Spring Catch Up

After our little catastrophe with our last batch of chickens we decided the kids needed some new ones. We got a lot more this time, since last time we kept loosing one here and there until our flock was too small. I have discovered it is much easier to get more at the beginning than trying to add some in latter.  The kids love them and named them all! They are about three months old now and getting big!

Grandma and Grandpa Beifuss came to visit for a few days. We went to the Perris Train Museum. It was awesome, I have never seen that many neat old trans, and trolleys in my life. It was especially fun to go with my cousin and Aunt and parents since they all grew up in LA and remembered riding on several of the trams and trolleys. They had lots of fun stories.  

Joshua had two weeks off for spring break, and Caleb had a week of nights. Therefore the kids and I went up to Solvang for a week to be with cousins. 

 

We had a lot of fun together. It was wonderful to have a break from the routine of school.  

 
Since Caleb had a day or two off here and there during Spring break we went to Disneyland a couple of times.  Joshua and Abigail did not know that we got passes. We picked Joshua up from his last day of school all ready to go. We told him we were going on an adventure, but would not tell him where. They were so excited when we pulled up. We went three times during his two week break.

 

We also went to Newport beach for a day. We had a picnic, played at the beach and went whale watching. It was such a fun day, I really like Newport. Well at least to visit, I don't do well living around so many people :). Thus our move to the Santa Ynez Valley which only has 30,000 people and lots of vineyards, ranches and other beautiful things.

Abigail is doing well. She still loves to dress up several times a day and is working on writing her name. She is still as feisty and fun as ever. She keeps things lively and we love it. She has always been a terrible sleeper and has always snored extremely loud. Like an old grandpa that you can hear two rooms away. So I started looking into it and now we are pretty sure she has pediatric sleep apnea. Which if not taken care off can cause lots of problems. Especially for learning development. Basically they never get REM sleep and are too tired to concentrate. We are taking her to an ENT next week to see what they say. Caleb is guessing she may need her tonsils out, because when he looked back in her throat he saw that they were so big that they were touching and almost closing off her throat. So at night when she starts into REM sleep her soft palate releases and dips too low. Between that and the tonsils it completely constricts her air way and makes her gasp and wake up.  We will keep you updated on what the ENT says.  

Joshua is doing great. He is so thoughtful and inquisitive. He asks me thousands of questions about everything all day long. He is getting a little tired of school and ready for Summer break. I think we all are. He is extremely excited to move right down the street from his cousin Ezra and to especially get to go to school with him next year. He plays hard, laughs hard, and thinks deeply. He is a funny unique little boy and we love him.   

We are definitely looking forward to moving up there this summer. Right now we are busy getting our house here ready to sell and also picking out all our stuff for our new house! I am so excited! It wont be ready until November which is a little bit of a bummer. So if anyone knows of any cheap rentals in the Valley for a few months :).  The house is on a 1/3 of an acre and has amazing views (the picture of the lot doesn't do it justice. It is a Spanish style, which will fit in well in California. I am just most excited about picking out all my interior stuff, and putting in my backyard. I have already drawn out a plan and everything, I know I am jumping the gun but I just can't wait.

 

So that is pretty much what we have been up to. I am going to post about Easter separately. I hope you are all doing well.