HaPpY 4tH oF jUlY!

A great day with nice weather for the 4th of July! We spent the afternoon over at my parents house in the backyard/pool. The backyard is almost done and it was great to hang out there unlike in May on my birthday we were in the DIRT! On this holiday we were missing my Mom though since she had to fly to Thailand and also Vic had to work at night, bummer. We had a nice day at the pool, kids got to play and we had the "norm" of hamburgers and hot dogs but that's probably because my Mom wasn't around (you know how she cooks.... fantastic).

I love little girls in bikinis! Kira's even happened to be "festive" for the occasion.

Playing in the spa because they prefer warm water

After naps we went to the fireworks show (me, kids and my Dad)

The finale was great!

GyMnAsTiCs!!!

Kira started gymnastics at Kips today! As I was getting her ready I was thinking I couldn't remember... "What the heck do you wear to gymnastics"? I figured a leotard with no tights and no shoes right? Well I didn't want my poor daughter's underwear to peek out the sides of her leotard nor did I want her butt cheeks to be shown when she gets a wedgie as I was right because I saw other little girls leotards turning into G-strings.... so I just cut a pair of dance tights and put those on.

She did really well for a first time, enjoyed it and listened to the teacher! She seems a bit uncoordinated in dance class so I was pretty surprised when she was one of the one's that did so well on the balance beam :)

Waiting her turn for the little obstacle course

At the end of class they do the parachute thing (I totally remember that from when I went to Kips!)

Going under! They did make a really great tent... I should of got a picture

Lining up ready to get hand stamps for doing a good job!

All done! She had a great time. Poor brother Logan sat and annoyed me the entire hour and couldn't stop asking why he couldn't go out there and do gymnastics too. Guess I should of signed him up for the older kid class!

Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day!!! Today we had soooo much fun! We went to Yorba Regional Park and when I've been there for photo sessions I've seen people renting these fun bikes so I told Vic we HAVE to do that. It seriously was so fun riding this bike around the park with the kids. Going down the hills were the best! I would do this again and totally recommend it.

I had Kira jump in the bushes there because it just looked so pretty...

and she loves twirling.

A cute pic I got of them all! I actually got some great shots of Kira and Dad but Vic won't let me post any (he didn't like himself in them, LOL)! So now I'll have to do another Dad and kids photos again.... hopefully at the beach and in some better attire :)

Kira's 2nd Dance Recital

Kira had her 2nd dance recital. This time it was a Pirate's theme dance and they were ALL so cute! I loved the outfits! Here is Kira and her good friend Gigi waiting backstage.

Here they are performing on stage. I was so afraid for her because she only goes to this dance class every other week so I wasn't sure how she would do. She did ok but she seemed more involved with the huge audience and trying to find us. At one point it was soooo funny because she lost her tap shoe up on stage, she actually kicked it off and I know it doesn't sound that funny but seriously you had to be there. I was cracking up soooo hard but then felt bad that maybe she was embarrassed.

She did good and really enjoyed it! The next recital is probably in December again.

All the Pirates got roses after the show

Kira and Gigi's picture from the rehearsal day

JiuJitsu and Dance Rehearsal!

Realized I haven't blogged in a while. I guess I've been paying more attention to my photography blog since I've actually been pretty busy lately there.

Logan started JiuJitsu this week and is really enjoying it! He could hardly wait and kept saying "I can't wait to start Brazilian JiuJitsu Mom", LOL (sounded funny coming out of his mouth)! This is a great class, they learn to listen, pay attention, discipline and defensive moves as well as stretching, push-ups, sit-ups, squats etc. Logan is sooo into Star Wars, Kung Fu Panda and video games that he literally was ready to get down and dirty and FIGHT! Here he is showing his outfit.

I can't get over his face.... he is so grown up looking to me I can hardly believe it!

I can no longer see a baby or toddler in him.

Showing me his belt

Look at his serious GAME FACE! Vic and I were cracking up because he seriously wanted to kick some A$$!

Learning how to get yourself out of a situation

Kira has a dance recital next week and today was the dance dress rehearsal and pictures. To make a long story short.... I was so mad to find out I had the rehearsal time wrong and there I am at home curling Kira's hair and getting her ready for the rehearsal when my friend Lindsay text me to ask where I am. I frantically got in car and drove there as fast as possible but it didn't matter I was already 45 minutes late. Poor Kira didn't even get to practice the dance number and she missed out on the group photo! :( The only thing she got to do was put on the outfit and get her individual picture taken and that was it! Hopefully things go smoothly next week and Kira remembers her moves!

Argh! Kira the pirate!

Kira and her very good friend Gigi! Don't they look so cute or maybe a little "lost" LOL!