Milestone...Ethan is starting to crawl!

Ethan will be 8 months next week, I can't even believe it. You're second one really does grow up faster than your first. Ethan is so calm and sweet, his personality is Cameron to a T! He's a little angel. He was kinda rocking on all fours last week and then 2 days ago just started crawling! One minute he's in the hallway and the next minute he's under the table! He seems to like being on our tile more than the comfy area rug in the living room, go figure. Anyhow, he is so much fun, we just love him to pieces! Having two in diapers and mobile is going to get very tiring :)

Top of the world in Laguna Beach

Cameron and I have been getting back into shape and are trying new things to change it up, so we've been trail jogging lately. The weather has been pretty good and that's the upside. The downside is that snakes are coming out now, and we did see a rattlesnake on the start of our jog down the canyon. Cameron spotted it first, and If he wouldn't have told me to stop, I wouldn't have seen it. It wasn't coiled so it blended in pretty well with the trail. I was convinced by cameron that it didn't feel threatened so we just kinda walked around it, yuck! I have to admit I totally jogged the rest of the trail (4 miles there and back) with my eyes on the trail, scared that we were definately going to encounter another one, but luckily we didn't. Our jog was so intense, the hills we jogged up and down felt like we were on the biggest loser! When we reached the top, the view was so worth the butt kicking and we were sure to take pics, who knows when I'll be back now that I know snakes are coming out of hibernation!

Relay for Life "In Loving Memory of Murray Granard" (papa)

Cameron and I had the wonderful chance to join in on a Relay for Life, with my cousins in Bakersfield last weekend. We lost my step dad Murray last November to cancer and my cousins lost their grandmother and mother in-law to cancer as well last year. What an experience it was. It is a 24 hour walk to raise money to help find a cure for cancer, and to help those fighting their battle with cancer right now, or that have lost their battle with cancer that we are their to honor them with love and support. Our team was called "The Wild Bunch" and we sure were wild. We had 27 members on our team and joined in all day with big smiles and high fives to all the survivors wearing their purple t-shirts. The 24 hour represents that there is no finish line until we find a cure. So, 1 member should be walking the course at all times for 24 hours, taking shifts here and there. Cameron and I were troopers. We started walking after the opening ceremony at 8am with the James and Ethan, and ended after midnight when the boys fell asleep in the jogger stroller. One of the most memorable moments was the luminary lighting at 10pm. All the lights on the campus were turned off and all of the names of our loved ones were written on white bags with candles in them, shining. We miss Murray so much and shared our loss with so many others that evening. Our team raised the most money out of all the other teams, we raised over $16,000! If any of you have ever lost a loved one to cancer, I so encourage you to get out there and show your love by walking with those who are fighting it right now. It was such an amazing day!

Happy Mothers Day!

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day. Cameron and I hosted the day with my family and we had a great time. We made a yummy brunch, crapes being our main menu, and they turned out delicious! (and healthy too) After we played bags in our backyard, the moms vs. the dads (or son, fiances, etc.) we've never played it before but it was SO much fun. The moms had their victory with the first game, we smoked the dads, it was awesome. However, the rest of the day the dads smoked us, it was still fun though. It's so weird when I look at our boys, to think that they were actually in my tummy before, and that we have 2 boys now! I love it, it's been a fun filled last few years. I love being their mom, even through the days when I want to pull my hair out, it's an experience!

Our first family portrait!

We haven't had a family portrait before, of course because the boys are young, there wasn't one shot with all of us looking at the camera though! I was really happy with the way they turned out, thanks to our friend Lisa Webb! Yeah, the boys were kinda all over the place, but we'll always remember how crazy it was to head down to the beach, kinda dressed up with James and Ethan this young. James, especially loves the ocean and is used to wearing trunks at the beach so it made for a pretty challenging hour,trying to keep him from running in the water. He's usually full of smiles, but he is 2, I have to remember and all the pictures we have lately either he has a straight face, weird face, or isn't even looking at the camera. Anyhow, we couldn't have planned a more beautiful day!!!

Family pics on the beach

Of course we have to continue to take millions of pictures as our kids grow before our eyes but we were due for family pictures, which we really haven't ever done, so we went to the beach just below the Montage at sunset. It's so pretty down there with the view of the coastline and all the natural rocks, it's picture perfect really. So Lisa Webb went down to photograph us and I'm sure she did an amazing job, we haven't seen them yet , so this is just a cute picture of Ethan and I on our camera. I will post them as soon as we get them.

Evening fun!

We love the time change! It's so fun to be able to go on a little family walk around our neighborhood after dinner or even just play around in our backyard with James and Buster. James has shown quite an interest lately to want to ride his own bike, especially when he see's dad ride his. I thought I'd show James how to peddle so I hopped on his bike and he started pushing me, it was so funny. I can't believe how strong he is because I was gettin' some speed there until....I broke the seat! Whoops!