April ... what a month!

I hardly know where to begin with this post. April was a really hectic month! We had sick kids for three weeks, two rounds of out of town guests, and a half marathon!

The week after Casey and Carolyn left, we took the boys to the doctor and found out that they both had "a touch of pneumonia." We started them on antibiotics and after their fevers were gone, our friends from Jacksonville came to stay for a week. While they were here, Zach had an allergic reaction to the antibiotic and broke out in red bumps from head to toe. Our doctor thought it was an allergic reaction, but also thought it had a lot of similarities to measles (a strain of measles that is resistant to the vaccine has been going around our area). So we were sent to a specialist, who assured us it was not measles... thankfully! Having sick kids for so long is much more exhausting than I imagined. We aren't used to getting up in the middle of the night anymore.

Getting new pajamas is always fun... especially when you are sick!


While our friends were in town, we went to the Wild Animal Park.
We all had a great time... especially the kids!

Then poor little Zach had his allergic reaction. The pictures don't even begin to show how bad he looked! Even though he wasn't contagious, we were afraid to take him anywhere, because he looked like he was really sick.


We took Madison to the Ferry Landing and the Farmer's Market... two of our favorite places!


Andy and Madison went to a Padres game with the Dads. Zach was sweet enough to let Madison borrow his baseball sweatshirt, although he was highly offended that he wasn't going with them.


We squeezed in a trip to Legoland at the end of the month.
Of course Thomas was Andy's and Zach's favorite.


This one is for Uncle Nathan - may the force be with you.


We added a few extra "family members" during our visit!


What do you think of Matt's new wife?


Our landlord finally had our gates installed, so our yard is a safe place for the boys to play. And we got new rain boots. We are ready to face "May Gray" and "June Gloom" the two most beautiful months of the year in Coronado! Ha, Ha!

Spring Break!

Uncle Casey and (soon to be) Aunt Carolyn came out for a visit during their "Spring Break". We had a great time getting to know Carolyn better, working on wedding plans, and exploring some new places in San Diego.

Our most exciting discovery was Seal Beach in La Jolla. I'm not sure why it took us so long to discover this fun little place, but it will certainly be added to our list of places that out of town guests must see! Andy has asked me everyday since then if we could go back to see the seals. We also went to Old Towne for lunch and a little bit of shopping. Uncle Casey bought Andy and Zach new guitars. They have had a great time playing us all the songs they can think of...

.... but I think the grown-ups had even more fun pretending that they were rockers!

I am so excited to finally have a sister-in-law on the Loesch side and it makes it even more fun that we get along so well! Good choice Casey! Our prayers have been answered!

Best Friends

Andy has been talking a lot lately about his "best friend" and of course that friend is Zach. Andy is often overly excited to share his love for Zach and it seems that Zach doesn't always enjoy Andy's enthusiasm!


For years I have been wanting to have a "family picture wall" and we finally got one pulled together! Since I have told so many of you about it, I thought I would share...