Santee Lakes and a Surprise Party

You know how I said I wanted to find a place from that Out & About book to go to every weekend? Well last weekend was way busy so we kinda did 2 things in 1. My Aunt Mary turned 65 last week and we had a surprise party for her. It happened to be at Santee Lakes, which was one of the places in the book. Mary was surprised and the kids had fun playing outside in the sunny weather.

Jae and JC

JC and Mimaw

Every girl needs a little blue box!Mimaw and Jae
JC and Broc

Yay for Erica!

last saturday erica graduated from csusm. my mom was supposed to watch the kids but ended up getting vertigo. so we took them with us and they were troopers. they were really good. after the ceremony we went back to the coelho's for a pool party. my kids are fish! jae swam from 1:30 until about 7:30. she was spent by the end of the night. for some reason jc thinks he can walk on water and when he tries he is surprised that it doesn't work. i only went in after him once...fully clothed. thankfully johnny and mike got in with him and helped him navigate around the pool. it's kinda scary because he has no fear.

the cove

a couple of weeks ago we had the kids pictures taken at the cove. here are some of the shots...

tidepools

i am so thankful that we live in san diego. there are so many things to do outdoors. jae brought a magazine home from school called out and about. it is a really cool magazine. it tells you about a gazillion things that you can do around san diego. now that johnny's work schedule is crazy we decided that we need to make sure that we do more together as a family and we really want to make sure that we do fun things. so...my goal is to pick at least one thing from the magazine to do every weekend. today was the first day and we went up to la jolla to the tidepools. it was a perfect day. the weather was awesome and there weren't very many people out. my kids were fascinated with the crabs, but a little scared of the slippery green stuff (a.k.a. algae) and falling in the cracks. it was so nice to be together and anjoy each other.

My Monkey's Five!

Happy 5th Birthday, my monkey! 5 just seems crazy. It fees like you were just born. I'm not really sure how 5 years has gone by so fast. You are so smart and the things that you say just blow me away. You have become very affectionate and I love it. You always tell me that you love me 100 and 59 and for some reaseon you think that you love me more than I love you.

It is kinda a tradition for us to go to Frostie's for our kids' birthdays...they have the yummiest ice cream around.

A Very Hungry Caterpillar Party

Happy Birthday to Jae and JC! Last weekend we had a birthday party for them and it was a ton of fun. There were a lot of people there, but it was very low key and I liked it that way. I was able to enjoy our company. We are so thankful that we have family and friends that love our kids and want to celebrate with them.

the birthday kids

the cake
i love the way jc watches jae...he loves her so much

my mom and kym made some yummy treats

jen, this one's for you :)

grandpa and jc