Celebrating Freedom!

Summer is flying by and I have lots of blogging catch up to do!! 

Here is our fun July 4th celebration!

As always we did a Fillmore blow out bash at our house!  We had a lot of fun with friends and family!

Grateful to live in a free country to have the chance to celebrate this way!!

We started the July 4th celebration with a Moorpark July 3rd party and Firework show!

Waiting for the fireworks!

Festive kiddos!

Selfie time!

Then on to July 4th!  Starting the day off with the Fillmore Car Show! 

Freedom loving kids!

Mitch with two of his pals he will be entering kindergarten with!

Water slide fun!!

 Fireworks time!

Sparkler time!

What a fun day with friends!

Mom's Birthday Celebration...

...that means my birthday celebration! That's what happens when you get older, you become "mom"!  AND I love it! I love celebrating as a mom, but also as a friend and a wife!  So this year I had a fun extended birthday celebration as a mom, wife and friend!

Birthday celebration with my kiddos!  I went to LA to meet up with a high school friend Christie and go to the Griffith Observatory!  A cool place to go!  I was surprised how busy it was, but it is so great so I can see why!

A birthday visit and gift from my close gal pal Franny!  

Thanks for the cool painting even though I am holding it upside down!

On my birthday night, Jon and I headed to Pantages Theater to see the Phantom of The Opera which I have always wanted to see!  The music was the best part and we had great seats!  It was a wonderful show!! 

Red carpet...

The group of friends who joined us! What a fun group!!

More party peeps! 

My bestie Heather and I  

Then I had to squeeze in one more birthday celebration - shared with my friend Sierra and others- a day at the pool and a ride out to sea on a sailboat!  It was a gorgeous day for both and always fun to spend girl time with this group! 

Bonnie and Larissa

Woohoo! This is how we do birthday!  Here's to another great year!! 

Fathers are the best!

Happy Fathers Day to the three amazing Fathers in my life!  

JON - The father to my kiddos and one amazing dad!  from his playful demeanor to his patience to his dedication to his kids, I am lucky to have Jon as the Father of my babies and as my hubby!

The kids made him some goodies!

A special day! 

Goofballs! 

We got to celebrate with Jon's side of the family too.  Every year we talk a fathers day photo and this year was the first that we are missing Grandpa Terry!  He is missed and was an amazing grandpa to my husband and myself!  He raised Terry, my father-in-law, to be a great dad too!  What a legacy!

I got to see my dad and spend some time with him in Santa Barbara too during Fathers day week!  What an example of joy and perseverance and hard wok (he he does had 7 kids and 23 grandkids!) 

I am so thankful for an amazing dad! 

Last Day of 2nd Grade!

Shayla had her last day of school on June 11th, 2015!  What a fabulous end to a wonderful school year! 

Here is Shayla on her first and last day of 2nd grade!

End of school track meet - Shayla 1st with relay team in 2nd grade relay and 2nd in Long Jump. 

The kids had a fun week with a fun surprise field trip to KidSpace Museum in Pasadena. 

Shayla with one of her best friends on the school bus ready to go on field trip!

At Kidspace Musuem

Fun times! 

Physics Garden 

The school made their reading goal and got to turn their principal into a Superhero Ice Cream Sundae!

What a good sport! 

 The last day of school ended with an all family barbecue!  

Shayla and her wonderful teacher, Mrs. Bogna

Shayla and her school  

We were going to swim after the last day of school but it was raining so we went bowling instead! 

And summertime begins!!

Mitchell's Preschool Graduation

Preschool days are over!  Mitchell graduated from Preschool on May 28.  My baby boy is growing up!  We loved going to Sonshine preschool and loved making friends with everyone there!  We will miss it but Mitchell is so excited to go to "big kid hard school".

First and last day of preschool

Class presentation

Mitchell with his closest preschool buddies! They were the best of friends!  

Todd, Mitchell, Broden, Brayden and Summer!

Mitchell with his class thanking the teachers 

Class of 2015 walk 

He's a graduate!

Proud mommy!

Mitchell with teachers Mrs. Sandoval and Mrs. Crawford (the same ones Shayla had)

  The graduate!