The Lazy Days of May: Waterfight Anyone???

The day before the wedding we all met together to have brunch at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Grandpa of course was responsible for the entertainment. Here he is passing out waterguns to Zion, Dallin, Jacob, and Emily.
Grandma and Grandpa's yard also happens to have a drinking fountain in which all their grandchildren enjoy. It was very helpful in providing the ammunition for the waterfight. (Until, Zion, the oldest thought about the hose. They get to be so resourceful. :)!!) Most of the little ones, Isaac included thought that it was the best place to hang out.

Mike is never one to pass up a chance to get in on all the fun. They had a difficult time getting him too.

Isaac doing his part during the waterfight. He is solely responsible in getting himself wet too. But boy, do you blame him it is the only chance he has in serving himself his own drink.

It is such a serious matter.

And so much fun! I wonder if he is aware of the waterfight going on.

He had a difficult time when it all came to an end.

The Lazy Days of May!

Isaac, Lillie Kate and I were able to go to Utah early and celebrate my sisters graduation, wedding and birthday. We also loved playing with our cousins. This is Lillie and Tienna who are about one month apart. Tienna is so cute and has gotten so big. We loved seeing her parents as well. On May 10th we were able to celebrate Cesily's birthday. Happy 29th Ces! My sister Kalise is holding Lillie, Isaac is a super hero with a bubble wrap cape, thanks to his cousins Dallin and Zion who helped him learn the super power of flying around the house. Zion is sporting the red shirt.

Isaac modeling his mother's mascara on his eyelids right before church.

Reality Bites too!

Well, April has come and so did my birthday! My brother had to call me and tell me congratulations for entering a new decade. The horrors! I just wish that blowing out the candles gave more wisdom as well as grace and possibly more patience. Isaac has developed into being a small Picasso. I feel like everywhere I turn there is some new picture on the wall. My favorite were the two huge portraits he drew during his nap time when Daddy forgot to take out the crayons he put in Isaac's pocket earlier. Picasso.. need I say more. Not Monet. As for my birthday I had cheesecake. I have had three different kinds of cheesecake in the last week. I don't know if this is a confession or some type of craving but as the guy said at the Cheesecake Factory.. The vanilla bean cheesecake compliments the Godiva. By the way.. Godiva cheesecake is GLUTEN FREE!!!!!
Lilllie bug is so much fun and is such a good little girl. She loves to laugh and to smile. She is now crawling around and prefers to eat our Friend magazines. They must be tastier than the Ensign or the Cooking Light. She also likes to play with the blinds and get into Daddy's cords that lay so neatly under the computer. :) We are trying to help her walk or atleast practice putting one foot in front of the other instead of putting one foot on top of the other. I love my children.. I am so blessed to have them in my life. They are definately my gift from a loving Heavenly Father.

Reality Bites!!!

Well, It has been a month and then some since my last post. Abbie, I've got to hand it to you for the push. I was hoping to post my Easter pics of the children on time. Mike has been able to get a few Fridays off and we have been able to make a few trips. The tar pits, the soda pop shop, and to San Diego to watch Marisa play volleyball. During the last trip we were also able to meet up with my parents which was great. Isaac loved to see PaPa again as well as Grammy. But of course the trip was way too short.




Lillie's First Easter... Isaac's 2nd official Easter egg hunt. Daddy helping with the candy.

Lillie's eight month photo! So happy!

Here we are at La Brie Tar pits!
It was fun to drive into the middle
of LA. LA is a big city. Mike's highlight
was going to a soda pop shop up by
Pasadena where they have about 34 different kinds of
Root beer along with many many different kinds of soda. No Kidding! I think we bought 2-3 different kinds and tasteda rose petal and a cucumber soda. On the way to San Diego we had to stop by again and pick up more root beer, along with a black cherry, mexican sarsparilla, vanilla and chocolate soda. Well, now Mike is very particular about his rootbeer. The only Rootbeer that you can drink should come from a real tree and sweetened with sugar cane and not corn syrup.

March Madness......

I promised my sister weeks ago that I would post new pics of the children. Well here they are in all their glory.. I actually got Isaac to stay still for a couple of seconds because he was otherwise engaged in the finishing of his daddy's shake, even after he had finished his icecream cone. What can I say he really enjoys his icecream enough to wear it and redecorate his carseat. Soo..Baskin Robbins Anyone????

Lillie 71/2 months old. She is a very happy little girl. She just got her first tooth a week ago and wasn't really that fussy. Issac on the other hand had fevers and was up most of the night. Two things that Mike said about her was.. she likes to eat and empty out all the toys from her bucket. Which is true but she also likes to laugh and loves it when Isaac plays peekaboo.

Mike took Isaac to scout camp last weekend. So here he is in the tent. He was really good and loved camping in the "big house."

Where Did February Go... Can I get my mind back?

Hello family and friends,

We are all doing well. Yes, the rumors are true! We are expecting our third child in September!


Isaac is starting to put more sentences together which are usually commands, commands that he uses towards Lillie. "Lillie, mommy says no! Mommy says no, Lillie." and "No touching Lillie." What can I say, he must have gotten those commands from somewhere. :). Lillie has the damsel in distress act down so don't feel sorry for her. When Isaac takes her toy away she already cries and screams as if her whole world has come to an end. And maybe in a 7 1/2 month old it really has.
Several of Isaac's goals are learning how to share, learning that all the toys are not his, and he can't play with every toy at the same time. LOL!

Two year olds you have got to love them and the motto that they all live by: "What's mine is mine, what's yours is mine, what you came in with is mine, if I want it it's mine, if I don't want it it's mine...."

Last Saturday, Mike and I took our children to the Santa Barbara Zoo. It was a little bit chilly but we wanted to take the children anyway. Isaac's favorite part was probably seeing the snakes, monkeys, elephants, parrots, and the McCaws. Santa Barbara is a small zoo so we were able to see all of it in 2 hours. We stopped and ate a picnic lunch at the beach where we watched the boats come into the harbor. The beach wasn't crowded at all because of the weather.