The rest of 2008

I can't believe it's been a year since my last post. I got pregnant with our long awaited 3rd child & the blog updates halted immediately. Lots has happened in our lives since then so this post is just to close out the year from May - December 2008. Then I'll work on the 1st half of 2009 highllights. Hopefully I'll be able to update monthly from here on out.
Strawberry picking at Tanaka Farms in Irvine.

My kids being creative.

Kite flying at the beach.

Kaden's love for "computer time". He discovered soda "Shirley Temple"...is it a wonder that Ashlyn discovered it at the same time?

An accident...split the corner of her eye open & went to ER just to be safe. No stitches.

Our 6th anniversary, celebrated at Balboa Island. You can see where my little munchkins were born in the background. Today happens to be our 7th anniversary.

One of many beach days.

One of many Disneyland trips. We're renewing our passes in August if anyone wants to join us.

Many birthdays & celebrations...

More accidents...she's just our accident prone child.

Kaden did so well in preschool last year. He learned so much & we were so proud of him. He still talks about his teacher a year later.

4th of July

Our kids at our old place. We sold our condo the 1st week it was listed. In this market you're just thankful, take it & find a place as fast as you can in 30 days. We are renting a house till we buy again.

Kaden & Vaughn with killer seats...they got them from Alyssa Milano.

Notice anyone special in the background? Good old Tommy.

This is crazy. We celebrated Kaden's 4th & Ashlyn's 2nd birthday the weekend after we moved into our new place. We decided to have the party that morning. There were boxes everywhere. We had to send someone to the store because we couldn't find the box with the candles in it.

Ashlyn loves animals. We live a bikeride away from a pond with ducks.

Vaughn rides with the kids all the time. He's very involved in their lives.My kids help me in the kitchen all the time...here it's stuffing shells.
Apple Picking at Oak Glenn. We also went to Utah around this time but the camera was on the blink. Kaden & Ashlyn around Christmas time. This one didn't make our holiday card but it's one of my favorites with Kaden practically strangling her.

That's it...if it wasn't for scanning through pictures for this post I don't know if I would have remembered much of last year. I was so out of it with this pregnancy & had absolutely no energy. 2009 has been much better for me.