April

April brought in Tracy's parents during their spring break. They spent most of their time seeing everything Tracy does so that was good for them.

Took Tracy's Parents to a baseball game.

Charles discovered this dog table at the library.
Now he has to climb on it every time we go.

Celebrated Tracy's mom's birthday with this amazing cake from a local bakery.

We were able to take Tracy's car out for a drive.
Charles was a little unsure about it at first.

The boys had fun at the new playground at a park in town.

Just a little dip in the hot tub.

The one time they actually got along after church.

My 5:30 wake up call.
(Thankfully he wakes up at 6:30 now.)

Some fun at Music Makers.

My fence climbing duo.

A little silliness.

 UCD has a picnic day every year with activities from every department.  I got brave and decided to take the boys to it alone. We hadn't ever been before so it was a learning curb. Mostly we hung out at the kids' area that was done by the child development department.

The same day as picnic day, our newest addition arrived. We quickly fell in love.

She remained nameless (well she had a name the rescue gave her) for several days but we finally settled on Elsa.

Charles loves to be just like big brother.

Then April ended with James and the flu bug. :(
And Tracy out of town.

Spring Break

For Spring Break we took an impromptu trip to Monterey to visit Tracy's cousin who moved there several months prior to that. It was a lot of fun visiting with the family and seeing the sights of Monterey. 

On the way down we stopped at the Mystery Spot and learned of all the Mysteries. After arriving in Monterey we explored the Fisherman's Warf and enjoyed lots of clam chowder samples. The next day we visited the aquarium and could have spent another day. The aquarium is amazing. James really loved the sea turtles. We had a lovely dinner with Tracy's cousin and family. All the kids got along great. On our return trip, we stopped in Santa Cruz for lunch and ate on the beach before continuing on our way. We also made a pit stop at the Lick Observatory and got to see the big telescope.

Overall we had a fun trip and it was nice to get away from our usual lives for a few days. 

Now enjoy our pictures:

From my phone:

Tracy's pictures from his phone and carmera (sorry not in order):