Having Kids is Fun!

Blake and Claire are so fun now that they are a little bit older. They play with each other and laugh all the time. We have been to birthday parties, picnics, stores, and all kinds of places with them, and they are pretty much great everywhere. They love being out and doing things, which makes it easier on us! Here are some pictures of our adventures from the past few weeks!

Freddie's Birthday Party:



















Big girl Claire:




Mom's Night Out (No kids, but I thought I'd still throw this one in):




Daddy time:




They love each other!




Blake is super excited for football this year, so he picked out fantasy football draft order:




Stroller Strides fun:













Halozyme company picnic:




More Daddy time:

Our Big Indiana Trip

Well, that was interesting.

We got back from a 10 day trip visiting Indiana today, and it was nothing like we expected. First off, the kids did great on the plane rides! Awesome! Second, Hairbangers' Ball was great, as usual. And then comes third. Sickness. Blake got sick, followed by Claire, followed by me, followed by my mom... And whoever else after we left... Bummer. Someone, if not more than one someone, was sick every day we were there! Nevertheless, we had a great time, and we loved seeing our families! We shopped, walked, visited the Avon Pizza King with train service, went swimming, and enjoyed our families. I got to see the Myers' family, the Humbard family, Meghan, April, Bryan, and the Giordano family! We ate Moe's, Mother Bear's, Steak n' Shake (x2), Casa Brava, and City Barbecue! Overall, sick or not, we had a great time. We did miss out seeing a few people due to illness (my grandparents and the Gilbert family); but, we look forward to a healthy visit next time where we can get together! Here are some pictures from our trip.

JT Album Release Party

Awesome. Lauren and I had so much fun in LA/Hollywood, and Blake and Claire had a great time with Alex.

We flew in (ridiculous, I know) and had a car service to the hotel. The hotel, The W, was awesome! We got our hair done at Blo Blow Dry Bar and went to dinner at Delphine (restaurant in the hotel). We met the bouncer (his name was Mike Jonnnnnneeeessss) for Drai's (Nightclub at the top of The W) and planned to head there after we hung out at the hotel for some jazz. Both places were super busy and fun. Some people invited us to join their table with bottle service at Drai's, so we got free drinks!

We saved the following day to get ready for Justin! We went to Blo again to make sure our hair was looking good! They shuttled us over to the El Rey Theatre. There was a red carpet, open bar, appetizers, gifts, and lots of celebrities. We chose to avoid the open bar since the event was to be televised, but we enjoyed watching a bunch of idiots get sloppy wasted. We also got SO lucky. We met a couple of girls who invited us to the front row! We were right in front of Justin and Ryan Seacrest the whole time! It was so crazy how close we were. Highlights: Justin blew Lauren and me a kiss, and we shook Ryan's hand. We were boring the rest of the night. Ordered pizza, went to bed.

The next day we had to go home. We went to The Waffle for breakfast. The best part of this day was seeing Bobby Moynihan AKA Drunk Uncle!

Overall, it was an awesome, once in a lifetime experience. And I'm glad we didn't look like morons on TV!