70.

Happy 70th birthday to a wonderful grandfather to my children.

Rainbow theme.

We celebrated L's 5th birthday a few days ago with a rainbow party at the park.  This girl is a true gift form above.  We're so thankful for this ray of sunshine.  

Happy 4th y'all!

Apparently the neighbs had a kid parade every year for years & years.  This hasn't happened since we moved here 5 years ago.  This year it was reinstated.  Lai could barely sleep the night before:  "Can you believe it mama, we are going to be in a real parade.  I've always dreamed of being in a parade."

Isn't this a great turn out?  This isn't even everyone.   

Miles (our buddy on the right) was a real show-stopper as he rode slow and gently handed out candy to on-lookers...

Selfies of my sillies & I:

Red, white & blue everywhere!  

Gram & Papa's for a BBQ:

Reading to Molly. 

First pop-its.  

Fun had by all.  

Thanks Gram & Papa!!!

Sweet peas over the years...

Without knowing it, L's grammy started a tradition when she gave her the first bouquet of sweet peas at age two:

2010

2011 

2012

2013

If at first you don't succeed try, try again...

Birt boys.

Daddy daughty.  

First recital.

L had her first ballet recital.  She was a flower fairy.  Thank you grandparents for coming out to cheer her on!  She still talks about being on stage.

May day.

Happy May Day!

As some of you know, I'm trapped at home because my 3 year old drew on our car with rocks last week - (don't be jealous).  It's currently being repainted & hubs has the other car for work...  So, I'm forced to stay home from work and play with my kids in our yard in this gorgeous weather for the next few days... I digress...

May Day - Okay, this post is dedicated to both Gram & Grandma from my kids.  We didn't make it to your houses this year to drop off flowers on the porch, ring the door bell, and run....  But, we were thinking about you!

Love Lai & A

Happy Birthday, Grammy!

Happy Birthday to an amazing mother & grandmother to my kids.  She's always available to talk, babysit or invite us for a meal on just the evening I don't want to cook.

We had a little celebration for her at my brother's house.  Sadly, 2 of the 7 grandkids couldn't make it (they are represented on L's lap).  

Love you mom!!!

Merry merry!

Disneyland, Christmas 2012.

Jason surprised me last year on my birthday with a Christmas time trip to Disneyland.  My birthday is in February so, we had been waiting a loooooong time for this trip.  We also decided to invite our families - the more the merrier.  The merrier it was.  Topping out at over 21 people that we knew at various times of the week... Merry merry.  

Ready, set, fly!

 First up:  The new Cars Land

My mom (grammy) with Lai

Waving at Red ("I can't believe they're real mom" as they watched Red, Mater & Lightning drive around talking)

Team Olsson's with Lai (think air hockey/bumper cars)...

Flo's

Mater

Cozy Cone Motel - so stinkin' cute!

Luigi's tires

Hub-cap Christmas tree

The founder

Beyond special & fun to have Gram & Papa join us for a few days!  

It was so fun meeting up with this cutie, late one night.  Since her & Ax were too short to ride the big Cars Land Racer ride, we strolled around taking in the sites.  

Thanks for making the trek to visit with us Alex, Alli & Addi!!!  

Hot date on the Racer ride...

Racer was our favorite

It's really so hard to capture just how cute Radiator Springs in the new Cars Land is... Especially this time of year.   Throw it on your families bucket list!  

I'll have to finish posting Disney pics another day.  I'm so sorry posts have been so few & far between...

This whole job thing, coupled with physical therapy & everyday life doesn't leave much time for this.  I will however post more pics soon!  Stay tuned.