My how fast the summer has gone! We have had a very busy one for 2010. Started out our summer with the Grace cousins all meeting up in Las Vegas to hang out and have some fun. Boy, did we! We probably had too much to drink and way too much sun, but in the end was worth every penny to go. We loved our time down there and are already gearing up to go again next July. Can't wait!

We took the family camping to Lake Chelan. Our first time going and we're sure we're going back next year. What a beautiful lake! The Zaragoza family, our neice and nephew, and Joe Robles & his boys joined us and all the kids had a blast. Riding bikes, camp fires, smores, swimming, boating/tubing... awesome. Our brand new tent was falling apart ~ literally. We had a bad zipper on the main "door" and the side "door".. both wouldn't zip up or down! So the guys used rubberbands & duct tape to close it up. Both were blowin' in the breeze come morning.. sure was nice and cool in our tent that night.. LOL! Keira's birthday landed smack in the middle of our camping trip, so we brought her presents and cupcakes to celebrate her big #3.. She loved, loved her pink blowdryer, brush, and straight iron set!! Great memories with great friends.

Two weeks after camping we took the kids to California to visit family and go to Disneyland!! What a fun trip that was. So glad we were able to take the kids on their first plane ride and what better place to land then LA... Had fun visiting our relatives (thanks for showing us such a good time, Rick, Monet, Aunt Linda/Rex, Randy, Bob/Pat, Tracy & Kids.. Very happy we all got to hang out and catch up.

And with all that fun, all 4 kiddos started school this year. Brandon's in 5th grade; Bryce in 3rd; Cameron's in all day Kindergarten; and Keira started her first year of Montessori. WOW. Time won't slow down for us to catch up to all the years that have gone by. Wanting to push pause on life right now and enjoy them all at their ages for a couple more years. Yes, they're chaotic and wild, but they are all awesome kids.

What a blessing it is to be their mommy and daddy!!