Wednesday, October 23, 2024

August 2024

 August was a pretty quiet month, just getting into the swing of school and activities.

Ivy found a highlighter in Felix's desk and colored on EVERYTHING! Herself, the chair, stuffed animals, the wall, the dresser... Luckily highlighter comes out pretty easily. Phew!



Jeff took the boys to a Monster Truck rally at the Oakland Colosseum. They had a blast!

Ivy trying on her Halloween costume.

Axel took a cooking class, so we hung out in this big room in the community center while he did that. It was too hot to play at the park (like 110 degrees).

Such a doll in one of Aunt Aerin's old dresses.

Trying out pigtails.

Ivy had a bit of a cold, but we really needed groceries, so I busted out our double stroller to fill it with groceries instead of spreading her germs on a grocery cart.

And she couldn't go to Kid's Club during Axel's tennis lessons when she is sick, so we had to hang out in the car. They are watching a show on the ipad.

That's one way to sit, I supposed.

Ivy sleeps with this baby doll, but she also likes to carry it around during the day so sometimes I have to frantically look for it at nap time. This particular day, after looking for about 20 minutes, I found it in the sink in my bathroom.

Felix's 1st Grade school picture.

Felix's "About Me" poster for class.

This absolute gem came home with Felix one day. I believe he meant "P.E."

Primary Activity, we did a bunch of water games.


"10 in the Bed song," stuck on repeat.

Axel got to attend 6th grade science camp for 3 days. He had a blast!

With his buddies, getting ready to board the bus.

And once I picked them up afterward!

I chopped my hair off to donate again. Only got 8-9 inches this time, but I was tired of the long hair so it had to go.

Kaden and Emma came for a quick visit.

I managed to get a little bit back into sewing (I've been so tired at night! and all day too, haha). I made this shirt for my sister in law's birthday present.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

July 2024 (Gma J visit, Disneyland, first day of school,etc)

We met up with the cousins and Grandparents at the California Academy of Science. The kiddos loved it!









We ate a sandwich dinner on a nearby lawn.


The kids and I went to the pool a lot this summer.

One morning after cleaning up breakfast, Jeff and I found a few of these in our room. The boys can be so sweet!

Grandma J came to visit, and we took her to Fairyland in Oakland. Axel was too big for everything, but he was still a good sport. Felix was in heaven, everything was perfectly his size.











Ivy helping harvest from our garden.

We went to the Walt Disney Family Museum.




Model of the first layout of Disneyland.

(I was trying to get a nice picture of Grandma and Grandkids and the Golden Gate Bridge, but accidentally mostly got parking lot, haha)



We went to a seafood restaurant in SF for dinner and Ivy slept on Jeff the whole time. She was so tired!



Then we got ice cream!




This girl LOVES to color.

Farm at Tilden Park in Berkeley.



Cute little train ride in Tilden Park.

Grandma and Felix ice cream date.


We took Grandma to the pool. It was so hot while she was here, which is why we kept going to west where it is cooler (SF, Oakland, Berkeley).


Axel went to Robotics camp this cummer, and this was the robot he built. We got to come on the last day to watch his robot battle it out with the other robot, and his won!

Pioneer Day Bike Parade.



Axel went to the Temple with my parents, Uncle Bren, Uncle Dallin, and cousin Everett.

Hanging out in the Primary room while I set up for the day.


We took a quick day trip to Disneyland!

Jungle Cruise

Pirates of the Caribbean 


Teacups

Autopia. Axel was excited to finally be tall enough to drive his own car!

Felix was a great driver.


It was soooooo hot that day (can you tell by the kids' flushed faces?)

Astro Blasters

Dumbo


Its a Small World (Ivy loved all the dollies, I loved the sitting down in air conditioning)

She made it to about 9:30pm and fell asleep during the firework show. Since she was already asleep, the boys kept riding more rides with Daddy. We left around 10:30 (after rope-dropping in the morning! A long day but awesome!)

Felix decided that Space Mountain was too scary.

The next morning we went to Huntington City Beach for a few hours before driving home. It was so nice!







I bought noise-cancelling headphones for an upcoming Monster Truck show, and the kids wanted to wear them all the time.

We finally made it up to Dallin and Alicia's new house, for Peter's baptism.








First Day of School! I couldn't get both boys in a picture because Axel leaves for school before Felix is even awake.

Axel is in 6th grade (middle school!)

Felix is in 1st Grade.


July was an action-packed month, but it was still felt too early to return to school!