Persian New Year!

Mattie and Tati goof-off before dinner time...

Group shot!

It's only March...

But it already feels like summer....Mid 80's means get to water fun... and fast!

Luckily, Aaron was able to join Mattie at the Spectrum fountains for some cool-off play time! I think it's gonna be a long, hot summer....

Zoomars with Bible Study Friends!

LOTS of bunnies and guinea pigs in the "petting zoo" area!

Mattie takes a train ride with her younger, male counterpart, Nikhil.

A car ride with Jon-David, while Nikhil waits his turn. We finished our outing with lunch at Ruby's, and then we ALL needed a nap!

San Diego Wild Animal Park

Joy, Tatum, and Ty invited Mattie and I to the WAP on Monday, and we were thrilled to go! Mattie got to see lots of cool animals up-close, like giraffes, monkeys, elephants, and lions!

We had a lot of fun, but notice the red cheeks on Tatum and Ty?... it was HOT!

The BFFs

A fantastic carousel! Mattie wanted to ride the giraffe, but it did not go up and down, so she chose the gorilla instead ;)

Road Trip to AZ!

We got the call early Friday morning that Auntie Amy was finally heading to the hospital to have that baby we had been waiting on for weeks! Ryan and Mattie had fun playing around the house while we waited to meet little Samantha...And she came home Saturday night, just before bedtime, so the girls got to meet her when she was just 24 hours old! Look at that precious little girl!

Mattie was jealous of all the baby attention, so she coerced Uncle Jason into holding her like a baby....

Mattie got quite a few opportunities to hold baby Samantha, and she did a very good job being gentle. But each time, the baby had to go back to mommy or daddy, Mattie sobbed very sad tears because she did not want to give her back! Looks like someone wants to be a big sister!

For now, cousin Ryan gets to hold that title.... but hopefully it will happen for Mattie soon enough :)

Big Bear Getaway!

We had so much fun in Big Bear last weekend! There was lots of eating, playing, and sledding with a bunch of our good friends!We shared a cabin with the Silveris, Lee and Isaac, and Shauna...

And our good friends, the Orliczkys, have a cabin, so they came up to play with us!

Mattie LOVED sledding!

Very happy to meet Frosty...

Good Ol' Tire Swing Fun!

What a great getaway!

Fire Station Visit!!!

We finally got to go visit our friend Mike at his fire station! The kids had a great time and got to do so much fun stuff! Here is firefighter Zack helping Mattie try on his fire clothes!The kids got to take turns using and holding the huge fire hose!

Sylvie's dad was able to come along and help, good thing, that hose was heavy!

The top of the fire truck had a huge latter that Mattie balanced her way across a couple of times...

Driving the back of the truck w/ Mike!

Thanks firefighter Mike, for a great field trip!