Sunday Snow on Saddleback

We decided to walk around the lake before church started and grabbed some great pics of the beautiful area we live in! Max really liked how the clouds looked like "Wyoming clouds".

Max Turns 6!

I find it hard to believe that my first baby boy is 6 years old! It seems like just yesterday we brought him home from the hospital. Max is such a fun, loving, sweet, caring, silly and a smart boy. He is a great Big brother to Audrey. Some of the things Max does are:

-He writes me notes that say "I Love You Mom, From Max". He puts them in envelopes and occasionally slips them under my door as a surprise.
-Tells me I'm beautiful, nice and pretty.
-Loves me more, Loves me most and loves me to infinity and beyond.
-Sings songs to sister Audrey to help her fall asleep at night.
-Loves memorizing Maps and all the countries in the world. He told me recently that Australia is west of California!
-Puts post it notes all over the fridge of math problems like 10+5=15 and likes making his own calendars.

We celebrated his birthday by eating chocolate cake and having a Sunday party at Pat and Larry's and then a Monday party with our neighbors and Grammy and Papa. Some of the presents Max got are $ for his education/mission acount, tag books, a fish tank, clothes, a nerf gun, a money machine, candy, a dvd player and a race car track. Aunt Shannon even sent a package of pencils, a pencil holder, strawberry clips and a doll from South Korea. Max's birthday present from gma and gpa Proffit was a trip to see his cousin Barigit in Louisiana! He was gone for a week and had so much fun. He flew a plane to Texas and then had a connecting flight to Louisiana. He watched movies on his new dvd player, read Tag books, and even convinced a nice man to give him the window seat! Max is a great traveler. Once in Hammond, LA he celebrated Barigit's 6th b-day with her. They went to an alligator farm, a science museum and played lots of card games. Max had a wonderful time but Mom, Audrey and Dad missed him a lot. We are all excited he's back home in sunny California.

Kids will be Kids, Let them be.

I found a bunch of random silly photos of the kids that made me laugh today. I hope they make you laugh too.

Josh, Max and Scouts

Since Josh is the Scout Master, Max sometimes gets to tag along with Dad on scout adventures. They hiked 2 miles into a camp called Rainbow Basin. There were about 6 other boys there. Max's favorite parts of the trip were the "secret pee room", the caves, and sliding down the hills on his butt. Although he nearly ruined his pajamas he had lots of fun doing it (this happened while Josh was still sleeping). It was very windy but Max was a great camper and proved that he could hang out just fine with the 12 year olds! Maybe he will get to go with them on their next great adventure.

January Birthdays

Our neighbor and good friend Christine Contreras turned 40! We celebrated by borrowing Leigh and Kenny Hrabiks stretched Hummer Limo to go bowling at Lake Forest Lanes. The twins, Ian and Avery McCusker, watched Max and Audrey so it could be just an adult party. We had so much fun!
We celebrated Aunt Elise's birthday by eating some yummy chocolate cake at Grammy's House!
Then the next weekend we had chocolate fishy cupcakes for Kael's 2nd Birthday party at Gma and Gpa Proffit's.
It's so neat having so many family members and friends that live close to celebrate with. We love you all!

OUT with the OLD, IN with the NEW

Audrey LOVES boots!She has worn this pair of black boots every day for the past 4months. The soles are actually worn out and they are scuffed to pieces. Boots are great because she can put them on all by herself and one thing this girl has to have is her independence. Luckily Target had a bunch of boots on clearance and we picked up a new pair for $4.98!!! I also bought a few other pairs for next fall in bigger sizes. I love a good deal and Audrey LOVES the new boots. I also picked up a cute skirt for 5 bucks. I couldn't resist. Target is great, boots simplify my life and Audrey is happy.

Night Sledding in Big Bear

Since we didn't get to see Wyoming Snow and Max was major bummed we decided to head up to Big Bear for the day. The traffic was really bad since the main road was closed due to all the rain, snow and mudslides. So we got up there a little later than expected. It was still fun though because we went night sledding. Josh just turned the car headlights onto the hill and wore a headlamp. The temperature was 13 degrees outside but we bundled up, had a snowball fight and ate icicles. Then we got hot chocolate at Starbucks and drove back home. We are lucky to live so close to the mountains and the ocean in California.