Field trip

Jacob's school went on a field trip today to a farm/pumpkin patch. Since I volunteered to help, Noah was able to come with. The theme was "Noah's Ark" so everyone had to dress up as an animal from the ark. Noah wore his monkey costume from last year and Jacob got a home-made tiger outfit. I definitely did not get my mom's craft skills! At least in pre-school kids think that any costume is really cool! On friday night they are going to be spiderman and superman (in which costume Noah is currently napping!), so stay tuned for more pictures. :)

Brothers

We asked the boys, on their birthdays, what they appreciate about eachother.
Noah's answer: "I like it when Jacob sits on my head"
Jacob's answer: "I like Noah because he loves me and SOMETIMES he is nice to me"
Isn't the sweet, simple love of a child so refreshing?!

Today's Birthday Boy

My little "chubs" is not so little anymore. Today is his 3rd birthday! Happy Birthday buddy!

Birthday Boy

I can hardly believe that it has been 5 years since he came into this world as such a little guy. Happy Birthday to my J-Bob!

Vacation - day 5

Our last day was probably one of my favorites. We started out at a place called "happy isles". It was a river in it's low season that ran through rocks and had pretty bridges. We climbed rocks and logs across the water for a long time - it was so peaceful! Later we took a bus up the hills to "glacier point". Talk about a gorgeous view!
The last picture is the cabin that we stayed in that night. It was just a wood frame with canvas walls. The box we are sitting on is our bear box. You have to put all of your food in there - it can't be in your car or your cabin since bears have a keen sense of smell and like human food! Fortunately we didn't have any run-ins with bears. Five days after we stayed in our "tent" there was a rockslide that landed on that little village. I'm glad we were gone!

Vacation - day 4

Yes, I skipped day 3. We left the laptop in San Diego and all of those pictures are on there. I will put some up when we get them back.
Day 4 we spent exploring. We hiked to mirror lake, which was dry, and we hiked to lower yosemite falls - also dry! The sights were still beautiful - although I would love to go back in the spring and see the waterfalls. The picture to the right is where the waterfall usually is - we were sitting where the water runs after falling.


Noah got in trouble and was in a timeout. He was not happy that I snapped his picture - hehe!
The boys "mapping" out our course
We have become very good at setting the timer and taking self family photos!
Nature's slides. Jacob had a hole in his pants after this.
More pretty scenery

Vacation - day 2

On Tuesday we spent most of the day on the road. We drove from Las Vegas to the east side of Yosemite and then all the way through the park to get to our hotel on the west side. We did stop once we were in the park for a small hike. It was beautiful there - large cliffs, trees, lakes, waterfalls, and rocks for the boys to throw to their hearts content! The road was a little scary - there was no guardrail and a sharp drop-off on one side but there was so much to look at that I was distracted. Our last day there they closed that road closed because it started snowing in the high elevations - I'm glad we drove it in good weather! Day 3 to come later!!

Vacation, day 1

No, we aren't home yet but we do have wireless at our hotel so while we wait for the kids to fall asleep I needed something to do!
We spent monday in Las Vegas with Erik. We had a great time with him. Good food, fun attractions (lions; shark reef with sea turtles, fish and crocodiles; swimming and a water/light show) made for a full day. I didn't get many pictures since Erik felt that having my camera made me the ULTIMATE tourist, but he was gracious enough to let me snap a few - and he even took one for me! By the way, the Bellagio was nice but we prefer the atmosphere in Tuscany better!