T-Ball

Just ignore the nakedness. ;)

Its a.....

I had my first ultrasound yesterday!! It was a lot of fun to see the baby, but also very stressful. I was feeling a lot of anxiety before hand and was really nervous to find out if the baby was healthy and developing well; I don't remember being so nervous with Hayden. Anyway the baby is great and growing like a weed, they said I am measuring big and unofficially said my due date was around December 27. Poor little thing will probably be born on Christmas! :(
About half way through the ultrasound the technician asked if we wanted to know the sex and of course we said YES!! She said "ok, I will quit ignoring the out door plumbing." So its a BOY!! I actually have felt all along that it is a boy and knew for sure as soon as I saw the profile, it just looked like a boy!! We are very excited to have a girl and a boy. Now we just need a name. Suggestions are welcome!!!! :)

Spur of the Moment Vacation

Last Sunday (Aug 16th) we went up to Lehi for our nieces baby blessing. Colin's parents, Tiffany, Dean and Megan were all heading out to California right after the blessing to spend the week. Jokingly Colin's Dad said me and Hayden should come along, so with a little thought and a lot encouragement from Colin I decided to actually do it. So after the blessing we ran home, packed my stuff and before we knew it Hayden and I were on the road to California.
Colin's dad grew up in Santa Maria (central coast) and still has family that lives there, so Colin grew up spending a lot of time out there. I have heard A LOT about i,t so it was nice to finally be able to experience it!! It is about a twelve hour drive, luckly we split it up in two days. Hayden wasn't the best traveler the first day, but the rest of the trip she did amaziling well.
The first day we got there we headed straight to the beach. Hayden loves the water and the sand. I think she could spend an entire day there. It is not super warm there so we didn't do any swimming, but had fun digging in the sand, lounging in our chairs and trying to spot sea life in the ocean.

Tuesday Lee and Leah were nice enough to watch the kids so me, Tiffany, Dean and Megan could go out our own. We went to a little dutch town call Salvang about 30 miles from Santa Maria. I didnt get any pictures, but it is a really cute place with really good pastries!! I guess between Santa Maria and Solvang is (or was) Michael Jacksons Neverland Ranch. You cant see it from the road, but I still thought it was kind of cool to drive past it. :)
After that we headed to Santa Barbara where we walked on down the pier and then went on a hunt for ice cream. We finally found some at Ben & Jerrys, it wasn't exactly what we were looking for, but it was good.
Wednesday we headed out to see the Hearst Castle. I really dont want to explain what it is, so if you are interested you can look it up online. But the house was amazing and fun to finally see. Hayden's favorite part was the bus ride up, she has a thing for buses so that made her day.

One of the poolsThe house and our tour guide who I really didn't get to hear because I had to keep Hayden from running around. I dont suggest taking kids there.
This is Colin's cousin's daughter Taylor. She as so cute. She loved Hayden and wanted to be her friend/babysitter/mom, unfortunately unless she was doing something really cool Hayden didn't want much to do with her.
Taylor did talk Hayden into letting her put make-up on. Here she is showing off her beautiful lip stick.

Hayden and Gavin had a lot of fun together. She is his little shadow and does and trys to say everything he does.

I am so happy I decided to go!! We had a lot of fun and cant wait to go back next year with Colin!!

Where did my chubby baby go?

I found this video the other day. It makes me so sad to watch! She is growing up way to fast!!

Dance Dance

Fun Weekend!!

This weekend turned out to be a ton of fun. Gavin chose a good weekend to come and stay with us. Friday evening we went to Seven Peaks with some friends. FYI...if you buy a pizza from 5 buck pizza then you get into Seven Peaks for $5 after 5:00pm. We only got to stay for a couple of hours, but it was a lot of fun.
Saturday we hung out with Denim and Fam, Chris and Granny Jo & Grandpa. The men worked for a few hours while the women and kids went to the park. Then we got back played and got ready to go up the canyon to roast hot dogs and marshmallows.
Nice and Clean!


Trying to protect their fairy houses from the mean monster Hayden.
The dirt really brings out her eyes.
Colin, Gavin, Hayden and me looking huge...yay for being pregnant!!

Sandi and Colin were the official Shmarshmello roasters.
Hayden and Crosby doing a little hiking.
Eating some delicious hot dogs.
Colin and Gavin
Hayden and Grandpa
We had so much fun with Gavin this weekend. Hayden absolutely adores him and she is finally getting big enough where they actually play together.
Our only picture from Seven Peaks.