Dad's 60th birthday!

My dad, Poppi turned the big 60 on April 4th.  To surprise him as a family, my mom organized a beach trip where all of us siblings joined throughout the week to have a big weekend together.  While the weather could have been better, the company was great!  

 

Riding the ferry! 

They absolutely loved climbing to the top of old Baldy!

We made it! 

And then Alec made it!  

And even though it was over cast and we were caught in the rain, the kids thought it was a great idea to go swimming!  They had a ball with Poppi. 

We had lots of time for family Jenga:).  

Finally, we got some pool weather! 

Hanging with Uncle William

Now, it's Uncle Harrison's turn:)

So excited for the new splash pad

Daddy!  

They loved the lighthouse so much, they had to go back.  I decided to sit this one out and save my pennies:).  

The weather was perfect for lots of bike riding:)

Bye bye Poppi and Mimi!

Time to get back on the ferry!

Next stop, Mrtle beach:)

Trevor's 18th birthday

Recently Trevor has gotten very interested in his upcoming birthday.  Several of his friends have had their parties and so he asks us daily how soon it is until his birthday.  He knows it's after Ellis's, then Coopers, then it will be his on June 1st.  He just can't quite seem to grasp how long 6 weeks is.  

The other day we were driving and Trevor said, "mommy, we are in the middle of the buildings."  Side note, Trevor hates to be in the middle when he comes into our bed in the morning.  So as a joke, I asked him if he wanted to sleep in the middle now like the car was doing and he replied, "no, I don't want to, but maybe when I'm 18."  And that comment prompted the following conversation...

Me- "What kind of birthday party do you want to have when you turn 18?"

Trevor- "I want a big bounce house and a small bounce house"

Me- "What kind of food and drinks should we have?"

Trevor- "how about animal crackers, gold fish, and Cheerios". " milk to drink mommy"

Me- "who do you want to come?"

Trevor- "Ellis, Max, Claire, Jack, Charlotte, and mommy and daddy" (I'm sure he just says the most recent ppl that he's hung out with, but I wanted to recap it how he said it so we could look back on it later:))

Me- "Should we do anything else for your 18th birthday?"  "And, what shirt do you want to wear?"

Trevor- "We can all watch movies together and I want a ninja turtle shirt and a dinosaur shirt to wear":)

Well, if my memory serves me correct, that's about it.  Just thought I'd keep a record of it so we can go by this in 14 years:).