The Last Few Weeks

Soccer has started and we are loving it!!  Hayden enjoys it a lot more than I thought she would and I'm surprised with how good she is. 

Practicing her drop kicks.

Colin and I got a king size bed, so we put our old bed in Hayden's room.  She is pretty proud that she gets to sleep on a big bed.

This is a result of compromising on using one of our quilts instead of buying a brand new comforter.  Not my idea of great decor, but she loves it!!

I took the kids to Target to get their pictures taken. We did a few practice shots before.

We practiced so their smiles would NOT look like this.  :)  They are still adorable!!!

Yesterday I took the kids up to Thanksgiving Point for $2 Tuesday.  I thought since school was back in session, it would be less crowded, but I was wrong.  Their were way too many people there...we didn't even attempt the dinosaur museum.

A little nervous, but having fun.

Always trying to look cute.

Swimming, St. George and Carson

Hayden did a session of swim lessons. I didn't think she learned much, but when we went to St. George she did so much better, so I guess it was worth the money.

We went down to St. George a few weeks ago and were able to spend a few days with these cute girls.  We painted nails, did make-up and up-dos.   They looked beautiful!

Hayden and I got to see Aladdin at Tuacahn.  It was a really cool show, but REALLY hot!!

Dixie was doing a free soccer camp, so we had the kids go.  They had a lot of fun.  Hayden is starting soccer this year. Her first game is tonight, she is really excited!!

 

At our condo we had to share a room with the kids, so they got to sleep in the closet.  I had to talk it up a lot, but finally convinced them it was like sleeping in a fort.  They were pretty thrilled.

We had a "campout" in the backyard a few weeks ago.  Because we are lame parents we didn't sleep out there, but I don't think the kids cared too much.

On our way to St. George we stopped at a gas station and across the street was a petting zoo. I thought it was pretty cool that they had zebras.

Just some cute ones of Carson. This kid is getting so funny in his old age.  I laugh at almost everything that comes out of his mouth.  Last night Colin was talking to the kids about missions. Hayden said she wanted to go on a mission to New York City and Carson said he wanted to go hiking with Jesus.  He is always saying that he loves stuff.  We were listening to music and he said " this is a boy singing...I love boys!"  And today he told me that he loves Backhoes.  It is so fun watching him grow up!!

Summer 2012

 Lately I haven't been in the mood to blog, but it must be done so here are some more pictures from our summer in no particular order.

Practicing for her cheer leading performance!

Warming up for the Nestle 5k during Art City Days.

Carson eating his healthy breakfast before the 5k

Children's bike parade

Dressing up for one of many summer birthday parties

Lots of bike riding

Too much TV, but look how sweet they look

Practicing funny faces

Petting a giant lizard at the library.  I was shocked that Carson touched it, so I had to document it.

Gibbons family float for the 4th of July parade in Mt. Pleasant

Lots of fun with cousins

And to top it off, this is how I have looked most of the summer....Yup, you guessed it, baby number #3 is on its way and boy has it been rocking my world!!! This pregnancy has been soooooo much worse than my other two. The good news is I am almost 12 weeks, so hopefully there is an end in sight (for the sickness).  I am due the first of February!! 

Random Iphone Pics

Hayden went to Walmart with my Dad and came home with a $25 Ariel doll! :)

Having a sleepover with Emma

Carson wanted to put this skirt on, so we manned him up a bit and made him into a pirate

Playing around at Funfinity

Handsome little man all ready for church

Hayden has been doing a cheer leading camp the past couple of weeks.

E.O.Y.V.E California 2012

We just had our "Every Other Year Vacation Extravaganza." (although it has only been 18 months since our last one :)  We went to California and had so much fun, the trip could not have gone any better!!  Here are our pictures in no particular order.

Going to California over Mothers Day could not have worked out more perfectly.  My mom grew up in Newport has always wanted to take us all out there and show us her old stomping grounds.  She was in seventh heaven!!   We got her that monkey for mothers day because a few weeks ago she told me she just remembered she had a monkey that she loved when she was little. So we looked it up online and we were able to get one for her on Ebay.

This is the elemtary school she went to. Right on the beach...how cool would that be!!

Sorry about the blur. This is the house she grew up in...pretty much right on the beach. This house is worth about 2 millions dollars now.

 We rode the ferry over to Balboa Island.  It is basically just an island where really rich people live.  The houses were amazing!

My mom LOVES the beach and none of her kids are really that into it, so she is really happy to now have grandkids and in-laws that love it as much as her.

 Future Wide Receiver for the 49ers!!

 Dana Point

 Sand Castle building competition

 This was the only time I got in the water and the only reason I was in there was to save Carson.

He was not too thrilled about the waves knocking him over

Colin was quite the Boogie Boarder until.......

You will have to ask him what happened. :)

We spent the first two and half days in Newport.  The beach was a little a chilly, but everyone still had fun.

We went to a place called Dana Point.  The town is gorgeous and I could have spent the whole day walking around it, but everyone else wanted to go see sea creatures...that was cool too!!

The three lone boys playing in the rocks.

 

Everyone checking out a big fat sea slug, we also saw a huge Starfish that was pretty neat.

My Dad thinks we look just alike in this picture...Hayden is much cuter!! :)

This is one of my favorite pictures. 

Colin, my Mom, Myken, Brian and a few of the kids were the only ones brave enough to boogie board.  It was pretty chilly and I am really not a huge fan of water, so I happily sat on blanket and observed.  We were there for quite a few hours and there were dolphins swimming around the entire time.  They were only about ten feet from the boogie boarders.

This night all the guys went and saw The Avengers, so we took the kids to IHOP for dinner.

Getting ready for our first day a disnyland.  If you want to know what our shirts mean, you will just have to ask me...to hard to explain in writing.

All the Single Ladies!!

Our whole group on the first day...everyone was pretty darn excited!!

The first characters we saw.  The Mad Hatter was very rude.

The little girls patiently waiting in line to see the princesses.

An hour and a half later it was finally our turn.

Before this pictures she was being pretty snotty about me taking her pictures.  So I told her I was going to start taking money away from the money she earned to by something at Disneyland. As soon as I said that this is what I got.  :)

Carson trying to cheer Brooklyn up!

We did a character breakfast at the PCH restaurant. It was a lot of fun.

Screamin' was the older girls favorite ride.

Getting ready for the Bugs Life movie. I highly suggest you see it if you are ever there.  Both of my kids hated it, but I thought it was awesome.

The parade was another one of my favorites.  We learned if you yell their names really loud they will turn and wave at you.

Luckily Shelly was willing to go on the teacups. I cant handle any sort of spinning.

These two taking their daily naps. Carson slept was better at Disneyland then he does at home.

Waiting for the Aladdin show to start...also another highlight.

You cant tell, but this is on Pirates of the Caribbean. He absolutely loved this ride and went on it 8 or 9 times.

Swimming at the pool.

We rented these bikes for an hour and laughed the entire time.  I dont think I have laughed that hard in a long time.  My family can make anything fun, competive and hilarious!!!!

The last day we spent the day relaxing at a park in Irvine.  It was a really big nice park.  We ate lunch, played at the playground, played football and Frisbee,  rented the clown bikes and got Slurpees.  What a great way to end an awesome vacation!!!