Wednesday, August 10, 2016

The 1st Half of our Summer!!!




After Ryan's last baseball game of the season, we went to dinner...



There was a balloon artist there!




Freddy was invited to announce the draft picks for the Pirates 2016 MLB Draft!


He flew to New Jersey.  We watched him on TV from home!




Evan's chose to go to theatre camp one week this summer!


He had a performance at the end of the week. The kids played orphans.



All 25 children auditioned for the singing solo
but only Evan got the part!




On Father's Day we went out for pizza!


The boys chose their gift for Daddy...



These are pictures of them making it...


A 3D statue of themselves!
They re-enacted their poses after gifting it to him!




Our big family trip this summer was to Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego!


The boys loved the sand!


And we enjoyed the sunsets!


We had some nice dinners...




And enjoyed smore's!


Freddy and the boys went boogie boarding...





So glad I got this hand holding ride on video! 


They also took surfing lessons!















I was so proud that all 3 of them were able to Hang Ten!


On our last full day in San Diego... 


We went JET PACKING!



Freddy went 1st!


It was a challenge!
I had bruises everywhere the next day!



I only crashed a few times! Ha ha!


Kids were only allowed to ride with a professional...


But because of that, they were able to do all kinds of tricks!




Evan was all smiles after that ride!


Ryan was fearless too!



He even did the submarine trick Evan did where you go underwater!



We had a great visit, so we marked our spot for next time!




Our next adventure was to Los Angeles...


So we took the Amtrak!


The boys and I had never taken the train before!


It was a lot better than driving to LA!



Look at the view we had for much of the ride!




When we got to LA, we had to visit our hot spots and our close friends!
Don Cuco's...


Corner Cottage...


And then it was off to USC!


Evan got to see the Dramatic Arts Building...


He said he wants to go to USC for college!


Ryan got to attend a football camp!



Fight On!


We waited to get Ryan all checked in...


Then he got right into the action!




He met Juju Smith and lots of other players!




He went through all the drills the big guys do...


And then got a tour of the facilities!


They even got to meet Clay Helton!


He was so nice!
He even signed Ryan's football!


Ryan's scrimmage coach posted this...it was a great day!



Future Trojans!




While Ryan was at USC all day, 
I took Evan to the the CA Science Center to hang with Tiff and Family! 


We got to see the Space Shuttle Endeavor...


And pretend we were "Under the Sea"!


We had a great afternoon and a enjoyed our time in LA!




Before we rolled into July, we did a few other fun things!
We went to the mall with Mommy, 
so the lady at the MAC counter gave us eye black... 


We went to Bahama Bucks to cool off...



And although we haven't seen it on TV ourselves,
the Aguilar's caught Evan's Arizona Science Center Commercial airing on Nick Jr!
We hope to see it for ourselves soon!

I hope you enjoyed our June recap!
Next to work on July!
Look for that soon!
Hope all is well for all of you!


















Sunday, June 12, 2016

End of School Year...Start to Summer!


Daddy warmed the pool enough to start swimming at the beginning of the month!


Ryguy always has a ball in his hand!




With their Birthday money, Evan chose to buy this morph suit... 


And Ryan bought this one!



Evan made a green screen so he could create this movie of Ryan!




Evan booked a commercial for the Arizona Science Center!
His commercial will air on Cox for a year and possibly DirectTv  as well!



Ryan decided to use one of Freddy's bats in the cage!
It was heavy, but he did pretty well!




Before Mother's Day, Ryan's class had a special Mother's Day breakfast!


He made me so many sweet gifts for me!



On Mother's Day, the boys and Freddy had flowers delivered 
while we were enjoying the day together!





Before school ended, the 5th Graders had a Moving Up Celebration!
They wrote a letter to their future self last year,
then told everyone what really happened in 5th Grade!


We can't believe our baby is a Middle Schooler already!




Speaking of Babies...
We finally found a place to donate all of the boys baby things!


It was hard to let it all go, but there will be a lot of needy families who will benefit!




My Dad came for a visit!
It was so great to see him!


The boys enjoyed visiting with him too!




USC came to town, so we went to the game!


It was Freddy and I's first baseball game together EVER!!!!




At the end of the month, Evan was hired to be in an IMAX movie!
It will be released in theaters in February of 2017!


This was one of the scenes.
The camera was only 1 of 3 in the world!

A great start to the summer so far...
ON TO JUNE!