Summer Fun

Another day at Seal Beach--our favorite place. We've had a very mild summer so far, and this afternoon was chilly--we ate all our snacks, but didn't stay long...
Kate literally face planted into a picture frame hanging above the family room couch...she knocked the frame off the wall and left 4 gouges in the wood frame from her 4 front teeth. A week or so later, we noticed her front tooth was dying--so sad. A trip to the dentist, X-rays, etc...we'll watch it and hope that it goes back to white, or at least can stay in her mouth for the next few years till it comes out on its own...sigh. We're also growing her bangs out (her father finally won that battle), and she detests anything in her hair, so we'll be seeing 2 little eyes looking out from under hair for the next long while...

Just like her mother--shaking her bootie at all the wrong times...

My cousin, his wife and their kids came to So Cal for a week and came up to my parents' house for dinner--so fun to see them...


This is Charlie's new deal--he plugs/covers his ears whenever he thinks something is too loud--the first time I saw him do it in my rear-view mirror while I was hollering at Kate in the back of the car. She was bad, and I was mad, and letting her know...Charlie was in his seat covering his ears. Sad. In this situation below--he put the chair there, so I can't feel badly for him.


Happy birthday Mom! She just finished her last round of chemo, so we're hoping for a clean bill of health in the near future.

Charlie loves wearing arm floaties this summer, and it makes for some good hands-free swimming.

I walked into the kitchen one morning after getting ready for a while in my bathroom, and found an almost fish-homicide on my hands. I hate these fish and secretly wish them dead, but not by Crystal Light intoxication. Bad Charlie, bad. I quickly cleaned out the water and scooped up the rocks, but the fish probably urinated red for a while following this incident. We're about to expand our pet population with a bunny...stay tuned.