Belated Post

A couple months ago Morgan and my brother Chris went on an overnight hike. I thought it would be good for my in-laws to see these pics of Morgan as well as my parents seeing Chris.They had a great time. They hiked for a few hours at night, slept and then got up in the morning and hiked to a few different lakes the following day and fished. 

As of late

Morgan and my brothers Chris & Mikey went Horned Toad hunting a couple weeks ago and caught 4 or 5. They let a few little ones go and now have 2 bigger ones. 

They are alive and doing well.

 My brother Mikey with Sam.

 We went up to the cabin a couple weeks ago as well. Mikey was staying up there until he started school so we, along with Chris, Kareena and Ty went up there and stayed one night up there. We played some games and ate some yummy food. We had a good time.

Sam woke up one morning with amazing hair. Just a few nights ago we decided it was time to cut his hair. Awwww... his first hair cut. Here is the before picture.

 And the after picture. Isn't he handsome?!!

He's been doing very well eating soft chunks of food. He has pretty much transitioned from baby food and is now eating most of the food we eat at our meals. He gets so messy every time that we rinse him off in the bath tub after every meal.

 Noel just keeps getting cuter and cuter. The other day, after a shower I put my hair up in a messy bun on top of my head and Noel said, "Mommy, you look like a princess!" I said, "Thank you! Do you want to look like a princess?" And she quickly said, "Yes please!" So I put her hair up and this is what it looked like. All day, you can tell she felt like a princess. It was too cute. She is my little buddy.

Carlsbad, CA

At the beginning of August we attended my Family Reunion in Carlsbad, CA. It was our last trip of the summer and it sure ended on a good note. We had a blast! We went to the beach, went boogie boarding, played volleyball, went swimming at a community pool, went to Legoland, ate a lot of good food, played games, went to the Botanical Gardens, had a family talent show, a treasure hunt for the kids, and enjoyed one another’s company. There are a ton of pictures that I just had to share. There are so many more than I want to share but because we literally altogether took thousands of pictures, I had to narrow it down quite a bit. 

A couple of us got family pictures on the beach. I love this picture of Chris and Kareena and Ty.

Morgan surprised me and swept me off my feet!

I love my family.

We played on the beach. Noel had fun playing with her cousin Henry in the sand.

My niece Mya boogie boarding.

Charlie flying a kite.

Great picture of Mikey.

Sam had fun eating the sand. It took me a while to allow that but it came to a point where I just couldn't stop it.

My mom with Mya, Brianna and Leslie playing in the waves.

Leslie boogie boarding.

We played some volleyball.

We had some fun.

Mikey saved us from this large "hummingbird beetle" (that's what we called it because it was huge!)

Ben boogie boarding.

Morgan boogie boarding.

My niece Brianna.

My sister Emilie with her little guy Henry.

Grandma with Sam.

Baby Ty.

Chris and Kareena boogie boarding.

Noel and cousin Maddy at the Botanical Gardens.

Morgan with Adam, Mya and Brianna. Sam is on his back.

We went to Legoland. We tried Noel on a couple rides and she didn't like them.

Mikey liked them though;)

Another ride Noel didn't like.

Grandpa and Grandma on a boat ride, preparing to shoot water.

We were in trouble. Noel was sad.

Morgan made friends with a lego man.

Grandma on a ride with 6 of 10 grandkids.

Chris, Kareena and Ty.

Mikey.

My dad and Ems (you can tell Mikey and Ems are related;))

Maddy, Brianna and Adam.

Leslie, Kareena, half of Ty's head and Morgan.

Can you believe that this is all made of legos?

Statue of Liberty made of legos.

Noel was steering us on a little ride. It was so cute.

Henry and Noel.

Grandpa and Adam and Morgan and Myles.

All of the grandkids.