Mr. Beard has turned 4.

I have tried to start writing this a few times already today and the tears just wont stop flowing, so I'm just going to post a bunch of pictures from the wonderful breakfast birthday party we had on Saturday. I hope that I'll be able to compose my self and my thoughts to my newly turned 4 year old boy Kade.

Thank you to everyone that came on Saturday - the boys had a fantastic time!! We love you all so much!!

I've been a mommy for 5 years now.

My precious first born princess Kyla turned 5 years old on Saturday.

Before I post all of the pictures from the fun day, I need to express my very outspoken pride and love for my darling daughter~


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Kyla, LaLa, La-la butts, monkey butts, princess, baby girl;

I wish there was a way in which I could describe, so you would understand, the feeling that you give me. My heart literally feels warmth and my eyes fill with happy tears when I think about what you are to me. You've brought me life that I was desperately in need of. You have shown me what true pride feels like as I am immensly proud of you and that you are mine.

I find peace in looking at your beautiful face full of new freckles and enjoy even more that you love your freckles. I hope that you embrace your obvious skills at learning new things and push your intelligence to the absolute limit you can. You show all of your feelings in your bright blue eyes and I hope that your eyes always possess kindness and honesty. I wish you much strength to get through any difficult times that lie ahead and hope that you know that I will always be there for you. I hope that you'll allow me to kiss and smell your neck even when you are probably too old to let me do that (o: If not, you'll have to continue to sleep with a blanket under your neck and pretend you want to switch with me, so I can have yours every once in awhile......

I think I'm done with you growing now, and would like you to please stop at age 5.

Thank you my darling girl!!! Thank you for being everything that you are and will continue to be. Your daddy and I love you so very much. More than "the last number." XOXO

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Kyla woke up to these balloons in her room on her birthday




All Kyla wanted for her birthday was to have a pool party - Thank goodness for Meme & Papa having a pool, because she must have said at least 20 times that she is " SOOO glad she had a pool party for her 5th birthday!" LOL She was so happy all day!

I feel so bad, I didn't take any pictures of the first hour of swimming, so I missed Abby, Ruby, and TJ with baby Gavin all in the water! I could have gotten some really cute pictures too.







Kyla and her cousin Ava - hopefully they will be spending lots of time together!!

This is who I'm hoping will be strong enough to deal with Kade when he gets older... then Cheryl and I can be in-laws!

the kids waiting to dive for change!


taking a break from the water

And this is Jack's future wife, so Becky and I can be in-laws! When Kyla and Kade aren't around Camy and Jack play SO well together!!

Jack is without arm rings this year and jumping in completely going underwater and swimming alone through out the length of the pool: " I do it!" is all he keeps saying when you try to help.

Seriously - how cute is this?

precious little Aubrey!


eating popsicles by the side of the pool (o:

Oops, these uploaded backwards...



Opening presents.... there are about 25 more of these pictures, I just loved her reactions in most of these (o:







She had a wonderful wonderful day!!! XOXO

What a nice weekend.... way too short though!

Robert ended up not working over the weekend, which is probably good because he has a horrible respiratory / bronchial thing that the kids all had - in fact they sent him home today too so they don't chance getting sick at work!

Saturday morning I signed Kyla up for Lakewood / Bellflower AYSO. I realized that she probably wont be able to do cheerleading too because there will be 2 nights a week practice and a Saturday game for Soccer, and I imagine the same for pop warner too. I explained what both options involved and she chose soccer - she said: "I want to run mom." I'm excited actually, hopefully she'll be playing with a lot of girls that she'll be in school with. She needs some little girl friends her age - all the wonderful girls in her life are either younger by 2 years or older by 5 (o:

After that, I took Kyla and Kade and met Becky, Randy, and Camy at May Boyar park for a free library celebration day. They were giving away free books, pony rides, a juggler show and face painting.. they also had yummy sno cones and hot dogs / snacks for sale.

Sunday morning we went to the park to play baseball and play in the sand with their new sand toys ( from Easter that haven't been used yet )

It was a really nice morning!

Don't worry Dodger fan's... we aren't Angels Fans - we just like the hat. We aren't baseball people (o: ( Kade had a Dodger hat on that day.... strangers probably think we are nuts )

The remaining Sunday was spent at Super Mex with my mom and dad, and then a trip to Costco with my dad and my boys.... I LOVE it there. I got nearly every thing I needed for Kyla's bday party this weekend (o: ( and spent way too much money of course! )

Super Mex is ALWAYS yummy!



OOOOH, I almost forgot. I met a Superbowl player at BJ's Friday night. It was a Raider Superbowl Ring, but a Superbowl ring none the less!!! He played in the 2002 Superbowl in San Diego.

We were talking football for like 45 minutes before I even noticed it and he never even told me he was on the team. Maybe it was because I made fun of his Raider shirt? (o: He was a very nice guy - anyway, I thought it was cool! A Cowboy ring would have turned me into a screaming teenager at a rock concert!