Fairy Princess Party

Embrie was invited to her friend, Jocelyn's darling fairy princess party. Embrie LOVED all the beautiful girlie-ness of it. She even got her nails painted, which is like the best thing to her! Take a look at the cuteness of this...

These cute pictures were taken by Folks Photography...

I just LOVE this picture! All of the other fairies headed over to the playground. I looked over to find this. Embrie would choose chocolate covered strawberries over slides  and swings any day. She's a girl after my own heart.

Check out more of this cute party here, including more of the details!

Earth Day on Base

The Base hosted an Earth Day Celebration. The kids and I enjoyed the warm day checking out various vendors and information booths, and the kids got to play in compost and bounce houses.

They even got their pictures taken by not one, but two newspapers because they are oh so cute!

Here is the link to the Santa Maria Times article. My kids were on the cover of Vandenberg Air Force Base's newspaper as well. I'll have to scan in a picture later when I find one of the many copies I took. How fun, right?

And here is a little near mishap to our day. Cayben threw a frisbee that just missed 30th Space Wing Commander, Col. Nina Armagno's head. I mean it likely skimmed the top of her hat. Glad he missed!

Avila Beach

Yesterday we met our friends in Avila and had a wonderful beach day. The weather was A-MAZ-ING! We spent the majority of the day playing in the waves and soaking up the sun. In the evening we headed down the coast to Pismo to eat dinner and walk on the pier. Remember those glorious, care-free childhood summer days filled with happiness that was nearly tangible. That is what yesterday was!

Dustin, Grayson, Erika, Braden, Shay, Cassie, Solee,
Embrie, Cayben, Max & Reagan

Cayben, Shay, Me, Solee & Em

Solee 

Shay & Sol

Braden & Cayben

Braden, Reagan, Cayben & Embrie

Pismo Beach

Our Trip to Idaho… Again

We spent April 5th through the 11th with our wonderful family in Idaho. It's always so great to see them. One of the highlights was fishing with Grandma & Grandpa at the local pond. It was the best fishing trip for kids or us adults with short attention spans. Within 1/2 hour both Carter and Cayben had caught a fish.

Cayben & the fish he caught all by himself

Solee & Embrie playing in the play area at the mall

On the 11th we said our goodbyes and drove to Reno. The following day we drove to the nearby prison where Shay did a sight tour. He was offered a position there. Looks like we will be relocating to Reno in the next couple of months! We're excited!

Cousins Are Best

Solee & Quincey

Sydney & Solee

Sydney, Solee, & Quincey

Detour to Wyoming

My dear sister Jamie moved to Rock Springs, Wyoming over a year ago and I still hadn't ever seen her house, so we figured we would take a detour on our drive from Mesquite to Pocatello and spend a night at her place.

We spent the night of April 4th at their place. The next day we went to the local college to visit a really neat dinosaur museum and eat lunch at The T-Rex Cafe. The weather was super cold. When it was time to make the 50 yard jaunt from our car to the building our children threw a royal fit. It was hilarious. Our kids are so spoiled with nice weather all the time.

That afternoon we finished our drive to Idaho to spend the week with the rest of our family.

It was sure nice to see my sister, her family and their cute house!

Logandale Canyon

For the second Spring in a row we enjoyed the red sand of Logandale Canyons. The big kids had an enjoyable time climbing the rocks and turning themselves and all their belongings a beautiful rust color. Solee mostly just ate rocks.

Making sand angels 

Look at that cute little sun-kissed face!

Grandma & Embrie 

Grandma & Solee 

Daddy is taking the kids for a ride.

Solee, Grandpa & Grandma 

Shay & His Baby 

Cayben

Embrie

Shay

See my mt. goat boy up there?

Solee

Shay

Lovely New Bike