1. knotts as a family on 4th of july (my newest favorite tradition of the hansfields)
god bless america
you should see the polaroid version
only amber new about this gem of a ride, it had my mom chanting for just ONE MORE TIME, ONE MORE TIME.2. happy 3 or 4 or 5 month anniversary dalison, im glad youve made it this far.
one of the most disappointing meals ive had.3. tinas fake 21st birthday celebration one month early
we started off the day by driving down to carlsbad, ca. home of the best souplantation the three of us have ever been to..and we have dabbled in our fair share of them. we stuff ourselves but still found room to enjoy extraordinary desserts just a stones throw away in downtown san diego.
then we headed to an early (but actually very late in the evening) birthday dinner
we celebrated by enjoying a night of food and fun at Chomp in Fullerton. We were forced into having the birthday dinner a month early because lisa is TC and left us for Madrid (I'm only slightly bitter and depressed...[but tina is soon to leave the country as well...get ready for sappy blogs]).4. all aboard the catalina express
tyler made sure we were the first to board the ship to insure that we would have the best seats in the house
this is either david and ali or tyler and me, its too far to tell but i didnt want to bore you by putting two nearly identical pictures up. since ali weighs under 130 she couldnt parasail on her own even if she wanted to. everyone else, including a 10 year old boy were able to make that choice for ourselves and not let our weight decide for us. however, that 10 year old part might not necessarily be something to brag about...
this shot is for your enjoyment ali. thanks for taking it. 
then the trip started to feel a little like this and we left 3 hours ahead of schedule. making it short and sweet.4.5 ali turns 21...again
this is numbered 4.5 because it happened the same day as catalina but was an entirely different event. we decided to enjoy a descent dinner at the fish company in los alamitos with everyone for david jr and big al's birthdays. david hit the quarter century and upon this discovery tyler loved to point out that i am half way to forty, david is halfway to fifty and my mom is halfway to one hundred. i wish that the dinner was cowboys and indians themed...oh well, theres always next year when ali finally becomes legal...again.
