Awards Banquet

Today Jason was awarded a Unit Citation at an awards banquet for saving a life. Here are pics from the event. It was held at the Langham resort in Pasadena.

Strawberry Picking

A friend from work (Lisa) told me about strawberry picking at Cal Poly Pomona and how much fun it was. We decided to take the boys on Saturday. They had a blast! We think they ate more than they picked as you can see from their faces. We can't wait to do it again. Thanks Lisa for telling us about it.

Playing Dress-Up

Due to the hot weather, Jason brought home his brush uniform as he needed to prepare it for brush fire season already. The boys could not resist. They said, "fireman too" so Jason obliged and here are the results! The first two are of James and the last is Thomas.

A Day with Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa Ward got us these foam airplanes. We flew them at the park for the first time! What fun. They are too heavy for us to throw but we will run after them and bring them back. Aren't Grandparents the best!

Day 7 Saturday Palm Desert

Today we went down to Palm Desert to visit Jason's Parents and Grandparents. To our surprise Jason's Aunt Debbie and Uncle Randy were there too. It was great. They had Easter eggs hidden all over the house and they had Easter baskets for the boys. Jason's Grandparents live on a golf course so we took the boys for a ride on golf carts. Thomas was hooked! He even woke up this morning saying more golf cart. The sad thing about the trip was that we had to leave at two because Jason is the on call paramedic for the Saturday church service and we had to run to get back for it. Our church service was great. The boys could only say more church once we picked them up from their class. I am happy that I have hope and it is in the resurrection of Jesus. I am also truly thankful for all of the blessings God has given me/us. What a Great Easter!


Here we are posed with Jason's Parents.

Jason's Mom and Grandma Driving Thomas.
Jason driving James!

We made a driver change and now Jason's Dad and Aunt Debbie drive Thomas. Can't you see him grinning ear to ear. He was that way the whole time.

Day 6 Pictures and Easter Cookies

My mom has always wanted a picture of Thomas, James and their cousin Kash together. Today we took them. Here is a picture of what little boys do best - push buttons!
Kash would not stay in the Picture so here are the boys waiting.

Later once we returned home and the boys napped we made cookies. Here are the boys cutting them and the finished product down below. A word of advice - it is hard to do cookies by yourself with the boys!

Day 5 continued Easter Eggs

As if we didn't get enough cooking in, we decided to dye eggs today too. Here are the boys with the finished product.
Here is Thomas coloring an egg. Now it's James' turn!

Here is the dye proudly displayed.