Father & Son Camp Out

May was a busy month! Ryan and Cole went on our ward's Father & Son camp out and had a lot of fun! When I saw the pictures of Cole on the cliff I almost fainted, but I know Ryan was right there with him. They had a great time hanging out together and with the other dads and sons that were there. Cole keeps talking about camping all the time, so I guess we'll have to go as a family soon!!

Cole's Pre-K Graduation

Wow, I can't believe Cole has graduated from preschool and will be going to kindergarten in a couple weeks (the end of July)! His class put together a cute little program about the United States of America, and also showed all they learned this year (letters/sounds, numbers, days of the week, months, etc.). It was so adorable! Cole looked so handsome with his little grad cap on! We're so proud of you, buddy! Good job! We love you lots!

Disneyland!

I know, I've been such a slacker about blogging lately! I'm finally getting around to posting pictures of our Disneyland trip from May!

We got to go for 5 days - they had an amazing promotion going on, so we took advantage of it!

We had the best time! Since we were there for so long, we got to go on every ride we wanted to, and we had the layout of the park memorized by the time we left. The kids loved the Buzz Lightyear ride, Mr. Toad's wild ride, and Dumbo the best I think. Ryan and I went on the Tower of Terror (separately, of course) - weren't we brave? Too bad there's no pictures of our faces on that one! HaHa!

This time Cole wasn't as shy of the characters - Katelyn was. She likes to look at the pictures of her with them but was literally hanging onto me with a death grip!

I tried doing a photo collage in Picasa for the first time - hope it turned out alright!

We stayed at a hotel near the park (within walking distance) and took our double stroller with us. The kids are sure getting heavy (Along with all the food and supplies we brought with us each day)...I still have blisters that are healing from all the walking we did! Cole keeps talking about how he wants to go back to Disneyland. I told him we have to fill up our coin jar again before we can go back! :)

Here are some more pictures of all the fun we had - of course we had to take a picture in front of the "F" of California Adventure.




I'm so glad we got to go! We had an amazing time and hopefully built a lot of good memories for Cole & Katelyn!

I'll be back in a little bit to post some pics of Cole's preschool graduation and 5th B-day party (I know, crazy that he's 5 already, right?).

Easter Traditions

Every year, the Fish Fam gets together to color Easter eggs. This year was no exception! Papa & Grandma had the whole clan over (and believe me, it was packed!). The operation took place in the garage, with lots of newspaper covered tables. Each of the kiddos got to color TWO dozen eggs, so that was a lot of eggs for Papa to hard boil before everyone came!

Cole had such fun (his mom forgot an old shirt, so Papa supplied one for him)!

Katelyn opted to use her hands instead of the egg-holder contraption. It worked better for her, but the dye didn't come out for a couple days!

Afterward, all the cousins had fun playing dress-up and messing up Grandma and Papa's house!

Here they are having an impromptu "tea party" using the play dishes and Papa's water cooler. Yep, that got nipped in the bud pretty fast! :)

On Easter Saturday (that's when the Easter bunny visits our house - so we don't take away from Easter Sunday, the true celebration), the kids awoke to their Easter baskets in their rooms and lots of eggs to find throughout the house! They had so much fun finding them in all the places they were hidden! They also got some play chicks that chirp when you put them in your hand. Super neat!

Katelyn's favorite thing was the chocolate in her Easter basket and inside all the plastic eggs. I think she pounded every single one of hers before lunchtime! No, she didn't get sick - thank goodness! :)

Cole liked pretending he was the Easter bunny and hopped around all day!

On Easter Sunday, we celebrated the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior - we went to church and worshipped and spent time together as a family. Hope you all had a wonderful Easter too! :)

On another note, Tax season is over! Hurray!! It's been so nice to have Ryan back home more often! We're glad you're back, Ryan! We missed having you around more than you know. :)

Rock Band!

The kids' new favorite game is Rock Band! They even have their own log in so the points for Ryan don't get messed up. Here are some pics of the kids playing the coolest game ever!

Once in awhile, they will let Ryan play.....

Krispy Kreme FiElD tRiP

Just a couple quick pics of Cole's preschool field trip to Krispy Kreme...

The kids got a tour and were able to go in the back with the machine, touch some dough, and everything! They had a ton of fun! And afterwards, they got to have some yummy donuts!

My 29th B-day

I had an awesome birthday, thanks mostly to Ryan! He told me to take the day off from childcare because he had something special planned. So he arranged for a sitter for Katelyn & Cole (thanks Shorty!) while he sent me to Arizona Hair Co. where he had set up an appointment for me to get my hair cut and highlighted. I didn't do anything drastic like Ryan wanted (he wanted me to dye it black or bleach it platinum blonde or something), but it felt nice to have all the split ends trimmed off and the way-overgrown roots to be touched up!

Next, he had set up an appointment for me to get a pedicure! Now, if you have never had a pedicure, you need to do it soon! Especially if you live in AZ and wear flip flops all the time like me. It is literally pure heaven! Thanks Ryan for all you did to make my b-day so amazing! You spoil me and I love you so much!

Later that night some family came over for cake and ice cream. The kids loved helping me open my presents and blow out the candles on the cake.

I got a lot of messages from friends and family on Facebook and my twin sister, Glenda, did a really sweet post on her blog too. It was such a great birthday! I still can't believe I'm 29, though. I still feel like I'm 20 for some reason. :)