Our Memorial Day

I don't usually take my camera to the beach...it's just one more thing to carry, and keep track of. But since JEFF WAS HOME, I repeat, Jeff was home! I splurged. We had a fun time, but I was FREEZING, and wishing that I had a hoodie on!

Max helping out

pre-walk to the beach, post-sun-screening

our trek to the sand. Stinkin' everyone and their dogs were there. really, everyone had a dog. Ives loved it.

Here are some of my fav shots. Ivy and I sitting on our beach chairs eating cucumbers...YUM! Thanks for the mini chairs, S & B..we LOVE them!

Max and his crazy stunts!

He was so cute to watch! Actually, my favorite part was every couple of minutes, Max would turn around to look for us. He kept mistaking the bald guy next to us for Jeff, and he kept waving at him. hee hee. I think the guy finally clued in on it, but it was making us laugh!

and once Ivy finished snacking, she took an interest in the water...DANG! But thank goodness Jeff was there so I could sit my booty directly in the warm sand to try and soak up it's warmth. brrrr!

We had a fun little holiday!

Guest Blogging and Giveaway Alert!

Hey guys! I just wanted to let you know that onTuesday, June 1st, I'll be guest blogging for my first time on a cute new craft blog, Lil' Luna. (click on the name to go there). Kristyn has really, really fun ideas, and I'm so excited to be a part of what she's got going on! Check it out

Several of my friends have asked me about this amazing little bib...I know, it's not much to look at, but it is fabulous to slip right over your kids clothes and soak up any mess they could possibly make! And, you don't need anything crazy to make it! So, if you are interested in making one, this is the tutorial that I'm sharing on Lil' Luna. AND if you don't feel like making one, you can enter to win the zebra one that I made. Details on tuesday at lil' luna!

Soooo, on Tuesday (or before), make it a point to head on over there, and enter to win!

Get excited!

One Reason why I love...

...Disneyland.

this is what happens: the non-napper naps. woodoggy! And no amount of noise from Ivy or me will wake him!

Steeeeve

So, these two weren't around me much to take any pictures, but Jeff's oldest brother Steeeeve came over for a quick trip to Six Flags for Jeff's Christmas present, and then an Angels game to top it off. They came home from Six Flags giddy, and I KNOW that this is all they did all day long:

If you can't tell, they are laughing hysterically. As Becky says, those two would have fun if they were scrubbing toilets!" Just don't ask me what they were laughing about.

And of course our kids love uncle Steeeve... we only got a minute with him, but we LOVED the minute. Come again, and bring the girls next time! Thanks for coming Steve! love you!

My Birthday!

Today, I turned 28 and I had such a fun day!

I got to spend the day with 2 of my very favorite people ever:

we ran a couple errands, went to the grocery, the post office, yadayada...stopped and got a little bit of this:

and then stopped and got a little bit of this:

Seriously, could it get any better?

Yep {and I'm stinkin' mad that I didn't get my camera out} but my cute friends all came over to play, they made yummy strawberry daiquiris and strawberry yumminess cupcakes and we just chilled in the backyard, and watched the kids get dirty. I just love to be with the people that I love, and I am so BLESSED with amazing friends and family!

ummm...and can I mention how cool facebook is? where everyone in the whole-world-ever remembers your birthday! how fun is that?! I loved how full my 'wall' was, loved how full my text message inbox was, and how often my phone rang today. Birthdays are so fun!

and the great thing is...I get another day! (jeff wasn't home today, and don't feel bad because how can you turn down 2 birthdays for the price of 1!)

sheesh!

My sister was making fun of me because I haven't posted anything in forever. (well, it's probably normal for regular people, but not for me) Were you worried? I have no idea what we've been doing, we have not been too busy, we have not done anything crazy awesome, but I guess that's why I haven' t posted...it's life as usual: park, treasure hunt walks, playing in the backyard, playin' dress up...nothing. BUT, here are some random pieces of our "usual"...

practicing our squatting,

getting as much daddy time as we can squeeze in because the MLB draft is coming up you know, and our daddy is MIA most of the time,

dressing up like feivel Mousekawitz,

sprouting a 3rd tooth, finally,

being BatMax,

and playing outside...

Ivy was hilarious on this scooter. She stood on it, how she is, and moved her left foot over and over and over in the air like she was pushing herself along. Evidently she's been watching someone!

Max got to play with a neighbor, Salma, that is his age for the first time...they like racing back and forth across the parking lot on their scooters...

life is good

Something Awesome to Read

http://memoriesoncloverlane.blogspot.com/2010/05/mothers-faith-interview_11.html

A blog I stalk had an author of one of my favorite blogs (which I also stalk) write about religion and motherhood. (Clover Lane is having several women of different faiths do this).

Well, I've never met Shawni, but I DO know her brother, and she happens to also be a good friend of my sister-in-law, which makes me feel like I know her, and I stinkin' WANT to know her. You'll see why if you read this. Her blog is amazing, she has such an awesome perspective on things, and such a fun voice.

I thought I'd share what she wrote about her family, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and being a mom.

Enjoy!

Happy Mothers Day

I'm so blessed to be a mom to these two kiddos

and so blessed for the examples of great Mothers all around me...MY mom, Jeff's Mom, Grandmas, sisters, aunts, cousins and friends. I look up to ALL of you, and am grateful this day to reflect on how I measure up to what kind of mother I really want to be.

Happy Mother's Day!

Swimming Lessons

Max started his swimming lessons today, and I'm so excited for him to do them! Of course I had to take some pictures of his first day! Brooke was so cute with him, and I KNOW he had a fun time!

Here comes summer! woo hoo!