May, Where did you Go?

Where did May go? I can't believe this is my only post for May; talk about slacking! Here is a brief pictorial of where the month has gone for us:

Our annual family reunion at the coast. This is probably the last reunion for awhile for my husband's nephew as he will be joining the Airforce in August. He is the cool one with the sunglasses. We are standing in front of his brand new car and kayak that he won on The Price is Right! He was the showcase winner that day!

A sweet 17th birthday for my beautiful niece.

A surprise 25th Wedding Anniversary celebration for her parents. Can you believe these two have been married for 25 years? They do not look anything like the pictures of the couples on 25th anniversary cards. Their oldest daughter will be getting married in July. It is so hard to believe.

Two confirmations; the first was my niece. Her sponsor is my oldest sister.

The second is my nephew. He is my oldest sister's son and my brother in law is his sponsor.

We had a graduation of my sweet little girl. It is only preschool, but to her it might as well have been college! She was so excited about all the songs she was going to sing to us.

We had a Spring Fling on the hottest day of the year so far! It started at 5:45pm and it was outside. My son did a wonderful job doing a traditional Filipino dance. We were all melting by the time it was over so we went and had an SOS. It made it all worth it.

We made a quick trip to Papa's cabin to open it for the season. We did get to stay 3 days and 2 nights, which were not enough! I could have stayed for a month.

The kids had so much fun playing in the creek and finding sticks and rocks!

We finished the month with an airshow. Here are two cute kids that had fun for most of the day but after several hours of sun, they were ready to go home.

Don't they all look cute in their sunglasses and hats?

This was the kids favorite plane. It was flown by a woman who got out of the plane dressed as Wonder Woman. She had red, white and blue smoke as well as fireworks! It is amazing what they can do in the aerobatic planes.

My daughter is out of school but my son has to go until Thursday. Oh how I can't wait for Thursday. It will be so nice to have a relaxed schedule for a few months. Summer here we come!

Disneyland Day 1

We got to Disneyland around 3:00pm in the afternoon. The kids were excited about going and seeing Disneyland for the first time. We decided to start our visit with a ride on the Disneyland Express. This is the train that goes all the way around the park, with stops in each different land. We got to see many things that we were anxious to check out. Next we rode the Monorail to see if we could get another perspective of the park.

We got off in Tomorrowland. This is where we would end up spending most of our time. We rode the Autotropolis Cars. The line was long and we were surprised at how warm it was. My son was not to happy about driving but his sister was a different story. She was ready to drive!

We next went and watched a interactive show about the home of the future. This was interesting. The kids loved the Peter Pan room. The kitchen and the dining room table were so full of technology that it was mind blowing.

We grabbed a quick bite to eat in Tomorrowland. A not so great hamburger and chicken sandwich, but the drinks tasted very good for the warm day. We also were able to find were the Jedi Training Academy was and what show times were. My son could not wait for the next day.

We were all pretty tired after traveling and celebrating a busy Easter the day before. So we went and found a place to watch the parade, before calling it a day. We found what turned out to be a great spot, right in front of where Mickey and Minnie stopped! We enjoyed the spectacular show that was put on. We walked back to our hotel with great expectations of the days to come!

Easter 2009

We all had a very blessed Easter 2009. We started our day celebrating Mass and the Resurrection of our Lord and then spent time at Grandma's and also at Papa's with both sides of the family. This combination is always a guaranteed good time. The kids of course made a haul in both places.

There is No Place like Home!

We have been at the Happiest Place on Earth for the last week, Disneyland, but oh it is so good to be home!

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind with our Cioppino Dinner, Easter and then planning and preparing for our trip. I can't believe that I haven't posted even once in April. Hopefully I will make up for that with all the pictures and stories that I have.

And the Wordless Wednesday picture was taken by the DH on the flight to my father's cabin. It was on the way home but my husband doesn't know exactly where it was! I just thought it was so cool the first time that I saw it!

Wordless Wednesday

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Baby Stellan

Stellan is back in the hospital with a rapid heart rate. He needs our prayers!

The Past Week.

We have had an entertaining and fun week. I have finally downloaded pictures and can show my son's family tree. I am still having fun playing with our genealogy.

My daughter couldn't let my son get all the credit and picture time!

And then we had our Jump-a-thon for the American Heart Association. My son has gotten a little bit better at jumping, but he has a long way to go. His style needs a little bit of work. He was just so happy that he was not the first one out!

Look at the determination on his face! He would win if that was the main criteria.

And then my son wanted in on the horseback riding lessons. This is more of his speed and he is doing very well. He got to get his horse lopping in only his second lesson.

And their favorite part of the lesson was checking out Karen's new colt. He was only three days old and is very cute. He has beautiful blue eyes.

Karen is very happy because this is the last off spring from her favorite stud that recently died. She named him Casper's Legacy after his daddy. You can tell that this is going to be a special colt for her.

We had such nice weather this past week that we have been spending lots of time outside. Spring fever has sprung! Hopefully I will be taking lots of pictures and blogging on a regular basis again. I miss it!