Friday, April 29, 2011

Hollywood Hike

After living in LA for nearly five years we decided to hike to the Hollywood sign. The hike ended up to be a little longer than anticipated but very fun, and great workout I might add. Kieran and Hamilton walked nearly the whole way with their little legs in the hot sun. Good job boys!


There it is!


Taking a little break. You could take the stroller the whole way which was awesome since we had three babies amongst us. And they all did really good I might add.



We made it to the top! Brandon's, Palmer's, and Spjute's


Rhys and Brielle

The big boys got a little tired and needed a ride on their daddies shoulders.


Rhys was exhausted and fell fast asleep before we were done. What a fun morning, the views were amazing. We could see all of LA and the Valley.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

FHE at the beach

Good food. Good friends. Beautiful sunset. Good times.



Mustache Party

A few weeks ago our friends Eli and Joelyn put on a Surprise Mustache Party for Joelyn's dad's 55Th birthday. He sported a stache up until a few years ago. It was a really cute, fun, and clever party.


Do I look hot or what with a stache....ewwwww.




Sexy!! :)


We got Rhys to put it on for a second. He didn't like it at all.


Kieran thought the whole thing was hilarious. He wanted the finger tattoo stache as his actually stache. He looked so funny.


The Strickland family.


Our attempt at getting all four kids to sit still and have a mustache at the same time. Not very successful. Caleb, Micah, Rhys, and Kieran.

Opening Day



Johnathan decided he wanted to start a tradition with the boys, of going to Opening Day every year. We usually go to quite a few games each year, but apparently Opening Day is a big deal. Rhys stayed with me this year since he is still pretty little, and cannot sit still, so it was just Kieran and daddy.


Bye guys have fun! I will have a good time with just me and mommy since that's a rarity.


Kieran was so excited. Johnathan said he held the tickets in his one hand and his glove in his other the whole way up to the Stadium. It's hard to explain how much Kieran loves baseball. He wants to play all day everyday. He'll even play imaginary baseball if we're in the house or at the store etc. He runs back and forth throughout our house pretending to swing the bat and slide into home plate A few nights ago instead of asking to watch a kids show like he often does at night, he said " mom can I watch Baseball on the TV, please" and lay on the couch watching intently for at least an hour. He likes to practice everyday sometimes we film him cause he likes to see if he's doing it like the guys on TV. It is so cute, he'll hit the bat on his feet like the pros, give a few practice swings and then bend his knees with a little bounce, shake the bat and swing for the fences.


Enjoying his fries at the game. And the Dodgers beat the Giants!!