embrace the camera 6.23

wow,  it's been too long!  finally embracing the camera, again!  We went to an A's game to celebrate the end of Aidan's little league season.  It was  a great day for baseball.  Tailgating, free hot dog day, and a win!

and a few weeks ago, the bff and I ran our first 5k - "See Jane Run".  We ran more than we walked, crossed the finish line together and had champagne and chocolate afterwards!  Really fun and we are ready to do more.  Although, I have decided 5k will be my max. I'm determined to keep my running to under an hour!

your turn!

umm does someone have a thing for firefighters?

tyler's class took a field trip to fire station #1 and of course I had to chaperone! i mean c'mon, who doesn't think firefighters are real life superheroes?  not to mention kindergartners are the cutest little people ever!   

gettin' holy

aidan completed his two years of faith formation! in the olden days we called it CCD, or catechism. whatev - he got his first holy communion! finally.

 

 the boy cleans up pretty well

 everything is more fun when you're with your best friend

 or two

 proud lola

congratulations!

Get your bowl on!

we had a little bowling party for my big 6 year old! a fun and easy party is exactly MY kind of party!

 the handsome and BEST big brother

 loves of my life

 sillies

  happy 6th birthday my love

embrace the camera - 5.5.11

remember last week when we went to the fire station? well, G made me put on all of his fire gear on! i think he thought it would be funny to make me put on his too big, too heavy, kind of dirty, really smoky smelling, stuff. and man, it was heavy! like 30 pounds heavy! i can't imagine wearing all of that, running into burning buildings, carrying people, etc, etc. 

ok, ok - i have a new respect for you mr. fire fighter! 

 

now get your embrace on! here's the deets!

fiiiii-yaaahhh

we took a trip to my MBFF's (Male Best Friend Forever) fire station today as a spring break field trip.

i am always on the look out for no cost activities, sure, the park is always a hit, but we needed some change of scenery. so we hopped in the car, and headed to richmond where we were treated to a personalized tour of the fire station and engines.  we opened every door to every compartment, tried on the super heavy fire gear, and even slid down the pole.  yes! the pole.  this station has the old school pole to get from the sleeping quarters to the engine lickety-split!  aidan went down, of course! but tyler and i just looked on in awe - looked a little too tall from our view!

 

we took a quick drive around the block, blared the siren and talked over the radio (we made pretty good rookie firefighters i'd say).  at one point aidan even took a relaxing seat on the lazy-boy lounger and really got into firefighter mode.

such a fun day! maybe one day these handsomes will be real firefighters hanging on their engine.

iFLY

aidan, my thrill seeker,  had been dying to try iFLY (indoor skydiving) foreverrrr.  he got his wish along with his best friend, justin.  it seems thrill seeking is best done in pairs.

they suited up, ready for takeoff!

the boys had 2 flights each with the help of an instructor and even got a dvd to relive their flights.  it was such fun, they are soooo ready for more.  i'm hoping he sticks to the indoor kind of sky diving and not the actual jumping out of the plane kind.  a mom can only handle so much - sheesh!

 here we goooo

 hi jus!!!!

 i love the rubber face look, the wind was so strong - aidan said he couldn't keep his mouth closed

 

aidan and instructor, right before they went waaay up to the top of the wind tunnel - awesome!