Jeremiah's brother, Branden, was here from Utah with his girlfriend and her 4 year old daughter, Natalia, last week. It was so nice to be at Jeremiah's parents house and FINALLY have a kid there on that side of the family other than ours!! Little Natalia is the best of both worlds for our kids......a girl for Zoe and a 4 year old for Ayden.....PERFECT!!! The 3 of them hit it off right away and had a blast playing ALL day and ALL night! I can say this because I know that neither of them will read my blog, but I am SO hoping they get married......how perfect to have an INSTANT cousin on that side of the family that is same age as our kids!! :)
Best buddies....just hours after meeting each other for the first time!!
Dancing....and playing ring around the rosy!!
On Saturday we went to Sea World with them. It was both mine and Jeremiah's first time since we were kids....we all had such a fun time! The kids were so great all day long and loved watching all the shows! They loved the Pet Show, which was so so cute, but Shamu by far was the very favorite....Ayden wanted to sit in the "Splash Zone" really bad!! So he and Jeremiah went to sit in the 1st row! Zoe and I sat up top with everyone else....but when Zoe realized that her brother and Daddy were missing, she wanted to go with them! Bad idea.....she got SOAKED and didn't think that was as fun as Ayden thought!
I couldn't believe we stayed late enough to watch the fireworks....we thought the kids would poop out for sure long before that!
The boys with the kiddos.....such a cute picture!! :)
Last week was Jeremiah's birthday! The kids and I went to his work to take him to lunch.....the kids always have a blast visiting Daddy's work! We went to Jeremiah's parents house for dinner and his mom brewed up his "special request" for a "gourmet" dinner. Hmmmm....I am taking that as a hint that Jeremiah didn't love what we had the 3 nights before.....broccoli quiche, beef stew, and leftovers!!! LOL!! Ok, I don't blame him! So his request for his birthday dinner was beef wellington, wild rice and broccolini.....and creme brule for dessert! It was delicious!!
Somebody enjoyed their Creme Brule....... :)
It was present time and Ayden was lucky enough to get a present too! This was his birthday present from Jeremiah's parents......a couple weeks after his birthday because they were waiting for the perfect bike to be built! Ayden of course had help from the girls when it came to opening....
At it was.........a new green (his favorite color of course) race bike!! Jeremiah wants to get my little 4 year old into BMX racing, so this was the first step! Oh brother....can we please order a full on body pad for him now!?!?!?
He took off right away.....he is still a little too small on the bike since most kids riding this bike are at least 6 years old! He needs a little help getting on and getting started, but then he is fearless!!
Ayden and Natalia riding their bikes in front of Grandpa & Grandma's house....
Zoe looking cute and being the cheerleader on the side of the road....
Now it was Daddy's turn to open his birthday present......
Surprise Surprise......ANOTHER bike!!! This is a biking family and most birthday and Christmas gifts revolve around bikes in one way or another!! Jeremiah used to tease me about how many strollers I had in the garage, but now that I have sold most of our baby stuff, I can point the finger back at him about the 7 bikes we have in OUR garage!!! Oh my!!
Natalia playing in the wrapping paper.....
The girls started picking flowers.....
And then somebody suggested having a wedding!! So here is Ayden marrying Natalia....they are walking down the aisle here....and I guess Zoe is the flower girl that also gets to be on the groom's arm! Notice the little bouqet's the girls are carrying!! Ayden and Natalia kept calling each other "Honey" and "Wife/Husband" after this!! So funny!!
On another night that they were visiting, Jeremiah's mom got tickets to the Pirate Show that is like Medeival Times, but with pirates!
Best buddies....just hours after meeting each other for the first time!!
Dancing....and playing ring around the rosy!!
On Saturday we went to Sea World with them. It was both mine and Jeremiah's first time since we were kids....we all had such a fun time! The kids were so great all day long and loved watching all the shows! They loved the Pet Show, which was so so cute, but Shamu by far was the very favorite....Ayden wanted to sit in the "Splash Zone" really bad!! So he and Jeremiah went to sit in the 1st row! Zoe and I sat up top with everyone else....but when Zoe realized that her brother and Daddy were missing, she wanted to go with them! Bad idea.....she got SOAKED and didn't think that was as fun as Ayden thought!
I couldn't believe we stayed late enough to watch the fireworks....we thought the kids would poop out for sure long before that!
The boys with the kiddos.....such a cute picture!! :)
Last week was Jeremiah's birthday! The kids and I went to his work to take him to lunch.....the kids always have a blast visiting Daddy's work! We went to Jeremiah's parents house for dinner and his mom brewed up his "special request" for a "gourmet" dinner. Hmmmm....I am taking that as a hint that Jeremiah didn't love what we had the 3 nights before.....broccoli quiche, beef stew, and leftovers!!! LOL!! Ok, I don't blame him! So his request for his birthday dinner was beef wellington, wild rice and broccolini.....and creme brule for dessert! It was delicious!!
Somebody enjoyed their Creme Brule....... :)
It was present time and Ayden was lucky enough to get a present too! This was his birthday present from Jeremiah's parents......a couple weeks after his birthday because they were waiting for the perfect bike to be built! Ayden of course had help from the girls when it came to opening....
At it was.........a new green (his favorite color of course) race bike!! Jeremiah wants to get my little 4 year old into BMX racing, so this was the first step! Oh brother....can we please order a full on body pad for him now!?!?!?
He took off right away.....he is still a little too small on the bike since most kids riding this bike are at least 6 years old! He needs a little help getting on and getting started, but then he is fearless!!
Ayden and Natalia riding their bikes in front of Grandpa & Grandma's house....
Zoe looking cute and being the cheerleader on the side of the road....
Now it was Daddy's turn to open his birthday present......
Surprise Surprise......ANOTHER bike!!! This is a biking family and most birthday and Christmas gifts revolve around bikes in one way or another!! Jeremiah used to tease me about how many strollers I had in the garage, but now that I have sold most of our baby stuff, I can point the finger back at him about the 7 bikes we have in OUR garage!!! Oh my!!
Natalia playing in the wrapping paper.....
The girls started picking flowers.....
And then somebody suggested having a wedding!! So here is Ayden marrying Natalia....they are walking down the aisle here....and I guess Zoe is the flower girl that also gets to be on the groom's arm! Notice the little bouqet's the girls are carrying!! Ayden and Natalia kept calling each other "Honey" and "Wife/Husband" after this!! So funny!!
On another night that they were visiting, Jeremiah's mom got tickets to the Pirate Show that is like Medeival Times, but with pirates!
The whole gang......
Our 3 pirates......Ayden was so excited to wear his pirate hat and bring all his new pirate gear that he got for his birthday from his birthmom!! Thanks Crystal!! :)
Our pirate girl.....
Jeremiah got picked to go up on stage for the preshow while we were waiting to go in for the real show! He was a little LESS than enthusiastic about having to be up there!! We were all laughing!! Ayden & Zoe loved to see their Daddy up on stage!!
We got some crappy pictures during the show because we couldn't use flash photography!
At the end of the show, all the kids got to go backstage and get dressed up like soldiers! They got to come out and be a part of the show by shooting the captain to save the princess!! Ayden LOVED this and it was right up his alley!! He said it was HIS bullet that shot the soldier and he was the one to save the princess!!
On another day, Jeremiah's mom took Ayden with the rest of the group to Universal Studios. Ayden and Natalia had such a fun time!! This was such a touristy week for us.....doing all these things that we wouldn't normally do if "out of towners" weren't visiting!!
After a long week of fun with Natalia, it was time to say goodbye!! These two were so cute when they said goodbye to each other!! Luckily we are headed to Utah in a couple days and these two "Honey's" will be reunited!! :)
After a long week of fun with Natalia, it was time to say goodbye!! These two were so cute when they said goodbye to each other!! Luckily we are headed to Utah in a couple days and these two "Honey's" will be reunited!! :)
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