We took a break from packing today to play a round of mini-golf. The kids loved it, and I'm pretty sure they're naturals. I mean, take a look at their amazing form! Mia would hit the ball once each hole, pick it up and place it 1 cm from the hole so she could tap it in. Jack played more of a hockey style of golf, not letting the ball come to a stop before he'd herd it into the hole. He absolutely went crazy at the last hole when the ball disappeared down the tunnel. Total shocker for him. And he kept asking the poor 15 year-old kid at the counter (who did NOT want to be there) where the ball ended up. He was like, "In a bucket." Jack was totally dissatisfied with this answer, but since I didn't see anyone else to ask, we went home. I guess it will remain a mystery for now.

The Office Lounge

Friday night we got a sitter (WOO HOO!) and hit a couple of beachy hot spots that sunny & kirby recommended. First we headed to Laguna Reef-a little hidden restaurant on the water with some yummy seafood. Then we went for drinks to The Office Lounge, where partitions are set up so you can have some privacy and, i guess, do some work if you want to while you sip on your martini. So, here we are pretending to do some office work. After a lovely evening, we went home, and Bekah & I did what we do best-we stole my bed for a slumber party and left the boys to sleep in the living room together. Good thing they love us lots. :)

Yee Haw!

Day 2. We woke up early to go horseback riding on the beach. It was AMAZING! And i was SO proud of the kids for being brave. Especially Mia, who i sort of expected to FREAK OUT on me once we were on that huge animal. But they did great. Okay, 30 minutes into it, they were pretty much bored, but they were troopers and hung on for the rest of the hour. Then (after a memorable gas station stop where bekah took the two kids to the bathroom by herself. hee hee!) we met stephen & the dogs at the beach for a little fun in the sun.

We are Fa-mi-ly!

bekah, stephen, jimmy & bailey (their two great danes!) came down this week for a little spring break. they brought a whirlwind of activity and i loved every minute of it! day one. first stop: sunny's so bekah could finally meet her & the kids, and swing on their awesome rope swing, of course. the next pics are of jack snuggling with bailey and then us. his new thing now, as you can see, is to go shirtless to bed. cracks me up. he is such a little man! we also took the kids to the seawall to ride bikes that day, and bekah helped me pick out some new clothes at target (she is such a fashionista!) and then we took the kids to gattis where jack got to ride bumper cars for the first time. i think that's all of day 1.

Mud Bath!

WARNING: these images might be disturbing to clean freaks or maybe even just normal people who don't think children should play in filthy mud holes in their backyard.

I love my MOMMA!

had plenty of great girl time with mom this weekend while the kids enjoyed pestering pancho. we got a lot done, too. that's what it's like being with my mom. she's extremely productive. :) we ate out, shopped, went to church, watched some movies, surfed the web and went to jack's soccer game all in a day and a half. oh, and here's the soccer update: our team hasn't won a game since my last blog. jack did score a goal last week and he's playing hard and having fun out there, so that's what counts, right? HA! nehoo, thought this was a cute picture of the team "stretching." don't know that it's doing any good b/c they keep their legs bent the whole time, but it is hilarious.

Random Shots

3 Going on 30

Go Mia. It's Your Birthday.

We already partied like it's your birthday. These are pics from Mia's Little Mermaid party on Sunday. The family pic is courtesy of Gwen, which is why Dave's head is cut off. :)