Kennedy's Visit

The Kennedy's paid a visit in early September and I wanted to make sure I documented, so here it is. It was great to see Kevin, Angie, and their cute little Reese. We ate dinner at Old Town Mexican Cafe, one of our personal favorites, then hung out in Del Mar at the beach the next day. It was short and sweet.

The Famous Black Out

So at the end of my work day I was visiting one last account when all of the sudden all of the street lights started flashing red. Traffic started backing up and my cell phone kept dropping calls. I felt like I was in the twilight zone. I couldn't call my wife because her phone was broken and it was madness. The last call I went to was useless because their power was out and all our equipment was off. It turns out the whole San Diego County power went out from some power plant in Arizona and it shut us down from about 3:30pm to 3am. How did we find out that it turned back on at 3am you ask? Well we woke up to Connor screaming "HEY, HEY!!" So we walk in his room and his light was completely on which had woke him up. I would have been screaming "HEY" as well. Every hotel, restaurant, and grocery store was completely out of power so it was a little crazy.

So what better to do than enjoy the experience. We busted out the candles, the flashlights, lanterns, and the kids slept in their tent in the living room. We tried to eat anything remaining in the freezer that might go bad. We went over to our neighbors and ate all their popsicles. It was a good lesson in testing how prepared we are with our emergency kits. And it turns out that lack of batteries for flashlights isn't a valid excuse when you can't run to the store. What a wake up call! Anyway, it was a fun time.

Logan Birthday Part 2

Next was the friend party. Camille went all out for this one. From the driveway out front, through the house, and finishing in the backyard our house was turned into a full fledged Fire Station. It was a lot of fun. The first thing the kids did when they came in was built fireman approved camp fires out of food on paper plates. We did hot potato with a fireman ax, pin the badge on the fireman, and even an obstacle course where they had to save a baby from a burning fire. Good time had by all.

Logan's Birthday Part 1

Logan finally turned 4, although he might deny that if you asked. He keeps insisting that he is 5. Logan was fortunate enough to have two celebrations, one with our individual family and one with his friends.

Our family birthday started off with breakfast at Denny's. We love this spot because the birthday individual gets a free meal, so we frequently spend birthday mornings here. Next we came home and Logan got to open his presents. This year Logan got a tent and a bunch of fun camping stuff, an umbrella, a really cool music player, a construction worker vest, and many other things that any boy would love. Logan specified that he wanted to have a candle that had a "big number" on it so we got a big number 4 to put on his cake. The rest of the day was taken up by Logan playing with all of his toys with the neighbors. That is one thing we love about him, that he actually will enjoy his toys and play with them. So every birthday and Christmas is a success.

First Day of School

Brayden and Logan's first day at Highland Ranch.

Brayden's Self Portrait

We had a "welcome back to school night" at Highland Ranch, where we spent time with Brayden and Logan's teachers and learned what the year would entail. So while sitting in Brayden's classroom I stumbled upon this gem. This is a self portrait that he drew of himself the first day of Kindergarten.

Summer Activities

Camille has kept our boys very busy with some great summer activities. Some of which include swimming lessons, basketball, beach (of coarse), getting books / videos from the library, and enjoying time with friends in the Ward. She has kept them busy and I have been watching from afar. Here are some videos from swimming and basketball.