We Were on Channel 8 News!

My good friend Rachel Afualo invited us to go to the beach today and who would've thought it would be our T.V. debut??? I have to say Rachel, you have an incredible T.V. presence....you were amazing! I think if you're that comfortable on camera...you could have a future in broadcasting! :) Our fame was SHORT, but they got some cute shots of the kids.....I'm just sooooo grateful I was in the background the whole time!!!! Being on the top story of the evening news in my bathing suit...is not my idea of a fun day at the beach!!! :)

One more thing....the reporter, Shawn Styles, was very friendly and even helped me carry some of my gear out to the beach. Also, he mentioned he use to live in Park City, UT.

We are on after the weather forecast, and directly after the lifeguard--if you listen closely you can hear the reporter say something about the Afualo and Shoff tribe.



http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=10215273#

Catching Up on 2009

We had a fun couple of days at Disneyland in January! The best part was there were NO LINES! We left Caroline home with my mom...she isn't old enough to appreciate the magic yet and she HATES her stroller!

Grandma Duck came to visit and we had a chilly, but fun day at the beach. Scotty is mad because I wouldn't let him go swimming in the freezing cold ocean so he would NOT cooperate with the photographer (me) in this photo.

Tyler turned six years old in February and we went to Lego Land to celebrate. The boys especially loved getting their driver's licenses. Every time they drive the little cars they get a license.

Caroline handed me the camera and said "CHEESE". Apparently, she wanted me to take a picture of us together because she climbed up on my lap and pointed to the camera and said "CHEESE" again. It was so funny!

Another funny thing...one afternoon, she grabbed her doll and went outside and hopped in her car like she had somewhere really important to go!











March 2nd is Dr. Seuss' birthday and he lived in San Diego so it is a BIG deal here. It was especially fun for us because we are HUGE Dr. Seuss fans at our house. We partied hard and we even made green eggs and ham for dinner. It was quite the party and the kids LOVED IT!

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Caroline discovered her belly button or BEBO as she calls it. She'd push it and say "BEEP BEEP" and giggle like crazy! SO FUNNY!

















A huge highlight for us was when Aunt Emily and Uncle Jake came and stayed with us the last week in March. We went to Lego Land, played at the beach and had a whole lot of fun! Tyler just happened to be studying the letter "Z" that week in school and desperately wanted to take Zachary to school for sharing (show-n-tell). We couldn't figure out a way to do that so we took a picture and he took that instead. He was so excited to tell his class all about his buddy/cousin Zachary Jacob Shoff. He keeps this picture on his dresser and always asks when Zach is coming back to visit!





In April we went to the Carlsbad flower gardens with our friends Rachel, Noah, Adam and Lilly. We had SO MUCH FUN! It was beautiful, fun and kind of windy, but thank goodness this is Southern California and plenty warm! :)






BEAUTIFUL!

Unfortunately, Scotty had preschool and missed out on this trip. We missed you little buddy!

A highlight for the kids was mining for crystals. They got some really cool ones too!

We had fun coloring and decorating Easter eggs. The Easter Bunny brought the kids boogie boards. We can't wait to go to the beach and try them out!