Sunday, August 13, 2017

Six Flags

Ari and I took the boys to Six Flags to use their summer reading passes this weekend. They were so excited to try out all the big kid rides. 

Ari was much less excited. 

Ari got lots of pictures of Tahl and I on the spinning roller coaster. 




Zev loves to spin and going upside down is no problem for him, but he doesn't really love roller coasters that much.


Tahl loves every ride that was ever invented.  He loved the Texas Giant and even the Titan that went 85 miles an hour and had a 255 foot drop. I found my perfect ride partner! 

We had such a fun day (despite some rain,) and the boys are already asking when we can go back again! 

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

San Francisco

Ari's sister Rachel had her fourth baby, and we went to San Francisco to celebrate. The boys were very excited to get another boy cousin! The party was so much fun.  They had the most amazing face painter. 

Zev was very pleased with his robot face. 

Isaac asked for a green butterfly. 


Here are the boys with two of their cousins, Ellie and Ava. 


The boys loved swimming with their cousins at Buby and Buster's house too. 

Tahl and Isaac had a lot of fun dressing up with the girls. 


Zev loved driving the toy Tesla that his cousins have. 

We went to the movie at the mall, and of course, everyone had to drive some cars on the way in to our show. 


On our last full day there, after an unfortunate incident where we couldn't ride the ferry, I took the four biggest kids to the Berkley Adventure Park. 

It has lots of kid designed forts. 

Ava very kindly told me that it looked like we were at a "yard sale." 

They let the kids use tools to build their own designs. Zev made this gun himself. 

The other kids did less building and had more time to take advantage of the nets, zip lines, and other cool stuff. 


Then we got adventurous and decided to paint. 






Ava and Tahl had fun mixing colors. 


Tahl really wanted to saw something. 

These two girls were excited to try out hammering. 

Ellie was so proud of her work. 

Ava was too.  We worked together to hammer that flag, then she painted it pink and we put it on one of the forts. 

They also really loved playing in this old boat. 

The cousins had a great time playing together on our trip. 

Zev was a little nervous he would be caught sitting in the front seat of our rental car. 

Here they are celebrating Tahl and Ellie's wedding. 

Isaac had fun at a museum with his Buster, Grandma Mimi, and Liv while we were at the park.  Then they went back home to swim. 




Isaac lived it up so much that he fell asleep on the plane on the way home.  Then he woke up extremely grumpy. 

We had a great time in San Francisco and we can't wait to go see our family again. 



Friday, August 4, 2017

Early August

The first week of August, I took the big guys only to the library during Isaac's nap one day.  There just happened to be the most amazing balloon artist there. 

How cool is this spider?

Zev was pretty happy with his weapon too. 

I took the boys to the zoo for some fun.

They always love a good crocodile rescue. 


They had lots of fun in the water.


When we got home, everyone had a big bubble bath. 

How cute are these three in the tub? 

The tub was fun while it lasted, but I needed a towel or two to clean up the aftermath...