Fun @ the park

In the morning me and the kids like to play at all the different parks in Riverside. These pictures are from the other morning when we were at our favorite park. It is right down the street from our home, very clean, lots of shady trees, and no one is ever there in the morning so we have the whole park to ourselves! This is the kids being silly. Sister's hair was being crazy, they kept telling me to take pictures of it so she could look at it. It was great fun!

Payton's usual spot, the swing!

Miranda is an expert climber!

Andy is an expert HAM!

This is pretty darn funny....

Sleepy-time @ 5 pm

In Arizona one of the perks is that there is no time change. As most mothers know adjusting small children to an hour difference is a HUGE deal. Andy has been having a tough time readjusting and for the past few weeks he has been falling asleep @ 4 or 5 pm and waking up @ 4 am sharp. Needless to say mom is about to loose it becuase any other person on the face of the earth knows that 4 am is TOO early to get up. Today he asked me if he could "close his eyes" and 4:30...I naturally said no and I could see that if he continued to lay on the couch watching Wall-e he would be out in a matter of minutes. I had the brite idea of basically bribing the child to stay awake by taking a family trip to the mall to visit the candy store...we made it to the candy store but he never ate the candy! Oh-well....at least he stayed awake till 6:30!

Long lost Blog...

So I set up our blog and then never found time to keep up on it. Now I am out of school (woo-hoo I finally graduated from Univeristy of Phoenix with a degree in Business Marketing) Andy is in pre-school and Payton is no longer a new born I think I have time to keep up on the blog. Everyday is so fun and interesting I think you all deserve a little peek into our life! So just sit back and enjoy what is about to be served up to you....

Andrew Allen Hart

Andrew is our first born son, born August 17, 2004. He is such a fun little guy, always smiling and handing out the kisses. He unbelievably full of energy, it makes each day fun, exciting, and not to mention long...well for mom at least! Andy loves to go swimming, ride his big boy bike, eat fruit snacks, ride roller coasters, walk though the garden center @ Lowes with his mom, wrestle with his dad, and play with his little sister, who is his best bud, not mention a ton of other things little boys like! His antics are never ending, and each day is never short of a laugh. When I drop Andy off at his class for church he repeatedly kisses my hand and tells me to have fun in my class. It makes all the other moms jealous, as he showers me with kisses and tells me he loves me. Andy is so excited to go to pre-school in the fall. He loves doing his "homework" in preparation for school. I am pretty convinced he will be the smartest one in the class. I am excited to see Andrew grow up into a little man, time is already going by too fast though....

Vacation: Day 5

I LOVE any holiday really but the 4th of July is always a fun one. This year was no exception...We did the usual, beach, BBQ, pool, and then back to the beach for the fireworks. Here's a pic of our crew on the rocks. We saw the fireworks off the pier and at Dana Point at the same time. It was beyond amazing. Russ took pics of them but of course they didn't come out. (I think it's time for a new camera) Andy if you can believe it Andy was actually awake for the show! My girls said she was excited to see fireworks because she "never had seen them before" which was true...she thought they were really cool!



My bro, Ryan and his ladies sat above us for an even better view....he's our soldier...we love him!