Hi Fans!

OK, so I've been a little lax on the blog-front lately. We've been a little busy lately with all the house stuff so please forgive. I haven't even been keeping up with other people's blogs. I'm so out of the loop. Here are a couple of recent pics and I'll try to get more up soon.




I'm not sure who started this, but for a few days this was all the rage. Connor would climb into the doll stroller and Camryn would take him for a walk around the house as if he was her baby. She would even get him snacks to make it more realistic.




Connor got a hold of the fake sippy cup that goes with the "Potty Elmo" doll and gave his doggie drinks while they were strolling.

Gilroy Gardens

We hit up the Gilroy Gardens with Grandma Patti and Great-Aunt Marianne and cousin's Jacob and Jordan. It was a lot of fun and very cute for the kids, until the afternoon sun hit and it was time to hit the road. And by road I mean air-conditioned car.

Very cute little boats that took us through the gardens.


Some sort of worm train.




I think we are getting a new blog theme in the same vain as Camryn and birthday cake- Connor and his "pops". Just look at how adoring he is of this thing. There's a lotta love right there.

Big pop deserves a big bite.





Camryn on the Choo Choo, or as Connor calls it "foo foo train".

Grandma Patti's and Auntie Caron's

We took a 3 day pit stop at Grandma Patti's after Pine Mountain Lake. Upon returning to our actual house Camryn declared "I like my room at Grandma Patti's better". Great. Just because she has the pimped out play kitchen and princess tea party table there doesn't mean you have to knock the one your parents put together for you, Camryn. Sigh.

Riding the "horsey" (aka Ted) around Auntie Caron's house.

Connor putting on a concert for us. He was singing a moving rendition of Happy Birthday or as he sings is "Habba Dabba to Conna" (Conna is "Connor" for those needing a translater. Here it is in a sentence "Be nice to Conna"- this is heard when being attacked by Camryn.)


Camryn with cousin Krystin, who incidentally will be starting at LMU in the fall. Cha-ching babysitting for Kelli and Ted. Woohoo!!

Camryn slithered under the rug for some cuddling time with a tonka truck. Doesn't it look like she's inside the carpet?


Tickling the ivories. Really, they are ivory. It's a very old piano.

Relaxing? on the Lake

We spent last week with the Villafana family at Pine Mountain Lake just outside of Yosemite. The house was awesome (thank you Caron and Rico) and we all had a great time. Well almost all of us. Nicolas was sick the whole time, but he had some moments of enjoyment with the other kids. Now mind you the setting was fantastic and we could sit on that deck for hours if uninterrupted. However, we were interrupted a lot by little people running around and exhaustion from said little people chasing. Vacationing with 4 kids under 4 isn't quite like the vacations of old. Sigh. I need to go back to Australia.


The Spriggs Family and two random dudes at the bottom of Yosemite Falls.


Camryn and Kayla enjoying the short hike (and each other- it was like a giant playdate/sleepover for these two. They were in heaven)


Connor got a nice ride around Yosemite.




Ted celebrated that he got cell reception by talking on his Blackberry for the entire hike. Thanks to AT&T's crappy reception we learned what it was like to not have a phone to rely on for a couple of days. I don't recommend it.


The ladies with a nice backdrop of El Capitan and Half Dome in the background.


The Spriggs with said background.




We spent some time at the beach on the lake. Oddly enough since Ted and I aren't water people at all, our kids are turning out to be little fishes. I really do think that Camryn swims better than I do. I need to work on that.










The kids playing on the huge deck at the house.


Some sort of conspiring.



Connor caught his first fish with the Snoopy fishing pole.


The girls waiting for our ride on the Sugar Pine Railroad in Sequoia National Park.





Post-beach. Pre-nap.


Connor was like a dog with his leash. He would say "boat" and point to the lake and then go and get his life jacket in an attempt to get us to give him a boat ride every 5 minutes. This time it actually worked.


Camryn's 1st fish.


Fishing with Daddy.



The awesome deck.


Our morning view at 6am when the kids woke up every morning. Yes, you read that correctly. 6am. They didn't get the memo that you are supposed to sleep in on vacation- or ever for that matter.


Ted's artsy evening view picture.