We got our yard fenced in and got the kids their first "very own" swing-set!

 It came right before I left for San Fran, so Kevin and I put together as much as we could together and then he finished while I was gone. He's also going to build a rock wall along the bottom of the fence line. 

Believe it or not, we still have neighborhood kids sticking their arms, legs, and even heads (almost thought I was going to have to call the fireman to get him free!) through the bottom gaps and over the tops and also any other tiny cracks they can find.

Kevin must have set up the camera with him and the kids...so cute!

Here he is all by himself for the weekend with the 4 kids!

 The morning after I got back from San Fran I gave the kids the suvineers I brought back for them (cute bracelets for them all from the pier) and this tea set from China town for the girls. They wasted not a minute before putting their princess dresses on and having a tea party! (and all before breakfast!) :)

Over Memorial weekend I met my sisters and mom down in San Francisco for a fun filled, no children allowed girls weekend!

(below: Candice, Brooke, Mom, Me, Bre)

We stayed near Union Square and I have seriously never seen so much shopping in my life! 

The first day we took the Bart down to Mission Bay area for a "carnaval". It was pretty funny you should have seen the guys face when my mom asked him where the subway was. He was like, "Like the sandwich shop? We aren't in New York, it's called the BART" lol

We didn't stay long in Mission Bay, but we did get to eat at a super yummy Jewish sandwich shop called Wise Sons. 

That night we went out to a super nice restaurant and had an amazing meal that took about 2 hours to finish. I don't think we left until 10! Candice was feeling super sick right before the trip :( so she stayed behind and got room service and rested 

(mom, bre, brooke, me)

Sunday we grabbed a quick breakfast and took the cable car down to Pier 39 and Fishermans Whorf. Sooo much fun :)

Brooke and I got to hang off the side. It was pretty funny because there were a bunch of tour buses parked on the side of the street and the guy says, "See those buses up there? You know what to do...I hope you don't have a lot of junk in the trunk" lol

After some fun shopping and super yummy lunch down at the pier we took a taxi to china town 

Sunday night we went out for sushi and then went to this place called Sugar Cafe and each got our own dessert...no sharing with the Blaser girls when it comes to dessert :) lol

Monday morning we got up and went out to breakfast at a super yummy breakfast joint. Seriously ALL the food we ate down there was amazing! Well minus the sushi place because my mom and I didn't order any sushi so the teriyaki steak/chicken wasn't that great! After breakfast we did some last minute shopping, then went back to our hotel to pack up and grab some lunch then it was off to the airport! 

I had so much fun and was so glad everybody was able to come! We are already planning our next trip :) and maybe this time we can leave the breast pumps at home! lol

The last post was all about Hailey, so here's what's going on with the others.
The other week I was feeding Jay and when I got done I couldn't find Ari. I was yelling for her outside and looking in all the rooms. 

Finally there I found her passed out on the kitchen floor. She hasn't had naps for over a year now "structured" but every now and then she just passes out. So cute!

She started drawing people which is absolutely adorable. Her favorite thing to do is take baths, so combine that with bath crayons and you've got one happy girl. She was laughing so hard pointing to her person (in green) that she drew upside down saying, "She's so silly!"

Scott finished soccer last week too. He had a lot of fun and assisted a few goals the last game, so that was exciting for him! I think assistant coaching his team made me want to coach Hailey's next year...We'll see :)

He still has one more week of school and we are counting down. They have had lots of different programs this last week to go watch, so we've been pretty busy!

My sister Brooke gave me this idea and I thought it was pretty cute! I just went to the dollar store and got them each a beach pail with a water gun, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, stuff like that. Hailey got hers last week after her graduation and I was surprised Scott wasn't mad he didn't get one...his is hiding until his last day of school. And I didn't want Ari to feel left out so she got a new towel and sidewalk chalk.

 Jay waving hi after church last week

 Such a ham! People always ask me, "wow! Is he this happy all the time?" and the answer is yes! He is always smiling and he is a little social bug for sure!

Hailey's preschool graduation!

I can't believe this girl is a kinder-gardener next year!

 with her teacher Miss Josie

 Here's the cute little song she sang (one of them) at the program today

Hailey Preschool from Nicole on Vimeo.

The last few weeks of preschool they did "show off" days for the parents

Here's tumbling

Tumbling was her favorite for sure

Tennis

Her best friend Jayden (the one she drew the picture for) 

 Dance/Movement

 And swimming!

She has grown so much with swimming, it's been pretty awesome that she has swam every week since summer. She's pretty ticked that I am still making her taking swim lessons because she's a little burnt out, but that's the rule: swim lessons-then trip to grandmas! :)

 Hailey was adament about getting her teacher Miss Josie flowers for the last day of school. We went to 3 stores to find the perfect ones. She just wasn't satisfied...pretty funny. We put those alphabet magnets in the jar with the water-turned out super cute!