Summer Fun

July has been so hot and humid here on the east coast that it has slowed up our outdoor activities lately.  But as soon as the heat breaks, we run outside and fit in as many activities as we can. 

Brodie and his cousins on the Fourth of July waiting for fireworks

 Luke and Brice playing with the glow sticks

 This year we got sparklers for the kids

 Baden might have been the biggest fan of that addition

 Joe wanted to go fishing, but Brodie wanted to play in the water

 Clearly Joe and I have very little control over our activities

 He still comes downstairs as a different super hero every morning

 Me and Luke on Delaware Oaks day

This was too cute not to share.  Luke is becoming increasingly more talkative everyday.  He is finding voice and now one of his favorite things to do is yell "Dad, Dad, Dadaaaa." at the TV when Joe is racing.  It's hilarious to see in person, the people at the track get a kick out of it.  Enjoy.

Valenzuela Reunion

Last week my grandparents Nati and Tony went to a family reunion in Virginia.  Since the reunion was only five hours away from us, we decided to drive down and spend a few days with them.  Brodie loves playing with grandma Nati, mostly because she lets him do what ever he wants.  We had a great time, went on some beautiful hikes, and got some really great pictures.

The Valenzeula Reunion

Me and the boys at the bottom of the dam

 Brodie throwing rocks

 hiking up to the top of the dam

 Douthat State Park was beautiful, it was near the border of Virginia and West Virginia

 In the background is my grandparents cabin that they stayed in

 Luke loved Efrin, he is my mom's cousin who she used to play with as a child

 Tony and his brother Rudy

 We celebrated my grandmas birthday a little early while we were there

 Me and the boys did a little bike riding

 The trails weren't really made for training wheels, but we made the best of it

 On our hike around the lake

 It was really nice spending time with them

 Brodie found a playground and quickly made friends

 Luke went down his first slide and loved it

 Brodie stuck to my grandma like glue the whole time

 Telling grandpa Tony some jokes

Brodie Update

Sorry it has been so long since I have updated the blog.  I have so many pictures that I decided to split the post up one for Brodie and one for Luke.  Brodie is turning into such a little man.  He is a great big brother and my best little helper.  He has the biggest imagination and has a real knack for telling Jokes.  He just make me so proud of him everyday.

Brodie's Pirate room

 he had his first visit to the dentist.  We made without a single tear

 showing Luke how to be a jockey

 Brodie goes to Karate twice a week and loves it

 He loves our neighborhood, this is one of his little friends, Kaitlyn

 and Chase

 Evening soccer game with the neighbors

 He's completely obsessed with super heros

 At Thomas the Train

 Brodie also started swim class

 Playing in the sun

 Howling in front of the wolf's cage at the zoo

 He's not a baby anymore