Camping In Jean Spain

This past weekend we took our annual Memorial Day camping trip. We traveled five hours west into the Siera Nevadas and had a blast!  Camping to us is so relaxing.  The kiddos can be as loud and get as dirty as they want!

And our guide..

Playing in a stream

Drew taking a breather during a hike!

The views were just gorgeous.  If you look close in the grass area there are a  lot of deer!

When we asked Drew what his favorite part of camping is, he said eating all meals outside!

One of the many reasons why I love camping is, everyone plays ALL DAY long! 

After Claire was born we came to realize that it will be a while before we can back pack in to a campsite.  SO we bought a new and larger tent for the family.  It has two separate rooms which is nice for us to store all of our gear in the extra room.

Happy Birthday Claire!!

On Monday we celebrated Claire's second birthday.  I know everyone says how time flies by, and it really does.  The other day I was thinking how Drew was the exact same age as Claire is now when Claire was born!  We are so lucky though to have such a happy little girl that just loves the little things out of everyday. 

Some of Claire's favorites are having a dance party, playing dolls, playing with purses, swinging, and playing in water. Everyone says look out for the two's however so far with Claire (yes week one..) It's so much fun!!

Her reaction to her gifts were SO cute as she would yell "WOW" on the items that she opened.

This photo made me so happy as she like her mama is in awe on how acccessories really are just so great!

So busy with all her new accessories

Claire was SOOOOO excited for her cake!  After seeing Drew's birthday the week earlier and how he had his own cake with candles, she was PUMPED to have her own!

And time for tub-tub!

Oh Claire!

How to describe Claire... busy!  In a good way also.  From the moment she wakes up, she is such a busy little girl.  The other day she needed to get her stroller into "her" house.  So we found her with Drew's shoes on, chocoate still on her face, and trying to throw her stroller into the play house!

A close shot of our dirty little girl

Claire LOVES..LOVES.. LOVES music!  Her new thing is sitting on the edge of the table and jams out!  It's hilarious!

As you can see, Claire brings in her little stool for some help to her dancing table!

My great friend Laura and her husband Dave sent the kiddos the cutest Hawaiian outfits this past spring.  We have been waiting for the summer weather to arrive for our Hawaiian photo shoot!  The kiddos were more about playing in the sand then having their photos taken!

The photographers, if you want to hire us..;)

Birthday Bash

Last Sat. we had a combined birthday party for Drew and Claire at a local indoor play area in Rota.  It went AWESOME and it couldn't have been more relaxing!!  Drew and Claire ran around with their friends and played so hard!

The kiddos took about a five minute break to eat and straight back to playing!

It's so crazy to think that Drew is already four and Claire is two.  We are so lucky to have two great kiddos!

Jerez Feria

Last Friday there was a trip through the base that took passengers to Jerez Feria.  I decided to jump on the opportunity for a free ride and not to have to mess with parking!  It was an awesome day with just the kiddos.

The fair had a huge area with rides.  I told the kiddos that they could pick two

Drew loved the bumber cars and was so serious when he drove them!

Claire watched Drew on the rides and wanted nothing to do with them!

Drew and Claire watching all of the horses  (and Claire with a wave to the passengers)!

Jerez feris is known for their gorgeous horses.  There's a continuous line of horses going through the fair grounds

Women of all ages wear feria dresses like above

I love this photo. If you look close you see the little boy that couldn't be more than one on a horse ALONE!!

Happy Brithday Drew!

On Monday the 9th, Drew turned the big 4!!  Drew has been asking when his birthday is since May 10th of  last year.. after he had his 3rd birthday!  My sister does a really cute idea and gives her children breakfast in bed on their birthday.  Drew LOVED this idea when he saw photos of cousin Cade eating breakfast in bed.  So this year we started the tradition as well.  Drew though wanted to eat in our bed vs. his.  I told him that was fine as long as he ate on dad's side of the bed (ha)!

At school that day we brought in a cake and all the children sang happy birthday to Drew in spanish!

Yum Yum!

Oh Claire... Claire already thinks Drew school can't get any cooler, however when she saw that she also was able to eat with the BIG kids and have cake.. she was in heaven!

Yes.. were still dog sitting.... 

Andy came home early that day and we had a great day outside ALL DAY and opened some gifts throuh out the day!

The blog wouldn't let me up load the photos of us making home made pizza that night??  The kid's loved putting on their own toppings and finished with more cake and candles!  We had a great 4th BiRtHdAy!