Boating

We went boating yesterday with my Mom and Dani and Derek. The weather was absolutely perfect. After you got over the initial shock of the water temperature it felt great! We had lunch on the boat and cruised around on the lake, and the boys played in the water. It took a little bit to convince Jax to actually get in the lake but once he did he had fun, and he was proud of himself for getting in.

Dani and Derek and I had fun wakeboarding, although neither Dani or I were even close to being as good as Derek on the wakeboard, we had a blast doing it, minus my faceplant into the water that left me with a splitting headache for the rest of the day. Ella loved the boat too, although she was not overly fond of her lifejacket at first.

We had a great day and the kids loved it! Jax keeps asking when we get to go boating again so he can jump in the water!

Playin in the mud!!

Jax loves to play outside in the backyard. Yesterday he went outside and played in the mud (little boy heaven) he had his monster trucks in the mud and was having a BLAST!! It took me forever to convince him it was time to come inside and have a bath. I had to bribe him with a treat after his bath. Today he went outside again and wanted to play with the hose, its amazing how they can be entertained for hours when they are outside making a mess! I snuck out and got a few pictures of him today when he wasn't looking. He was standing in a bucket full of water trying to see if he could splash all of the water out of the bucket by stomping in it. I just sat there laughing at him, he was having so much fun! This is why I am a stay at home mommy, I don't want to miss these things. They grow up so fast and I want to cherish every moment, even those moments when I want to tear my hair out. It is all worth it!

4th of July

Every year on the 4th there is a community parade by my mom's house. Anyone can be in the parade and it is fun to see all of the fun things people come up with for the parade. There is also a breakfast early that morning. For the past two years Colby and Nick have helped cook. I unfortunately was not smart enough to take pictures of the two of them cooking! Colby drove my dads hot rod in the parade and Jaxson and Gabe loved seeing uncle Obey drive by. People in the parade would throw candy and the boys would get so excited and run as fast as they could to gather up as much of the candy as they could!

After the parade we had a barbeque at my mom's house and then we went to see the fireworks. Once again I did not take very many pictures throughout the day. But we had a fun day and Jax loved riding in the prowler with daddy.

Newport Beach

We just got back from Newport Beach on saturday night. My mom took all of us, we stayed in a condo by the beach and we had a blast!! Jaxson and my nephew Gabriel had a blast at the beach, they played in the sand and loved jumping the waves in the ocean! Jax would hang on to his daddy's back and they would catch waves on the boogie board.

Lil miss Ella loved to sit in her stroller and watch everything that was going on at the beach...and she loved to get her "beauty rest."















She also discovered that she loves licorice!! As you can see, she made a mess with it.



Jax and Gabe loved taking turns burying each other in the sand. They also liked to make each other mad and throw sand in each others faces! Boys will be boys!
















We went to Sea World one day, although we managed to get ourselves lost on the way there and ended up at the Mexican border (thanks Nicky) once we finally figured out where we were going it was a lot of fun! Leave it to us to manage to get lost. Sea World was a lot of fun, Jax loved watching the Shamu show, and seeing the sharks. My favorite part of course was the Dolphins :)



















We also went to Legoland one day which is a "little kid paradise" the boys got to go on all kinds of rides and at the end of the day Jaxson got his very first legos.








Im not sure who had more fun on some of the rides, Jax or Nick ;)

As you can see we had so much fun on our vacation (minus the detour to the Mexican border) and it was over way too soon. But im glad we got to go and relax and have fun together! Thanks mom!!

Just look at that handsome man in his swimming suit! I think my hubby should be a swimsuit model. ;)