Road Trip to Texas…actually we went on a plane

It’s just more fun to say road trip!  The boys and I went to Texas a couple of weeks ago to visit my family and so I could go to my sister’s bridal shower.

John drove us to LAX on Saturday morning.  We waited a couple of hours for our flight.  The boys were absolute ANGELS on the plane.  I really couldn’t have asked for a better flight. 

My parents were on vacation in Orlando until the next day, so my sister picked us up at the San Antonio Airport. 

They all had big plans for us while we were there.  We took the boys to the children’s museum in town.  The last time we were there, Micah had fun while Caleb was stuck to me…literally.  I had him in the Snugli.  So this time he was free to run around as he pleased.  He especially liked the grocery store.  He shopped and shopped and thank goodness we didn’t have to pay for all the groceries he “bought.”

He also helped Grandpa do some repair work on a house.

He also got to drive an ambulance, ride in a kayak (I wonder if this kayak could actually be used in the water.  I didn’t know they made them this small), and have a nice “dinner” with a very lovely little girl.

Big brother also had a great time playing with the train sets.  And there was even a little time for the boys to play a little Dance Dance Revolution.

 

The next day Grammy, the boys, and I went to visit Grandpa while he worked.  Mmmmm….Cracker Barrel.  My mouth is watering just typing the words.  After we had lunch, the boys played a little checkers while sitting in the rockers.

This post seems to be getting a little long, so I will continue the tales of our trip in another post.

Dodgers vs. Rockies

Back in April, John took Micah to his very first professional baseball game.  John has been wanting to do this for a long time, and he finally got some tickets online.  All four of us were originally supposed to go, but Caleb and I instead stayed home.  John and Micah invited Aaron and Joseph Cook to go in our places. 

Everyone was excited to go, and the date of the game was actually On the Field Photo Day.  So the guys got to go onto the diamond and take pictures with the players. 

                       

John had taken two baseballs to get autographed.  They got Hiroki Koruda and Matt Luke to sign balls.  Micah also got to take a picture with Matt Luke.

That’s Micah showing off his signed picture of Matt Luke, who I guess used to play until fairly recently when he was injured.

                

                

There’s Micah and Joseph cheering on the team.  And in case you are wondering, John is not a Dodgers fan by any stretch of the imagination. 

All the guys had a great time.  I am sure there are many more baseball games in our future.

Micah’s Birthday Bash

We had Micah’s birthday party this past Saturday.  We just invited family over.  We had asked Micah what kind of birthday party he wanted, and the answer was always an Optimus Prime birthday party.  So a Transformers party he would have.

Here’s a picture of the cake.  It’s kind of hard on the eyes to look at, but it tasted good.  It was also the only Transformers cake I could get.  All of the stores with bakeries had this same cake.

John grilled burgers and hot dogs for lunch.  We asked Micah what he wanted to do next, open presents or eat cake.  He chose presents, go figure.

Micah even got a birthday card from Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots!  He was pretty excited about that.

Then it was time for the cake.  When we were buying the 4 candle, John asked if we could get the magic candles that re-light once you blow them out.  I thought that would be lots of fun to watch the kids trying to blow them out over and over again.  But I guess we must have gotten duds because once he blew out the candles, they never re-lit.

Needless to say, our house has been overrun by Transformers.  They are everywhere!  Micah loves it.  He has played with every Transformer and the GI Joes that he got, and he has done so well sharing with Caleb.  I guess that just means he’s growing up…

Growing up too fast!

Yesterday we celebrated Micah’s 4th birthday.  It is hard for me to believe that he has grown up so quickly.  I still remember…well, mostly remember since I was in a drug-induced haze…holding him for the first time. 

Here’s a picture of my precious little gift on the day he was born.

And here’s a picture of my still precious, rambunctious 4 year old.

Yes, that’s blue frosting around his mouth. 

I don’t know what I did to deserve this wonderful, sweet big boy.  He just makes me smile.  OK, sometimes he makes me want to pull out my hair, but I am thankful for him all the time.

Happy birthday, Micah!

The Rest of Easter Weekend

The Saturday before Easter we had Taylor and Madison over and they helped Micah and Caleb dye Easter eggs.  The kids got pretty creative with the white crayon and making secret messages and pictures on the eggs before they dyed them. It was fun to dye the eggs with them.

This is a picture of Caleb throwing a fit because I was putting the eggs and dye away when we were done.  Not a happy camper!

The next morning the boys got to see what was in their Easter baskets.  Caleb really enjoyed his little Easter bunny.  He kept giving it hugs.

After church, we had John’s family over for lunch.  I had invited my grandma and aunt, but they didn’t take us up on our offer.  While the final touches were being put on lunch, John had the kids hunt for the eggs he had hidden in the back yard.

Picnic at La Purisima Mission

After we finished our Easter egg hunt, we got in the car and began to get ready to meet our friends at the mission.  Rob, Tawni, and Sammy Webster are very good friends who live too far away in Riverside.  They were in town for the holiday, and they asked if we could all hang out together.

We decided to grab sandwiches and then head out to the mission for a picnic lunch.  We ate our lunches and then headed out to feed the horses, donkeys, sheep and goats.

We had a lot of fun even though it was so windy outside.  I can’t believe that I didn’t get a picture of Sammy.  He’s 7 months old now and cute as a button.  If you want to see this photogenic little baby, you can visit their blog here.

I’ll be posting more on our busy day a little later.

A fun Easter weekend

The Stults family had a very busy weekend.  A local church was hosting an Easter Eggstravaganza.  We took the boys there instead of the hunt hosted by the city because we wanted the boys to get the true story behind Easter, and we knew that the church would have many opportunities to tell the boys the story of Easter and Christ’s resurrection.

The program started out with singing a few songs.  Then we were told a story about Easter and the colors of Easter eggs.  We then went to make a craft.

After making our craft, we went on to have cupcakes.  They then separated us up and told us where to go to hunt for eggs.  The boys were so excited to hunt for the eggs.

Can you see the excitement on Micah’s face?

On to the hunt.  I kept up with Caleb and John kept up with Micah, although he already knew the ropes.      

 

Caleb found a whole bunch of eggs that were “hidden” against a wall.  He wouldn’t hold the basket at the same time he had the eggs.  So I just put the basket on the ground and he would drop the eggs in.  And of course, Micah knew what to do, since he’s now a pro at egg hunting.

When we  had found all  the eggs, we went back into the sanctuary.  They  handed the boys tickets when we entered, and they started handing out prizes.  When Micah’s number was called, we sent him up to claim his prize.  We were at the back of the sanctuary, and Micah ran back to us holding the prize way up in the air.  He was so proud that he had won.

We left then, because Caleb was tired.  We had plans to meet some friends and have a picnic at the mission.  I don’t want this post to be too long, so I will post that later.