End of May Events

Our good friends Jackie and Del always enter their car into the Petaluma American Grafitti Car Show so we headed down to make a quick appearance. It's always fun to walk through the streets and check out all the cool cars.

It was unusually hot in Petaluma and Jackie shared a bit of her shade with Shane.

Shane and Mommy!

Shane said this one was his favorite!

I love how Shane got caught in the corner of this picture!

That same night we had dinner plans with Aunt Tammy to celebrate her graduation! We had a fun night at Grandma Sandi's house, an awesome dinner (it's always good when we eat over there!) and Shane had a blast torturing his Aunt!!

Shane disappeared for a bit and came back out wearing Grandma's cowboy boots!!

Trying to make friends with Angel, but she is so loud and still freaks Shane out.

My cousins Kyle and Brett were visiting this week from Boston so we got to spend the day with them on Sunday. We had a big BBQ at my Uncle's house. It is always fun to see them, plus I got to meet both of their girlfriends! Really sweet girls. Of course Shane entertained everyone with his cuteness. All the girls thought he was adorable and he would repeatedly bring them ice from the ice chest...he could do that for HOURS!

Kyle showing Shane how to rock

Brett and Shane

Shane's goofy "cheese" smile

Vanessa and Brett...oh so cute together!

Shane doing a little gardening with his lizard

April's Birthday Party!

Happy Birthday Miss April! We had another awesome birthday at the Varellas house this year. Thanks to Ryan's gift of vodka...April only remembers half of it! lol We had a blast swimming and BBQing and hanging out with old and new friends. We love you Auntie April!!! xoxo

Birthday girl showing off the mixings for her favorite drink...Starburst!

Silly Shane ready for a swim!

SHOTS!!!

Jello shots in the pool!
This is right before you see April trying to scoop hers back out of the water!

Shane LOVES the hot tub of course!

Swimming with Daddy

Shane's favorite part...homemade hostess cupcakes by Benay!!

Mommy's messy little monster!

Always the last to get out of the hot tub!

Oakland Zoo and Train Town

My Mom has been wanting to take Shane to the zoo for a long time, so I finally had a day off of work when we could go to the Oakland Zoo and avoid the crowds. Our first attempt at visiting a zoo last year didn't go well...it was LA, it smelled and it was 102 degrees and just awful! This trip was so much better! There were hardly any people there and Shane was much more into the animals this time. We made it through the entire zoo and then got to ride the train and carousel. I was really impressed with how nice the Oakland Zoo was. I haven't been since I was a little kid and will definitely be taking Shane here again soon.

We watched the camels spit for a while.

Dancing in the meerkat tunnel

Shane thought the frogs were really cool

My little turtle

We got to see the new exhibit with emus and wallaroos! They were literally just a couple feet from us on the train. It was so cool, but I wasn't expecting it and didn't have my camera ready.
Heading out on the train with Grandma.

Shane and Mommy on the train

Shane was pretty bummed that the carousel was the only ride he was big enough to go on, but he still loved it!

Shane and I also went to Train Town this week, just the two of us! I had been wanting to take him for a long time and the weather was beautiful, so we just decided to go spur of the moment. He absolutely LOVED the trains! We went around a couple of times and he would point out the little animals and waterfalls and told me that it looked "just like Bambi"...whatever that means! I guess it reminded him of being in the forest. He kept saying it over and over and the people next to us thought he was so cute!

We started feeding the little goats, but of course he had to feed the big ones too.

This was the first time I let him ride all by himself...he felt like such a big boy!