2009 - Off to a great start!

Ok so my wife's last post was before Christmas so I figured I better get on and at least take off the Ho, Ho, Ho background. The first 3 months of 2009 have been awesome. We have had many of our friends and family visit in the last month and are so grateful to share wonderful times with them.

In March we took a family vacation to San Diego. We stayed with Jason and Erin, Katie's brother and sister-in-law and their 2 girls at their house right near Pacific Beach (PB) as the californian's call it! We had an amazing week, we were at the beach almost everyday. Katie, Breanna, and Carter went for a drive one afternoon up the PCH to Laguna beach and absolutly loved it. On the weekend we were there Katie's brother Brian and his family and her sister Jenna were able to come down and join us for a beach day. We had a great day of flying kites with all 8 kids and enjoying a family outing. We got back to the house with some pretty tired kids, but we were all able to survive long enough for the 6 family members with birthdays to open presents and blow out cadles.

The day before we left was Breanna's 4th birthday, can you believe it, so we went to Sea World with her Aunt Jenna and had an amazing day. Thanks to Breanna's tall braids she was right at the 42 inch mark and was able to ride the wet rapids ride with dad. Mommy and aunt Jenna were a little chicken! Thank goodness Breanna was wearing a poncho because she was drenched in about he first 15 seconds.

The following weekend was Breanna's friends and family birthday here in Bonney Lake. This year it was at Roach Gymnastics. It is a large warehouse with tons of gymnastic equipment to wear the kids out, ok and me!

We hope to see all of you soon this spring or early summer!

Thanks for reading

Chris