Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was a blast! We started the day out with lunch with Mimi and Papa Dave in Long Beach harbor. We went to the children's Christmas Eve mass. Nate was very excited to wear his suit his friend Cade had given him. He looked really handsome. Benny slept for most of the mass on Mimi and Papa's shoulders, this always makes mass much easier at his age. Nate went up to the front for the children's sermon. He walked all the way from the back corner of the church to the front, he was very brave. We were very proud of him, he looked like such a big boy (until he got up there, then he looked like the littlest one). He is going to be the best little leader for his brothers. After mass we went out for Chinese food...which I love (we used to always order Chinese food on Christmas Eve when we would go to Nebraska growing up). Then we can home and the boys opened presents.

Climbing on the dolphin outside the restaurant

Luckily there was no one in the restaurant so the boys could be as loud and crazy as they wanted. I think Brian drew the line when they were crawling under the tables,but hey they were having fun.

Our mini me tree we brought to California

Getting ready to open presents, my camera was acting up so I didn't get the best shots Nate assigned jobs...he would open the presents then Ben would play with them. Not sure if this will fly next year, but I am sure Mr. Pumpkin will let them open his presents.

We skyped uncle Justin in so he could see them open his presents.

20 Weeks

20 WeeksI can not believe we are over halfway there to having our third little boy! This pregnancy has by far gone by the fastest. I pray everything continues this smooth and I can just enjoy every moment before things get crazy for a little while. We are still working on names....I will keep you posted. This was our third little one I was calling Caroline but I have a feeling he is not too thrilled about that...hehehe. Nate is still calling him Mr. Pumpkin and he always includes him when he draws our family in his pictures.....so cute.

I know my picture is not at Disneyland but it was very crowded this week, so you will have to deal with the beach. Either way this is much more interesting than the pictures I took with Nate and Ben (see third babies get the royal treatment too).

Along the Coast

Wednesday we started the day early with a yummy breakfast at Schooner or Later. Brain saw this place on the food network last year right after we moved here. Last year we took my family there on Christmas eve morning so we decide to continue the tradition (one day early).
There were a bunch of firefighters coming in for breakfast as we were leaving, they offered to let the boys get in their truck and take pictures. Nate and Benny love fire trucks so they were very excited to check it out.

Next we ventured south to San Clemente.

The boys loved playing on the playground with their Mimi and PaPa.

Our next stop was Aliso Beach which is one of our favorites.

Last stop was downtown Huntington for some lunch. What a fabulous day....to top it off Mimi and Papa Dave watched the boys so Brian and I could go on a date that evening. Thank you Mimi and Papa!