Beach and Baseball

We spent the day after Disneyland playing at a beach right by Laguna called Salt Creek. It was a nice hot day, perfect for splashing around.

Ryan and Fred did some boogie boarding

Ruthie thought she should try it too

I hope these two are friends for a long time. They have so much fun together!

A little beach pow wow with the kids That night we went to the Angels/Mariners game. Ryan thought it was high time Tate went to his first MLB game!

The night ended with an Angels win and even fireworks!

Disneyland!

The kids just had their first Disneyland experience and LOVED it!! We went with some fabulous friends of ours from Arizona and their 3 kids. It was a whirlwind trip and fun, fun, fun!
We were at the parks from 8am to midnight. Just wanted to get our money's worth!

Tate was so excited to see Woody and Jessie he gave them both hugs and kisses!

This is It's a Small World, but Ruthie rode all of the big rides too. Her very favorite was Splash Mountain. She went twice and rode on the very front, arms up in the air!

We all loved Astro Blasters with Buzz.

My 'R'uthie

Of course the princess in front of the castle

Tate took a good snooze while I took Ruthie to the Princess lunch

The 2 princesses off to the lunch. Ruthie had to wear her Cinderella costume and have her hair done like Cinderella for the lunch. Too bad the only princess not there was Cinderella!

Ariel

Aurora


Snow White

Jasmine

Belle

Our princess group-plus one little prince! We had a great lunch date and the girls just soaked in all of the princess fun!

Tate of course loved Lightening

and Mater

We had to keep an eye on these 2 holding hands all day! What is this a date!? :)

Winnie the Pooh for the littles while the bigs went on Splash Mountain

We ended the night watching the new World of Color at California Adventure. It was very worth keeping the kids up so late to see. I forgot to take pictures of it, just some video. Trust me it is amazing!

We are Family

Since we had my whole family together for the first time ever (with all of the in-laws and grand kids) we had pictures taken in May. They turned out pretty cute. Especially considering the size of the group!

The original seven!
Nana and Papa with the (crazy) cute kids

Mom and Dad

Us

The only brother Landen and his family-still just girls

Krissi's crew

Amy and Jordan

Suzanne-the missionary

Lizzie-the soon to be Cougar

Laurie-the baby

It's a....

Yeah for baby brother! Ruthie is okay with it, but still insists she will not change a boy's diapers!