The Children's Museum in Phoenix!

While we were in Arizona a couple of weeks ago we spent one of the roasting hot days in the Phoenix Children's Museum. This place rocked the house. Seriously. Best hands on museum I have ever been to. Jaedyn and Ashlyn LOVED it. They had everything from a GIANT tree house, a grocery store, a noodle forest, a pretend car wash, an art room, and a million other super fun things. Sorry for the picture over load...you know me. And yes...that is poor Uncle Greg at the bottom. We tired him out and he fell asleep on one of the couches. :)

Jaedyn enjoyed running his own ice cream shop...and as you can see he had quite a few customers!

Raven Hill Apple Orchard

Rob, Jaedyn, Ashlyn and I took a trip out to Julian with my friend Julie and her two boys. We busted a move to Raven Hill Orchards which was an hour and a few minutes away on a very hot, non fallish feeling day....it was steaming hot, poor Julie was 2 weeks away from delivering her baby, Ashlyn had a large case of the grumpies because we skipped her nap and cramming lots of kids into a small, but crowded local restaurant after a hot day of apple picking was a bit chaotic. The best part however was realizing that the best apple pie place in town was closed and maybe because of her very sad faces the owner's daughter appeared out of nowhere to give us a free apple pie. The apple pie was definitely worth the craziness...yummy!

Let the ballerina---ing begin!

My photography business has me taking pictures like hot cakes lately so my poor family life blog has been very neglected. Good for me..boo for you. Anyway...Ashlyn started a ballet and tap class a couple of weeks ago with her best buddies, Lilly and Karson. She wasn't quite sure what was going on at first, but after a little while she warmed up and actually looked like she was having fun...especially when the tap shoes went on those feet. I think we'll definitely be working on her high kicks, chase's, and high leaps over the blue fabric..it was more like low kicks, running across the rug and running through the fabric. :)

Orange Ninjas: Game Two

Jaedyn has had 3 soccer games total so far. He actually has a pretty good team...2 wins and 1 loss so far. More importantly Jaedyn seems to be slowly improving from dreamily skipping up and down the field without even noticing where the ball is to following the ball and actually running after everyone else who has the ball. He still is keeping his distance from the ball, so much so that even if it comes right to his foot (as you can see in one of these pictures), he still won't kick it. But at least he's having fun!