Saturday, June 29, 2013

OK...What we have been up too...

We have been busy!!!  I am not sure with what exactly, but I know we have been busy!  So here are a few weeks of recap.

My sweet brother-in-law Steven got married to his sweetheart, Miranda.  It was a lovely wedding...we are so happy she is ours now. 


Then this cute little girl...got a BIG GIRL bed.  She adores it.  She saw and said..."I lub it!!".  She stayed in her bed all night.  She loves it, but she brings EVERY toy she owns into the bed with her every night.  She tucks in all of her dolls and then sleeps on the other end of the bed.  Crazy girl.
It was 4:00pm when she saw her bed...she played in it all night.
This is what her bed looks like...EVERY NIGHT!

Then came my annual "Girls Trip". This year, we headed to Newport Beach to have a fun filled long weekend by the beach. They came in from New Mexico, Utah, Arizona and Texas.  We rented a beach house and loved every minute of it.  I love these girls.  They are the type of girls that you cry when you see them because you just don't know how you live your day to day life without seeing them. Then you cry when they leave because you just don't know how to be yourself again without them.  They are my soul-sistas.  I love them so very much.  We ate everything in site, shopped till we dropped, laughed our buns off and cried a little too.  Oh I miss them.  
Left to Right: Me, Mendie, Jessica, Staci, Nikki, and Janette
Eating lunch in Balboa Island.

Then came Jaxon's Open House at school. Adorable.  Here are a couple of his Cute things...


The only Mormon kid in class and he wants to drink coffee every morning...he cracks me up.


He was so proud to show us around!

Ella got this dress from a friend of ours ( thank you Jamie!) and her life hasn't been the same since.  She wears it ALL the time.

She calls herself  "tink-a-bell pincess".

We had a little mommie/daughter double date with our friends Shannon and her daughter Kaylee. We took the girls to see the Children's Theater version of The Little Mermaid.  The girls were in HEAVEN. They sat perfectly still through the entire performance.  We got to meet Ariel afterward...but Prince Erik was all Ella was after.  ( I am in major trouble with this little one!). 
Ella and Kaylee...these girls are gonna be trouble.

She wanted Prince Erik to hold her...not Ariel.

Jaxon got glasses....oh my gosh.  He looks so cute.  Like Clark Kent.

Adorbs.

Jax had to dress up at George Washington for school last week.  He is FINALLY done with 2nd grade. Year round school is tough during the summer. He gets a week off...then he starts 3rd grade!!  

George Washington...So. Darn. Cute.

As the summer goes on, Ella turns into more of a little ham as the days go on.  Oh how I love my kiddos.  

She wears these everywhere we go.
She started doing her "monkey face" again.  :)

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Calico Ghost Town

We headed back in time on Memorial Day!  We spent the day in Calico Ghost Town which is about an hour away. The kids had a great time!  We rode the train- panned for gold- roped pretend cows- tour a mine-and walked through a magic house. It was hotter then heck...but we still managed to have fun!


Riding the train


Jail


In the Silver mine.

Melting...on the train.

Loved being in a "hole".