Happy Birtday SIS!!

I can not believe that i have a 5 year old!! Kadance finally turned 5! She has been counting down the days since her last birthday a year ago! I know that i am bias, but she is the greatest 5 year old a mom could ask for. Her attitude sure gives her a cute personality. She really is a second mom around here! Anytime Heaton needs something she is always not to far behind trying to help him with whatever it may be, and the minute Dieter starts to fuss, she is running to check on him. I know that one day she will be an outstanding mom herself!! She still loves to play dolls with the neighbor girls. She loves to ride her bike, and jump on the trampoline. She is excited for Soccer and dance to start again, and most importantly, she LOST HER FIRST TOOTH!! She has been waiting for such a long time for it to fall out. She finally decided she couldn't take it any longer and asked Jake to pull it out. she is such a CHAMP! Her brothers look up to her so much, and try to copy anything and everything she does. We are so proud of little girl she has turned in to! We Love you!!

As her birthday got closer. all she could think about was her birthday party. She made it clear from early on that she wanted a girls party! NO BOYS! SO that is what we did. They painted their own bags, made peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches, ate frozen yogurt, and of course opened presents! She had a great day, and i don't think she will be forgetting it any time soon! Of course Heaton didn't want to be left out!

Kinsey and KadanceNatalia, Kadance, Olivia

Loren and Kadance

Ellen, Kadance, Heaton

She loved all of her presents!

Sacramento State Fair! We had a great time! Heaton loved that he was ablw to do this by himself! HE thought he was so cool!

Hiedi and i Enjoying ourselfs with an ICEE!

This was pretty entertaining to watch! they had to get in on the action!

You know that they can't just go down the right way! they have to get a little crazy!

What a HAM!!

Dieter is getting so BIG! He is just the sweetest thing and always lightens the mood inthe house! He thinks Kadance and Haton are much more funny than i am. They can get him laughing so hard. It is so nice to see them want to play with them and protect him from anyone who comes to close. We have loved having another little one around! One of his favorite times is bath time! He would sit in his bath all day if i let him. He loves to splash the water in his face, and then suck the water off of his hands. He is getting so big!!

Happy Birthday Jose!! It was Jose 30th Birthdayand the guys in the office had a little suprise bithday breakfast for him! Him and his family have been great friends and, Kadance and Heaton have loved playing with thier kids!

The Master Chef himself!

I just had to snap a few pictures of the little man! So CUTE!

4th of July (San Francisco)

Happy 4th of July!! We decided to go to San Francisco for the 4th along with the Coates who have never been there. We had a great time and a ton of good laughs!! We went down on Sunday and stayed until Tuesday. We ate good food, went on a boat cruise, saw the Aquarium, Ghiradelli Square, Fireworks, lots of walking, and connecting hotel rooms, which made for great late night talks! Lets not forget the ice cream Mochii Balls, that Jake just had to have! Thanks for coming with us and making the trip that much more fun! All in All a great SUCCESS! Ryan, Marissa, Ryleigh, Dillan

Getting ready for the fireworks! We had great seats this year and plenty of space to let the kids run around!

The kids loved bring able to touch the star fish at the Aquarium.

Dieter loved the Fish!!

This is on the cruise that went around Alcatraz, and under the Golden Gate Bridge. IT was really cool to go under the bridge. The kids had fun just being on the boat.

Alcatraz!

Going under!

Nice pose SIS!

They were OUT!

The hills were CRAZY! We walked more than 5 miles each day! Lets just say that we got a nice workout each day, and i didn't even feel bad eating all the food!!

GO BOYS!! You should have seen all the looks that we got from people! They thought we were out of our minds, for having so many kids, and walking up these hills.

We couldn't pass it up!! Ghiradelli is so DELICIOUS!

Love this one! OH! So Cute!

We ate at the Rainforest Cafe, and the kids of course had a great time!

Love the builings in San Francisco! They are so Pretty!

My little man sporting his USA outfit!

SUCH A GREAT 4TH OF JULY!!