Insta July

Visit with family.  Calista and Gramps, her BFF.

 Calista and her other BFF Cody.

Gramps giving Issy a music lesson.

Issy and Pops on his Harley.

Baking with Grammy.

Making memories! 

Bathing Beauties!  

Lemonade stand at the church rummage sale, they made $35 after cost!! 

More swimming, we have been swimming almost everyday!

Weekend snuggles! 

 2012 Summer Olympics.. The girls have been loving it! 

Calista working on her floor routine.

 Soccer season is about to start!  Yay!

Finally lots that tooth! 

It's been a fun and busy month!!  Love summer vacation! 

All I Want For Christmas....

Look at Issy's new smile!!  Missing both top teeth! 

Stars Are Just Like Us!

In US Weekly they always publish a little area in the magazine called "What's in my bag"  It's a gimps into a celebrity's purse. I thought it would be fun to post one of What's in Calista's bag.  Since she is into her purse these days.    It all started after the lemon aid stand and she had a little extra cash to hang on to.  Daddy told her to keep it somewhere safe and ever since she has taken her purse with her everywhere!  Yesterday at the store the cashier commented on her cute purse and she pulled out her money to show him.  She said, "Look I have real money!"  She is waiting for the ice cream truck to come by again to spend her money.  That kid, sometimes she is to cute for words!!  

In Calista's bag, she has two phones, so never misses a call, lots of bling, a brush for her hair,  sunglasses, her latest artwork from Sunday school, a paint brush, you never know when you may need one and of course a wallet and change purse to carry her money.

 Stars they are just like us! 

Backyard Fun

During the summer the kids spend lots of time in our little kiddie pool.  It amazed me at how much they love to just run and jump in the pool or slide down into the water over and over again.  

I love their sweet genuine laughter and smiles. 

 This one loves to dive in head first! 

Rhyden was over and she went down the slide into the pool for the first time.  A little hesitant at first...

Don't be alarmed... She LOVED it! 

See all smiles to do it again! 

Summer time makes my heart happy! 

11 Years!

 Yesterday we celebrated 11 years of marriage.  Auntie Jennipher came and spent the day with the girls so we could go out and celebrate.  We had a great night out.  I love that no matter how many times we talk about it we both love to reminisce about our wedding day and our love story. 

  We exchanged cards and discovered we bought each other the same card, we had a good laugh about that.   Looking forward to many more years together as we continue to write our story! 

Vacation Part 4 - Disneyland Day 2

The second day at Disneyland we met up with the Vavak's.  Their trip overlapped with ours and it was baby Rhyden's first time at Disneyland.  We were glad we got to be there.  As soon as we got in the park we made our way to Fantasyland and took Rhyden on the Tea Cups.  

Calista rode with Eathan and Crystina. Eathan spun that cup so fast, I thought for sure Calista was going to get sick, I did warn him.  But she didn't as soon as the ride was over she yelled, MORE! 

Isabelle rode with Sammy, Anthoni and Rhyden.  Issy said Rhyden loved it! 

After the tea cups we met up with the Adamson's and all rode on the Jungle Cruise.  We all loved how funny the ride operators are on that ride.  Then the big kids and most of the grown ups rode on Indiana Jones while Rose and I hung out with the littles.  Indian Jones was the only ride Issy rode on that she didn't like.  She said it was too dark and she didn't like the snake.   

Our next stop was Toon Town.   The kids went on the Rodger Rabbit ride, but Calista didn't want to so we spent some time exploring Toon Town, she loved it.    Her favorite part was the police phone.

 Hey they even have a camera shop in Toon Town! 

Then it was off to meet Minnie Mouse!!  

I love Abby in this photo! 

The girls all enjoyed playing in Minnie's house.  

When we left Minnie's house Calista asked why all her stuff was so hard.  

We had lunch and then made our way to story time.  Here are the girls waiting to find out which princess will be telling her story...

Cinderella!

 I just loved watching the kids as they watched Cinderella tell her story!

Even Rhyden enjoyed Cinderella's story time.

 The kids rode a few more rides, and then we let them pick out their souvenirs.  We left the park before 7 and Eric and Freddie took turns driving us home.  They were champs!  We had a great time and can't wait until we can go back!