Utah Trip

In keeping with the road trip theme, we drove to Utah for Easter/General Conference.  The kids did great on the drive.  It is amazing how fast 9 hours goes when you are busy entertaining three little ones.  One the way up, we put the kids in the car at 3am and started our drive.  We thought they would all sleep until St. George.  They didn't.  The baby did, luckily, but  Ryan was awake the whole trip! He was a trooper.  We made a stop in St. George and hiked around a bit.  It was just what we needed.  

We were able to spend Easter with Brett's brother and his family.  It is always fun to see cousins.

I also got to spend time with wonderful friends.  We had a mini college roommate reunion ( minus an important two).  I sure love those girls.  We all just had babies with in a few months of each other and they got to meet.  We didn't get a picture of all of them, but here is Jace with his future college roomie.

On the tail end of the trip we got to catch the Saturday session of General Conference with my family.  Well, Brett did.  I have an attached baby who doesn't like me to leave him. 

We were all wiped out at the end of the trip.  Luke fell fast asleep during lunch and nothing could wake him up.  We drove home on a Saturday night and drove all through the night.  Never doing that again.  

Gotta love UTAH!

We Love San Diego

 We really love San Diego. Back in March (time is flying) we went down there twice.  The first time was for a quick day trip to Sea World with our good friends, the Randalls.  

Jace checking out the fish.  He was amazed.

I am not used to having a fair skinned bald baby so i had to buy him a hat there.  He looked pretty cute!

 Later in the month, we drove down again to stay with our dear friends, the Galvins.  We are so excited that they moved to San Diego so we can come visit a lot!  We had such a blast. We spent the evening at Mission Bay where the kids found real jelly fish that had come right up to the shore.  Needless to say, there was no wading in the water that night.  We spent the next day checking out the tide pools and light houses.  It was a perfect trip. 

Look at all those boys!  Too much fun!

Within five minutes of getting in the car to drive home, this happened.  That is a sign of a good trip!

Fun Weekend with Family (In March)

We had a fun weekend with Aunt Staley and Uncle Michael... back in March sometime.  I don't know what happened to February.  I am sure it was great.  

Staley and Michael brought some tatoos for the boys, which they loved.

 We headed to the park for a beautiful afternoon of bubbles and swinging.  I love these pictures that Staley took for us!

Making faces in the mirror at dinner.  Made for some good entertainment!

January 2013

2013 is slipping away and I haven't even posted anything about the year!  Once a month posts are all I can hope for right now, so let's play catch up!

January started out right with a New Year's Eve Party at our good friends, the Randall's, house.  We had so much fun.  The kids got to stay up until midnight(or pretty dang close), which they loved.  They next day they didn't love it so much, but one night a year won't hurt.  We got up early the next morning to hit up the Rose Parade.  We love this tradition.  We are pretty spoiled and get to sit in great seats with great friends.  

The boys at the Rose Parade with "grandpa Craig"  and buddies, Warren and Vincent.

We spent the night at my parents' house New Years day and went on an adventure with good friend, Lorraine and her kids. He parents live right next to mine so we get to see each other and hang out with our kids.  Lucky us!!

Our walk turned into a wagon ride down a hill to the fire station where we got a little tour.   

This is what happened when we took down our Christmas decorations.  Luke had an absolute meltdown!  Every ornament we took off the tree, he would put right back on.  He was sobbing and singing Jingle Bells at the same time.  It was the saddest and funniest thing ever. Poor guy.  I don't like it when Christmas is over either!

We got a little taste of winter here when it snowed for a few minutes!  We were in church when it happened so we had to head outside (during class) to play!  We couldn't miss the only snow day we would have for the next year or two!

The snow didn't last long.  January in CA did not disappoint.  It is one of my favorite months of the year.  It is usually bright and sunny and clear most days.  Which makes it perfect for orange picking!!  Oh, how I miss those oranges already.  There is nothing like a fresh orange off of a tree. 

Family Bowling Trip

Over the Christmas break, we went bowling with the whole family ( still playing catch up). Good times were had by all!

He can fit in bowling shoes!

Sweet uncle Ty and the big Ry

Michael practicing being a dad.

Too much fun for Luke

He is so good with babies.  And he is single.

Our Baby is Growing

Since it has been 6 months, it is time for an update on Jace.  

To say that this little guy has me wrapped around his little finger is an understatement.

 He is such a momma's boy and is the most attached of all my boys so far.  At 6 months, he already cries when anyone else holds him.  Which isn't good, for example, when I am giving a talk in church and a sweet lady from our ward tries to help out and Jace is screaming and I can't concentrate... but despite that, I don't mind one bit.  He wants me to hold him all the time and is the happiest most content little guy if I am. 

 He has a quick smile for everyone and a sweet demeanor.  His dark brown eyes are enough to melt all people who glance his way.

 He has rolled over multiple times, but doesn't do it regularly.  He would rather be held.  

He can sit for a short time and seems to like being able to see what is going on.  

He loves food.  He has eaten everything I have given him with no problem.  Especially sweet potato fries. 

He does NOT sleep through the night.  I take that back... he will sleep most of the night IF he is snuggled in my arms.  And I let him.  See, I am a sucker for this kid.  He is only a baby once, I say. 

 We love this little guy so much.