BBQ and Spa

We had a nice little BBQ and Scott made of some yummy burgers! Kelli was his little helper and just loved to follow Brody (the dog) around.. Poor thing!
(sorry about the glare... I took it through the window!)

Larissa in the hot tub trying to keep and eye and hand on each of the kids...
Larissa trying to teach Kelli how to float on her back... Kelli was laughing so hard! She didn't quite get it but I think a few more time in there and she would of had it down.. she actually trys to do that in the bath tub now and says.."I go bummin' with Rissa!" She loves Scott and Larissa and talks about them all the time!
Brooklyn wanting to go in the "big" pool... Talk about a little dare devil!
Kelli kept wanting to go in the big pool as well and would drag Larissa with her... Kelli would get waiste deep and say.."I go in the other pool" and her and Larissa would book it to the hot tub.. It wasn't cold in the pool but coming from the hot tub..... it wasn't something that anyone would really want to just dive right into. (unless you're samantha)
Thankyou so much Scott and Larissa for letting us and a bunch of young kids take over your house! We always have so much fun when we get to come down and see you guys and we appreciate you always being willing to open your house to everyone! Hopefully we'll be able to come down and see you again soon! Thanks again!

The Islands

You can only imagine what she is thinking in her head..."Mom! A chocolate milkshake?! You're the best mom EVER!"

My favorite place that I have to hit, other than my real food group of Thrifty's Ice Cream, is The Islands! I love their Northshore Chicken Tacos and of coarse my Cool Breeze drink. I even took a picture of my drink with my phone and sent it to Danny! Ah dang... so delicous! The wonderful mother that I am, I didn't want to share my drink with Kelli... so I got her a chocolate shake!! She had a few frys and drank her whole shake! That's my girl!!!

After words we went to Larissa's work and went shopping at the warehouse. We had to get our hubbies something!! After all, we are eating the best food ever.. its the least we could do!

BUMMIN'

Brooklyn and Kelli bummin'.... thats what Kelli calls swimmin'! Kelli thought she was so big.. she didn't want to use a floater and wanted to be able to jump from side to side like Sami!

Scott trying to hold on to Brooklyn and Kelli.... doesn't seem like it would be that hard but Brooklyn was a crazy person in the water... she was like trying to roll all over the water and was throwing her body around.... trying to hold onto a wet infant isn't as easy as it looks... slippy little one!

It was so much fun to be able to just hang out and chill and then be able to go out back at Scotts house and jump in the pool... and by we I dont mean ME! I got in once.. but during the day but thats enough of that. Kelli loved it so much but she's not scared of the water... so Scott had to lock us in with 'caution/construction" tape on his french doors that are all over his house cause Kelli kept escaping and trying to get in the pool... NOT COOL! We even had a little fire one night and roasted marshmellows and of coarse... Kelli loved it and had it all over her face! It was awesome. She was in heaven.

El Torito Grill

Here at El Torito Grill... the kids didn't want to sit with us at the table... they wanted to sit by the window and look out at the cars and the "ball in the sky.. AKA the sun"

My mom, Scott, Me, and Larissa... Michelle was taking the picture. We even said it was my birthday so we could get some Flan! It was so good... my birthday isn't too far away!! Later that night when I talked to Danny I said..."oh and they sang to me for my birthday!" and it was silent on the other end and then he said.." WHAT? What month is it?" I just laughed and said..."well mine was the next one... its pretty close" I guess I should of been more clear on that.. poor thing thought he forgot my birthday!

The main thing on our agenda when we went down to Cali was to hit all of our favorite restaurants and to of coarse eat as much THRIFTY's ice cream that we possibly could. Our family all time favorite down by Scotts house is El Torito Grill... They have yummy home made tortillas, honey butter, and delicious salsa!! We just eat as much of that as we can and usually end up taking most of our dinner home in a 'to-go' box! Oh man... Its so good. Recommended for anyone going down there soon...

San Clemente Beach.
We went one afternoon to the beach to let the kids run around and play. It was kind of windy so we didn't swim but they had some swings and a slide for the kids the play on. It was so fun to be there and to watch the kids be so excited and curious about it all.. Last time we were in Cali with Kelli she was only a year old so she didn't get to really enjoy it! Hopefully we'll be able to go down soon again in the fall and Danny can play with Kelli in the water...(I'm too chicken to get in.. SHARKS!)


Brooklyn, Kelli, and Sami swinging on the swings together! They thought they were sooo BIG!

Kelli was pointing to the boats that were out on the ocean.. After this I taught her the 'oh so fun' game of chasing the waves and running away from them... she was laughing so hard she could hardly run.

Sami and Kelli digging in the wet sand... Sami was telling her to look for something and Kelli was trying to find it for her. I love this picture! Isn't the ocean so pretty?!?!

California Here We Come!

This was about 6 hours into our drive down to Cali. The kids were so good! I was so impressed... and I dont know if its cause I wasn't back there but I didn't even get irritated with the yelling and fighting that was happenin in the back seat!! All I could hear was Michelle saying, "Kelli! We dont throw toys!" When we got to Scott's and I was cleaning out the car... I realized what she ment... Toys were EVERYWHERE! I just want to think that Kelli was trying to share with Brooklyn who was infront of her on a different seat!

My sister Michelle, my mom, and I decided to take a quick weekend trip to So. Cali to see my brother Scott and Larissa! It was definatly not long enough especially since we drove down and to top it off.... we brought a 2 year old Kelli, a 1 year old Brooklyn, and a 4 year old Sami. Doesn't that sound like fun?!?! I know what you're thinking....." uh, no it doesn't" but the kids were actually really good and we even drove straight through on the way down and no one even complained! Miracle? I think so.... since none of them took a nap.... (Brooklyn took 2 half hour naps but those dont really count.. lol.) Thanks to my sister for sitting in the back and keeping the kids busy and changing the movies for them (thanks heavens for technology!) and to top it all off.... what pregnant person goes on a driving trip??? I would like to say "sorry" to my mom and sister for making us stop so frequently... lol. Here are a few pics of our 'quick trip'!

Fixin' the Kitchen

For Christmas we bought Kelli a play kitchen which she totally loves and plays with daily. But when we put it together we were missing parts and there were a few cracks on some of the panels. After months of looking for the instructions manual that had her make # on if for ordering more parts, I found it right where it should be, filed away! So a project that I thought was only going to take a few minutes turned into a project that lasted a few hours! Little did I know, that some of the main panels that hold the kitchen together were the ones that were cracked and broken, so Danny had to take the whole kitchen apart again. Kelli was so kind to help her dad work.... Danny 'greatly' appreciated it! While I watched from the Love Sac.. (Three's a crowd, dont you think?)


Kelli insisting on screwing in a screw, ''ALL BY HERSELF"..... which is her new 'motto'