Just June... No Gloom

 We took a day trip to visit friends in Morro Bay and had to stop in Pismo at Splash for the Chowder

 So many kids! It was great to visit with two couples that we love ... Crazy to think the 6 of us used to hang out and now there are 8 more :)

 Tally- our forever princess

 Trav and Aaron... I grew up with Travis and now they live in Colorado- love those guys

 Crazy kids

 This picture sums up Oliver's personality quite well

 First day of summer we went to Knit Fit and the kids each picked something to paint 

 Zoo Brew with my bro... next year we gotta get my other bro there too... He's a brewmaster and is even growing his own hops these days

 Too. Much. Fun. I really liked the Avocado Beer from Carpinteria

 I brought my Au Pairs surfing ... they had a great time

 The Aquarium of the Pacific.... such a cool place. We got to touch Jellies

 These two can't get enough of each other

 Penguins

 LAKE ARROWHEAD! We love going to the mountains and visiting with our sweet Grandma Ruth in Lake Arrowhead

 Oli made the Santa Barbara News Press with Tiny the Bear

 Tally's girl scout troop got to take a trip on the Brew Bus. I know sounds crazy but one of the other Daisy's dad's is the driver... Tally loved the pole inside. Yikes!

 Fiesta Ranchera- Taste of Santa Barbara at the Stowe House on our 11 year Anniversary. Good Times!

 Tally playing dress up with the sitters while we were out having fun

 Anniversary paddle session in the Harbor- love that we can do this

 Giants fan - just like his grandpa

 Dodger game

 So much fun with family. Go Dodgers! The giants won :( And Uncle Jesse spoiled the kids like crazy!

 Fathers Day Fish Taco Picnic at the Beach

 Lego Zoo

 Camping trip with Daddy

 Aaron took the kids for a 36 hour camping trip and left me... All by myself and it was wonderful!

 Beach Bum

 Aricin is almost famous in the Zoo Parking lot

 Pool fun

 This is how Oliver sleeps- crazy kid

Bowling with the kids

June was great! I love SUMMER! And June is Aaron's birthday month, father's day, and our anniversary month. As you can see we played a lot. Went to Morro Bay, the Long Beach Aquarium, Lake Arrowhead, and have enjoyed life here in SB. God is good, we are enjoying the kids, the beach, each other, and all of our visitors and friends. 

A Marvelous May...

 Date Night! We got Fish Tacos at On the Alley in the Harbor then Skateboarded to the Pier for Wine Tasting- It's been a long time since I've skated but it made for a really fun date

 Movie on the Lawn- We headed over to Westmont to watch Big Hero 6 on the lawn- the kids loved the free popcorn and candy bar :)

 We've spent a couple weekends in Visalia hanging out with good friends- Here are our kids with the Blair and Largoza kids

 Only shot I got of the adults... good friends and good food on a warm summer night

 Dodger Fan

 Another Date Night... Zoo's line is it anyway? The Zoo brought in some comedians from Hollywood that worked with several of the Zoo Scientists- it made for a hillarious combination

 Tally's girl scout troop went to the Zoo

 Morning at the Skate Park 

I Madoranni Italian Chalk art festival at the Santa Barbara Mission

My crazy parents and brothers... We spent last weekend in Visalia at my parents house while they were busy sending us picks like this. Since my brother Jon still works for Hawaiian- the rest of family like to take advantage of the fact that they can fly for free. Maybe next time we can come too!

May was a great month! We were outside a lot with different festivals and things going on. I helped good friends buy their first house (we opened escrow May 1st and closed June 1st) and we just put our visalia house on the market... hopefully it will sell soon

and a few more pics...

 Ice Cream in Visalia

Dress up fun...

 Us and a pic of Tally at the zoo :)

 Maritime Museum

 

We played a fun lego game the other night...

Fun times!