Lana's Farewell to Preschool

APRIL 2011

Here is Sheena playing a little bit of catch-up. These are some pictures from April:

Lana's 5th Birthday Party which was all "Tangled" and so much fun

A visit to the Noah's Ark exhibit at the Skirball joined by some cute Koda and Alhadaff kiddos.

A trip to the park

Got to see my handsome Dad (unfortunately it was for my Grandpa's funeral service. Love you, Grandpa! I miss you.)

The picture of the kids at the table was April Fools Day. I made them cereal and served it in humongous bowls. The funny thing is that they didn't really think it was a big deal. Like, why shouldn't my mom give me this enormous bowl and spoon to eat with? Go figure.

My cute boys walking in the park...


April flew by. As did May. As is June. I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked to but I'll try to post some more soon.

My Cute Kiddos

I love that they love each other and get along so well (for the most part). Lana's such an attentive and nurturing big sister. She shows Jared how to do everything she can do and makes him laugh every day. Jared really looks up to his sister and loves her company. He's starting to copy what she does and also watches out for her. He gives kisses to any ouchie we have and whenever Lana takes her shoes off at the park he picks them up and runs after her. They crack me up every day and even though I feel I'm at the end of my rope sometimes I love being a mom and wouldn't trade this for the world. (for the record...at this exact moment Jared is pulling on my sweater that I discovered had a hole today and is trying to get me to help him find his lost car.)

Mom's Visit & Mat's Birthday

We were spoiled by a visit from my mom. I hope she had as much fun with us as we did with her. It was such a treat for me to have company while doing the mundane every day things and seeing her enjoy it. Ahhh, gotta love grandmas. :) Lana and Jared miss her so much. She took them on walks, played trains/cars, read books, went to the movies (just Grandma and Lana), played at the park...and she was only here for a week! Mat and I were able to go to the temple, out to dinner and shopping. For us that was a big deal and he really had fun.

Mat turned 30!!! YIKES! It sounds old but I still feel like we're still in college sometimes. Don't be fooled by the picture- he loved his water gun present. We went on a hike as a family and if I remember correctly, it turned out to be great weather and we had a fun time together. Here's to many more!

Last day of our Zoo Pass

Well, unlike the awesome zoo in DC, we have to pay to get in the L.A. Zoo. We did have a great year with our zoo passes though and had fun watching all the neat animals. We saw some funny animal behavior (have you ever seen a hippo poop?), baby animals (komodo dragon babies) and even saw some interesting animals we had never heard of before. We'll miss our little excursions to the zoo, but I'm ready to get our Disneyland passes again! (Mat: hint, hint!)

Ummmm....

I ran into a friend I haven't seen in a while and she asked me what I had been up to (for the last few months). "Ummmmmm......" I couldn't think of anything out of the ordinary. I'm not complaining. It's a great ordinary and here are some pictures of my ordinary.

HOLLYWOOD

Yes, we've lived near L.A. for 3 years now and have not hiked up to the Hollywood sign until last week. Our awesome friends, the Barkers, got us motivated to do it. We had so much fun visiting, carrying the kids, checking out the view and working up an appetite. And yes, Mat and Stephen carried the little ones most of the way up and back down. Whew! Check out the cute picture of Lana and Mia.