she's reaching new heights!

Our niece Nai turned 12 a few weeks ago and she had THE COOLEST party at The Rock Gym in Signal Hill. It was soo much fun. The adults were belaying (in our obviously flattering harnesses)



for the 10 kiddo climbers and Mr. B and his brother Schlarb even got in on the action.

It was SUPER fun and J.T. did great! Yana Mama brought salad and homemade (!) croutons, pizza was delivered and the custom red velvet was beyond delicious.


I still can't believe this is the same little girl (well young woman now) that I bonded with over chap stick and lip gloss when she was 18 months and I was 16! *did I just date myself?* She's beautiful, smart, funny, talented, creative and amazing all rolled into one! Thanks Nai for letting us be part of your special day! We LOVE and ADORE you sweet girl!

Snow days

Mr. B. had a site survey up in Lake Arrowhead so we decided to make a day of it and take the lillo B's to the snow. It was Hea Baby's first time and J.T. was excited!
Armed with pb&j and pringles, we drove up (in the truck of course, it has the dvd player already installed) and watched Lilo and Stitch while Mr. B. took measurements at the Blue Jay theater.
after the work was done, we played for about an hour and a half before toes got too cold.

Before heading home, we put Hea Baby in this cutie pie bear suit to take some pictures. We took pics of J.T. in the same suit in Yosemite when he was about 11 months.

Hea baby 11 1/2 months Jan '10--- J.T. 10 1/2 months Oct '05

Birthday Sush

The plan was to go out to one of our spots Fusion Sushi for Craig's b-day but he and Mr. B ended up working super late and kiddos were getting ready for bed by the time they were heading home. Do we let that stop us from some Birthday Sush? Heck No!
Called it in, sent Maribug and Bean to pick'em up, put the kids down and got our grub on. They even gave us cute little disposable wasabi trays!


Nothing says "official birthday" like a candle ;)

Off with her hair!

So call it crazy or experimental or even desperate. Poor Hea Baby had NO hair... so I waited until after her birthday party and her blessing and I decided that I was going to shave what little hair she did have in hopes that the old wives tale would yield some type of result. I figured it wasn't such a deal at all since she had hardly any hair to begin with but MAN did I feel the judgment! (Go ahead, you probably have already.)

It didn't help matters that J.T. felt it was his duty to tell EVERYONE what I'd done. Plus, Mr. B. had no comments until AFTER everything was said and done. Ugh. You know, when she grows up and has amazingly dark, thick, beautiful Hawaiian girl hair... You know Mama B will be givin' herself a lillo-pat on the back.

Here's her before and after Mommy got to her with the clippers.


and after a month of growing back.

SIDE NOTE: She has more headbands and bow/flowers (Thanks Auntie Lia) than any other girl I know.

Roll Dawgs

Mr. B has had his motorcycle for a little over 2 years and I have barely started riding with him. I used to be really scared and then I was pregnant and then I had a brand new baby and then I ran out of excuses. I LOVE riding with him now.
Although... as a side note: No more riding in Church Clothes when we're going to meet the missionaries and no more getting off on the same side as the exhaust pipe. The scar on my leg is the perfect reminder :/

Remebering Jeff

always remembering our beautiful friend Jeff Haas
June 5, 1956 - December 17, 2009

Showering Baby in Vegas, stopping to take in the ghosts.

Our cousins the Vails are expecting their second daughter and we headed up to Las Vegas (YAY!) for their baby shower. Took along the makings for a diaper cake (that assembled beautifully in the hotel!) and a cooler full of food, waters and juice boxes. We got two adjoining rooms and took Maribug and Bean with us. The kiddos enjoyed twice the space for running around and Hea Baby enjoyed twice the tissue boxes and toilet paper rolls to empty.


The cake turned out so cute and the shower was super fun. I'm a serious competitor when it comes to shower/party games. Seriously, I'll take you on in "spoon up the cotton balls blindfolded" any day. Bring it. Mr. B and I played one together and (seeing as how neither of us like to lose) he fed me puréed carrots, blindfolded of course and we were rewarded with a Target gift card. Woo Hoo ;)



After a fun weekend at the Main Street (leaving a little of our money so we can get it back when we return) we headed homeward. We stopped and spent the afternoon in Calico Ghost Town.


It's so beautiful and was pretty empty considering how chilly it was. Mr. B always gives in when I was to take pictures of ANY sort so here's our "old tyme photo".




Always a good time with our family and friends! <3

Gamers... the old school kind

Some nights we like to bust out the Uno or Skipbo cards and lately we've been trying to teach JT how to play Dominos.


And there are the nights that we put on dancing jams and just play around!



We love hangin out as a family <3