My Kids LOVE to Dance!

Ava and Gavin Love Music, Singing and Dancing.
Ava loves to make up Songs—Really she can turn anything into a song. Just give her a topic and she'll make an instant Hit! And yes, Gavin will Dance to it.
Those 2 are very Interesting. But Very Cute.

We Love Fresh Beat Band in our House!
The kids Love it.
Gavin will watch a Full Episode without bugging me once. And if he is ever in a Bad Mood all you have to do is put Fresh Beat Band on—and he's Good!
Not to Mention It's Very Entertaining watching him get into it.

Fountain Hills Splash Park

Of Course it's still HOT here to go to a Splash Park!
So a couple of Saturdays ago we went with the Nielsen's to the
Splash Park in Fountain Hills
And of Course our Kids Loved every minute of it!... even if the water was Cold!
I think Gavin had the most fun—he was the only one not Hesitant about running around in the Cold Water.

Right next to the Splash Park there is a little Pond where they got to feed the Ducks.

So much Fun—but we're done with the Heat...its time to cool off now!

Rocky Point

Labor Day Weekend we went down to
Rocky Point Mexico
(its about a 3 1/2 hour drive from Mesa)
We had an Amazing time! I have to say I was a little nervous taking the kids there, because last time we were there Ava got RSV and was in the Hospital for 3 days.

But everything went Great! We loved it and cant wait to go back!

Love our View of the Ocean! Loved waking up to that every morning!

Ava thought she was so Cool in the Hammock!

The view we had while us girls layed out, The boys were inside while Gavin Slept and were supposed to be doing homework... not sure if that ever happened!

Melissa brought her new book, thinking she would have time to Read... But she realized when you have kids on Vacation with you, you cant really read. Especially with my Ava who wanted to be with her the whole time.

The kids pool
The first time we were in it Dallen kept Chasing Ava and Melissa around.
So every time we would go back to that pool Ava would refer to it as....
"The Pool that Dallen was all Freaky in"

Chillen at the Beach... Ryan is Choosing what Bracelet to get for Ava. The Spanish people just stock you on the Beach to buy their stuff—
And you feel so bad telling them No... At least I did!

Love that little Bum!

Dinner at the Point!

Between all the Views, Relaxing, the Beach and Pools we were in heaven.
Our Favorite pool had to be the Lazy River!

Ava getting a Pink Braid in her hair at the Card Board Mall! If you go to Rocky Point you have to go to the Card Board Mall! It's a must!

Gavin Loved it!

Cool Dude

We went out at Sun Set to walk around and Collect Sea Shells!
They have the Best Shells there, cause the tide goes out so Far!

I don't think that's Water in her hair... I believe its sweat! Did I mention it was very hot!

Las Palomas

Very Hard to Leave that View and get back to the Real World!
Thanks Dallen and Melissa for inviting us!

Family D-Backs Game

A couple of weeks ago we decided to go to a
Diamondbacks
Game—All of us— Ryan, Myself, Ava and Gavin.
We knew we Probably wouldn't be watching much of the Game if we took the kids, but we did it anyway because we knew the kids would love it. And we thought it would be a Great Experience for us as a Family.
Our Seats were right next to the Bull Pin and Gavin loved watching them warm up before the game. He sat and watched the ball go back and forth without saying a word. We only lasted there for 1 inning. Then it was off to explore, the night we went there was hardly anybody there so we could of sat anywhere we wanted. Yet I think we spend most or time up in the nose bleeds and over at the kids play area.

Gavin would have nothing to do with the Picture! He was way too Busy watching the Game!
Very Serious!

Did i mention the kids play area... lets just say D-Backs have the Best Stadium for kids ever! They have play Grounds, Batting Catches, a mini Field where one of the coaches will pitch to you (or help you with a Tee—like our kids did)

Playing in the out field

Gavin's Turn.

We had a Great time, We all had a lot of Fun.
On our way out ava told us that she Loves going to the BIG baseball Games— Cause well, we didn't really watch any of the game so of course she said that!

OK who taught her how to Run the Bases?

Out of Africa

A couple of weeks ago when Mimi and Papa Grande Came to Visit we went to
Out Of Africa

We got to see— Tigers, Hyenas, A Giant Snake, Giraffes, Hippos, Camels, Bears, Ostriches, Lions, A Rhinoceros and More. It was so Crazy being so close to all those Animals.

Cute babies!

We missed the Tiger Show, but the Girls were still able to Feed them.
And we got to go the Hyena Show... Very Crazy Animals! And they really do laugh! It's hilarious.

Then it was off to the Snake Show.

So Gross, that thing was Huge! A couple of days before they fed him a Rabbit and you could see the big Bulge! (Is Jamie talking about the snake?)

NO— My baby is NOT your Food!
I love how Ryan has to hold him Back while he is trying to take the picture!
Gavin was not afraid of that thing at all. I think he wanted to hit it.

We stopped and got some ice cream and snow cones— as you can see they melted VERY Quickly! It was a very Sticky Mess!
I love that Amy has her Wipes ready to attack London as soon as she's done! :)

The Last thing we did before we left was go on the Safari—Highlight of the whole day!
They give you Carrots to feed the Animals through out the ride.
Except for Gavin... he was not giving his up at all. He totally did a fake out to the Giraffe!
It was in the Giraffes tongue and Gavin was crying and would not let go.

Rob, Eric and Livy gave there carrots in a mouth to mouth way— Pretty Gross!
I'm so mad I didn't get it on Camera... those Giraffes are so sticken fast!

Livy, should we leave you two alone?

We loved the Zebras

But the Giraffes were the most Entertaining!

We had a Wonderful time, such an amazing Experience seeing all those animals so close (some more then others!)
Thanks mimi and papa for taking us, and Eric for finding this place!

On the way home from Out of Africa when we arrived in the city we were hit by the biggest thunderstorm I've ever seen. On the freeway we were at a complete stop because we couldn't see anything. It was a little scary but really cool.
On a freeway just west of where we were there was a 70 car pileup caused by the storm.