Downtown Disney FUN!!

Since we didn't go into Disney, we took the kids to Downtown Disney to do a little shopping!  Brandon and Tyler were very excited to build a car.  Tyler saw this car four years ago the last time we were at Disney.  He was excited to be able to do this with Brandon too!!

 

 Picking out the pieces to their cars.

Getting ready to start building their car!

Picking out their favorite sounds to go in the car!

Excited to be building his car!!

 

After Brandon was done building his car, Natalie and I head over to Build a Bear so we could build her a bear!!

  

  

Natalie did a great job building her bear!!  Then we dressed her in a Minnie Mouse shirt, and sissy bear is ready to come home with us!!

Beach Time

Sunday morning we got up and decided to drive PCH and take the kids to breakfast and the beach!  This is ONE of the BIG reasons why I miss living in So Cal!!  The beach is so calming, and beautiful!!

We walked out to the pier and had dinner at Ruby's!  It was to be "walking" on the water!!

After breakfast we went down to walk on the beach and walk out to the ocean.  Neither of the kids had ever been to the ocean before!!

Natalie didn't like getting left behind by the boys!!

Of course we had to take pictures!!

They loved this!!  Brandon loved it because he said the water kept sliding us around!! So much fun!!  Can't wait until we can go back to the beach and play some more!!

Kinley's Birthday

We took a surprise trip to Orange County so we could celebrate sweet Kinely's second birthday with her!!  We didn't tell our kids where we were going, and that made it that much more fun!!

We hit the road early Saturday morning to get to Orange County by lunch time!  The kids had NO idea where we were going, not that they really understand any ways.  They know grandma's house, or far away grandma.  :)

Brandon liked playing the bounce house that Nicole rented!!  Natalie on the other hand didn't want anything to do with it!! 

CHEESE!!  While they eat their dessert of course!!  :)

Splash Pad Fun

In between trips to Vegas and Orange County I was able to take the kids down the to the splash pad for a day!!

They had a blast!!

Happy Summer!!!

I can't even believe that our school year is already over and we are in our summer break already!!  Where did this year go!?!!

We have had our first few days of summer, and we are loving them!!!

Our first swim of the summer!!

Nat likes cartoons for about 10 seconds, and is then done with them

We tried to take Nat in the pool for the first time, she wasn't a fan!

Brandon had fun playing at the ENT doctor while we were in the waiting room

We leave for vacation on Monday, and we are so excited to be on the road to California!!

Family of four . . . 14 weeks

New things about Brandon:  Brandon was able to go play at the splash pad again this week with our buddy Hans!  It is such a blast.  This week was much warmer than last week though, so we were only able to stay for a week.  Brandon learned a new animal sound this week thanks to our friend Susan too!  Now he can "baaa" like a sheep!  We have started to get things ready for Brandon's first day of school too.  We already received our first emails from his teacher, and we can't wait to meet her next week!

Drinking from the cup like a big boy at Matt's Big Breakfast

New things about Natalie:  Natalie is growing my leaps and bounds.  She is now consistently eating between 3 - 5 ounces at a time!  Where has my little girl gone!?!  She is starting to sit in the bumbo too!  At first she didn't really like it, but yesterday Brandon was running in circles with Derrik and Natalie was just smiling and watching them.  She also fell asleep on her play mat yesterday while Tyler, Brandon and I were having a dance party!  That is the first time she has fallen asleep on her back, without being swaddled!  We were pretty impressed!

Hanging out in the bumbo

New things about Tyler:  Yesterday was officially Tyler's last day of summer.  He reports back to work this morning, and now it is time for him to start getting into the groove of his school year.  He is excited about the upcoming year, and has a new teaching partner that he gets to start working with.

Dance party

New things about Cassandra:  I am excited to not officially start back to work until Monday.  I am headed into work today and tomorrow to get going though, as my room needs to be totally ready to go by next Thursday!  I have also launched a new teacher blog, which I am super excited about!  I disconnected it from my personal blog, in case it does take off, I don't want them linked.  That way this blog stays more personal, and I know only a few of you read it.  :)

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I know I have kept saying I was going to work out, I was going to work out.  Well, today begins that journey.  I am ready to go!  I did my first workout this morning.  Natalie decided that 4:15 would be a great time to get up this morning, even though Tyler's alarm wasn't going off until 4:45.  So I finished feeding her, and then decided I had to get up and go out, or I would keep putting it off!  So I did!!

Current weight:  141 pounds

My workouts courtesy of Pinterest