Stayin busy

The days get very long staying home with the boys all day. I've been trying to keep them busy and it is just too hot to play outside! We took our first trip to Chuck E. Cheese last week, ate some bad pizza and hung out with our cousins. The pictures were taken with my cell phone but you get the idea...

I got out the crayons and we colored for a loooooooong time. They loved it!

Just a few more days until the craziness of school starting begins!

Bass Lake

We just returned from a fun filled family vacation at Bass Lake. It was a ton of work with 2 years olds but worth it! A ride on the Sugar Pine Train. The boys got a train whistle and are still talking about "ride the train"
A lot of meals eating on the deck

A boat ride with our cousins

Playing on the beach

Dad doing some fishing

Time spent with Nana

A day trip to Yosemite

Swimming

Tanner on the slide

My sisters playing cards at night

Celebrating Joe's birthday

Baby Van

4th

Fourth of July was very mellow for us this year . . . We hung out at my dad's with baby Van, did a little swimming and a few fireworks.

Maguire was a little unsure of the fireworks

Zoo

We decided to get out of the heat yesterday and take a little day trip to the Santa Barbara Zoo. The drive there was painless. We listened to Diego in the DVD player lull the kids to sleep and watched the temperature drop to 65. The boys spent a great majority of their day in the stroller but were content to hang out and enjoy the ride in the cool air. The zoo wasn't really stroller/animal seeing friendly and had lots of gates and walls up but what the boys could see they enjoyed!
They were really impressed with the turtle swimming and blowing bubbles. *Something I have been trying to get them to do for weeks*

A picnic lunch break

Koi pond

Again, watched the fish swim and blow bubbles!

They playground

Feeding the goats

A ride on the train around the zoo

A lion souvenir to remember our fun day!