Palm Springs

So my posts are about a month behind (I guess that is life with kids, huh?)...we went to Palm Springs with Timmy and Shannon August 8-10th, and I'd never posted the pics yet but...better late than never:)

Here we are at the pool...notice how Jake is having some technical difficulties with his hat, and Luke is looking at him like, "what the heck is your problem?"

I was so excited about putting Jake in the pool for his first time...and especially excited for him to wear his new bathing suit, sunglasses, and hat. He was so funny in the pool...I thought he'd splash around and stuff, but instead he got extremely mellow when we put him in the water...he just was limp with no expression...I guess he was just kickin back on vacation, wishing he was on a raft sipping a pina colada.
Too bad we didn't have a matching hat for Marc so they could be twins Me and Timmy with our boys
If I didn't love this boy so much, I'd be upset that I actually returned from a Palm Springs vacation still as pasty white as before we went

Speaking of pasty white, my son looks like an albino next to Luke...next time I think I'd better make Jake sunbathe
Cute water-wrinkled feet
Me and Shannon
Props to Shannon who was all about staying at a hotel that had a waterslide...seriously, it was SO much fun. The boys made me and Shannon go out of control fast down the slide by holding the water back with their mats, and then letting it all go at once and pushing us off. I don't know if that made sense, but it was a cool trick that worked really well. Over the weekend we all went down the slides a bunch--

Here's Marc

Me
Shannon
Timmy

Dodger Game

I made this Dodger bear for Jake while I was still prego...so Marc & his brother were annoyed that it was one more thing to carry into the game...but Jake had to have it with him at his first game, right?!
Somebody has a bit of a drool problem. Luckily Marc was able to change his shirt before the picture:) J/K

Chuck E. Cheese

We watched our niece and nephew and decided to take the bunch to Chuck E. Cheese...I think Marc got more excited about collecting tickets from playing games then he expected he would:) Nathan came over to our house in camo shorts, and when we told him Uncle Marc had a matching pair, he wanted him to wear them too...then I realized Jake had some too. So here are the boys in their camo pants.
Cousins photo op with Chuck E. Cheese (pay no attention to the floating arm and hand in this picture)