Rocky Point 2011

i took the kids to mexico a few weeks ago 

with my family to celebrate my brother's birthday and Memorial Day weekend.

we had a great time and the kids loved the beach and the pool

molly absolutely loved walking my mom's dog

and connor was so brave and loved the ocean

the water felt great and the weather was awesome

we made sand castles and laid out

most of us got sunburnt the first day

and watched movies and ate great food

the girls even ventured out to the new store they have in town for cake and ice cream

*as usual thanks to my family for helping with my kids!*

fun fun burring uncle zach

matt & maddie's castle creation

walking Princess all around the beach until they both pooped out

the waves were perfect for the kids to play in for hours

no candles for the chocolate tres leches cake
but it was a happy birthday anyway

we were so obsessed with mangos they sell on the beach!
beyond delicious!

otter pops were the kiddies obsession on this trip...all day long!

on the last day molly decided she was out and headed up the beach to the car
with her purse.

thanks to papa who convinced her to at least ride in the wagon!

doing some light reading on the beach.

playing with his "guys" always

connor

connor is a lot of fun to hang out with

he's always coming up with silly things to do and say

and there are never a shortage of laughs when he is around

 i love my boy!

*trying a wink*

this guy had a birthday last week and turned 29!

i'm pretty sure it was the best birthday to date...

he gets more handsome every year

happy birthday james

we love you!

Easter Sunday

Connor isn't into having his picture taken lately
and he really wanted to dive into his chocolate bunny

we had a nice Easter Sunday

the Easter Bunny came and went and left behind

a trail of jelly beans and a few little surprises

the kids were so excited they tried to eat their way from their rooms

down the stairs into the living room

they dressed up cute for Church

and we visited family 

it was a great day.

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we took the kids to the fair last week 

we haven't been to the fair in so many years and we had a great time

the kids loved all the goodies, the rides and the animals

we saw horses, cows, pigs and goats

we enjoyed popcorn or "pa-corn" as moo says,

cotton candy that moo wouldn't eat

corn on the cob - molly went crazy with this one but i didn't get a pic :(

kettle corn, corn dogs and fries

i have a stomachache just writing this 

connor loved the rides he got to go on with his cousins

AND he even mastered some climbing

he's usually a little scared of heights but he did great climbing up the fun house to go down 

the slide

it was such a fun time!

connor and his cousin hannah are best buds

this little piggy....

molly LOVES keys and LOVES to drive 

she was in heaven over at the tractor display

road trip

i took the kids a few weeks ago to st. george, utah.

i drove up with my mom and spent the week with her, my aunt Sue and my grandma

my brother, dad, nieces and nephews and my sister's family all came up for the weekend

we also saw my cousin and his family and met my mom's two cousins she grew up with

it was a reunion of some sorts 

unfortunately, i was a mess the entire time because my kids did not travel well this time

lack of sleep & real food and sitting in a car so long was tough on us

poor molly cried almost the entire time we were there and if she wasn't crying she was yelling at my mom!  

molly has always had a special bond with my mom and all the grandkids call her nana

well molly up and decided to change her name to NO-NA and wanted all of her attention every second she was around.  my mom was a trouper and we did the best we could to keep little moo happy

but she didn't come around until we got home

here are some (not great) pictures of our adventure 

molly loved the car as long as she didn't have to be buckled

and connor fell in love with the movie tangled

*a special thanks to my family for all the help with my kids!

everyone was great! 

connor loves to help me clean at home and his specialty is windows 

 this is my grandma and her two nephews 

my aunt sue and my mom with their cousins 

in st. george there is a dinosaur museum 

actually, dinosaur tracks were discovered there and they build the building around a live 

excavation area...there were no actual dinosaurs there so connor was a bit disappointed

but the stamps and movie kept him happy as well as the toys his papa bought him

*thanks dad*

playing dinosaurs with papa

what do you do when you want to eat mommy's cookie

AND

play with your booster seat at the same time?

 well...

 tough decision...

try doing both at the same time

don't worry, i'm not one of those mom's who would give my kids cookies for breakfast (wink wink)...

just one who would leave my kids in their jammies all day long :)

i had the innocent idea last week to take the kids to get an afternoon treat of ice cream

our favorite place by our house has a vanilla crazy color 

and we went for it

the kids had a great time and surprisingly that stuff didn't stain anything permanently