May 2014

On May 3 we drove to Disneyland.
This was Eli’s first trip at 40” so he could ride some bigger rides.  It did require minor inserts (folded up socks) into his shoes, but we got on everything we wanted to that way.
First time on Cars!!

Big Thunder. He loved this ride, and on all new big rides he’d raise his hands in the air.

SO proud of him for riding Tower of Terror, aka “the scary elevator ride.”  We explained to him what the ride was and were honest about it.  We did NOT drag him on kicking and screaming. He didn’t cry on it or afterwards, just said he didn’t want to go on it again.
Rameses will find anything soft that’s left on the floor.
Eli had preschool graduation, which is silly since he has two more years of preschool.

Soccer started back up.

Crawfish boil time!

End of school year dance festival.

End of school year backyard bbq.

April 2014

He learned to sit on the heaters from Patch.

Jared and Joan insisted this plant was dead.  I kept watering it then forgot about it.  Then on April 1 I took this picture and sent it to Jared.  He thought it was an April Fools joke and that I had somehow created and attached leaves.

This is why we tell the kids not to throw pillows and blankets on the floor.  They get hairy from the dogs.

Jason and Janae (Janaeson is what we call them) bought a Groupon for this rock climbing place, then Erica and Brad were here for Brad’s dermatology rotation for medical school, and the Groupon was still available.  Prepare for lots of butt pictures.

My favorite:

For Easter the kids got a bubble machine.

They’re so cute with their bunny ears!

It took us a VERY long time last fall to pull all of our tulip and lily bulbs, pull them apart, and re-plant the best of the best.  We’re VERY proud of the results and won the yard of the month award in our neighborhood!

Exercise!

And that’s April.  Next month, another trip to Disneyland!!