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

Luke Update

It's hard not to start cracking up when I try to describe Luke, he is the happiest, most easy going, funny kid I have ever met.  Everything he does, he does with a smile.  He knows exactly what he wants, and idolizes his big brother.  Pretty much the only thing that he doesn't like is baby food.  He loves real food and the more flavor the better.  It's really easy to tell when he likes some thing, because he claps right away (like he's saying, "Thank God, she finally gets it").  When he doesn't like something, he closes his eyes and his whole body shivers, (like that was disgusting).  So far his favorite food are, Benihana rice (big shocker), spaghetti bolenese, and french onion soup.  He is also getting pretty noisy.  He says Dada, Mama, Hi, Rooaarrr, and Meow.  He is such a joy to be around. 

Taking a bath in a hotel room in Monmouth

 Watching TV with Brodie

 He crawls all over the place

 But usually he is just hamming it up to get some laughs

 Playing out side with Brodie

 Little Luke finally got turned around so now he gets to watch movies in the car too

 stuffing his face with cake

 he is finally big enough for the bike seat, he will sit on this seat for hours it we let him

eating his favorite benihana rice

the clap of approval