Things that make me happy!

Summer is over and that makes me sad because I love summer. But I have to look at the bright side of things so I have come up with somethings that make me happy even though it is going to be another 8 months until summer. So here it goes...

Saxon started his playgroup!! Yeah for a couple different reasons. 1) he gets to play with friends 2) he learns a lot 3) it is a break for me and 4) when it is my turn I have fun with all the little kids.






Saxon is getting older and is talking so much more and doing such cute things. Here is is thinking he is a "funny guy" wearing Tad's shoes.


Micah started walking!!! He took is first steps August 24th but then really starting walking the beginning of October. It has made such a difference in my life. Saxon and Micah can really play together now and Micah loves being part of the older group now.
He has also started talking a little. When we take pictures he says Cheeeeesssseee. It is so cute.







Dane is in the perfect stage (my favorite stage) where he just sits and smiles all day long. He is such a perfect little baby for our perfectly crazy family!

Never give up!

I will never give up. No matter how far behind I am in blogging I will try my best to catch up. So here it goes... This last summer was so much fun with so many things going on. Besides holidays, vacations, and birthdays we had a lot of fun doing the normal everyday stuff. Here are the top 10 things I loved doing in the summer

1. Of course one of my favorite things is swimming and especially swimming with my little fishies. Here is my favorite pictures of the them swimming and hopefully I will be able to upload a little video of them soon.







2. Since I still run my swim school I have to be out of the house pretty much all day until naps so Beach days, they are the best. I love that my kids are getting older and are really loving the beach instead of just loving eating the sand... Plus my Mom bought me the best best gift ever "The Bob" and now going to the beach is so easy.











3. The wiped out kids after the beach aka incredibly long naps and a huge break for me!








4. Going to fun new places












5. The weather being so hot that I don't have to dress my kids!




6. Celebrating Our 10 year anniversary!




7. Late night swimming with the fam.



8. In the middle of August being able to go back to Disneyland!





9. Getting those great end of the summer sales were I feel justified in buying all my boys the same pj's. (yes, secretly I love when my boys match... I think they are so cute)





10. Hanging 24/7 with the cutest beach boys alive!

Happy Birthday Micah!!

August 5th Micah turned 1!! Can you believe it, seriously where does the time go?? We started the big celebration at the end of the family reunion in San Jose. We made some cupcakes and sang the famous gustavson birthday song. Micah wasn't sure about the cupcake but he enjoyed picking at it.



Then on the real birthday we started off the celebration with giving him is very own buggy. He loves Saxons and they always fight over it so now he has his very own.



That night we invited friends and family over to celebrate the big day by doing what Micah loves the most, swimming. He then got a second shot at eating the cupcakes but he still wasn't that into it. He did however love sharing it with his friend Corban.








It was a great day. Micah is such a busy little boy with such a sweet heart. We love him so much and are so grateful that he is in our family.

WE ARE FAMILY

Every year my Dad's family gets together for a fun family reunion. This year we had it at my parents house in San Jose. I was getting so sick of the heat in Huntington Beach and the fact that my pool was being used for my swim school I decided to be brave and drive up to San Jose with the boys alone. The drive actually went pretty smoothly. When we got up there we got to enjoy San Jose for a couple of days before the family reunion started.

We went to different parks around town. One of their favorites was a park that had this fun water feature. They had a blast hanging with their cousins at the park.





A couple of days later the family reunion started and it was so fun. Everyone came except my Uncle Johns family and my brother and family (which was sad, we missed all of them).

Even though the family reunion was only at my parents house I loved it.

My aunt and mom put together a fun carnival where our family was divided and we competed in various activities (there is nothing better then a little family competition)

We started off with a little cheer competition (now you know where I get my craziness from)


then to shoot the ball off the bottle


blow potatoes at the target


Fishing for toys


Water balloon toss



We had cotton candy machine, were you could make your own cotton candy.





There was a bounce house which is always a hit.





Swimming







Relaxing


riding bikes


And most importantly hanging with the fam..

Grandma and Grandpa Baltzer come to visit

In the Middle of July we had so much fun with Tad's parents. They came down for a couple days and the kids loved playing with their grandma and grandpa.

We were able to go to the beach, go swimming, and just have fun. It was such a good time.

The 4th of July

The 4th is such a great time here in Huntington Beach. There is always so much going on. This 4th our family had a blast.

That morning we celebrating our cousins Maddox's birthday. Giff and Jenna cam to hang with us friday night and Saturday morning. It was so fun seeing them again, they are the best. Here is Maddox with his special birthday treat.


Here are all the boys together. Maddox fits in perfectly!


Giff and Jenna had to meet up with their family so we decided to go and ride our bikes down to the beach. Tad had all the boys on one bike, pretty amazing!


When we got there it was soo soo cold so after about 15 minutes we decided to ride our bikes back home. We did manage to get a couple of pictures on the beach.





When we got home we had a great time swimming in our warm pool and taking pictures under water.





After nap time we got the kids ready and went downtown to the watch the fireworks on the beach. All the boys loved them. Saxon kept on saying "oh wow" "so big" Micah and Dane were just in awe.

Happy Birthday Tad!

So it is official I am married to an old man! July 2nd Tad turned 33. For the big day I woke up super early made him is favorite breakfast and gave him his presents which was a tent and a bike. Then I sent him off to work. That night I met him at this super fancy restaurant Mastro's It was really great. Then we met up with our friends for a lava cake at the Rain forest cafe. It was a fun day!

Here is his bike! Such a great bike that I found on craigslist.


Here is the yummy Lava flow


Here is the picture of us. I hate it of me but Tad looks so good. I swear he is just getting cuter every year (if that is even possible).