Lots and Lots of Family

This last month has been lots of fun. We have been spoiled by visits with family. First My mom and dad came into town on their way to Hawaii. We enjoyed spending time with them, and Sienna was excited Mimi came back to her room.

We hiked to Vernal pools, a seasonal pond.


There were beautiful wild flowers and cacti along the way.


Someone was happy to be with her Mimi and Papa.



Then a week later my sister Joyce, her husband Mike and their boys came for a visit. We enjoyed swimming in the pool, playing Wii, going to the beach and the Wild Animal Park.


Sienna loves her cousins Caleb and Dallin and "Baby Blake."


We were able to have dinner at the fire station with Steve. We rode in the Firetruck,



Had a photo shoot,




and slid down the fire slide.





For Easter we were able to go up to Grandma Judy and Grandpa Donnie's house and enjoy Easter dinner with Aunts, Uncles and Cousins.


Then a couple weeks later. . .

Surprise!

My sister Gretchen surprised me with a visit!


Sienna and Kapri were friends right away. Doesn't my girl look so grown up holding her cousin's hand and showing her around.


We also went to the Wild Animal Park.


We saw lots of animals.


and some baby birds too.






To avoid traffic we stopped at a nearby mall to have dinner and take a train ride.


We were even lucky enough to enjoy a dinner with Heath in Downtown San Diego.

We are exhausted, but we loved playing with family and would do it again anytime!

Another visit to the Dairy

Yesterday we went back to the Dairy for a tour. When we went a couple of weeks ago, Sienna was able to feed the goats and sheep, but not the cows.

Happy Easter!

Wild Flowers

One of the things I love about were I live are the wild flowers. This time every year the ground is covered with wild flowers of every color. This year I got it in my head that I would take my girls to a field of wild flowers for a photo shoot. I loved these orange and yellow flowers, and so did Juliette. Unfortunately all the fields of purple wild flowers I had in mind for Sienna are located near the highways. I have looked and looked. If you know where I can find purple wild flowers not next to the highway let me know.

This is what happens when mommy is more focused on the camera than her baby.


My sister Joyce was in town and we were discussing whether we liked photos saturated with color, or more on the black and white side with a splash of color.

What do you think?

Not a happy Mama!

So I put Sienna in her room to play while I laid Juliette down for a nap. When I was done this is what I found. The white stuff is baby powder. It was all over. She shook the whole container of powder all over the room.



It was in her closet, drawers, on her dresser and bed. Sometimes I wonder why I ever bother cleaning.




"I needed some powder for my bum bum mom."
I think she got it everywhere but her bum!

DeJong's Dairy

Last week we went to DeJong's Dairy. We missed the tour, but we got to feed the goats and sheep.


Ryder fed the sheep while I fed the goat.


Brody had a staring contest and Araia posed for the camera.


Some of our favorite animals.



After feeding the animals we washed our hands and drank the best chocolate milk.

Disneyland with Araia

Araia and I went to Disneyland, the happiest place on earth.
We had fun. Here I am driving the Toon Town Firetruck
like my daddy.


I really like the movie Peter Pan so I was so excited to see him at Disneyland. Look how cute he is with my friend Araia. I didn't want to be in the picture this time. He was going home to go sleepy time. I hope I see him again soon.