As Promised

OK here is the aforementioned post and adorable pictures of Mina's first day of swim lessons and our WONDERFUL SUNNY day at the beach Monday:)
Mina was VERY excited to start swim lessons this week, and to wear her new Ariel bathing suitShe wanted me to make her hair like PebblesWhat did Max do you ask?Yup, that's how I kept him busy. He REALLY wanted to go in the water!
glad you had fun Mina!
Good job bee:)Monday was SO nice and my friend Leah called up and asked if I wanted to go to the beach!
HECK YEAH! Mina was so excited!The kids really liked Caleb's big bucket O' waterespecially CalebSammy found a big stick, now will he walk softly?Tate had an impromptu photo shootwhat a cutie!Addie had fun making sand castles (you got a little sand on your face there:)Max really had fun in the sandMina was goofy as usualit was so cute to see brother and sister play togetherMy new favorite picture!I'm sure my next post will be Easter pics! Happy Easter!

Get on with it already

OK so I need to finish posting our fun trip/time with my sister and nephews because I have a ton from today to post!! Mina started swim lessons and we spent the gorgeous day @ the beach with friends. First things first.....
After heading over here with my sis, brother-in-law and nephews we went to Jump Planet (LOVE that place!) The kids had a blast!jumping of courseMax even went up and down the Big slide all by himself! Good job buddy!Mina was goofy of courseMax actually REALLY LIKED it! Maybe he's turning into a liker?Maybe not!:)It's frustrating when your little chunky legs won't stretch up to the next rung on the ladder and you get stuck and your mommy has to come rescue you:( But I'm glad you had fun!They next day we were off to the Children's Museum in Everett. Did you know they have 1/2 price admission every Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30? And every 3rd Friday of the month is FREE from 5-9pm!
It was a big hit Mina and Max's favorite place was the water room!Who could blame them, it's pretty fun!Max also really enjoyed the train area (big shocker)It think my Nephew's liked the "bank" best (hmmmm)My sister is a bank teller so this picture is what I picture her like @ work:)
I liked the glow in the dark room! They didn't have this last time I was there.
A whole room of light bright! Cool!Even the adults got in on the action making some fun interactive album covers. Yup that's us on the big screen! (can you guess who's who?)Mina's other favorite was the theater (another big shocker). I just sat in the back and pretended to be Simon Cowell ( "it was all a bit karaoke to me"-insert chest rubbing here-)But hey she makes one heck of a hedgehog doctor!You too buddyI tried to recreate this adorable picture from when Mina was a babyWell, it's not so great but hey, I tried!:)My older nephew Caleb really enjoyed the construction zone where you build things.but it was all cut too short:( We will definitely be back!
They had to leave the next morning:( By Val, we had so much fun and it seemed to go by too quickly! I love you!

Fantasic Voyage

Well We've had a busy week! It started out great with a wonderful lunch at Sam and Bobbie's house! Of course Bobbie had everything looking gorgeous:)John and Dan were informed they were beer snobs..... They took no offenseWe had a wonderful lunch and even better conversation.
It started out a little weirdand got stranger from there.We had a great afternoon, Thanks Sam and Bobbie!Then my sister (Valerie) arrived with her husband (Doug) and my two nephews Caleb and Jacob. We headed across the mountains to mama and Daddies house. Of course we had to stop at Miner'sMax liked that idea (of course)We sure did have fun at Nani and Papa's
playin' at the parkrollin' down hillssquatin' in Teepee'sBeing all around mischievousNani got a chance to brush up on her Max impersonation!Max really loved having his big boy cousins (or "my boys" as he affectionately called them:) around to play with or watch them play:)
We sure did have some dirty boys to cleanGood thing they're cute!What started out as good "clean" funTurned quickly into Chinese water torture!But ended on a good note:)And of course there was was candyVal wasn't a fanbut Max liked it!Then it was back over the pass (through quite a bit of snow) to spend a couple of days at my house!:) In effort to not have this post be entirely too long ( you mean it's not already?) I'll post the rest of our time another day. Stay tuned.....