The twins are 3! Crazy how time flies and they grow up to be little beauties. I remember when they were born and I was able to hold them. They were born early and if I remember correctly they were only a pound when I held them in my arms.Today was the twins party and we had some outdoor water fun. Thank goodness for the waterside Jake bought years ago, talk about coming in handy. The kids had a blast and the girls were super star princesses for sure. Jake was not able to come due to some surgery but the kids and I went and enjoyed the day. I took a picture of Jessica next to the Aurora cut out I made years ago when it was her birthday party, she has grown so much into a little lady, she makes me proud!
This family is so fun to hang out with!!! Everytime we get together it's full of laughs and good memories made. Raeanne invited us to her birthday dinner down in Rowland Heights and we were able to go. The kids had a blast and got to hang out with her two kids Alyssa and Nathan. I love how they make our family feel so welcomed and how they don't get annoyed with my kids, its a blessing really to have them in our lives. Jake and I needed this little outing, I feel like our lives have been all work and no play, with him working so much we don't get time together and it was nice to have a meal just next to him. Baby Jake was the party pooper, he did not want to sit down. Ahhhh frustration but all our kids did this, the age of "Going to dinner with an 18month old sucks." we gave him the paper hat and he was good, I think he got a few swigs of my diet coke.
Jake 24 out from the call out from 4th of July and I came home to beautiful orange roses ( my favorite) and a sleeping husband. It is AWESOME, but I think he wanted to strangle me after this one. Jessica called me from the other room with "Mom come look." And this was the outcome of that call, Jessica with nail polish and a snoring daddy. Yes, he made her take it off with the nail polish remover but it was fun to watch him chase her when he woke up.
4th of July was spent in the SCV this year, we had plans to go see one of our closest friends the Balls but due to getting the boat together we stayed in town. My friends were running a 5k on the 4th and thank goodness for their motivation and the last minute registration I was able to run with them. The night before we tie dyed shirts in the red white and blue color to be "patriotic"and it was a great night. Fun just being goofy and laughing was a much needed medicine due to all the crazy weeks of entertaining the kids. I was a bit nervous when we showed up at the race, I felt like it was the first day of school and I didn't know what to expect. When we were instructed to go I was like "Oh crap, what did I get myself into?" I felt so intimidated by people watching and there were plenty of times I wanted to walk but I kept going and didn't stop. My time was 30min 33sec! I was shocked, I was not training for this and I was proud. Proud I did it and proud of my friends and their accomplishments as well.
After the race Jake's phone rang and two seconds later my phone was going off. that only means ARCO is calling for a call out. Jake was working on the boat in the morning and of course was not done and had to leave. It was me and the kiddos, what to do so I don't go crazy? We go to grandmas for dinner, face painting and treat making. After we headed to Todd Longshore park to meet our friends for fireworks. It was fun till baby Jake decided to run around like a crazy man and it made me nervous with the amount of people around so we headed to the car and with Jakie in the carseat the girls and I watched the rest of the fireworks in the parking lot.
I feel like we have been living in the water this summer. The Hurricane Harbor passes have come in handy and this was Jake's first time going with us. He was pretty tired from working an all night shift but he wanted to come and hang out with us. We had a great time relaxing and swimming, I was so happy to have this day with the family and the kids had a really great time with the family too.
Summer is wearing me out~ Today we went to the library for a sign language singing time. The older kids did great, Talia started to roll around on the ground and chase Corrine so they at least had fun with each other haha. Then my friend Nikki and I took the kids bowling and the kids had a blast, baby Jake was a little difficult but a package of donuts kept his attention for a bit.
I'm exhausted from the week of fun. I think I'm going to need a vacation from our summer vacation at this point. We have been to Hurricane Harbor, birthday parties, magic shows, swimming, movies and more movies. Today we went to see the new Disney movie Brave and it was so fun. We went to the El Capitan theater, Jakes family invited us to go with them so we did. Later in the day we went to Jakes brothers house for swimming and dinner. When I got home I took a shower and laid down for a second, that second turned to hours. HAHA I'm pooped out and I think I have a cold to go with it. Honestly it's worth it, I'm having so much fun and I know the kids are too. Grateful for all that are able to join us this summer and can't wait for more fun weeks.
