Seven Years Already

It's been seven years today since I married the man of my dreams and I can't believe how fast it has gone! That day was perfect, and it still is! Thanks Babe for 7 wonderful years. Here's to seven more, and seven more, and seven more....

Surpise For My Boys

Our big project for the summer was to get a sand box in for Justus. I was really wanting it done fast so that he could enjoy it the whole summer, but things have been so busy, we could only get bits and pieces of it done here and there. Dustin has been on over time at work the past couple weeks so project sand box was really sitting on the back burner, looming over our heads. Last Thursday, I decided it had to be done. While Dustin was a work I called my handy dandy brother, Brian and roped him into my project (thanks a million Bri! It would have been sitting there undone for who knows how long without you!). Long story short- dump truck driver, Bri in backhoe, me armed with shovels and a rake- PROJECT COMPLETE!!!! Nice surprise for Dustin and Baby (amazingly he took a nap during the majority of the process)! I can't even tell you how excited I am to have this checked of the "to-do" list.

Sea World

We spent one day at Sea World with Nicole's and Brian's families. It was so much fun. We just didn't have enough time to see everything... is there ever enough time??? Justus loved the whales. He just watched so amazed- and it was pretty darn cool. Another favorite was the play ground, I think Justus could have stayed there all day and been in heaven. We were disappointed that the dolphin show was closed. They have a new dolphin show that just opened this week that they were getting ready for... whatever! I guess it gives us an excuse to go again! We had such an awesome trip, our only regret is that it couldn't last longer (you know, like a couple weeks longer! ;) ). We had a blast! Thanks family for making it so much fun, we have to do it again for sure!

Beach Days

There is nothing better than walking out your door onto a beautiful beach, with the sun shining and the waves crashing. We spent Wednesday and Saturday just soaking it all in... really wish we could have spent a few more days doing just that and only that! There was a playground right on the beach just up from where we were... could my son ask for more???? Worlds biggest sandbox and a slide and stairs to go with?! This was Heaven for Monkey Man! We bought some boogie boards when we got down there- we first tried it in Mazatlan and loved it there, so we knew it was going to be one of our first things we did. The water was a bit colder, but it was just fine once you got in and riding the waves! :)

It's A Small World After All

Tuesday we went to Disneyland and had a ball! It felt like we hardly saw anything- we really needed a couple more days there, but we had a great time with the one day we had. Justus by far loved Toon Town the most. He wanted to test drive every car and run crazy through every house. He loved meeting the characters, he thought they were pretty cool. We did the Disney Get-A-Day program so it cost us a grand total of $10 (plus parking) to get in! Score, eh?? The volunteer thing led to us (the whole family, except Brent's because they were off playing somewhere else, but as you can see from the last picture, that made for a great cheering section!) being chosen to be in their parade. I was thinking, lame... but it ended-up being so much fun. We rode in a big open car and Justus was able to run back and forth checking out people on both sides, cheering and waving just for him ;) My favorite ride, Space Mountain! I remember not liking it because it seemed really rough from the last time I was there (6th grade), but this time... it was pretty sweet. We were able to do a baby swap thing at all the rides, so that worked out really nicely. Bryn got to ride most of the rides twice because the baby swap passes allowed 4 people to jump to the front of the line, so she took advantage of every chance she got. It was so fun having kids of all different ages to do everything. They were all so good and had such a great time... we'll have to do it again as soon as possible!

Hello Oceanside!

We spent last week living it up in Oceanside, CA. We rented a beach house for the week. My parents, brother's Brent and Brian, sister Nicole and their families all came along to soak up some rays. We got there Saturday afternoon and just reveled in the warmth of the day (it was snowing as we left Cache Valley) and the amazing beach house- it was awesome! Sunday we did a lot of walking; on the beach, on the pier, down Oceanside streets. We eventually made our way to San Diego to see the temple there and check-out Old Town.
Monday Dustin, Brian, Cassie, and I headed to Burbank to catch the Tonight Show with Jay Leno!!! It was great, our seats were amazing (2nd row and we have no idea how we scored such fabulous seats- there were a ton of people in front of us and the people behind us in line were about halfway back in the audience... so go us! ;) ). We even got to shake Jay's hand. Yes, we are now famous, that is if you happened to watch the Tonight Show on May 3rd and caught the millisecond view of our heads at the beginning of the show. That is the only picture we got- no cameras allowed on the grounds, so whatever, we'll take a picture of the little sign and have that as a memento. It was such a fun week, and I have lots of pictures to post... which I will slowly but surely do!

Cute Cousins

I love that Justus is getting old enough to start actually playing with his cousins, especially this one, Madoc. He is the closest to Justus's age on Dustin's side. He is with this little guy 4-6 days a week, so they better get along! They were playing so great together so I decide to hurry and throw a few dishes in the dishwasher. When I looked over to see how they were doing, this is what I saw. I had to laugh! What funny boys!