Sacramento Trip

We decided to use this last weekend in April as a traveling weekend to visit some friends and family in and around the Sacramento area. We went to Molly and Derek's house first; Derek and Andrew went to a Giants game in SF while Molly and I were able to visit and let the kids play together. Kellen had so much fun with the girls, but he was really drawn to Lacy, who is older than both Kellen and her sister, Brina. The kids played at the house and at a few parks, and Kellen started going down the big kid slides all by himself!

From there we went into Sacramento, to Andrew's sisters' house right in the heart of downtown. We went to a little street fair where Kellen really surprised us all and went into the big bounce house by himself, bounced with the other kids, and found his way to the ladder/stairs to go down the big slide! We walked down the street to the State Capitol buildings. Everyone seemed to get a kick out of him. Both at the street fair and at the capitol people would come up to us and tell us how cute he is.

The next morning we stopped by Justin and Akiko's house to see him and their daughter Iris. She is such a doll! Kellen and Iris played at a park by their house, and then at Justin's house.

Rodeo

We had so much fun this year during Rodeo. I say during, because though we went to the parade, a tail gate party, and the carnival, we never actually went to the rodeo. The morning was perfect with just a cool breeze, perfect for the parade. We sat with Grandpa "Pa" Earl, and my friend Tiffany and her youngest son Kyle. From there we went to a great tail gate party that some friends put on at the rodeo parking lot every year. Steve did a wonderful job bbqing with barrels! Then we strolled down to the carnival where Kellen attempted to ride some rides, but got a little scared so we figure he can try them again next year. He and Andrew tried valiantly to win a gold fish at a booth, but were unsuccessful. Kellen came back with a vengeance at the Duck Pulling booth and won a little rubber ducky! The BBQ was so good that we were too full for the great Carnival Food, but we did treat ourselves with a Cherry Snow Cone and Cotton Candy. Kellen liked the Snow Cone best. It was a great Saturday out together!

Just another Thursday mowing lawns...

Kellen loves to push his lawn mower just like Daddy when he mows the laws. Unfortunately for me it's not Kellen that I have to worry about with the flowers in the front....

Easter

Fun all day Easter starting with Kellen looking for eggs that the Easter Bunny hid. He found them one by one and had the treats inside. All sugared up, we played lots until nap and then the rest of the family came over for a late lunch. Kellen was quite spoiled with 4 Easter baskets!

Easter Eve

We had so much fun with Kellen's Auntie Amber staying the night with us Easter Eve. We colored eggs and I learned why my mom always put the dye in heavy coffee mugs and bowls. The little flimsy holders are very easily toppled over and let the dye spill EVERYWHERE! Lots of fun though. Kellen was in awe of the eggs when we would pull them out and they were bright colors.