Last Days of Summer...

In my last ditch effort to keep up with our blog before school starts, I have included some (tons) of pictures of the activities we did this summer. It truly went by SO fast!!!

Let's start with Tyler's karate graduation. He earned his yellow belt (his first SOLID color!) a few weeks ago, and was so proud! It has been amazing to see the transformation in him over this past year and a half! He has changed from a shy, timid boy to a full fledged karate champion...

He also did swim lessons this year...

Here's us at the OC Fair on the kids' favorite ride!

This summer we got to spend an awesome day with Auntie Jill-Nicole! Had lunch at Fashion Island, got Sprinkles cupcakes (YUM!) and hung out at the beach.

This was the day there were record 20 foot high waves! (Check out the top of the waves hitting the bottom of the pier!)

Cami was so proud of her sunflower she planted- it was taller than her!!

Cami was part of the Junior Cheerleading Camp at La Serna last week. She had a blast, and Mommy had a blast... from the PAST!!

So many good memories in that gym... but I feel old!!

One of our last outings was Ice Skating!! The kids had been asking to go this summer, so we finally gave in. Daddy was super excited to take the kids to his old stomping grounds and showed them how it was done!

And last, but not least, Camryn had her 'Diva Dance' performance at the Community Center tonight. She was SO cute, and had a great time rockin' out to a Hannah Montana song!

The cupcakes I made...

Cami with her teachers Tiffany & Bri

The Little Divas!!

So that about sums it up, and now we are ready for school!!! Stay tuned for much more....

Summer- In a Nutshell

So, in order to keep myself updated, I have decided to just give you all I've got! Here's a bunch of pics of the things that have been keeping us busy this summer thus far:

For our anniversary Matt & I got a night out on the town! After walking around, people watching, and a wonderful dinner at the Grove in LA, we stopped at this really cool dessert shop in LA called MILK. It was so neat! They had all kinds of homemade ice cream, desserts and even sandwiches! I had to take pictures...

The fabulous red velvet cupcake I had...

Happy 8 years!!

Ty' swimming lessons...

Every once and a while we get to steal Gillian for a day or so. The kids decided to make this strawberry shortcake from a recipe that was in the back of a book they read together.

It was so cute watching them, and came out really yummy, too!!

Blake's new favorite pastime. I think he's going to be our ball player...

I could take a million pictures of him doing this! He's just SO cute!!!

Blake at his "Tumbling Toddlers" class

Ty at his gymnastics class

Our first beach trip this summer

We decided to go for a bonfire, and take Grandma Nana with us!

Smile!! She had a great time...

And, last but not least, water fun in the backyard!! (This takes up most of our time...)

And sometimes, we even have friends over to join us!

Nothing better that Big Sticks in the summer!!!