River Rats! ...and River Cats!!

Mom says: "Aaaah...gotta love the annual river trip. Our wonderful aunt and uncle graciously open their hearts and house on the Colorado River to all of us each year. J has grown up looking forward to this exciting and fun trip, and now our boys will continue the tradition. Thank you again to our amazing family for providing this perfect getaway!"

Ok. finally my turn to talk. Geez mom. Anyway the river was sooo much fun! We were introduced to dragonflies, 111 degree heat, and a vicious doggy named Bitey, or was it Chompers? ;) It was a great first trip; we watched daddy try a 360 on the wakeboard, mommy and relatives get thrown through the air on the inner tube, and we floated down the river every day after lunch followed by a warm splash sesh in the baby pool. Here are some highlights:

I borrowed Unkie Brett's gel to add some suave debonair. I thought my mohawk would attract all the hot river babes but I never got to try it out because mom and dad said I was too young to date. Losers.

Our cousin Jesse from New York was visiting Aunt Kym and everyone in Temecula when he heard about our trip. Mom and dad liked having him around so much making quirky comments that they kidnapped him and brought him along! His 10 day trip to CA is now 3 weeks long!

Uncle Stevie's chair with daddy and us in it. Watch out daddy! I think Papa Bear is coming!

cutest. pic. EVER.

Awwww..cousin Hallie is sad because mommy (her favorite person ever) wasn't spending enough time with her. "Three lower lips"

Dude Hallie! what did u hijack the camera?! For freaks sake! Cute pic, though.

Hahaha! That's what u get!! Hallie demonstrating one of her many talents.

AHHH! Is that Chompers?! Oh, ahh ok it's only Paulie. Geez Paul way to scare us babies! Have you no shame?!

Jesse got up pretty quickly. This was him kickin' some bootie...

Gettin' some air!!

Woah!!! I'll let you figure out if he landed this one! He's got mad skills!

Here's a couple of daddy:

Oooh I hope I can grow up to be just like him!!

River collage Numero Uno!

River collage Numero Two!!

Mexican Jumping Beans

A glimpse at the craziness that was cliff jumping on our trip. It may look like nothing, but the taller cliff was at least 50 feet high!

We're on our way to Grandpa's house, and we're bringing...

...anaphylactics, bananas, cuddly little kittens...(nod to our last road trip with Auntie Pam and cous Hallie, see past post ;). Anyway we're moving to Grandpa's house soon, so mommy and daddy decided to burn some calories and trim the, slightly, overgrown front yard. Here are some 'before' and, well 'during,' shots (the 'after' shots are a long ways away...)


UPDATED: Check out the paint job! wahoo!

From the neighbors' house across the street. This is a first-time shot!!

Before: from the driveway looking into the front yard

During: almost the same shot...wow! you can see the house!!

After week two: yep, same house!

Before: view from the front porch

During: hey! we have neighbors! what the?! howdy!

(Jake was hangin' in our pack n' play at the bottom of the pic)

Wahoo! that's all I can say! Wahoo!
Same shot looking down the street the other way. No pre-shot as there was nothing but bush before! I mean nothing but bush!!

Can you visualize the tire swing?

Mom kicked the sidewalk's butt!

Before: Camellia gone wild!

Pretty much after: ahhh! hey there's a window!

We had a blast hangin' out with Gramma Peg! Thanks and we'll keep you updated on the progress! Love, Drew

The hike from, well, you know..and The Lost Pictures!

UPDATED: As of a week or so ago, I, Andrew, have taken up saying "mum" when I want my mommy. I thank Super Nanny for the inspiration of speaking my first work with an English accent. Jacob, on the other hand, seems content with rubbing his fist back and forth over his mouth to make funny 'Indian' Tribal noises (sic)...

Mommy and daddy were bored this weekend and had this crazy idea: let's go on a hike! ..but not just any hike, a 2.7 mile hike (each way) to a (disappointing) "waterfall" in 80 degree heat..oh, and they thought it would be a good idea to bring the stroller!?!

So this was before they busted out the stroller...they were smart for a minute..

Then they thought.."oh, this trail is easy"..let's just take the stroller..yeah..hiking is not meant for double strollers..see the hill we just went down? not as much fun going back up..

upon arrival at the "waterfall" ..yeah, not so much.

Here's what else we've been up to:

We watched the fireworks on the 4th with daddy, 'Uncle Matt,' 'Auntie Darby,' 'Grandma and Grandpa Arlene and George,' Matt's daughter Alexis, and Darby's family. (Mommy had a bad case of the flu and spent the whole day and night in bed :( )

The beach: with daddy, 'Uncle Matt,' 'Auntie Darby'..and some of their cousins from Oklahoma.

Not daddy persay.. but what he would look like if it was him...

Just chillin'

Daddy busted out the guitar for us to practice on...We ARE the future of Switchfoot..

Testin' out our piano skills Grandpa's old piano with 'Gramma Peg'

We took a trip to beautiful Balboa Park with 'Auntie Chrissie' and our future lead singer Matthew

Grandpa Bill made funny noises with his bottle... You're crazy Grandpa!

Just some other cute pics of us!

See ya later alligator!! Jakers and Drewski.

Happy Daddy Day!!!!

Our daddy is the bestest in the whole world!! That is why we spent our life savings on this air-art tribute to him...ok..maybe not but thank you Geico for allowing us this killer shot!!

Daddy made mommy slave away in the kitchen to make breakfast..just kidding, but she did make waffles and eggs and then we finished watching Into The Wild (snore!). Then daddy chose to spend his day at the Birch Aquarium ..so we cruised around and got some good ideas for daddy's fish tanks! These are some pics of our day ;)

And here's a video of daddy pretending he's a bull (we're sooo confused??!!) and making us giggle..careful female viewers, daddy is shirtless (ooh baby ;) ...

Happy Father's Day to the best daddy in the whole wide world. We love you!!! Jakers and Drewskie.