Let's Go Cruisin'

We started the afternoon with lunch in Little Ethiopia. Daryl, me, Sebastian and Chance enjoyed the food...well, ok, the kids just the mild chicken... Synjin, on the otherhand, just wanted to leave. There was incense burning that he thought was the grossest and we had to tell him to stop making faces while eating the food especially when the waitress was around!!

Then we cruised over to the Peterson Automotive Museum. Some pretty awesome cars. The boys had a great time and my favorite part was having security follow us around. Daryl and I should have just had them watch the boys while we looked around :o)



2002 Jaguar used in Die Another Day

All I want for Christmas is a 1927 Rolls Royce, pirty please!!!

Chance: "Dad, you should get this bike. It would freak people out!"

Not yet!!!....

With 7 weeks left until our next bundle of joy arrives we decided to make the transfer to a big boy bed for Sebastian! The first night he just played around and was having to much fun that he wouldn't sleep. Not even after my attempt to lay with him so I caved and put him back in the crib. But last night he went right to bed. What a big boy! I don't know how I feel about all this growing up going on around here!!

Alpaca Fest West

We went to see some Alpacas in Industry Hills. It was quite fun. They are cute animals. The kids had a blast!!
This one here is a llama, there to show the difference between the two.

We had to keep a close eye on Sebastian- every chance he got he was feeding the Alpacas. This nice gentleman brought one right to him. :o)


So photogenic!

Prop 8

No pictures but I just wanted to share what great boys I have. Monday night for FHE I stayed home and made copies of an ad promoting "yes" on 8 and Synjin and Chance (he just went out the first run)went with Daryl around the neighborhood walking and passing out the signs to over 400 homes. We are so glad it passed and are glad we have these opportunities to teach our boys the blessings of following our church leaders.

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Synjin won the prize for the costume that most represented his character in grades k-2! Yeah Jack Sparrow!!

The Fun We Have!!! PA'S PUMPKN PATCH

Sebastian had so much fun petting and feeding the animals.

Watching the boys try to walk after this ride was quite comical. We were sure Chance was going to lose his lunch. His face during the ride was so funny.


The happy people!!

USS Midway

On Saturday we went to San Diego to tour the USS Midway, the longest serving aircraft carrier in America-from the end of WWII to 1991. There was so much to see and do. The kids really liked it. The carrier is 1,001 ft long, 258 ft wide, has a 4.02 acre flight deck, and is 69000 tons total weight.

I was feeling claustrophobic in the sleeping quarters. There were so many beds in such a small space!!

This veteran helped the kids make a knot bracelet.

We definitely need this at home :o)




On the flight deck!

The boys loved pushing all the buttons!!

I don't know if anyone else ever has these experiences but we have them often on vacation. The first picture was taken by a "baby boomer" and the second by a younger guy! Please, when you take a picture get the background in it!! And this was after we asked him to get the plane in it....

We went to a local golf course and the kids had a blast.


Sebastian gave up and decided eating the balls was funner than hitting them.

Synjin Is 6

Our little boy is 6 already!! He has promised that if I continue to let him have birthdays he will still be my little boy! :o)

Nona and Tata took him out to breakfast and then to ride a train at an outdoor mall. He had such a good time!! This transformer is from them!!

Our friends, the Laynes, had a birthday party for their daughter and since it was Synjin's birthday they included him in the festivities. There were two pinatas and two homemade cakes and a jumper. Really, what could be better!! Yes, I said HOMEMADE!! Check it out. I am so happy with the results considering this was my first attempt. Now I'm excited to do more. So what if they all are pirates!! And the Barbie was so cute and yummy with Sherbert ice cream being the skirt!! Thanks Laynes for a great time! Synjin had a great day!!


Sebastian joining in the fun!! As a side note: Their house is under construction so the pinatas were in the soon-to-be dining room! It all worked out great!!

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Chanceman!!

The kids played an IRON ROD game at their primary activity. The primary president put a blindfold on Chance and asked him if he could see. He told her yes and so she made some adjustments and asked him again if he could see. Matter-of-factly he said, "Yes, I can see. I have x-ray vision."

Meditation

We were playing in the driveway when Synjin announced that he was going to meditate like the Chinese people do-something he saw in a cartoon. Well, after a couple of seconds he asked me if he was starting to raise off the ground. It was so funny!!

Daryl says, "LIVE BY THE DOOR. DIE BY THE DOOR!!"

So today Chance was getting into a feet push car in Nursery and lost his footing and fell backwards into the door of the nursery. I went over to check on him and discovered blood, a lot of blood. He hit his head on one of the hinges. I ran to get Daryl. The nursery leader, Rachel, went and got a Sister who is a nurse, and along the way a few more spectators showed up. She said he probably needed stitches so we were off. Thanks Rachel for taking care of Synjin and Sebastian for a couple of hours!!
The emergency room went pretty quick- we were put on the "FAST TRACK" with his head injury and all!! So the doctor asked Chance to do some simple commands to make sure he didn't have a concussion. One of them was to squeeze his hands as hard as he could. When he squeezed the doctor's hands Chance let out a pretty loud and long fart. Daryl and I started busting up and the doctor asked what happened.(We don't know how he didn't hear it) We told him and he remarked to Chance that he asked him to "squeeze" his fingers not "pull" them.:o)
After a couple of stitches we are home and Chance is back to his normal self. Well actually he was acting normal the whole time. In fact, the doctor had asked me if his behavior was normal and that was just as Chance was rolling around on the bed, walking back and forth,and being so loud!! I looked at him and said yes doctor,this is his "normal!!" :o)
It was a fun day in Nursery! Maybe now they will take my advice and make Nursery a padded room...

JUST IMAGINE....

One more little boy sitting with his brothers. We are so excited to raise another missionary. Our due date is January 9.

Pool Fun

We spent Saturday afternoon at Daryl's brother Kent's house. They are remodeling a house they just bought in Anaheim Hills-the entire inside is gutted but the pool outside was perfect for a day of summer fun. The kids had a blast.

Sebastian wanted to be just like his brothers. He kept walking with Laurie to the edge and would then grab her hand and walk away. He finally took the plunge.

Megan and Synjin being the monkeys they are.

Synjin had so much fun having Daryl throw him in the air.

And of course Chance was not going to be left out!!


Synjin decided cannon balls were the safest to do after attempting to dive a couple times which resulted in belly flops.