Saturday, January 29, 2011
Fighting the Winter Blues
They're boys. They're active. They need to play. So...we turned our basement into a riding track. These two zoom around our living room everyday--a perfect alternative to the snow outside (and ideal with me on the couch). 
Friday, January 21, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Disneyland
(I'm a little late catching up on all these California posts, but still . . .)
The happiest place on earth--for kids! I really wanted to go while everything was all Christmassy, but everyone else had the same idea. Even the Dumbo ride had a 30 minute wait. Rob kept joking that it was the only place that kids were extatic while their parents were having aneurisms! :) Still, I'd go back tomorrow (if Ty and Seth swore not to escape into the crowd and get lost--yeah, total panic for about 20 seconds before Jaron and Rob found them eating fishies by some ride) just for the pure joy on the kids' faces! Robbie braved Splash Mountian and Ty begged to go on everything (but was still too small for the "good" rides). Both of their favorites was the Buzz Lightyear ride, though Autopia and the rocket one (Ty kept saying, "I'm flying like Spiderman!") had to be close seconds. Robbie, Emma, and Mary waited in line for the Go Coaster for an hour--I thought it looked a little reckless and intense for them, but Rob caught it on film and it was absolutlely hilarious! They were perfectly BLISSFUL! So cute. Great memory!
The happiest place on earth--for kids! I really wanted to go while everything was all Christmassy, but everyone else had the same idea. Even the Dumbo ride had a 30 minute wait. Rob kept joking that it was the only place that kids were extatic while their parents were having aneurisms! :) Still, I'd go back tomorrow (if Ty and Seth swore not to escape into the crowd and get lost--yeah, total panic for about 20 seconds before Jaron and Rob found them eating fishies by some ride) just for the pure joy on the kids' faces! Robbie braved Splash Mountian and Ty begged to go on everything (but was still too small for the "good" rides). Both of their favorites was the Buzz Lightyear ride, though Autopia and the rocket one (Ty kept saying, "I'm flying like Spiderman!") had to be close seconds. Robbie, Emma, and Mary waited in line for the Go Coaster for an hour--I thought it looked a little reckless and intense for them, but Rob caught it on film and it was absolutlely hilarious! They were perfectly BLISSFUL! So cute. Great memory!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Christmas
Grandma and Grandpa Harp came over for Christmas Eve. We sang carols and played a silly little tell-a-story-open-a-gift game Grandma Harp created. Aunt Debbie made these darling penguins that Ty couldn't get enough of!
In perfect California Christmas fashion, we spent Christmas Eve at the beach, enjoying the tide pools and the sand dunes.
As has been the tradition for generations, we acted out the Christmas story from Luke 2. Robbie refused to be Joseph, but Ty was all too excited to be a shepherd (wearing authentic garb Uncle Daniel brought from Jerusalem). Just for the record, Uncle Jaron was the donkey.
Christmas was absolutely gorgeous and after the presents were unwrapped, they were outside the rest of the day. (This is of the kids anticipating distribution!)
One big highlight was this stomp rocket. Each time the kids caught one of the launched rockets, they got a quarter from Grandma Wilde or Grandpa Harp. The kids were loaded by the end of the day. :)
In perfect California Christmas fashion, we spent Christmas Eve at the beach, enjoying the tide pools and the sand dunes.
As has been the tradition for generations, we acted out the Christmas story from Luke 2. Robbie refused to be Joseph, but Ty was all too excited to be a shepherd (wearing authentic garb Uncle Daniel brought from Jerusalem). Just for the record, Uncle Jaron was the donkey.
Christmas was absolutely gorgeous and after the presents were unwrapped, they were outside the rest of the day. (This is of the kids anticipating distribution!)
One big highlight was this stomp rocket. Each time the kids caught one of the launched rockets, they got a quarter from Grandma Wilde or Grandpa Harp. The kids were loaded by the end of the day. :)
Other Vehicles
He's wanted one is whole life--my mom finally gave in. Yep, here's my dad with his very own John Deere tractor! We tried to do races--tractor vs. lawn mower, but the mower ran out of gas and had to be towed by the tractor! So funny.
It rained hard for almost a week straight, completely flooding the uncovered boat! Rob took a dryvac to the whole thing and dried out all the equipment--the kids thought it was the best!
It rained hard for almost a week straight, completely flooding the uncovered boat! Rob took a dryvac to the whole thing and dried out all the equipment--the kids thought it was the best!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Unstoppable
Rob is currently in the garage with his dremel and a headlamp. Should I be worried? Of course not--he's just sawing off the muffler (yes, with that very dremel) to our new hand-me-down '96 Mazda. Never done it before. Oh, but no worries--he watched a how-to video on YouTube. Awesome.
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