Memorial Day

 

Yes, I'm still playing catch up!  On Memorial Day, we went to the beach with family and friends. 

 I'm so grateful this little one is cute because she was such a bear on the drive! 

 

She is a crib snob and won't sleep anywhere other than her crib at home.  She will doze off for a few minutes in her car seat, but no real nap for this little princess.   Luckily, she was thrilled by the sand between her toes and the icy water as it raced around her little legs!

 She was all smiles sitting on the shore and eating lunch with Daddy!  I'm sure it helped that we gave it and let her eat Oreos and Cheetos like the big kids!  Ya, not the best parenting happening that day, but when you spend three hours in the car with a fussy baby, it sort of changes your priorities.

Ashlyn was a good big sister and showed Paige how to dig in the sand.

These two beauties, Lauren and Amber, spend most of their day playing with the sand crabs!

 

 

And of course it wouldn't be a day at the beach if Jessica didn't let someone bury her in the sand!  Good thing she is brave enough to endure the cold water!

 

 The guys set up the volleyball net and everyone had a good time playing together.

I love this crazy girl!

 I'm not exactly sure how or why Nick has a bat in his hand on the volleyball "court"...

My dad enjoyed the game from the sidelines. 

 Austin played a little catch with the football,

 Ashlyn and Gannon played in the waves,

And a few of us even snuck in a little nap

 

Any day with the crew is a good day.

 

Let's Play Music

In May, Ashlyn graduated from her first year in Miss Tiffany's Let's Play Music music class.

I was so impressed with the program and Tiffany!  I have always admired Tiffany's musical talents, but her cheery disposition and happy smile reminded me of Mary Poppins as I watched her teaching the class!  The kids loved her and she did a great job teaching the kids about music and helping them develop a love for it.

Paige was cute watching her big sister preform at her end of the year music recital.

April

Pieces of April:

Paige at the park. 

Jason met us on his lunch break for a little picnic and to play with the girls.

Austin's hair got WAY too long and I convinced him to cut it.

 Besides his forehead needing a tan, I loved it!  He didn't and is growing it back out.  I think it's cute a little longer, but I'm not a fan of super shaggy.

 Jason got the old 50 working and took it for a ride around the neighborhood with Wes.  Cute boys.

 My grandparents came for a short visit.  We always love to see them.

Austin is still spending a lot of time at different skate parks.

He was home long enough one afternoon for me to teach him how to make spaghetti. 

He is adorable with Ashlyn!

Clearly, it goes both ways.  She thinks he's pretty great too!

Ashlyn suddenly became very nervous about being anywhere without me.  She stopped going to preschool and would only go to dance class if I stayed to watch.  It was hard to keep Paige busy while we waited , but I loved watching her practice.

A cat adopted us.  The kids named him Oreo.  Paige LOVES the cat and pats her hand on the front door every morning until someone will take her outside to see if the cat is there.

Jason and I took some of our friend's kids to Mormon Prom in Miss B.  It was fun being part of their night!

And that wraps up April!  Whew!

Magic Mountain

I'm still determined to catch up!  It's been so busy the last 6 months!  Since January, we have closed on 6 houses and have 2 active files in escrow set to close this month!  Our real estate business has kept me BUSY! But I love it!  I've had so much fun meeting new people and having a project to do that has a start and finish.  Most things I do get undone with a few hours.  I do laundry, there is more laundry.  I do the dishes and there are more dirty dishes.  I clean the house and it looks like a hurricane it as soon as I leave the room!  I love my real estate files!  They are clean. They are organized. They have a start and a finish and fun along the way.  We love looking at houses and it's so fun to be part of other people's new adventures too!   Perfect job for me.

April-  I went to Magic Mountain with Lauren and two of her best friends and their moms, who happen to be two of my best friends!  I love how that works!  We pulled the girls out of school for a fun over night girls trip!  We went shopping, relaxed in the hot tub at night and swam in the pool, ate yummy junk food and giggled.  It was fabulous!  We went to Magic Mountain on a Thursday and it was EMPTY!  PERFECT!!!  We got there before it opened. (It had the wrong time on the website.)

The girls could hardly contain their excitement!

 It was so cute to watch them map out where they wanted to go.

I love these two!!

We had the place to ourselves!!

I think we went on every ride in the park!  It was fun because we didn't have to decide what was worth waiting in line for.  We just walked onto any ride we wanted!  I actually got a little sick.  I love roller coasters and never get sick, but I think we went from one to the next so fast that my tummy didn't have time to settle in between rides.

I loved having Lauren all to myself and spending that time with her.  I love Lauren's fearlessness and fun attitude!  It was such a fun day and a memory I cherish.