4th Annual Loscutoff Family Reunion

We just got back from our 4th annual Loscutoff family reunion to the California coast. This year we found a beach house in Rio Del Mar (a.k.a Aptos).  This year was the first time we were all able to be together.  Walter, Robyn and baby Isaac flew all the way from Orlando, Florida to join us.  It was a wonderful time together!

Our first night sunset from the rooftop deck. 

Loving the view!

Maggie and Grammalene playing a game, early in the morning.

Kate and Isaac (10 months old) 

Isaac has the cutest chubby cheeks!

Beach time!

Uncle Bill and Aunt Carol generously let Kate and Maggie borrow some wet suits.  They were priceless to have in the chilly ocean!

Cousin Geoffrey (16 months old) loved exploring the ocean too.

Watermelon was the perfect snack after beach time! 

The 3rd floor view from the beach house was incredible!  It was an entire wall of glass that overlooked the ocean...amazing! 

On one of our walks around the area, we came across these two snakes, enjoying their time together.

On our second day, we took the kids to a local park with a really cool slide.  This slide was incredibly fast and a bit scary!

Even Dedushka was brave enough to give it a try! 

After the park we hit the beach one more time.

For dinner we headed to Shadowbrook.  The trolley down was a fun experience!

Kate was thrilled to order such a fancy strawberry lemonade.

Will and Maggie 

Dedushka and Maggie 

Kate really wanted to hold Geofferey, but he was starting to reach his bedtime and wasn't too thrilled with the idea.  Kate loved it, though. 

We dressed up for dinner so it was the perfect excuse to capture another family picture!

A silly family picture was a must! 

Our last sunset on our last night was gorgeous! 

We ended our time together playing games.  The girls kicked butt at Blokus!

Until next year...

Kate's "Battle of the Wills" tap dance solo

Kate choreographed this entire dance on her own.  She did a phenomenal job, wowed the crowd and stole the show.  I am so proud of her determination to do this all on her own, especially since she is only 8 years old!

Maggie's "Something Wild" Solo from the Moana Musical

Kate's Moana Solo from Mindy's Musical

Easter 2018

Here are a few pictures from Easter.  The girls looked so beautiful in their Easter dresses for church.  After church they changed into more casual attire for the Easter egg hunt at Gramma and Papa's.

Egg hunt time! 

Cousin Mckenna is too cute!!!

The Bimson's didn't join us this year so it was a small clan hunting for eggs.  However, the weather was perfect and the company was even better!

We love you Papa and Gramma!

He has risen!  He has risen indeed!

Disneyland: Final Day (day 3)

We just got back from an amazing trip to Disneyland.  It has been 2.5 years since we last went and so we had much anticipation before this trip.  We left on Wednesday and spent 3 days in the park and headed home on Sunday. The girls were thrilled to miss 2 days of school. During our previous trips to Disneyland, we spent much of our time apart, with Will and Kate enjoying the roller coasters while I stayed with Maggie on the more mild rides since she was too young and too short to enjoy the thrill of the rides.  This trip, I was really hoping we could spend our entire trip together and we did!  Turns out Maggie LOVES roller coasters just as much as the rest of us and by the 2nd day, she was riding each ride with her hands up in the air.  The trip was such a fun, unified family experience and we can't wait to go back!

We rode Space Mountain 6 times during our trip!  Needless to say, this is definitely a family favorite!

The tea cups were the only ride we did in Fantasyland this time.  It is so nice to be out of the baby age in which Dumbo and Peter Pan are the only rides the kids can handle.

Autopia

Maggie really wanted to meet Rapunzel and so we made sure to find the time to meet her, and Flynn Ryder, while Maggie was dressed up like Rapunzel too.

Maggie also really wanted to meet Goofy.  Kate, however, was more excited to tap Goofy on his nose but he didn't seem to like that very much.

Happy family!

There is now a new Star Wars exhibit in Tomrrowland that we toured.  The girls were using their force on me while I was taking the picture.

This Luke Skywalker was built entirely out of Legos.

We got to meet the real Darth Vader too!

Maggie really wanted to meet Minnie Mouse so she and I stood in line for 40 minutes to capture this sweet picture.

Kate participated in Jedi Training in which she learned how to use the force and swing her lightsaber.

Darth Vader and Kylo Ren joined the Jedi Training to fight all the kids

Kate had to face Kylo Ren

Kate was an excellent Jedi against Kylo Ren.

After Jedi training we headed to Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer's Island in which we ran into Captain Jack Sparrow.

Maggie was working really hard to try to open this treasure chest with no success.

We rounded out our last night by staying in the park till 9pm, riding Autopia again, then the Astro Orbitors, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters and finally finishing with our 7th ride on Thunder Mountain Railroad.  We can't wait to come back...hopefully for Will's 40th birthday in December!