Fireworks in Cameron Park

Our friend Ryan is a pilot, and so the past two years we have been invited to watch the fireworks in Cameron Park on a small runway. The fireworks lasted 30 minutes the show was FAB! I had Erika snap some photos of us. I rarely have photos of the whole family. We had such a fun night we even saw a little fox.

Tanner's Visit

Addie & Tanner

The night he arrived

The water fight

 getting soaked

 cooling off in the bucket

Josh enjoying the action

Next the sprinkler

i liked this photo

River cats game

Go Carts

Concert in the park

swimming ahhh

 Cafe Rio imposture  (can't think of Cali. name)

this is how Tim golfed funny

 Way to Go HOLE IN ONE!!!

My nephew Tanner got to come to California for a visit. We had such a great time having him here. 

Father's Day

Addie said I love when my dad takes me to kings game and we get cotton candy.

Who'd have thunk I'd have my kids make a shirt like this hilarious. Addie is so proud of it & the red tie above she was adamant he wore them.

Brother and Sister

two little sweeties

memorial day

 ready to swim

ready to relax

something yummy to drink

I think that memorial day is different for me now. I saw a couple of images with the caption Memorial Day in case you thought it was national BBQ day it really made me think. Perhaps it's because death is so fresh here (still). I think it will always be that way time just dulls the pain, and seems to turn down the volume of the loss and heartache we have felt. I think having been through this makes honoring those who have died for our country more real. Because you know how real the sacrifice of a life is, and you've felt the grief they feel. However, it's not a bad thing it's good to have a day that reminds you (at least it is good for me). Remembering is important. My sister wrote this in a note she gave me after it happened which I will forever cherish: A wife who looses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses her parents is called an orphan. But... there are no words for a parent who loses a child, that is how awful the loss is. It has slowly gotten easier. But I have been forever changed. Did we celebrate with a BBQ & pool party YES! But in my heart it's different. I am more grateful for life, and therefore also the sacrifice of others. 

We still go to the cemetery often... we will now visit 4 spots when we go all children. (Daniel & Savannah are right next to each other) Last time we went Adeline wanted to fix all of the flowers that had fallen over. I mean each, and every one on our walk to the other spot we were visiting. There were a lot of fallen over flowers because it was 6 days after Memorial day. This probably sounds weird, but she always fixes those in the baby land (there's one area where babies are buried), and now as we ventured out further she felt it was important to fix all of the others. She'll probably think this is creepy years from now when she reads this. I didn't know what to do so she fixed them.

5 months

He loves to roll to get to places. He is still teething will those teeth ever come through. It's messing up his schedule & sleep. I've wondered if he has acid reflux... because he hasn't been feeding a full feeding at a time, and then he'll want to eat later on. He'll also get fussy, and he spits up every time he eats. But he is growing. He LOVES hair. He loves to grab it, pull it & eat it. He can scoot a bit, but hasn't been rolling a lot from his belly to his back. He still has the biggest smile. Josh seems to LOVE to be at home. He is always happy at home. It makes me laugh, but I do wonder if he will end up being a bit of a home body.