Our summer trip

We just got back from an almost 2 week trip to Reno! We had so much fun:) We started the trip off by driving to Reno, staying the night, and then waking up in the morning and driving to California. Our first stop was to Six Flags!!!

 Macy came with us. I was so excited because she leaves for her mission in like 2 weeks so i am so glad she came with us and spent time with us.

 Look at that cute little Bailee girl face! We thought it was going to be cold but it ended up being seriously perfect!

 We had to walk REALLY far from where we parked. So thankfully i had some help:)

 About halfway to six flags i realized i had forgotten my strollers! I seriously could have cried!!! So i had to end up renting this junker! $15!!!! So ridiculous Bailee almost fell out a couple times it was terrible. But we were just thankful we didnt have to carry them the whole time!

 Blake has no idea who any of these characters are. He only watches Disney. But he still loved saying hi to them

 This was Blakes favorite ride! SheShe(my mom) and Macy pretty much took him on everything

 I cannot believe it but Bailee got to go on quite a few things! A lot of the rides had no height requirement but they had to be able to walk 3-5 steps. Good thing Bailee is an early walker:)

 Me and my kiddies. I love when they get to experience fun things like this

 Yep Bailee got to go on this roller coaster. She didnt make a peep until about 10 seconds after the ride stopped and then she started bawling! HAHA poor princess

 Another one of Blakes favs. Pretty lame but he thought he was so cool flying an airplane

We had so much fun and were really sad Chance couldnt be with us but we definitely made the best of it!

After six flags we headed to San Fransisco area to visit family and spread my Great grandmas ashes.

 I love this bridge!! I spent a lot of time in this area growing up and have so many pics of this beautiful bridge!!

 I love how green California is! This is on our way to the boat

 Had to stop and look at the beautiful sights

 Blake seriously was in heaven

 Also very tired because he had not had a nap in a couple days. So as we were waiting for everyone to get the he decided to just plop down adn rest

 Oh little miss Bailee. She has a hard time for like the first 5 minutes of meeting someone and then she is all good after that. Grandmama and Bailee girl waiting to load the boat. It was so great to see Grandmama. She looked so great and we had so much fun with her

 I love this pic so much i have to frame it

 Nanni and Blakers. Blake is no longer shy. He loves to talk to everyone and tell everyone his million stories. I miss nanni. I dont get to see her much sadley.

 Me, the kids and cousin Susie!

 Almost the whole gang but not quite

 Macy was such a great help. I was a little nervous having both kids on the boat by myself. So thankful she was there to help me!

 Both these kids were on cloud nine. Seriously. I am so glad neither of them were afraid on the boat or got sea sick. My kids are such troopers

 We got to take a sailboat under the Golden Gate Bridge. It was absolutely perfect weather and clear as ever.  It was a beautiful day for a tribute to a beautiful lady!

 Right before my grandmama spread the ashes. It really was a beautiful service

 Everyone threw roses and Blake got to throw one to!

 I love my sweet boy. He was so great on the boat. He loved everything about it. He just told everyone stories and watched!!!

Beautiful sisters!

 SheShe took over for a while and spent some time with Blake at the edge of the boat. I know that it is all encolsed but it still made me freak out with him being that close to the edge.

 Taking a much needed break. The boat ride was two hours long!!

 I dont know what it is but Bailee loves to attack Blakes face and Blakes loves when she does it! What funny kids i have

 Me and my mommy!

I have a whole lot more pics from the res tof the week but i will do those with the next post!

Walking little Princess

I am so sad that i have not blogged about the fact that Bailee is a walker now! She started walking at 9 months. She is a crazy little one.Seriously she took her first steps probably 3 weeks ago and is now a full blown walker! Thank goodness i got some video or i would be really sad. She is so determined. Once she started, she didnt want to stop until she got it down right. She is so little, in the 3rd percentile, that it seriously looks so crazy! I get comments all the time about how she just looks too little to be walking that it freaks people out:)

 This little one loves that water so much i couldnt get her out of it

 She was in heaven. She kept splashing and going crazy

 Both of my kids are fishes. It doesnt even matter the weather outside, they will go play in the water until i force them out. Luckily it was gorgeous today.

 Bailees first love is food and her second is water. Why not combine her first and second love and just eat the water??

 Happiest girl ever

 She loved attempting to climb all the rocks before i could pull her off

 Walking through all the water as happy as can be

She didnt care if it was splashing her, she just wanted to be in it

I couldnt get anymore pics of Blake because he was doing his own thing the whole time!

Mothers Day/ A sad goodbye

Mothers day was great this year!!! Chance let me sleep in until 8! The kids wake up at like 6:30 these days, so 8 felt nice. When i woke up Chance had made me Strawberry Cheesecake french toast.Oh my gosh it was so amazing and he made a lot of it up himself. Also some bacon to! I love that Chance loves to cook. He always makes up different marinades to cook our meat in and new ideas for me to make! He loves to Bake homemade stuff to. He is so great. Then i got to watch a Book of Mormon movie with my Blakers and then we all got ready for church. I love church on Mothers day! I love hearing the talks about mothers and the great role we play. Chance actually got the opportunity to speak in sacrament meeting all about mothers and having a Christ centered home. His talk was amazing. He is such a natural when it comes to public speaking. After church we went to Chances parents house for dinner. It was a great mothers day! I didnt get any gifts because we are trying really hard to save every penny before the move. But i am not sure that i really care about that. As long as my cute little family shows me a lot of love i am A OK! Plus Chance cleaned the whole house all day long which was really nice.

 I love being a mommy to Blake. He has such a  good heart. I love that he always tells me he loves me without me having to say it first. I love that he always wants to cuddle me and give me love. I love when he runs up to me gives me a hug and tells me i am his best friend:) I love that i get to tuck him in every night and pray and read the Book of Mormon with him. I love that i get to teach him the right ways and raise him to be the best Blake he can be!

 My brother Reilly took all  these pictures haha so beware they are a little off :) I love being a mommy to my little princess. I love that when she is sad she only wants her mommy. She needs me:) I love when she wakes up and sees me she gets very excited, then i pick her up and she hugs me and pats my back! I LOVE getting to dress her. She loves dresses and skirts. Whenever she has one on she cant stop playing with it.

 These two make being a mommy so fun, challenging, easy, hard, and the best thing i could ever ask for

 Oh yikes both these pics are terrible but its all i got! Chance also makes being a mommy great. He helps me. Some days i have just had it and he steps in and plays the mommy roll and gives me a break. That helps me so much and i am so grateful for that.

I love that i can take a lot of the qualities that my own mom has and put them to use in my own life. My mom is so great and has done so many great things. All of us have turned out so great thanks to her (and of course my dad to). She is a great friend, mom and example!


On to part two....... We had to say a really sad goodbye on Sunday. One of my best friends, Clarissa, moved to Arizona on Sunday. I was so sad to see her go. We hung out EVERY SINGLE DAY. Multiple times a day even. She has a little girl Blakes age (Elsie, his "girlfriend") and a little girl Bailees age. Its so perfect. We had so much fun with them every day. The great news is that we are moving less then 5 minutes from them in Arizona so goodbye is only for a short time:)

 Chance and Jeff get along great to. It seriously is perfect and is really hard to find a family that works into your like that.

We will miss them but we will see them in no time!!