Father's Day Weekend

We had such a nice weekend, on Friday night Dan and I went out to dinner to one of his favorite restaurant's The Olive Garden which we hadn't been to in a while. Then Saturday we were able to sleep in until after 8 which is really a treat since Ryan is usually awake at around 6:45. Then Saturday night Dan and I went to the Angel's game with my Brother and Sister in law, the Angel's lost but it was still nice to get out with out the kids. Lastly on Sunday we had a wonderful Father's Day, we went to church and then hung out at our house. My parent's and my sister's came over and I made dinner which turned out amazing then we watched the Basketball game, and although we wish the Celtics would have ended the series it was still a really great game. It was a really nice restful weekend which was much needed.

The kids had Popsicles on Sunday since it was so hot and Ryan had his very first one, which he completely loved and ate the whole thing.

Rope Burn

On Friday Dan had a work luncheon with his yard(office) and the Pomona yard and he said that they had a tug of war event. So there was about 20 men on each end of the rope and he was the 2nd from the front and they were pulling with all their might when the rope snapped and he got a rope burn. He said that his arm was really hurting and he couldn't really lift anything because every time he moved his bicep it would hurt, I couldn't believe it because he is usually not one to complain, well then he came home and I saw this....

It is so gross and swollen. He has had a hard time sleeping because it is bothering him so much. I haven't found anything to help alleviate the pain.

Bedtime Fun

So the other night Dan was working late and so I had given the boys a bath and then put Ryan in his crib to play while I finished up on a few things before we had prayers and read the scriptures. Well all of a sudden I hear Christian yelling for me to get my camera. So I ran into Ryan's room to see what was going on and this is what I found...Christian had climbed into Ryan's crib to play with him and Ryan kept falling on top of Christian and laughing hysterically.

Since it was a fairly warm night I had Ryan's window open so Christian starting signing out of it like he was in some type of play. It was so funny I couldn't stop laughing but as you can tell from this picture Ryan was not too sure about what Christian was doing :)

I love it that Ryan is finally getting to the point where he and Christian can play together.

Avengers Game

Here are the photos from our trip to the Avengers Game

Dan was so proud to wear his Celtics Jersey to the Staples Center, hopefully it will bring them luck tonight against the Lakers!

They handed these cool hats out at the door, Christian thinks he is so cool! :)

During one of the breaks of the game they do this kissing cam, where on the jumbo-tron(sp??) they show different couples kissing. Christian really wanted to get on camera so he thought he could kiss me to get on. It was so cute!

It was really fun getting to watch them get autographs and play on the field.

Christian with some of the cheerleaders, can you tell he really didn't want to take this picture!

Here the kids our with their towels all signed in the middle of the field.

Ok so I was told to take this picture, these two men wanted to have a photo together. Now if I would have asked Dan to take a picture with me there is no way I would have gotten a smile like this from him.

I love to watch men interact especially Dan and Nick because they just get along, it doesn't matter that they don't like the same music or the same type of clothes, they can laugh at each others differences or faults and just be friends. It is really refreshing to watch because unfortunately women do not always do this.

Sports

This weekend was once again filled with sports. Friday we were very excited to see that the Celtics pulled it out to win the Eastern Conference and will be playing in the NBA Finals. We have made a nice side wager with the Garces Family(who are huge laker fans) for a night out with out kids. It will be dinner at the Cheesecake Factory with appetizers and dessert included for the winning couple. Saturday morning we had the Cub Scout Pine Wood Derby. Dan (being the cub master) was very nervous and worried about how it would turn out, but of course it was great and all the boys had a great time. Then Saturday night we got to go see the Avengers (LA Arena Football team) play. We left Ryan with my mom and went with the Garces family. It was really neat to watch. They play on half a regular football field so it is small and very fast pace. Unfortunately they lost put afterwards Dan, Nick and the kids got to go down on the field and run around an meet the players. Almost all the players came out to sign autographs. They gave away free towels at the game, so the kids had the players sign their towels, it was great. The Avengers play at the Staples Center, where the Lakers also play, so Dan wore his Celtic's Jersey to try and jinx the Lakers. It was really funny because alot of people were commenting on it and one guy even tried to make a $1,000 beat with him. We had so much fun and the best part was that Nick got the tickets for Free from the LAPD so thanks Garces Family for a wonderful night! I got a lot of great pictures of the night but my camera cable brought yesterday when I was trying to download the pictures so for now they are stuck on my camera. I am going to try and get a new one this week so I will update the pictures as soon as I can.

Memorial Day

Every year since I can remember, we always spend Memorial day visiting cemeteries and have lunch as a family. I don't know if we do it because my brother was born on May 24th or if it was a tradition of my parents growing up. So yesterday we went and took flowers and cleaned the head stones of our loved ones that have passed on and then we headed to Carbon Canyon Park for a picnic. It was a fairly cold day but other than that it was so much fun. I think my favorite part was when the kids were playing freeze tag and Dan, my brother John and my brother in law Richard joined in. It was great watching them chase each other around and Dan's feet were really sore this morning from all the running and twisting. Although it is fairly sad thinking of those that have passed on and missing them, I love being together as a family
and remembering them.

This is my brother's head stone after we had cleaned it.

Ryan and Sara had so much fun on the swing together and we gave Ryan a Mohawk yesterday for fun.

We of course feed the ducks at the park and Charles wanted to jump in.


Lately Ryan has been helping me unload the dishwasher, he already knows the sound of the door being opened so he rushes over to crawl in and help.

Saturday Fun

Yesterday was such a great day, Dan and I got up early and worked in the yard all day and then we had tickets to the Galaxy game. A couple of days ago I found a great deal where we got the tickets 50% off so I called the Garces Family and asked them to join us. Unfortunately Dan managed to hit two water pipes and of course he broke them when I was in the shower and he had to turn the water completely off. He was nice enough to let me wash off before he had to turn the water off and I thought our great day was ruined because Dan was not in a very good mood. Luckily our neighbor came over and helped so Dan was able to fix the problem. So we got to head to the Galaxy game. The Galaxy play at the Home Depot Center and I think it is one of the greatest stadiums, I absolutely love watching games there. Also, since Dan played soccer all growing up he loves to go to games. I was a little upset at the beginning of the game because every time David Beckham had the ball the whole crowd started screaming. I was so annoyed because he is not the only player on the team and I felt that it wasn't fair but thank goodness it seemed to fizz out with in the first twenty minutes. We had seats behind the goals so it made things really exciting and the kids loved all the action. It was a great game and they won 3 to 1.

Self Portraits aren't they the best!
Christian loved the game

Ryan has been very spoiled in his short little life as far as sporting events go. He has been to 3 baseball games, a basketball game, and a soccer game all with in a year. Can you tell that he loves all the action.This is our favorite player Landon Donovan, I absolutely loved his ORANGE shoes!


The Wizards got pretty aggressive toward the end of the game since they were losing and we felt that there should have been more penalties.Here are some of the pictures I got of Beckham and sorry Rachel he was totally looking at me!!!