Pismo Beach 8/11/11

Who wouldn't enjoy a weekend in Pismo!?!

We were so excited to go we didn't even look at our route until we were half way there (fyi: don't always trust your phones' GPS is giving you the best route), and ended up taking some backroads and we all got sick.  Teagan threw up all over a Nike outlet's floor (abruptly ending our shopping trip ten minutes after it started) and after cleaning up Trey and Ashie sat on the hotel bed claiming sick before falling asleep in the hotel room around 7:00 pm. . . . Not the best day ever.

But going to Pismo the next day definitely made up for it.  It was overcast and perfect weather for a day on the beach!

At the pier

 Lunch break

 The water was just a TINY bit cold!

 Sand crabs

 A live sand dollar

Digging (some of us dig with our hands, Teagan likes to use his head!)

Ashelyn's 5th Birthday 7/30/11

Ashelyn's birthday always seems to come and go so fast since it is Summer!  She was so excited to turn 5!  Daddy took her and her brothers camping the night before and then they showed up birthday morning about five minutes before her birthday party started! 

Here are the contents of:  A Rainbow Unicorn Pillow Pet Birthday Party

Ashelyn and I made these cute party favors - rainbow colored and sparkly playdough

 Party games

 Found the Treasure Chest

 Ashelyn's Rainbow Cake

She got her Unicorn pillow pet! 

This girl has been such a blessing in our families' lives!  She is such a little mother to all of us and she definitely knows how to have fun and remind us who she is.  I love her sweet spirit and her ambitions!

Love you Ashelyn!

Conference

Wasn't General Conference just amazing!  (yes, I am a little late in posting this!)

As we were listening and QUIETLY playing in front of the t.v. all of a sudden Teagan ran to his room.  He came running out very excited and holding his scriptures saying "Skippers!"  "Skippers!"

It then dawned on me that he heard one of the speakers say scriptures and he understood!

SUCH A GOOD BOY!

Life!

Things have been CrAzY bUsY around here and I have nothing to show for it but a happy family ( I hope)!

Coles thinks he needs to eat like the big kids now.  He is growing WAY TOO FAST!