Natural History Museum

We took the kids to the Natural History Museum on Monday.  I love family days like this.  We all had such a nice time!

Luke loved the "hands on" exhibit.  Here he is digging for dinosaur bones.

I love this shot!  This is Luke's expression after just seeing a tarantula.

Here he is holding some snake skin that a Boa had recently shed.

Here in the bird exhibit, Dylan anxiously awaited his bone weight.  His bones weigh 19 lbs.

Give a Day Get a Day

We recently volunteered some of our time and items for donation to Steven's Hope with a great group of friends as part of Disney's "Give a Day Get a Day" program.  This included the Dodge family, the Hyde family, the McCaffrey family, Diane and the boys and a lot of help from our good friend, Traci Bolton!  Steven's Hope helps children and their families over at Loma Linda Hospital while they recover from serious illnesses.  They have recently opened a children's boutique to help fund their organization.

The kids worked on making "get well" cards for the children that the Steven's Hope foundation helps.

Everyone worked together to clean the donated toys then sort and tag the clothing.

(Diane was the fastest "clothes tagger" around these parts!)

  It was nice to get the whole family involved and share the experience with friends.  Thank you to everyone who joined us!