Happy Birthday Geoff!

My mom put this picture up and I love it! Happy birthday to an incredible husband, father, uncle, nursery leader, brother, and friend. You are an amazing person and I admire you so much! Thank you for letting me marry your best friend!!!!! I am forever indebted to you! We love you and hope you have a wonderful day!

Bowling Fun!

A few weeks ago Ryan's friend Jared came to stay with us. We decided to take the kids bowling for the first time! They loved it! The boys were hilarious! They would jump up and down and yell, "GO, GO, GO" as the ball rolled down the lane and then when it would hit the pins they would jump up and down again and say "YES, YES, YES!" Daddy and Easton!Geoff and Aria!Mommy and Brady!Best friends for life!

Our No Good Very Bad Day...

Yesterday Ryan did not have to be at class until 10:00 so I decided to take advantage of him being home in the morning and go work out. As soon as I walked in he left and the boys and I started our normal daily routine. I went upstairs to get their clothes and what did I see when I walked upstairs?Yep, crayon on the door. I was a kind of mad but thought whatever until I walked into my bathroom and saw this.and then in the toy room this.The anger was slowly building up as I walked around and saw crayon EVERYWHERE. I came downstaris and got the boys, put them in their room in time out and shut the door. I called my mom and of course she thought it was funny! She starting googling how to get crayon off walls and I started trying the methods but everything was taking the paint off. I finally calmed down and went and got the boys and showed them why they were in trouble. They proceeded to walk me around the house and point out all the many places they had colored. I decided maybe I would laugh about this later so I decided to record our tour. This is really for my mom because she thinks it is hysterical. It is kind of long and boring but shows what a wonderful job they did!One of the things my mom googled did actually work! Who would have thought? Thank you Shea for saving my sanity and bringing it over! I am telling you this stuff was a miracle worker, it came right off!

Can you tell how sorry they were?!? As my mom kept reminding me, at least no one got hurt. I told her that is why she had 7 kids, maybe I should stop at 2! I continue to find more of their artwork I originally missed including on the TV, windows, and my tile floor. Lets just say I was glad when yesterday was over!

Pebble Beach Continued...

After Scott and Shea left we didn't take very many pictures but here are a few!

One day Ryan took Brady and left me and Easton behind. We hung out on the front porch and watched the sunsetHere is the amazing sunset!We played at the Dennis The Menace park which is so fun! The boys loved it!The boys climbed the rock wall! Rode the zipline! Played in this old train with our daddy! Ryan is still a little kid at heart! I love this picture of my boys!We had such a great trip! It was so fun to be able to spend time together as a family with no work or school! Thank you to Ryan's mom and dad and especially Grandma White for making our trip so wonderful!

Pebble Beach

We had a wonderful time in California. It was so fun to spend time with Ryan's parents and Granmda White! We also loved having Scott, Shea, Scottee, and Hadlee there for some of the trip. Here is a recap in pictures!
Easton and Daddy on the airplane!Brady and Scottee!I love this picture! Scottee was so excited to be on the airplane and carry her Dora suitcase!As soon as we got there we had dinner and Grandpa started playing with and reading to the kids. He is such a great Grandpa!On Saturday we went with Grandma to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The kids loved it and were we not all starving and time for a nap, we could have stayed longer. That night we walked out on the golf course and saw the beautiful sunset!After we got the kids in bed we had fun playing Bananagrams! I think we got Shea hooked. The next day we decided to take the kids to the beach and let them play in the sand. The weather was beautiful but the water was freezing. They didn't seem to care and had no problem getting wet. They started out fully clothed and ended up completely naked. I was so embarrassed but they were having so much fun I tried not to care. I didn't take any pictures of that! There were dogs running wild all over the beach and they didn't even seem to bother Brady and Easton. If you know my kids (or me) at all you would know this was shocking. At the end of this video there was a dog bigger than me that almost took Easton out. You can kind of see the shadow of it. It was so funny/scary. Our cute family on the beach!As you can see we had a wonderful time with Scott and Shea! They went home that night and our family stayed a few more days! Stay tuned...pictures from those days to come!

Easton Gary

We recently found out Brady and Easton kind of know their ABCs and can count to 10. The things your kids learn when you let them watch TV. (I know I am such a good mom but I bet you do it too.) When we were in Cali Ryan took Brady to the store and I was hanging out with Easton on the porch and took this video. He usually can do it better than this but was a little distracted but I thought this was pretty funny! Here you go Abbey!

What do you get when you combine...

Cheap airfare ($40 round trip)A beautiful view on a golf course.Grandparents we love.and our best friends?!?

A MUCH NEEDED VACATION! We are headed to Pebble Beach today! Have a great week!