California

A couple of weeks ago I treated myself to two and a half days of "girl-time". I flew down to California for the wedding of one of my favorite room-mates, Millie!

Lisa, the girl who endured me as her roommate for 3 years, is 38 weeks pregnant in this picture...you'd never know! She has since had her little boy! We got in late and I was starving. So in classic roommate style we headed over to the Cheesecake Factory at 10:30pm. I think the food tasted good. I'm pretty sure I was asleep though!

Chelsea, Me, and Lisa

The second day we woke up and headed to the beach. Chelsea showed us around her home town of Laguna. So cute and so fun. This was the Zinc Cafe for breakfast.

One of my favorite parts of the trip was courtesy of Chelsea's cousin. We spent the day at this private beach/house. So beautiful. So quiet, so relaxing...SO FUN!

Luckily for us the sun came out and all clouds disappeared!

I should have considered a rotation to the stomach. My front half got fried!!

After the beach we headed over to see Millie at her Wedding Dinner. What a beautiful program, I couldn't be more happy for her!

Lisa-Chelsea-Millie-Me

I was determined to get my feet rubbed and painted before I headed back to the real life. We snuck over there between the wedding and reception. Loved it!

LA Temple

The happy couple. I LOVE the expression on Millie's face. She was by far the most animated/excited/happy bride I have seen. So beautiful.

Love you Girls, thanks for the wonderful weekend!

*And as a side note I have to say that the best part of my trip was returning to my sweet little family.

I missed them so much.

Triathalon

About a month ago my dad competed in the Salem Sprint Triathlon. The kids and I headed down to cheer him on. I have to admit, this was the first race I have ever been to. How exciting!! The atmosphere just gets the adrenaline in your blood pumping. I wanted to do it so bad...next year! I was so proud of my dad. He has been working/ training for this for a while now. What an inspiration. I think we should all do a triathlon when we are 53...way to go dad!

Crazy Kids

Poor Quinn woke up one morning to his mother nagging him about how long his hair was getting and how bad he needed a haircut. He of course refused. He hates getting his hair cut. what two year old doesn't? But I thought I could play the "your-gonna-look-like-a-girl" card. yeah, that didn't work. They had way too much fun doing his hair.

Of course I won in the end. He got his hair cut that day. However I am posting this so late that he in fact needs another haircut...

Memorial Day Weekend

What a fun weekend we had. Adam was able to get work off on Friday, so Thursday night we headed down to St. George. The first day was spent at the park, the pool, lunch from Tom's Deli, naps, puzzles, the Pizza Factory, hiking the 'dixie' rock, butterscotch dipped cones, and a beautiful walk/bike ride... fantastic day.

For some funny reason when I took this picture, Anna made a surprised face. I thought it was so funny....then she made it in every picture there after!

The next morning we got up, ate breakfast, and headed down to Leeds for our favorite hike that is supposed to be a secret. Too bad half of st. george was there. Regardless the kids had a blast. The water was high and we got there before the crowds.

Odd pose, but I think she is weirded out by the feel of the rocks and sand...hopefully!

After our hike we got some lunch and headed back over to the pool.

Before our first day at the pool, we went to old navy to get some sunglasses. Success!

Later we took the kids to Fiesta Fun. They rode the kiddie go-karts but the steering wheels were really hard to turn. The guy just told me to hop on the back and steer for him...ok?!

Anna got Q to open his mouth for this picture. so funny.

This picture made me smile. You know how when you sleep on an air mattress regardless of how great it is, you gotta fill it up with air after the 2nd night?! Well this was after the 3rd night. The kids slept in a hammock. They didn't move the whole night. Best night of sleep had by all!

Absolutely wonderful weekend. The weather was ideal, the children were happy, husband was/is perfect... doesn't get much better than that! Thank you St. George for more fabulous memories.