The Zoo...

Our last adventure in Fresno was visiting the Zoo. My kids love love love the zoo. They are animal lovers. We had a lot of fun there.

BTW, the condor picture with Isabella is special for Grandma Hockey. (Bakersfield Condor Hockey) Isabella talked about a condor the entire trip to the zoo and I didn't think they would have one. When she saw it she said that she had to take a picture for Grandma so here is the picture! =)

The Flamingos were Isabella favorite animal. The reason - because they are pink. Pink is currently her favorite color and she was so excited about them. She even got a cute little pink flamingo stuffed animal in a purse!

They also had a special sting-ray area where you could actually pet the sting-rays. It was very cool. My kids wouldn't touch them but I touched them enough times for the three of us.

Owie!!!

Well, another fun adventure while we were in Fresno was to the Urget Care for Isabella's finger. While I was getting ready on Tuesday morning Isabella had her hand in the door jam of the bathroom door and Chase walked by and deceided to close the door right on Isabella's finger. Poor little thing. She was hurting SO bad. It looked horrible. Auntie Heather came to the rescue with all her doctor supplies since we didn't have anything because we were in a hotel. Then it seemed to be getting worse so we took her to Urgent Care. We luckily got in very fast and they were very nice. Isabella was happy that she didn't have to get a shot or have stiches. So were Mom and Dad. Her finger is getting better but the doctor said that she will loose her fingernail for sure. She is a tough cookie!!!

First visit to the library...

I know, I know, I am a horrible mom, that by the way used to be a teacher, and my kids are 3.5 and almost 2 and this was the very first time we have stepped foot into the libray. My kids loved it! I am going to try and make a goal to take them at least once every other week to check out some books. Isabella loved while Aunt Heather read to her and Chase as you can see loved running and chasing Landen around the library but he and I did read a few great books! One of our other Fresno adventures.

Dress up Girls...

We were in Fresno all last week because Danny had training and we deceided to go up with him. We stayed in a hotel, which by the way isn't that much fun with two kids, but we had lots of fun outside of the hotel. We saw Serenity and Landen everyday! =) Here is Isabella and Serenity playing dress up. They are so cute!!!

Beginning of August...

Danny surprised me and we took a trip to Pismo Beach to visit his sister, Deanna, for our 8 year anniversary. We always have tons of fun while we are there and she always spoils us. We always go kiaking at least once! I found an otter friend while we were kiaking. He was so close that I could have touched him but was to nervous to. Here are a few pictures from the trip....

Safety Patrol...

Danny wins safety patrol award for the month of August because he surprised us with helments for the kids and I. We ride quads a lot and we never have helments on. We had been talking about getting helments for the kids so Danny took the inititive and got them helments. He also go me one. =) I guess that means that he cares about me too!!!

Well, as you can see we didn't have a problem with Isabella wearing her helment. We had a problem getting the helment off of her. She loves it. Chase on the other hand has exactly the opposite problem.

Cowboy Theme in July..

Every month at gymnastics the theme is different. In July, the theme was cowboy. Isabella loved this theme. Here is a picture of her one day riding her horsey! Giddy up!! =)

After Church one day in July...

When we got home from church I had to take a picture of the kidos because their outfits looked cute together. I love the way the picture turned out. What cuties!!

Yo Gabba Gabba

Yes, it is as stupid as the name but for some crazy reason both my kids LOVE it! Today was the premier of the first Yo Gabba Gabba show. I thought I'd sit and watch it with my kids. Brobee would have to be my favorite and I can't even tell you why. There was one song, "There's a party in my tummy" that I thought was pretty cute other than that I thought it was very stupid. Isabella and Chase were glued to the T.V. for the entire 30 minutes of the show. I'm thinking they liked it. They showed a preview for tomorrows show and Isabella thought it was coming on again and was pretty disappointed that it wasn't. We'll miss tomorrow's show because of gymnastics. Darn it! =)

A great quote..

I was checking out Taryn's myspace page and and ran across this quote and I fell in love with it because it is SO true. It said:

"There comes a point in your life when you realize who matters, who never did, who won't anymore, and who always will. so don't worry about people from your past, there's a reason they didn't make it into your future."

Summer Fun...

It seems that everyday we end up in our little plastic pool outside. The kids love it. It was one of our best investments. Especially now that it has been hot, they love to play and slide in the pool. They want Mommy out there with them but, Mommy sits by the door in the air conditioned house! It is just too hot some days. =)

After they get out of the pool they relax in the chairs with their towels. These are a few pictures that I captured of them! They always look so cute cuddled up and wet! Isabella started having fun with it and took some hilarious pictures. She was even cracking herself up. She just wanted me to keep going and going! It was tons of fun!