Another Day at the Beach

We've enjoyed going to the beach much more than we would have guessed.  Isaac loves digging in the sand, although he is pretty scared of the water.  I think the loudness of the waves spooks him, and the water IS pretty cold.  He'll warm up to it over time I think.  This is Seal Beach (I think...) in Februrary..  We've enjoyed all of the beaches we have visited so far.  It is nice to be able to enjoy the beach year-round!

Grandma Venita

We were lucky to have Grandma Venita come out to visit us in LA for the first time.  We had a great outing to the Los Angeles Zoo and loved watching the monkeys.

Isaac loves his Gramma!

Valentine's Day Cookies

What a good idea...let's make some Valentin'e Day cookies.  This is the before shot...

...AFTER Isaac got his hands on the sprinkles...2 year olds seem to have a special skill of make a huge mess with little to no effort.

At least Isaac liked the cookies.  I kept finding pink sprinkles in the cupboards and drawers weeks later.  They were those round ball sprinkles, so they rolled everywhere!

Happy Birthday Isaac!

 There's nothing like being almost 4 months behind on blogging.  Life has been a little wild lately!  Isaac turned 2 on February 1st and we had a little party with his friends while Grandma Venita was in town.  He loves firetrucks and cars, so Lance made him these cakes that Isaac talked about for weeks.  They also played put the hat on the fire dog (like pin the tail on the donkey). He had so much fun playing with his friends!

I think this is his "cheese" face.

It's always good to have a separate cake for a 2 year old to blow the candles out on...there was plenty of spit on this one by the time he blew the candles out!

Jump 'N Jammin'

On a rainy Saturday we brought Isaac to a local indoor play center call Jumpin' Jammin' (yes, you read that right).  He went crazy in there...it was basically a big McDonald's playground on steroids.  Isaac loved loading the guns up with foam balls and shooting them and loved going down all of the slides (and I have to admit some were a little scary).  It was crazy because every other parent in the area had the same idea for a rainy Saturday, but Isaac had a great time nonetheless!

Happy Hollow

Our last stop on our trip with Scott's family was Happy Hollow, an amusement park just for little kids.  Isaac loved 'driving' the cars and riding the rides.  I was surprised he did as well as he did.  He was bummed he was too short to go on the big roller coaster (or maybe I was).  He loved the petting zoo, too.  It was a fabulous end to a great weekend.

San Francisco

We had a fun day with the "Chengbergs" visiting downtown San Francisco.  We went to a historical site at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, played in the sand and tried Dim Sum.  It was a fun day!

A weekend with the Chengbergs

We were able to spend President's Day weekend with Lance's brother Scott and his family (Susan, Bryce, and Cooper) in the San Francisco Bay area.  Isaac was thrilled to have new people and toys to play .  We enjoyed going to a local Redwood grove, trying lots of new food, and just spending time with family.  It was a fabulous weekend.

January Utah visit

We had so much fun visiting our Utah cousins in January.  Isaac loved spending time with Gramma Nita too.  It was our last free flight for Isaac which is good and bad.  Bad because now it will be more expensive to go home, good because it really can be torture to have an almost-2-year-old on your lap for any amount of time in such a small space.  We can't wait to visit again!