California

The girl wouldn't let go of this pink pillow. I could not lay on it because she kept telling me it was her pillow. She also found her hat we left and again wouldn't take it off. Which is ok because at least she will keep it on to protect her little face.

The brothers and the girl riding on a fun bike. The brothers were pedaling and they were definitely huffing and puffing most of the way.

The Chicka eating the famous clam chowder bowls for the first time. She was a pro at dipping the bread.

She also tried popcorn shrimp for the first time. I think she ate this one because she thought it was chicken. I don't think she would ever try real shrimp...but who knows, maybe she will not inherit my dislike for seafood.

I went home in April to help watch the house...and my brothers...while my parents went on a trip. I was really sick during the trip so my brothers got to take care of us. But we did manage to go and do some fun things.

We went to Monterey where we went to the pier and ate at a restaurant right on the water. Of course we requested a table right at the window; however, this was not a good idea because watching the water was making me motion sick. We did get to enjoy the fabulous bread bowls with clam chowder. They were so good. In fact I would say they are better than San Francisco. We got to ride on the fun bike as well. The girl loved the helmet they gave her to wear and cried when we had to return it.

We also ventured out to San Francisco and went Miniature Golfing. It was a fun time to be at home. It was always fun to visit and the girl had fun playing with her Uncles. She also loved the dog. She would run after the dog, yelling his name, until he would stop and play with her!

BFF

We have been living with my brother and sister in law. They have the cutest three girls. The youngest is around the same age as our chicka. They have been inseparable. Well it is a love-hate relationship. They will shove, bite, kick, pull, hit and yet the next minute they will be hugging and kissing each other. In some of these pictures you will notice that she just has parts of clothing on. Lately she has wanted to be naked but yet wear her shoes. Too funny!

The chicka has been practicing her "cheese" face. We say cheese and she scrunches her nose and squinches her eyes and does a real cheesy smile. Love her!

I had my sister-in-law cut my hair and this is what she did. I love it!!! It was definitely the time for a change and I am glad that I did it. Yeah I know drastic change...but I was ready.

Ode to my Work Shoes

I remember the day I got trained at Carinos, they recommended I got shoes from Payless because they were a decent price. So I went and found me some shoes. Those dear shoes have stuck by me, day by day, minute by minute, as they were filled to the top with grease, cut down the side, my toes eventually would start sticking out and you could probably recognize my toe nail polish (especially if my sock had a hole in it). They were with me through my days of pregnancy when my fat feet would barely fit into them, probably explaining all the holes. They helped bring me to tables that I loved or tables that I would rather throw my shoes at.

We need to take a minute to appreciate these shoes because I never bought new ones. I could never bring myself to purchase another $30 pair of shoes that would just get ripped apart again. So to my dismay and pure joy Bren threw them away. It was sad to see them go because it ends my joy at Carinos, which I dearly miss. I have to give a shout out to all my work buddies that I won't see again (well maybe who knows). I miss all you guys so much and had such a blast working there. We'll always think of you and hopefully when the Malad pass is not covered with pure ice maybe we will take the three hour trek up and visit.

P.S. You know how we always had nightmares about work...yeah it doesn't stop once you stop working. It is horrible.

Graduation and the Internet

We never thought that this day would come. Our stay in Rexburg has come to an end. Even though we've gone through graduation and moving it still seems like we aren't finished there. It still feels like home and that some day we will return.

Splash Park

So when I saw this picture I said...She looks like Indiana Jones. My brother then replied with...Indiana Jones never wore a pink hat. Whoops!

Dad helping her to the Splash Park.

This one was just her right size. She fell face first into it, but other than that loved it.

Poor thing, was wiped out because she had too much fun.

We had a fun picnic at Porter Park with our friends. So we thought we would bring the chica in her new bathing suit, that Aunt Wendy bought her, to play in the Splash Park. The only thing she didn't like at the park was walking on the grass. She loved watching all the kids run around and towards the end would just follow the kids or the basketball instead of play in the water.

Playing with Friends

Just in case you can't tell there are some big fish in that picture.

There was the cutest little house on the edge of the river, it was just too cute to not take a picture of. 

This is Bren trying to run away so the mosquitos wouldn't land on him. 

I had to get a picture of this because we had no other way to cook her chicken nuggets so we had to barbecue them. 

So I went to get the lettuce out and wanted to shake it, to mix in all the ingredients. However, the lid was not sealed shut so it fell out, so needless to say no lettuce. 

She loved the juice we had.

This is what her face looked like after.

Our beautiful friends.

So the other Sunday it was so beautiful that our friends suggested a drive up to Island Park. I can't remember the name of the place but it was a small spot in the mountains that has a river with really big fish. The drive up there was beautiful. When we got to our spot and took one step out of the car thousands of mosquitos attacked us. We were literally running around to not have them land on us. Needless to say we didn't stay too long at the river. We did have time to take some pictures and feed the fish.

We decided not to eat where the mosquitos would attack us so we drove down the road a little and found a church. So we pulled over the truck and had a little tail gate party. We had great food and it was really fun to be in the mountains and smell the clean air. 

Just on a side note...I got about 10 bites from the mosquitos.