Peyton's 3rd Birthday

Here is our 3 year old "Little Princess". She has gotten so big and along side her is her favorite cousin and best buddy Jonah. They have spent lots of time together and they love each other so much.

Peyton had her 3rd Birthday Party at Chuck E Cheese this year. We had a nice surprise when my mom arrived with the "Fairy Princess" costume and Bailey dressed as "Belle". Peyton had told all of us that we needed to dress for the "Princesses Party", which would be her. She continued to tell her Daddy that he needed to dress like the "Prince" and he needed to dance with her at the party. At the party she noticed that some of us didn't follow through with the costumes. We thought she would forget.....BUT of course children never forget! Anyway, we were so happy that the Dahlstrom family came all the way from Phoenix to join us. We had a wonderful time!

Huntington Beach Summer 2008

Here is Parker, looks like the budman had too much sun! The girls all just finished burying him in the sand and he plopped out of it! Of course I wanted the picture of him under the sand...those are the ones we moms want but as you can see in this picture he said "Mom hurry up and take the picture"! I am a picture fanatic, I think we all are when our kids are growing up. Sorry Parker you will appreciate it later!!

This is my niece Kaley and my sister-in-law Amy. Thanks Amy for making the vacation a blast. She is a witty girl and she constantly says things that crack us up! We had a lot of fun!

Yes, I was on this vacation! Here is one of the few pictures I have of Joe and I. Not happy that it happens to be a bikini shot but what can I say....we are at the beach I hope that I am in my bathing suit!!!

Here is Bailey and her friend Cayla. We were so happy to have her join us on our vacation. She was such a sweet girl and very helpful with Peyton. The girls were water "bugs" the whole time!

Little MISS SURFER GIRL, okay so it's in sand but I had to share this picture. The breeze was just perfect and Peyton loved pretending on the boogie board.

So we had to make a pyramid. Bottom row My brother-in-law Mark, Joe then sister-in-law Amy. Second row Bailey and Cayla to the side my niece Kaley and on the very top Parker!

We really enjoyed the week together with family!

Our big sis, "SURFER GIRL! It's amazing to see the span in ages of our two girls. Bailey loved boogie boarding while Peyton played in the sand. I was a nervous wreck when Bailey and her friend would go out and try to catch the waves. But we did park ourself right next to the lifeguard stand so that I knew they would be safe!

Peyton had so much fun playing in the sand. For the whole week that's what she wanted to do! She wasn't crazy about the going in the water but she loved the beach!

This is so upsetting!

I am sorry there are no pictures with this post. I lost my camera. Peyton's 3rd Birthday party is approaching so if I don't find it before then I will have to buy a new one. Unfortunately the last pictures I took I never downloaded them to my computer...eeekk. Oh well, you live and learn!
So I will have some pictures from the our week at the beach coming soon, thanks to Amy (Mark's Amy) for having a camera.

I will update as soon as possible!

Palm Spring Aerial Tram

Okay, so Sunday after church I had this brillant idea that we would take the kids up to the Palm Springs Tram, they had never been. It turned out to be such a wonderful day! We had so much fun we could not stop laughing!


Here is Joe and Parker showing their "HULK" muscles on top of this huge rock that they climbed up to. It is so funny cause the kids continue to ask Joe to make them laugh again. He always comes up with the craziest stuff and Bailey and Parker laugh so hard they almost pee their pants!!!

Here they all decided to act like they were rowing in the river. I could not stop taking pictures of them, they were sooo CUTE!

Here's Peyton with her first snowball! Okay half dirt and half snow but it was neat to see her enjoy making them for the first time! Of course they all started (due to my lovely husband) having a snow ball fight.

I thought this picture was funny. Bailey with her Roxy glasses and her fir lined coat and flip flops....it shows you how outdoorsy we really are! ha ha! Well we try to be a little adventurous!!

LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY! It was about 60 degrees up there! Compared to the the 97 degrees it was in the desert that day it was pretty refreshing to breath in the cool air!

Last of all.....here is the Sis! She is such the model posing for us on this big tree that had fallen down. The park leaves things in their natural state so that they don't compromise the environment. They played on this tree for a long time and if I could share all the photos of all the cute poses I would but it would be pages and pages long!!

Beautiful Relaxing Hawaii!!

This is the night of our Luau! Of course you cannot leave Hawaii without attending one. We met some very nice people there. What an amazing show. Joe and I both enjoyed the fire part of it the best! I took some pictures but they didn't quite come out well, it was too dark. We had an awesome time! I wouldn't say that the food was our favorite but if you know Joe and I well enough, you know that we are not that into trying strange dishes!! This is one of the few pictures I was able to get of us together so I had to share it.

Our hotel (The Grand Wailea) could not be better! Behind me is our beach area connected to the resort. I am so happy that we chose such an amazing island and such a perfect resort being that it was our first visit to Hawaii.

This is a view looking right out of our room. The hotel had several pools. It was nice being that Joe and I went without kids they had pools dedicated for adults only!

It almost looks staged! But it is the real vegitation that grows naturally there! The plants are amazing. It couldn't be more BEAUTIFUL!

Our Arrival! We made it to the hotel and it couldn't be more outstanding! This is what everyone was talking about the breathtaking island of Maui!

The Bump and Grind!

Yep! That's what they call the hike, "the Bump and Grind!" Joe, my brother Mikey, Danielle and I went on the hike together. I was so proud of my husband for making it ALL the way to the top. He has been working out on a regular basis and trying to eat healthier. We have a lot of years to ENJOY so keep it up Joe I am so proud of you!

Okay Mikey put your shirt back on we know you have a great physique...ha ha! This is my brother Mikey and his wife Danielle. They made it up to the top the first round. Great job guys....that was a fun hike!!

Easter Fun!

Because we didn't have the kids for Easter until late in the day we did a little Easter egg hunt at our favorite park after Easter. We then were able to have some fun flying kites, playing basketball and hanging out with Joe's family during Spring Break. Thank you Steve, Ben and Joanie for the yummy food and for all the effort putting the picnic together. We had a wonderful day and the margarita's at the end of the day were much needed...ha ha! We do enjoy our visits to Phoenix!


Of course, Peyton does not like to have clothes on so she decided to run around the park with just her shorts. She had so much fun playing in the sand. That is not normal for me to let her get that dirty BUT we were on vacation so it was nice to see her have some fun!

This is my nephew, baby Jake.....ISN'T he ADORABLE!!!!