Summer is here!

We are already more than half into June and a week into summer vacation!  The kids have finished up their music class.....where we found out that both of them may not have inherited their Uncle Luke's rhythm, but they both enjoyed their classes.

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B had a field trip to Morro Bay the last week over school and I bravely volunteered to chaperone.  The kids had a blast especially digging for crabs and walking up to the lookout that coincidentally Jeff proposed to me at.

Addy is getting more and more words everyday.  She has learned the word beach and asks to go almost daily.  Fore the most part, we go and play on the swings.  Last week, the weather was too nice and the boys couldn't resist get in the water.

On the last day of school, the Pismo Police Department had "Pizza on the Pier".  Andrew and B got some pizza and checked out the all the police vehicles.

And for all of you looking for an Addy update, these days she double fists Otterpops, catches frogs looking for her Prince Naveen, and loves hot dogs.

Last week, B went to basketball camp for the second year.  He had a blast!  It is a great camp and the Cal Poly basketball players do a great job of interacting with the kids, not too mention they all know him by first name basis.

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After camp, we drove straight to the airport to head out to Colorado for my cousin Kelsey's wedding (or should I say Branden's cousin)  Addy did well on the flight in both directions to my surprise.  I was a little stressed about her having a major meltdown.  We had a couple of open windows of time between the wedding and family BBQ so we took the kids to the Denver Zoo and Butterfly Pavilion with my parents.

The wedding was beautiful and Kelsy looked gorgeous in her dress.  At the ceremony, B went right up to Kelsey and Josh and introduced himself.  He wasn't shy at all even though he had never met her.  My aunt and uncle were thoughtful and had everyone over so that we could all visit and catch up.  B kept everyone entertained with his new joke book.

Well, it is Sea Life camp next week.  Then a super busy month of July.  Stay tuned for our adventures.

Oh and I forgot a couple of our May activities...Addy won in the "calendar raffle" for B's baseball league.  So her and my dad split the cost of this bike.

The Skyline Crew also took the party bus to the SLOPD Tip a Cop Fundraiser.  They had a great time mostly in part to their awesome waiter.  When the dinner was over, they jumped on the tank in front of the SLO Vets Hall.

May!

May was a busy month! The month started with B's first communion.  He was focused and so serious such a difference from our everyday B.  We are so proud of him and his commitment to his faith.

 We spent quite a bit of time at the ballpark this month.  B had games twice a week and practice one day.  So it was a full month of baseball.  On a rare occasion Addy would actually sit and watch the game, but also to scream for Daddy.  It is fun to watch the learning throughout the season especially on defense.  B made some nice catches on defense and as the season went on he knew where to go when he got the ball.

The neighborhood is itching for summer to be here!  Jeff and Mat experimented with an outdoor movie screen.  I have faith they will have it perfected soon.

We also spent a relaxing mother's day in hood flying kites and having mimosas.

 Jeff and the kids cooked our  version of the Cracked Crab bucket for dinner.

The monday after Mother's Day Christie and her family were in town, so we all got together for the chance to meet Baby Brooklyn.  We were able to snap a picture of the all the kids.

Addy and I have been trying to add a little variety to our workouts. We have tried a couple of hikes.  Right now Johnson Ranch is our favorite.

TaaDaa, we are done!

We drove up for to Monterey area for the day.  We got in some quality time with the family.

Here are a few of Addy moments for the month...
Lately she has wanted to eat her lunch in her house.

One morning she got all ready for school with B.  

One afternoon we walked to Ross after lunch with Michelle.  And took this picture in giant chair in front of Big 5.

Have a great week and until the next update! Love and Aloha, the Clarin Ohana 

Easter Weekend

Happy Easter!!!

On Saturday morning, we headed to the Easter Egg Hunt at Dinosaur Caves Park in Shell Beach.  The kids had their buckets and were ready to go...

There were plenty of activities to do at the event including see the Easter Bunny.  And sometimes seeing and waving is way better that having to have your picture with him.

It was packed as you can see from the picture and there were a variety of folks from locals to out of towners. (And let's just say you knew who was who)  Addy and I did manage to get a couple of eggs.  B had a little bit of a harder time but a couple of his classmates shared.  

 We also ran into one of Addy's friends and her family.  They opened eggs together

 After the egg hunt we headed home to spend the day in the neighborhood.  We had a neighborhood bike ride complete with a cone slalom until the cops showed up and asked us to get our cones out of the street.  It was kinda of a "buzzkill", so opted for giant bubble making and egg dieing.

As you can see I experimented with wine egg dieing, it didn't go so well but the wine drinking did. 

Thanks to the neighborhood Easter bunny, there were baskets on the doorstep for the kids.  They loved all the goodies, especially the grenade complete with sound effects.

The kids opened Easter baskets from Grandma and Poppa and again with the Schafer family.  There were plenty of goodies to keep them busy.  And Addy seemed to find everyone's candy all afternoon.

 We finished up the day with an egg hunt in the front yard.

 Mom managed to take this cute pic of the kids.  As for the family picture, we weren't so successful.

 

In the big scheme of things this maybe just be foreshadowing of the many battles to come in the future...