to get him when he woke up from a nap - he was on his tummy! Finally, this past week we saw it and now he won't stop. Any time he is on the floor all that he want to do is roll over and try to crawl! Here is our cutie pie in action!!

4th of July

Yesterday was the 4th of July and I have to say we had a really nice day.

The one thing that I have learned is that the plans that you think you have when you wake up in the morning, never stay the same (especially with kids)! Things are always coming up that change your plans. Shari (my sister) was supposed to be hosting the 4th of July get together this year, but was not feeling well yesterday. So last minute, the get together was moved to our house. We had our friends Shane and Emily over as well as my Mom and Dad and my niece and nephew, Abby and Aaron. We had a full house. Thing worked out great though. We just got a new larger kitchen table (thank you Mom and Aunt Helen!) so we had enough room for everyone to sit together and have a nice 4th of July meal. We had sausages, corn on the cob and fruit salad. YUMMY!!! The kids played with all of Keira's toys all day and the adults chatted and caught up.

We then headed off to Livermore to watch the fireworks at Robertson Park. We do this every year and always have a great time. The kids all had fun and actually loved the fireworks this year!!! Jackson slept most of the evening and didn't even wake up when the fireworks were going off. He woke up on the way to the car after the fireworks were over, then fell asleep on the way home. I had to wake him up at 3:30 am! He slept hadn't eaten since 7pm at the fireworks!! That is probably the longest he has gone between feedings.

All in all it was a great day! I can't wait to do it again next year!

Keira and Emily

Jason and Shane BBQing

Keira and Abby

Jack Jack's first 4th of July!!

Keira and her Daddy

Keira and her cousin Aaron

Jack Jack was worn out from a busy day!

My attempt at photographing fireworks... hmmmmmm, I would say this is abstract art!

Fun day at Aunties!

We had a fun day at Auntie's today! The weather was hot but not too hot so we got to bring out the sprinklers and baby pool. Jack-Jack enjoyed the warm weather too. Abby and Aaron had their friend Trinity over, so they all got to play together. What a fun summer day! I hope we can do it again soon.

Jack Jack loves it outside!!

Everyone in the baby pool (Aaron, Keira, Abby, Auntie, Jack Jack and Trinity)

Auntie putting Jack Jack's feet in the water... he didn't really like it. I think the water was too cold!

Keira having fun in the pool :-)

Jack Jack was worn out from having too much fun!

Family Outings, Keira's First Hair Cut, Jackson, Etc.

Where has the time gone again??? Jackson is already 2 months old and I haven't blogged at all since he was born. Having 2 kids is A LOT of work. More than I imagined. Trying to juggle a 2 1/2 year old and a newborn is fun and challenging to say the least!

A few weeks ago we took our first outing of the summer to Gilroy Gardens. It was unseasonably cold for June. We bought season passes so we will be back many more times!

Here are Abby and Keira at Gilroy Gardens

My Aunt Helen is currently visiting and we have been lucky enough to go on a few outings since she has been here. We went to the Chidren's Discovery Museum in San Jose and the kiddos loved it! They have a special room for kids 4 and under and we spent most of our time there. The kids were able to play with sand, do art projects and explore on their own. I spent most of my time feeding Jackson! ;-) We then went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It has been years since I have been there. Jason took the day off of work so that he was able to enjoys Keira's first trip to the aquarium.

Here are My Mom, Dad, Sister and Aaron (not looking at the camera!) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Here are Keira and Aaron playing in a kids discovery area at the aquarium

Our most recent outing with the family was to the Sacramento Zoo on the hottest day ever! Even Jackson was hot!!! We didn't spend too much time there but it was fun. Here is a cute picture of Jas and Keira on the carousel at the zoo.

On Wednesday, June 17th Keira got her first haircut! It took her forever to get hair, so we didn't see the need to trim it. Well, at 2 1/2 it was finally time. Here are some pictures of Keira getting her hair cut!

And last but not least... our little Jack Jack is growing so fast! I can not believe that he is 9 weeks old already! He smiles a little now and is becoming more interested in watching things and especially playing in his bouncy seat. Here is our cutie Jackson!


I hope to write and post pictures more often... free time is very limited with kids! I will try though, I promise!!!