Weekend Fun!

So this past weekend Jeff and Kathy came down for their Anniversary/Kathy's Birthday. We met up with them and Ben and Michelle in Salt Lake at This is the Place Heritage Park. I haven't been there since I was a little girl and  neither had anyone else. It was fun to walk around but it was Hot!!! Later we went up to Deer Valley where Jeff and Kathy were staying to go swimming and have dinner. It was a nice little weekend with the fam!

 Touching the goat's nose. She's obsessed with animal's noses!

 The pony's nose

Attempting the pony ride. She lasted like one more second and wanted off.

 In school....

Brandon in trouble for not doing his homework!

Train ride.

Father's Day

We had a great Father's Day minus the rain! It just poured all day long. Oh well. Hailey and I got up and made breakfast for Brandon so he could sleep in. The night before I also made a fruit boquet for Brandon. He has always told me that he wanted one. It was really fun to make and even more fun to eat! Here are a few pictures as requested by some...

 Consisted of Pineapple, strawberries, Chocolate dipped strawberries, chocolate dipped marshmallows, grapes and caramel apple slices. Yum!

 Daddy's little girl

Other Happenings

So we decided to go to D-Land another day while we were down b/c I ended up buying a pass! So fun to just go for a few hours with no stress.

Hailey really does like the carousel, her face just doesn't show it.

Can't get enough of this sweetness!

 Hailey loves, loves, loves dogs! All she wants to do is touch their noses. She loved Dusty. He is so good with her.

Again with the cuteness. Gotta love those two front teeth!

We went to Zoomar's which is this cute little petting zoo in San Clemente. They have a big area with rabbits, guinea pigs and chickens to hold and feed. Lucas was a pro. Poor little Hailey wasn't feeling to great that day but was a trooper. 

 This little guy was Lucas' little buddy

Lucas turns 4...

I'm a month late, but I just got the pics so go with it. Lucas turned 4 on May 17th and Hailey and I were lucky enough to go down and celebrate. I have been there for all of his other birthdays so it only made sense.

We went to Disneyland for the big day and we took Luke and Sherra Starr. They are like siblings to Lucas and are so good to him. He had a blast with only one melt down I think!

We went to Rainforrest Cafe later that night for dinner and met up with my parents. Lucas opened presents and we had a chocolate volcano cake.

This picture cracks me up!

Such a big boy now!

Cherry Hill

Brandon got some free passes to this little water park by us called Cherry Hill. We had never been so we thought, what the heck, why not. It was a really nice warm day and Hailey enjoyed floating in the lazy river in her new floaty and splashing in the water. I'm sure we'll be back this summer sometime!

(***Please disregard the pastiness. It's been winter in Utah until last week!***)

We only had our phones so the pics aren't the best. Oh well!

Photo Shoot

So while I was down in CA last month I was lucky enough to have one of my friends snap some darling pics of my ONE year old baby. Here's a few favorites...

This last one is my favorite! It just makes me smile every time I see it.

Thanks Kali for some great pics! Visit her blog here: http://kalileenstraphoto.com/blog/

Graduates

This past weekend we had the chance to go up to Logan for Ben & Michelle's graduation. Michelle graduated back in December and was going to walk this spring with Ben, but their ceremonies were at the same time in different places. So being the good wife that she is, she went to her hubby's. Congratulations you two! We are so happy for you!

The Graduates

Hailey did surprisingly well sitting through the commencement ceremony. She was just really excited to see her favorite uncle graduate!

For the Grandmas... almost walking!

Hailey is beginning to walk to me! It is so cute and so exciting. We tried to capture it for our mom's to see. She took her first steps on Brandon's birthday. So special. (This is a little old b/c I had issues uploading the video.)

Spring Break

Hailey and I took another trip down to CA last week. My mom was on spring break so we figured it would be a perfect time to go down. Usually when we go down my mom is working so we only get to hangout and play in the afternoons and evenings. This time we had lots of time to do lots of fun things. I was a bit more nervous flying this time around with Hailey just b/c she is a lot more mobile and wiggly. But she did just fine. I took lots of little snacks and books and toys to try to entertain her. Not going to lie...it was a long hour and a half! Hailey loves her cousin Lucas and was excited to see him every morning. He would come in our room when he heard her wake up and she would just light up. She also loved to follow our dog Dusty around. She loved getting kisses from him and touching his nose.

So in an attempt to not overwhelm people with the outrageous amount of pictures that I would love to post, I made collages. Sorry if it's a lot to look at. It's more for me anyway!

First off we went to the beach. Hailey wasn't real crazy about the sand, but did play with it in her hands a little. Love Salt Creek!

We celebrated Hailey's first Birthday at Nana & Papa's also! We made her this cute cupcake cake!

We had to go to Disneyland! Hailey loved it and was such a trooper the whole day...most of the time! Also, first piggy tails!

We took the kids to Irvine Park. It's all decorated for Easter. It's the same place they have the pumpkin patch so Lucas calls it "The Easter Egg Patch!" Lucas went on an Easter egg hunt, decorated cookies, got his face painted, jumped in the bounce house and we took a train ride around the park.

We headed down to San Diego to visit with my grandparents. We went down to Old Town and went to the newly remodeled Mormon Battalion. It was awesome! If you get a chance, go visit.

Lucas dressed up like the soldiers...kind of. 

While down in San Diego we made a trip to the San Diego Zoo. It's such a big zoo, you could spend a couple of days looking around it.

Met up with my dad's parents and his brother's family for breakfast. Haven't seen my cousins in a while!

Here's a few extras:

 Getting some wiggles out before getting on the plane 

Yo Gabba Gabba shirts that out Auntie got us! Toodee & Plex.

12 Months

So this past month Hailey turned one. I can't believe how fast that year went! It doesn't seem like it's been that long at all. Hailey has mastered crawling and pulling herself up on things. She loves to walk around holding onto things. And she is so close to walking! One day it will just click. She eats and eats and eats! I swear this girl never gets full! I have to just cut her off sometimes and she is not happy about it. She loves eating finger foods and feeding herself. She has a little temper...this must come from Brandon! But she will scream and kick her legs when she doesn't get her way sometimes. She has also been known to hit. I don't know where she learned these things! She loves stuffed animals. Anything plush. She just will hug them and love them. So cute! She likes to dance and shake her booty! Loves dogs. Claps her hand every time you say good job. Tries to cover her eyes to play peek-a-boo. Extremely attached to her mom! Don't really know what to do about it. Words she says or tries to say: ma-ma, da-da, uh-oh, ta-da, pa-pa, thank you, ba-ba, no, night-night. Jibber jabbers all the time!

12 Month Stats

Length: 31 in. -- 95th percentile

Weight: 25lbs 15.5 oz. -- above 95th percentile

Head Circumference: 46.0 cm -- 75th percentile

*Note: The nurse measured her at 30 1/4 in. (85th percentile) but I watched her do it and it looked way wrong. So I came home and re-measured and got 31 in.