The DeShazer Family

Another fun filled weekend with the DeShazer's! I am working 30 hours a week now that I am back so I get to have a three day weekend EVERY weekend. I am LOVING it :) Our weekend was filled with fun visits from old friends and local adventures.

Thursday night, Stephanie arrived to stay for a couple of nights. It started with making brownies...and ended with a parade!

 Caught red handed...Steph tried to convince me they weren't licking the beater....

 

 Friday, we headed out to Armstrong Woods for a little hike with the kids. We originally planned to spend the day at the beach but we thought it would be too cold.

 Grey still fit comfortably in the ergo :)

 We stopped at Goat Rock on the way to the Boat House in Bodega Bay for lunch and it was actually a fantastic day at the beach. The water was almost Caribbean sea blue...absolutely breathtaking!

 Soaking in some warmth

 Andrew came to play too while Michelle had to work Friday night. Grey and he made masks for the parade Grey was going to be in on Saturday. A scary ball faced monster!!

 The only picture of Grey holding onto his mask...which was the first of many homework assignments, I am sure!

 The parade was for Cotati's Kids' Day Festival and the parade theme was Bedtime Stories. We walked with the preschool which had sent out an email letting us know the theme and suggested we all dress in jammies. Zippy, Steph, and I were the only adults dress in our pjs!

 Meeting Lobo, the SSU mascot

 Grey's preschool float "There's a Monster Under My Bed"

 The parade ended close to where Michelle, Andrew, and Grammie were sitting so we joined them to watch the rest of the parade. The boys are pointing to Andrew's balloon that was going "up in the sky."

 Waiting in line for the big slide...so cute holding hands :)

 up, up, up we go!!

 Stephanie left shortly after the parade and Sunday we headed to Six Flags Marine World for Zippy's company picnic. We met up with the Parish family and Reint. Grey loved going on all the rides and Zoe was a trooper even though she was not too happy to have to be held the entire time and not be able to go on rides herself!

 The Orca show-the Parish family ended up sitting in the splash zone and luckily we arrived late (Grey is on Zip's shoulders here) because the splash zone was an actual SOAK zone. They were drenched along with their cameras and phones...

 Feeding a giraffe for the first time, oops, he dropped the carrot!

Zoe really wanted me to share my lemonade! She is at the age where you have to watch everything within her reach because she wants to stick it in her mouth :)

We took Reint home with us-I can't believe he is 17 now!! He was 8 when we lived in Holland with his family. He is looking into colleges and will take the SAT this year. He thinks it would be awesome to come study in the states...maybe we can convince him to be our au pair? Grey loved listened to "Curious George" music with him (Jack Johnson).