Happy late 4th of July everyone! We had a mellow time around the house this year. Brent's b-day was the 2nd and we just went to dinner. Then the 4th we went and saw Wall-E which Jace was dying to see. He kept saying Wall-E and Eve (which is Wall-E's girlfriend). I think Jace liked it, but not so sure about the rest of us. Bamma (which is now what Jace calls Grandma Burlingame) & PopPop came over for a swim and BBQ later. Then we sat out front and watched fireworks at a restaurant a couple roads over. Fireworks are illegal in AZ, so we weren't able to do any of our own. We had a great view from the front yard though and Mother Nature did some of her own as well. The next morning Jace and I went out to feed the horses. He giggles when they take the carrots out of his hand. :o) It amazes me how fearless he is with them.

The weekend prior was a busy weekend! We went on vacation to San Diego...just a short 6 hour drive from here. We visited the zoo, then Sea World and finally the beach. Jace was a trooper the whole time and didn't even nap until the end of each day! He loved every minute of it all! Well, except getting soaked at the dolphin show....I mean SOAKED! He was worried after that about Shamu splashing us, but we were out of the danger zone that show. Jake and Gavin however opted to sit super low and get soaked again. :o) I'm pretty sure that is a trip we'll have to take again!

No new injury's to report...knock on wood. Jace is doing really good, growing like a weed. His pronunciation is still not the best, but it's getting better. He's such a silly little guy. He loves playing Rockband with Jake and sings and dances around all the time. When we were in Sea World we got a pic of him singing into his thumb on Bamma's lap. If you ask him what he's going to be when he grows up he'll tell you a rockstar. He's still doing swimming lessons and improving all the time. He can actually even snorkel now! I bought a cheap little kids set mostly for the mask. I figured we'd teach him how to use the snorkel later, but he insisted I show him right away. So I explained to him how to do it and he just got in our pool and did it as if he'd known how his whole life! It was crazy amazing and he loves it! Hopefully the little video works for you so you can see him (at least on my computer, I noticed that if I keep clicking on the countdown clock on the video it will keep it going). Jace still loves his kitty and Kitty loves Jace. He's got to be the coolest cat for a kid ever. He's so good with Jace no matter what Jace does to him. Jace has started dressing and undressing himself. He thinks he's quite the big boy! Well, the boys are bugging me to get off MY computer now so I gotta run. Be sure to check out the new pics in the gallery!