baby in a cup

these photos are for aunt jessica. i finally used your tea cup. baby brother wasn't too sure about it, but he cooperated for a few shots :)

new colored pencils =

hours of enjoyment for avery. this girl loves to draw!

happy father's day

i feel so blessed to have such an amazing husband who is such an awesome daddy! we love you so much.

and i am so thankful for my wonderful daddy! it was so nice to celebrate father's day with him. love you dad.

fun weekend!

on saturday we went to emily and brian's for a birthday celebration. aiden turned five! it was a blast. there were water balloons, slip-n-slide, swimming, delicious barbeque, a pinata and lots of trampoline jumping. could it be any more fun? here's a few of the pictures i took that day

water balloon fun

mark and courtney's dog akira joining in on the fun

evan's first time swimming. he loved it!

playing outside after the delicious bbq dinner.

cute little ava on the trampoline

pinata time. check out aiden's face. he was really into it.

grandpa with laila and evan

grandpa making evan laugh

my mom and dad with all nine of their grandkids

colby

my nephew is such a cutie! we sure will miss this little guy (and his mommy and daddy) when they move far away to minnesota.

beach day

we've been having lots of fun with my brother mark and his family who are in town this week. we went swimming, played lots of wii, and took the kids to see the movie Up. such a cute movie! and both of the babies were so good during the movie. we also went to the beach. this was evan's first time at the beach and this is what he did the whole three hours. sleep!

he was soon joined by his sister and cousin.

aunt jessica came along too.

colby loved the beach. i wish i took a picture of him shoveling all the muddy sand into his mouth. it was so funny.

colby having fun with his mommy

elayna enjoyed catching all the tons of little shrimp and crabs and "gooey guys" washing onto shore. there were so many of them!

the seagulls were really feasting! i had never seen so many of them lined up along the beach

we had a great time at the beach. very relaxing. maybe next time baby brother will be awake for the fun.

tulips

...making me happy today :)