Party till we drop!

With schedules being so crazy we always end up giving the kids what seems like the 

never-ending birthday.  By the time we celebrate with my mom, my dad, BJ's parents and Will's friends, we end up stretching July 17th until August!

This was at the party with Grandma T-Bear!  Will got LOTS of cool stuff including Guitar Hero for his DS which is pretty cool from what I'm told!

Grandma & Grandpa Leah (Pennington) had the BEST cake ever!  They even put in a sparkler!

Will had a sleepover with his closest friends this past Friday!  We went to Makutu's Island and then to Streamers for dinner & ice cream!  They were so excited as you can see here in the car!  Later that night night the entire group played army, made forts, watched movies and followed up by toilet papering the room of the first group to fall asleep.  Sorry Boys!!!

Will Turns 6!!!

Oh my gosh, Will is 6!  I swear my life is flashing before my eyes!  I can hardly breathe when I think about how fast life is!  One minute I'm wondering if Will is going to be able to breathe on his own and the next he's telling me that the only way a girl will ever marry him is if he stops drooling...FOR GOOD!  

More than the other two, BJ and I never know what is going to come out of Will's mouth!  Seriously, a song, juice, naughty words, vomit (on demand - it's amazing, really), belching, a chunk of food or something TOTALLY sweet and unexpected!  He is NEVER boring and definitely keeps us on our toes!   Here are a few things about Will that you may not know.

He's a great helper!  I always know I can count on him!

He is very strong!  

He LOVES his cocktails!  His favorite bar to hang at is Riazzi's!  Ted gives him all the cherries he wants!

He is a dare-devil!  

He is VERY sweet and sensitive!  

He is a GREAT brother to Lucy and Emma!  

He loves the beach!  He could spend all day playing in the water!

He has a beautiful smile!

He is a loyal friend!

He EVEN lets his sister play Transformers with his friends!

He is handsome smart and fun!  He never shirks at a new adventure!

Happy 6th Birthday Will!  Your dad and I love you so much!  

I guess I wasn't finished with the California Pictures!  I forgot the last day photos!  

Our last day in San Diego was a big one!  We went to Coronado...

Seaport Village Carousel...

The Harbor House for lunch...

The Village Hat Shop...

and last but not least, NORTE (best mexican food in CA)!!!

California Dreaming!

We had such a great time!  Carlsbad NEVER disappoints!  We bought a little grill this time so that we could have fires on the beach!  It was so much fun!  Smores with a beach breeze, perfection!

We had quite the group for 4th of July!  All of BJ's family was there with us!  We set up on the beach @ 7am to save our spot!  When we finally left it was 10:30pm!!!  We couldn't get enough!  We literally had a "camp" set up!  We had a canopy and 5-6 umbrellas!  The only thing we didn't bring was a potty!  Great food and great company!  

Will and Grandma having fun!

Emma and Andrew playing!

The sparklers were a HUGE hit!

Cousins!!!

Emma, Lucy & Will took me to see Walle!

During our stay we went to the San Diego County Fair!  You can't beat the weather!  When the fair comes to AZ it still gets up in the low hundreds so we NEVER go!  The kids had a blast!  

Yeah Emma!

We also went to Legoland where my children got tatoos!  I hope it's the only ones they ever get!

The kids LOVE the waterpark in Legoland!  We spent lots of time there!

One of our BEST vacations yet!