Hiking to Lake Perris

One saturday we decided to hike the hill by our house to see if we could see lake Perris.  It was a lot longer than we thought.  There were a lot of false peaks.  Once we made it the view of the lake was totally worth it. We were very proud of the boys.  They hiked the whole way up and down by themselves only being carried for a little bit at right before we got to the top.  They loved it.  We had a hard time even keeping up with Nathan on the way down.  He didn't want to stop.  

Olivia riding in style.  She even got a nap in while we hiked.

Daniel was determined to bring his lego van he made.  He took it out of his backpack at this point so it could enjoy the view with him. 

We made it to the top!

You can see most of the lake down below.

Olivia is higher than the mountains!

She actually kept her hat one.  Maybe because she liked chewing on the strap.

Eating lunch.

Silly faces.

There were several big lizards at these rocks on top that kept coming back to check us out.

This one looks like the king of the rock.

You can tell they had fun in the dirt!  Look at those faces!

And of course they slid down on the steep parts, so their backsides are just as dirty.

We went swimming afterwards to cool off.  Olivia loves swimming and surprisingly kept her sunglasses on (she hasn't kept them on since).

It's so fun watching her in her floaty.  The pool is just the right depth that she can touch.  So she just walks around the pool by herself.  It's like a baby walker in water!



Family Pictures!

We finally had our family pictures taken!  We haven't had a nice one done for two years.  I wanted something outdoors and more creative than the typical studio picture.  Finally I found Violet Lufkin (through her brother whom we know) and she did an amazing job!  We went to the Mission Inn.  The kids cooperated really well for how long we were doing photos.  I think it helped being outside at a cool place.



Other stuff in April

Why do our kids sleep in such funny positions?  This is how I found Daniel one night.  I fixed him so his legs wouldn't hurt in the morning.  On another night I found Nathan on the floor.  He actually falls out of bed quite often now that he's in a toddler bed.  The funny thing is that it never wakes him up!

Olivia in her pretty sailor dress!  I had fun making a bow to match.   

Nathan learned to ride a two-wheeler with training wheels this month!  He loves it and steers pretty well.

The boys usually get up before us and are supposed to read books or play quietly (the quiet part rarely happens).  One morning they when I came out to see why they were being unusually quiet they had decorated this tree with toys and had decided that day was going to be Christmas again!  it was so cute.  They put up decorations around the house and wrapped up some of their toys to put under the tree. 

Here are some of Daniel's lego creations from this month.  He made these up.  Some from pictures some from his head.  No instructions.  We are amazed everytime.  The first is a jeep.

This is a train engine.

This last one is my favorite.  A zamboni!