Bath Time

See if you can guess which parent was in charge of bath time on this night...

Hint #1: The sweet 'do!
Hint #2: Note that the shower curtain was pulled to contain the excessive splashing.
What's your guess?
Yep, it was definitely DADDY!

3D Fun

Our most recent Disneyland trip we actually spent the whole time in California Adventure. We had a great time on all the kid and pregnancy friendly rides before finishing up the night on the Toy Story ride. The wait time said 40 minutes (which for Season Pass holders is outrageous!) but we decided to do it anyway. An hour later, we got our glasses and loaded on for a wild ride.

Looking good!
The self-portrait versions is even better!
We had a ton of fun and have definitely converted the Changs to the Toy Story experience. They were quite skeptical after the forever-long wait, but ended up loving it! Success! ;)

Grandma is Amazing!

Libby is one spoiled girl! Diann sent her this amazing kyoko that she made. Libby was so excited to get to wear it to church and thought it was so cool that her doll got a matching one. Thanks for sharing your incredible talents with us, Grandma!

Two Great Presents!

I was incredibly spoiled for my birthday again this year - as always - but one of my presents really stood out! Brad got me an area rug for our family room! After we re-did our floors 6 months ago, we've been in need of an area rug but just hadn't made it happen yet. So, leave it to my amazing husband to take matters into his own hands! I love it!

Do they look thrilled, or what?!
I don't know who loves it more, me or Libby? She loves to lay, sit, play, etc all over it! Hooray!

Libby also has some spoils to share. Grammy got her her very own scooter to ride! It comes complete with a horn, blinkers, and Beach Boys music to ensure she rides in style. What fun!

We are two very spoiled and lucky girls, that's for sure!

My Birthday

I had a great birthday last Wednesday and really lived it up all day long. After a full day at work, we headed to Disneyland for the afternoon and evening and didn't get home till 11:00pm. It was wonderful, but you can bet I sure felt my age the next morning! Whew! Exciting birthdays really take it out of you! ;)

Both my dad and Brad met up with us at the park. They got there a little earlier and got to enjoy some "real" rides before the pregnant ladies and kiddos arrived! This was our first ride together on Pirates. Cute picture if Libby's eyes would have been open - that bum!
Turns out you don't even need rides to have fun at Disneyland - you just need Daddy and Pops! She got the ultimate swing just walking with them. I love that you can barely see her since she's completely horizontal in the picture!

Family photo time.

This was supposed to be a picture of the famous "back-side of water" on the Jungle Cruise, but all you get is Brad and Libby. I'm not complaining! I love those two!

The gang in front of the castle. Our friends the Fenns and the Changs spent the evening with us and helped me celebrate a great day. We closed out the park and then went to dinner at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney. Yep, looks like 31 is gonna be a good year!

Bike Ride to the Beach

Last Saturday was a beautiful day so we decided to ride our bikes to the beach. We got a late start after deciding to finally tackle the 3-yrs-overdue garage cleaning, but still had a wonderful time!

Libby loves bikes and thinks her trailer is the greatest thing ever made! She was in heaven!
We hung out on baby beach for awhile and Libby had lots of fun with Daddy, as always!

It was also the DAna Point Festival of Whales that weekend, so we caught the tail end of it. They had a giant sand sculpture of a whale that was pretty cool.

Here are the artists putting the finishing touches on the placard - 41st annual, in case you can't read it.

Sand is grand!

We took a pit stop at a park on the way home and Libby got to enjoy the slide with Grammy - what a treat!

We're loving this amazing weather and are taking full advantage of every bit of sunshine we can! We can't wait to do more bike rides this summer!

Presidents' Weekend

This Presidents' Weekend was Tanner and Sydney's 12 year old trip. It was a special treat this time since their moms got to tag along for the fun. We had a VERY busy, but VERY amazing weekend.

The reason for the trip - baptisms for the dead at the LA temple. They each got to be baptized for their ancestors. What a neat experience!
We adults all got to go to my cousin Justin's wedding while the kids watched Libby. Then, while they did baptisms, Libby and I got to go to the Visitors' Center and hang out on the temple grounds. It was such a nostalgic feeling for me to be in a Visitors' Center listening to the Christus recording. Ah, the memories! :) Libby enjoyed it and even recognized and said "Jesus" when she saw him! It was so special!

The whole gang at the temple. Not a bad place to spend a beautiful Saturday.

That night was bowling and Yogurtland. We had a great time and were so glad that Britt and Mike got to join us, too!

Libby loved dancing to all the music and watching the flashing lights. We let her try her hand at bowling for the last go of the night. Apparently she gets her bowling skills from her mother - pretty sure it was a gutterball!

After church on Sunday we went for a walk on the San Clemente beach trail and pier. It was a beautiful day and a very nice walk.

The end of the pier was pretty chilly, so Libby got to bundle up with her daddy!

Always fun when Daddy's around! Especially when he's the one driving the stroller - you should have seen the wild ride she got on the way back. It's amazing the child isn't suffering from a severe case of whiplash!

She sure loves her aunts and cousins!

On Monday we had to drop Jen and Syd off at LAX, so the rest of us decided to spend the day in Santa Monica. We had fun on the pier and the gymnastic equipment they have on the beach.

We even got to hold some cute little bunnies while we were there.

Libby wasn't so sure about it when I was holding them, but as soon as they were in Grammy's hands, she was all about it. Go figure!

We finished up the afternoon on the Third Street Promenade and had a great time watching the street performers. The one-man-band was a favorite of all of ours, but Libby was pretty hesitant to let go of our dollar bill! Stingy little bugger!

What a GREAT weekend! Thanks to my parents for all the fun ideas and planning! We loved spending time with family and can't wait for the next batch of visitors!