Jasper is THREE!

In what seems to be a tradition, we went down to Jon's homeland in southern Cali for Jasper's THIRD birthday. I have no idea how I became the mother of a three-year old, but it's exciting to see him grow, even if the growing is going too quickly.

This is what L.A. traffic does to you

Jasper rides in style

Birthday Presents

Cupcakes are more important than pictures

We had a Star Wars theme, with an inflatable light saber


He was very thrilled to receive this Pooh puzzle

He chose this Buzz Lightyear at the store with a gift card from G-Ma

This castle is the coolest toy ever

All the loot



Raging Waters

We decided on Raging Waters for Jasper's birthday fun day. It's kind of hard to take pictures at a water park, but we got a couple. Jasper seemed to have a lot of fun, and everyone else did too.

Steven, Corin, Grandma Leanne, Jas, Me, Jon, Tyler's sweetie-pie girlfriend Sabrina, Tyler


Huntington Beach

We spent a whole day at the beach. It was really great. I wanted to have a "T.V. beach day", meaning a day like you see people on T.V. have with the umbrella and playing in the ocean and all that, and that's exactly how it went. It was my favorite thing we did while we were there. The only downside was that Jon got heat sickness and a sunburn that literally caused him to peel like a snake from head to toe. Luckily he recovered and has a lovely color now.

I do not have a future in boogie boarding

But Jasper might

Everything Else

The Kimball family is obsessed with playing World of Warcraft, Jasper included

Feeding the ducks in Grandma's backyard

Showing Steven the puzzle skills

Playing games at Shakey's

They got first place on the motorcycle racing game

Grandma's pool is so nice

All in all, it was a great trip and we're so thankful for everything Grandma and Grandpa do for us and for letting us take over their house for a week, putting away everything breakable and not caring if we eat all the bananas.