Father and Sons - first ever

Todd here. So Preston is still only 2 but it's never too early to start a good tradition. We had our first ever father/son outing a couple of weeks ago. We camped on the beach at San Onofre with about 100 or so other fathers and sons from the Del Mar stake.  Preston was pretty stoked on his head lamp and thought it was cool camping on the sand.  

(it's official - me and Pres kicking back in our tent)

He slept pretty good but was mesmerized by the sounds of the ocean and the train that ran by throughout the night.  "Dad-da, what that sound?".   Every time I thought he was asleep a train would go by and he'd jump "train Dad-da, trainnnn!"  We got some In-n-Out burgers on the way up so dinner was taken care of Friday night (plus he crashed out before we made it to the group campfire, so no hot dogs) and then we had some tasty donuts and bananas for breakfast.  

Highlights:  Some serious daddy/preston bonding.  Waking up to sound of surf.

Not-so-highlights:  Waking up to aroma of a poopy diaper in a zipped up tent...

(story time...baseball book)        (headlamps are so cool)

( next year we're bringing the surfboards)

Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month

This is my niece, Maddie, age 6 and nephew Max, age 4. They are such wonderful, smart, funny and loving children. I'm so proud to be their aunt. They also have Cystic Fibrosis. They are healthy and doing great because of the latest treatments and medication prescribed by their CF doctors. Most importantly they are doing so well because of the treatments and care their mother gives them daily. May is CF awareness month. I have posted a link about CF that I hope everyone will take a look at so that we can all learn a little more about this disease and see how we can help in forwarding research for new and better treatments and hopefully a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. 

www.cff.org

WE LOVE YOU MADDIE and MAX. Hugs and kisses!

Spring Break 2008

We had a great Spring Break in Palm Desert. REALLY WILD! Ha ha :) Really though we had a great time. Our good friends the Wickhams went with us (see Kate in the yellow floaty. She can swim but thought the floaty was fun to try out).  Todd was always in the pool with the kids. I'm a wimp and didn't want to get wet all the time. 

One afternoon Todd spent an hour or more pulling the kids around the pool in a Kanga line. They loved it! It was pretty funny to watch. 

The day we left we decided to visit The Living Desert. It is sort of like the San Diego Wild Animal Park but not nearly as good. Of course it was 100 degrees that day!

Here are the kids at The Living Desert. The kids loved the butterfly exhibit so we spent most of our time there. Bella was a little disappointed that there were not as many animals as she thought there would be. What can we say she is a little spoiled by the San Diego Zoo. 

Preston was not dissapointed though! There was a huge model train exhibit at the Living Desert. I'm not to sure what the two had to do with the other but Preston could care less why they were there he just wanted to watch them. Preston could have stayed there all day watching the trains going and coming. It was worth sitting in the 100 degree heat to see how happy he was!

 You can see most of the Wickham and Wilson kids enjoying their ice cream one night (Kate is not pictured). They were always so busy swimming and playing all day that this was one of the few times we could get a picture of the kids together! Take a closer look at Preston's shirt if you can. It only got worse!