Showing posts with label Boys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boys. Show all posts

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Car Washing Fun

I decided to wash the car the other day and the boys were very excited about helping me.

However, we never seemed to make it past the bucket. They stood for 30 minutes throwing their rags into the bucket and making the bubbles fly everywhere as Mommy washed the car by herself.
Thanks for the help you two. At the end of the car washing experience they were both soaked from head to toe. They had a good time though and I guess that's all that counts.

Monday, June 9, 2008

Train Ride with Grandma and Grandpa

This last weekend my parents came into town and we decided to take a little train ride to San Juan Capistrano. It was a short twenty minute train ride, but the boys thought it was wonderful. Tyler was mesmerized the entire ride.

We went down to a little petting zoo that is right by the train depot. I have made this little trek once before with a few girls from my ward, and thought it was a darling idea. The petting zoo is nothing fancy, but just enough for two little boys.
Tyler was very into feeding the animals this time around. He was younger the last time and not all that interested. The only problem was that the little animals had been fed quite a bit already and so they weren't very interested in eating. He kept chasing one around trying to get it to eat his carrot, and calling"Bunny".

Grandpa holding one of the animals for the boys to pet and feed.
Riding the hay pony.
The most exciting part of the whole petting zoo was the little train they had. The boys LOVED that!
After visiting the petting zoo we walked down to the Mission in San Juan Capistrano.
It was hands down the most beautiful mission I have ever been to. The grounds had tons of gorgeous flowers.
Mommy and Ryan taking a picture with some of the cacti.
Tyler and Grandma Karen
There was a beautiful fountain in the center of the courtyard. You can't see the top, but there is water streaming down.
The boys discovered that there were Koi(sp?) fish in the fountain. They were having a lot of fun looking at the fish and touching them, until Ryan dropped his car in the water. He began to cry and my mom and I both agreed we were not going to stick our hands in the water. Finally, this young teenage boy came a long and put his arm in and pulled it out. He just laughed at my mom and I and walked away. I didn't need to feel slimy fish so I was going to just leave the car in the water and make Ryan deal with it. He was luckily some stranger was willing to stick his hands in the murky water...no thank you.
Posing with the Father Serra...well, a man that was dressed as Father Serra.
I thought this courtyard was so beautiful. I loved the old bells.
Grandma and Grandpa posing with the boys.


The train ride home. It was a very fun day. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for coming and making memories with us!

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Fun with Cousins

Ryan with Sammy and Maddy.
Ryan with his three year old pajama posse. (Ben, Ammon, and Lizzie) He really enjoys having this many kids to play with that are so close to his age. They get in a lot of trouble together. :)
Logan, Sam, Tyler, and Maddy.
My parents just got home from New York on a trip. They wanted to take a nice picture of all of their grand kids in matching shirts. There were a few problems with this idea...
1. It was early morning
2. They had them face the bright morning sun
3. There were 15 of them!!!
This was by far my favorite one...notice the placement of Ryan's hand. Priceless!

Ryan and Tyler with Grandma Karen.

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Beach Day with Kaleigh and Meghan

My nieces, Kaleigh and Meghan, came down to visit us this last week. Ryan and Tyler loved having them here, and it was really nice to have an extra set of hands to help out. We went to Newport Beach on Wednesday and had a really nice relaxing day. In fact, Ryan has asked me everyday since if we are going to go to the beach today.
Ryan running around the beach...taking a moments pause to let his mom snap a picture of him.
Mommy and Tyler Bug.
Kaleigh and Tyler.
This was my favorite picture of the day. What a cute foursome!
They have gone home now and Ryan asks me every few minutes where "his" Kaleigh and Meghan have gone. It was a fun week!

Surfing at Mission Bay






I am a little behind on posting some pictures of our recent activities. Last Saturday we met up with our friends down in Mission Bay (San Diego) so that the guys could do some surfing at the Wavehouse. It is this giant machine that pumps out water really fast and recreates a wave. It looked really fun and easy when we got there. There were guys riding waves and doing flips. Needless to say, Doug gave it a try and found out it was not nearly as easy as it looked. He did get a couple good rides in though. After surfing, we wondered down to the beach and let the kids play for the rest of the afternoon. It was a fun family outing.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Night at the Drive-In

Memorial Day we decided to hit the drive-in. I haven't been to the drive-in in years, Doug's only memory of the drive-in was seeing Chariots of Fire( Dang, that's a long time ago)and I knew the boys would enjoy it as well. They were playing Shrek 3 and it was lovely to not have to worry about whether or not the boys were being quiet or running up and down the aisles. Doug put our middle seats down and we just let the boys have free reign of the the car. We will definitely do it again.

Ryan figured out that he could stick his head through the sun roof. He thought that was about the coolest thing ever to watch the movie from the top of the car.
Tyler's face is adorable in this picture!
All cozy in their seats driving home. It was a fun night!

Sunday, April 22, 2007

A Pretty Spring Day



We have been having such nice weather and so I decided that instead of going to the park we would just open our front door and play out in front of our house. Ryan ran around and played and Tyler explored all of the plant life. He tried to eat anything he could get his hands on...pine needles, grass, wood chunks. Ryan never liked to eat, so I just didn't have this problem at this age.

Thursday, March 8, 2007

Read with Reids

Ryan reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? to Tyler before bed.
Tyler loosing interest in the book and gaining interest in the camera. We have a couple of cute kids. What a ham.Back to the books.