Golf Outing

It had been insanely foggy at our house all week and we wanted to find some sun. We only had to go a few miles south to find it. For our weekend outing, we went to the driving range at the Crystal Springs Golf Course. Kevin is thrilled any time he gets to do anything related to golf. He was too excited to teach Hana how to hit some golf balls. Luckily, she was able to borrow some appropriately sized clubs from a girl we met at the range.
I wish I knew how to play golf myself since Kevin enjoys it so much but I haven't had time to learn. I used to go to the driving range with him for a while but then I got pregnant with Hana and haven't been back since. This was my first time hitting a golf ball in over 3 years - my form was definitely off!

I couldn't let Alaina miss out on all the fun so I let her crawl on the putting green, probably at the annoyance of other patrons. Oh well!

Playdates

So this week was my first week home since my job was 'eliminated' at work. I miss my job and co-workers but am not at all complaining about the chance to spend more time home with my babies! Who knows, this may last a week or forever but I want to make the most of this time. On Friday, we visited my friends Pam & Fisher and their 5 month old twins Knox and Robbie. I told Hana that we were seeing two babies and that two babies are called twins. She loves little babies and was so sweet with them. Here she is holding Robbie after a feeding. I already miss having a baby this young!
Now that I am not working, I was so excited about attending Alaina's playgroup again. Alaina's playgroup consists of parents and babies in our town & the babies were born between July and December 2008. The hostess for this Thursday's playgroup backed out at the last minute and I volunteered to host at our house. William is pictured above and he is only 6 days older than Alaina. They are big eaters and Alaina ate grapes for the first time, somehow without choking!
Here's most of the kids in a row (they did it by themselves).
Brynn, Alaina, Max, William, Georgia.

And then someone asked for the babies to be lined up. Super cute picture but you should have heard all the crazy noises we made to get them to sit and cooperate :)!

Sam, Brynn, Max, Georgia, Alaina, William

4th of July

One of our favorite things about 4th of July is (legal) fireworks! Because we were going out of town for the weekend, we bought fireworks ahead of time and lit them early. Hana loved them so much that we ended up making a few trips to buy more. Hana's favorite was called Purple Rain. We must've lit 20 of these that week. And of course, could not resist singing Prince's "Purple Rain" everytime we lit one, ha!

After last year's incredible foggy 4th of July, we wanted to ensure that we had a sunny 4th this year. We spent the weekend with our friends in San Ramon.

We got our sunshine and some time at the pool.

Our friends have a great yard for relaxing and we spent most of the weekend out on the patio.

I had to stay behind while the others went to the firework show because it was past Alaina's bedtime. so Hana put on her own little show for me.

And no 4th is complete without watermelon!

It was a perfect little getaway and we really appreciated Mike & Marie's hospitality.

LoveBug Line Up

Right before Alaina was born, I joined our town's mothers club and I love it! They have a meal program for new moms, playgroups based on ages and fun events all year round. I haven't been able to go to Alaina's playgroup (the LoveBugs) for a while due to work (but that should change very soon!). Every few months the club has 'Bagels in the Park' on Saturdays. We went today and met up with some of Alaina's fellow LoveBugs. Hana had friends there as well but they were too busy playing to pose for a picture.Rya, Jack, Addison, Alaina, Brynn

Family Reunion in Indiana

Last week, Kevin & Hana went to Indiana for the Scarberry/Norman family reunion. I was unable to attend due to work commitments and while I really missed them, I really enjoyed some one-on-one time with Alaina. We had been telling Hana for weeks that she was going to ride on an airplane and Kevin said she (surprisingly!) behaved perfectly on the plane rides. Kevin didn't take as many pictures as I would've liked and the camera batteries ran out on the first night! My fault for not packing the battery charger though I doubt Kevin would've taken too many more pictures. Here are 3 Norman cousins - Hana, Jaina & Timothy.
Hana loooves swimming and I am sure she had a ton of fun swimming with her aunties!
This is Hana sitting in a rocking chair outside of Cracker Barrel. Not sure what is so great about Cracker Barrel but we have a friend who loves Cracker Barrel and Kevin told him that I don't 'get' the concept! I am thinking rich, calorie-laden food combined with a country store - I get it ;)!!
Here is Timmy, Jaina & Hana at Aunt Shari's house. I hear that Aunt Shari has a ton of toys and a huge yard that backs up into a cornfield and the kids loved playing there!

I wish there were more pictures of the whole family. Kevin & Hana had a great time in Indiana and though we missed them a lot, Alaina & I had fun together even though it was pretty quiet at home.