February 2014 continued

Karlee had the 100th day of school in February!  She made a poster with 100 things.

On the actual 100th day the kids could dress like a 100 year old person.  I put baby powder in her hair to turn it gray and dressed her in old lady clothes. It was fun!

We made Valentine's for Karlee and Karson's classes. They both had parties and brought home tons of Valentine's from their classmates.

The kids on Valentine's Day!

We went to the 99cent store one day and the kids begged to ride this little horse carousal.  For that 30 seconds they looked like they were having the best time. It was so silly but I want to remember these moments of pure joy! 

February 2014

At the end of January Jeff was told at work that his company was going to be expanding up north (about 6 hours away) and they asked him if he would want to move up there.  At first I said no way!  We had only been in southern Cali for a year.  We had made friends and liked where we were.  It was hard enough to move from Vegas.  Anyway, Jeff told me the company would pay for us to go up to Tracy (an hour from San Francisco) and we could see what the area looked like and make a decision after that.  So that's what we did the 1st weekend in February.  We drove around Tracy and looked at the town but it is hard to tell if you like a place just by driving around a little. We also drove to San Francisco for a day and enjoyed walking around and site seeing.  It was a good little trip even though I was thinking about the possibility of moving the whole time. 

There is lots to see in San Fran.  There were some crazy people!

The kids love staying in a hotel and think its so fun!

January 2014

It's a miracle but I decided to do a blog post. I love instagram and just ordered some books so I have a hard copy of all the pictures I have posted but I have missed posting on the blog.  I feel like it will be hard for me to make our family book this year since I haven't been blogging. I think I will try to do some quick catch up of this year and then get back into it.  We will see if it really happens!

JANUARY

Karson became a Sunbeam! He was the only boy in his class but he had some cute little girls.  It was fun having him and Karlee in primary since I was the primary chorister.

Grandpa and Grandma Vocana came to visit for a few days (this is the problem of my break from blogging. I know I took more pictures of their visit but I need to find them). The kids loved playing with them. We did go to Tom's Farm and the kids got to ride a few rides and we ate at a pizza place there for lunch.

Karlee and Karson got to ride a horse which they thought was pretty cool.

Jeff got a 1000 piece puzzle for Christmas that he worked on for a couple weeks.

At the end of January Ashley came out to visit for a few days. The kids loved having her.  We went to the beach one day and Karlee got to skip school.  Her visit went by fast!

Fall/Halloween

I have had a couple people ask why I haven't updated the blog.  I actually was thinking of not blogging anymore because I wasn't sure if anyone even read it (besides family) but I like doing it for myself.  It helps when I make family books at the end of the year to already have everything laid out. The main reason I haven't posted for awhile is just because both our computers decided to give us problems about the same time and it just takes forever to upload pictures and actually do a post. If you follow me on instagram I post quite often on there and you already know what we have been doing. Anyway, here are several pictures from October.

 Karson had a preschool field trip to the pumpkin patch.

Kyler wasn't sure what to think of this little guy that was just smaller than him:)

Karlee was sad she didn't get to go on his field trip so we went one night to a different pumpkin patch.

The kids each picked out a pumpkin and we painted them one night.  I thought it would be easier than carving but it turned out super messy. One of the kids got paint on the couch which was not good. They loved it though!

 Doesn't quite have the paint thing down:)

We made pumpkin sugar cookies one afternoon.  Another messy but fun activity!

This was the first year I didn't put much thought into the costumes.  It wasn't as cute as the kids wearing matching/themed costumes but it was actually pretty nice.  Karlee borrowed a witch dress but she was super cute! She got to wear her costume to school and we spray painted her hair green.

Karson loves firemen and always talks about being one when he gets big.  We found this costume at Costco and I knew it would be perfect for him.  He was the cutest little fireman I have seen! He had a Halloween party and parade at preschool on Halloween.

Miss Janitsy and his class.

He just loved every minute of his party.

We had the trunk-or-treat at church and went out Halloween night. The kids got lots of candy!

Kyler wore Karson's old crab costume.  He wasn't sure about the whole thing but when it came time to get candy he was all about it! He wouldn't let go of his bucket:)

Karson's little buddy Crew was a fireman too.

A mean old witch and her cat!

 Going out trick-or-treating

The kids had a fun month! It certainly didn't feel like fall with the 90 degree temperatures we had but Halloween is always fun with the little ones!!

Parents & Aubrey Visit

      In the middle of September my parents came out to visit for a week.  Aubrey was able to work it out to come for most of the time as well. The kids sure loved every minute of them being here! 

We went swimming a couple times.

                                                                  

We went mini golfing one night.

We went to the beach one afternoon and stopped off at Cafe Rio since that is my mom's favorite.

The kids played lots of games with Grandma.

We went for a few walks.

Enjoyed the beautiful weather outside.

Played at the park.

We also did a little shopping, the boys went and hit some golf balls, baked a little, ate too much and enjoyed spending time together. Grandma got to got eat lunch with Karlee at school and see Karson's preschool as well. The kids loved all the attention from everyone.  It was sad to see them leave:( but what a fun trip!