Dad's cake

One Sunday, after church, Daddy decided to make a layered cake...spontaneously. He got so "into" the pudding filling and frosting, etc. that I had to take pictures. Toward the end, I even made him put on a cute little apron! The kids loved it. I was very tasty, too, I might add!

October recap (1st half)

Continuing to speed blog!!! Lots of things still going on in our house. Dad and the kids have been working on projects around the house here and there. Jeremy is learning from dad how to measure and cut wood and loves every minute of it. He is self-motivated and a quick learner so I think he will be pretty handy when he is older. Even now, he completes many items on my honey-do list when Louie is at work!

Daddy also got roller blades for Julia and Josh because they were attempting to skate with our old ones from pre-marriage years! They have been having so much fun with them. Here, Julia is rollerblading in a mini mouse costume! :

Jeremy's best friend, Andrew, came over for a night and the boys thought they were so cool BBQing burgers and dogs for the kids. Boy, they are growing up fast! :

The 3 specks on the hill above our house are Jeremy, Jake and Andrew....they love to explore the hills behind the house!
Poor Joshie had to send his beloved Beta fish, Flame, to the deep blue sea. He was very sad, here he is bravely washing out Flame's bowl, rocks and shell, despite his sadness. He is deciding whether or not he will want to replace Flame. :
One day when daddy was working close to home, he stopped by for a visit! IT was a real treat for the kids!

Fire!

Every year at this time we get terrible brush fires in Southern California. This year was no different. There we 3 terrible fires within 4 days that destroyed 100s of homes. We are always so sad at the losses people suffer. My husband was on the Sylmar fire for 5 days with little sleep. He is such a trooper and loves his job. A fellow fire-fighter found this picture on the LA times of my husband with a hose on a 2-story house in Sylmar. Not often you can get a picture like this, so I thought it was worth posting.

Summer Time Fun

It's hard to know where to start when just beginning a blog. So, I am adding various photos from some of our fun times this summer.

Julia with grandma's new puppy!



Grandma's pool with our good friends

Jeremy, surfing in Ventura

Josh and Julia: a little too much fun with the sand!

This was a very funny cartwheel race we had on the beach

Paddle-boating in the channel in Ventura

This picture of Josh jumping off the boat cracks me up!

With good friends, climbing a giant anchor in Santa Barbara

My husband took my to Palm Desert for 2 nights...we had a great time

Daddy and Julia in Newport

Clowning around in Newport

Jake and Josh

baseball on the beach

Finally, A Day at Disneyland