Monday, August 8, 2016

First Day Of School

It's the first day of school!

Calista is going into 3rd Grade! 
Isabelle is going into 6th Grade!  







 Isabelle and her best friend Audrey.  Audrey and Isabelle have been in the same class since Kindergarten!! 

 Calista was so excited about seeing her friends.  She was all hugs this morning, it was precious!


Calista and her buddy Sam.


Calista and her friends, Simone, Georgia and Gia! 

Isabelle and her friends Chloe, Audrey and Eliana!

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Happy Birthday Calista!


Guess who is 8 today???

CALISTA

I wish I had a fraction of the energy she has. She is funny, sassy and sweet! 
We absolutely couldn't live without her! 
Thank you God for this precious girl! 
We love you Kiki G! Happy Birthday! 







Saturday, July 23, 2016

Reagan Museum - Magic Mountain Trip

We bought season passes to Six Flags last summer.  We found out they were good for entry into all of the Six Flag theme park so we decided to take a trip down to Magic Mountain with our friends the Philkill Family.  Since we were so close to the Reagan Presidential Library we had to make a stop there too. 

We all piled into one care and drove straight to the Presidential Library on Friday morning. We got there just in time for lunch.  The grounds of the Library were so beautiful and the views were stunning.  We spent about 4 hours inside the library and the kids did great!  We were all so glad we came it was defiantly a huge hit! 



 There we many interactive things to do.  This was a favorite for the kids.  A room set up for an inauguration speech.  Complete with teleprompter and actual presidential podium and of course cameras!
 The real Air Force !  It was the actual plane President Reagan flew in and we got to go inside.  It looked exactly like the 80's

A replica of the Oval office designed to look exactly the way it did when Reagan was in office. 



 An actual piece of the Berlin Wall. 

Saturday it was a day at Magic Mountain! 
 The very first ride was a water ride!  I offered to hold the bags and I am glad I did.  These fools were wet all day! 
 Me and Kiki getting ready to ride a boat ride! 
 Issy and I on a roller coaster! 
 The roller coasters at this park were intense!  Isabelle wanted to ride the Superman ride.  It goes from 0-100MPH in seconds straight up and drops you down.  The entire ride lasts 10 seconds.  NO thank you!  I am glad our friend Michael is a thrill seeker too! 



 By 7pm time we were hot and hungry and ready for something other than theme park food.  We decided to leave the park and head to Universal City walk which was close to our hotel. 


 On Sunday we went to Malibu and spent the day on the beach! 

 On our way home we drove home on the CA 1 and enjoyed the beautiful coast.  We made a stop in Solvang and enjoyed exploring this adorable town! 

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Neighborhood Volleyball Olympics!

On Monday nights our neighborhood gets together to play volleyball.  We all look forward to it every week. We have been doing this now for two summers.  
We decided since the Olympics is in a few week we would host our own Olympics.  We randomly drew teams, the kids painted the country flags and we even made medals.  

Our Olympics started with a torch relay by the kids.  It was adorable.  We played a double elimination bracket and ended with a medal ceremony.  It was a lot of fun and we all can't wait to do it again next year! Our neighborhood Olympics will be a yearly event! 








 The Bronze Medal Team - Philippines!

The Silver Medal Team - USA!

The Gold Medal Team - Ireland