Utah Trip

The kids and I went to Utah for almost three weeks. We packed in as much fun as could, which was a lot! We spent the first few days hanging out and relaxing at Grandma's house. The kids had fun blowing bubbles with Amanda's kids.

Lauren LOVES Corbin! She wanted to hold him constantly and when he wasn't with us she would beg me to go get him. She also started pretending that her baby doll was Corbin, it was so cute.

Amanda put together a cabin trip for us and of course we had a great time. there is so much to do there, we love it!

The little girls all cozy watching a movie :)

Rachel and Austin brought their dog Molly and Stacia fell in love with her.

Corbin is four weeks old, it's about time he went 4 wheelin'!!

This is the view I had of the boys the whole weekend :)

Lauren had a collision with Makayla on the first night and she got this impressive black eye!

Playing in the water.

Going for a ride with Uncle Jared.

We spent a day at the Thanksgiving Point farm. The kids are seeing which animal they weigh as much as.

Playing in jail

They love feeding the animals

Of course we had to ride the ponies!

Grandma Lemke and a llama

Milli and her cow friend Millie :)

We went on a wagon ride and Lauren said "look mom no hands" haha she's cute :)

Jeff and Christy came down on the 4th of July and we took the kids to the children's garden at Thanksgiving Point. I have never been there before and didn't know what to expect, but it was really fun the kids had a great time.

Jeff throwing Lauren into the pond

The bear cave

Stacia kissing a snake

playing in the pond

Making beautiful music

Jeff held the kids over the water spouts so they would get nice and wet :)

Jeff happy that he has drenched the kids

Love for Uncle Jeff

After the garden, we had a bar-b-que with the Johnson's. we set up a pool and slip n' slide for the kids.

Stacia and Mckenna took a break from swimming to decorate the table's with stickers.

Holly and Bryce were twinners, so cute!!

Time for a dance party and some fireworks!!

The neighbors all gather to do fireworks together it's really fun

The Johnson's

The Top's

It's fun to watch Liz and Jeanie do the YMCA!!

Sparklers!!

Fun with glow sticks

Don't worry, Makayla has the matches!!

The next day was Landon's party at the Wingate's. The kids had a blast in the pool.

We stopped by the old house and the flowers are doing great

Last day with everyone. We love you guys!!

Rachel was turning 25 so we got her an awesome little cake. It has a stiletto on it, so cute :)

We had such a good time hanging out with family and friends, the only thing that could have made the trip better is if Bobby could have come with us.

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Milli & Landon!

Milena turned 5 on June 18th. She is growing up too fast! I can't believe she'll be in kindergarten this fall! She has a personality all her own, she is a very determined little girl if she wants to be able to do something she watches and practices until she can do it. She has recently taught herself to snap her fingers and whistle!! She is so cute and we love having her in our family!!

Milli's first party was with her new friends here in Ventura. We have a neighbor who makes amazing cakes and she made this awesome princess castle for us. Thanks so much Amy, it really was awesome and Millie loved it!

Bobby came home for a few minutes to wish her a happy birthday :)

The kids colored and put together a giant puzzle.

Then we went in the back yard to do a pinata, Milli was the first to go and she got it to open up on the first pull!!

Get the candy!!

Then we came back inside for gifts and cake. What a fun day for my little Milli.

Party #2

Landon turned 8 years old on July 13th. He is going to be baptized on Aug.6th and we are so excited!! My kids are getting older and yet somehow I haven't aged a bit ;) Landon is very excited to start Scouts and he will be in soccer this fall, he loves to read and is on the fourth Harry potter book right now. We love him so much and feel blessed to have him in our family.

Milli and Landon had a combined party with my family at the Zoll cabin.

We had the kids play a game where they each got a balloon with a paper inside, they had to pop their balloon to find out if they were the winner! They had a hard time getting the balloons to pop but aunt Rachel was there to help them out. It was hilarious and I tried to post a video but couldn't get it to work. I will keep trying because it was really funny!

At the end of the game, Lila was the winner so she got a super cool glittery bouncy ball!!

Of course we had to have cake and open gifts! Thanks everyone it was a very fun time :0)

Party #3

While we were still in Utah Landon got to have a party with his old friends!! Sherrie Wingate was nice enough to offer her pool and the kids had a blast!!

It was so fun to back in the old neighborhood. We were so happy that so many of his friends could make it!!

Party #4

When we got back to California, Bobby wanted in on the fun so we had another party! I left the number 8 candle in UT but I had two number 4's so his cake had 4 + 4 on it. I know, we are awesome.

Landon got a new bike!!!

I think Landon and Millie were sufficiently spoiled this year!! Milli also had a party at Bobby's parent's house, but I don't have any pictures of it :( Happy birthday kiddos!! We love you!!!

Happy Father's Day

When we moved to California we left our grill behind, and I could hardly wait for Father's Day to get a new one for Bobby. He is an awesome husband and dad! The kids and I were leaving for Utah right after father's day so we also bought all of Bobby's favorite treats and hid them around the house for him to find while we were gone. I hope you had a great day babe we love you!!

Go Fish

Stacia and Landon were in a play for school called "Go Fish". It was really cute, it had a star fish who couldn't get a call back, an octopus with only 7 legs, a blow-fish with allergies, Stacia was a clown-fish who couldn't tell a joke and Landon was a Tuna who couldn't carry a tune. They did such a good job especially considering, they both took on extra lines at the last minute! It was so fun to watch, it's times like these that I just love being a mom!

Fun At The Park

We have some really fun parks by our house and we are taking full advantage them.

This park has some really nice hiking trails and the kids love it. They want to go hiking everyday, it's their new favorite thing.

Award Winning Girl

Stacia received two awards at school. The first one was a "Character Counts" Award for being a good example and the second was for meeting her reading goals. She was very excited and told me that the rest of the kids had been working on their reading goals since before we got here!

Good work Stacia!!!

Mother's Day

Mother's Day was great this year, I love being a mom to my four beautiful kids! They made me all sorts of fun things this year, flower pots, beautiful pictures, poems, cards, and a birdhouse. What more could a mom ask for? My favorite part was that they all kept wanting to do more things for me and they could hardly hold in all their surprises. They kept wanting to tell me what they had made it was really cute. Bobby got me all of my favorite things, diet Dr. Pepper, a brownie warm delight, junior mints, and the best gift, a flight home for June 1st to be there when Amanda has her baby!! If she can wait that long :) I love my family so much!!

Bobby's parents came up for the weekend which was so much fun. The kids have a great time with their grandparents and Marie always has a lot of fun things planned for them! They do crafts and play games and enjoy their time together.

Since we don't have a garden, Marie brought us some Topsy Turvy planters. Soon we will have yummy tomatoes and strawberries!! Thanks Marie

Even though the weather wasn't ideal we took the kids to the beach and of course they had a great time. How do kids do it? they didn't seem to notice the cold at all.

This particular beach has a big pirate ship with a zip line. The kids love it and it's a good workout for me running the rope back and forth. Even Lauren took a turn but we didn't get a picture because we were too concerned with making sure she didn't fall off.

It was a fabulous weekend, and to all the awesome mothers in my life: I love you, you are amazing!! Happy Mother's Day!