Monday, August 22, 2016

J U N E -- 2016

June 2016 was a busy one! 
We had a lot of summer fun and went to Utah for a family reunion (pictures from the reunion will be on the next post!) 

So other parts of June included.... 

Dinner at Chick-fil-a! It's my favorite and they had their Summer Peach Shakes, so we had to go!

We discovered something pretty fun! Home Depot does FREE kids workshops on the first Saturday of every month! Aubrey and Brad went and made a Father's Day present! 
Dad and Aubrey built it, and Mommy helped Aubrey paint it! It was a cell phone holder that was shaped as a trophy!

Aubrey and Mommy running errands! She is the best shopping buddy!

We went and bought a Tinker Bell house on a yard sale website! She played with the furniture and fell asleep on the way home! It was so cute!

Later she decided to pack up her toys and put on one shoe to go Bye-Bye! Don't know where she thought she was going to go!

Our dear friends Tessa and Jeremy got us into floating the Kern River! It was such a BLAST! We bought these awesome tubes at Costco! We didn't have a pump so Brad decided he would use his lungs! Crazy boy! But he got the job done! 

Aubrey was a good tester! She got her life jacket on and was ready for the fun adventure ahead! 

But first Pioneer Day! 
We had a fun Stake Pioneer Day Celebration! Sister Lord asked for us to be Joseph and Emma Smith and Aubrey was our little pioneer girl!

She wore one of my old dresses that my mom had made! She was the cutest one there! 

Pictures before the program!

Aubrey found a stick! She was pretty excited about it! 
Us all in our Pioneer Outfits! 
They had a fun petting zoo for the kids and lots of fun activities! They had a delicious BBQ lunch as well! It was a great activity for the whole family! 

After the Pioneer Day Activity, we went and floated the River! We didn't take our phones with us so this "after" picture will have to do! We had so much fun!

While some of our friends were out of town, Aubrey and I had the opportunity to watch/play with the kiddos! Emma and Sofia! 
They have a really fun playground! 
Aubrey loves this swing! 
Weee!!! 
We also got to watch Baby Landon! 
Aubrey is so good with him! 

In the middle of June we went to our reunion... stay tuned for my next post! 

We love vacations but we really start missing out Daddy after seeing him for a whole week! A little visit to Brad's office is always fun! 
Aubrey and I also kept busy with attending a few of the summer $1 movies! Going with friends is a lot more fun! 

That Saturday after we got back, was Baby Charlotte's Birthday!
It was a Neverland theme! It was so cute! 
Aubrey taking selfies of her sweet headband!
Of course Aubrey found Tink! 
Playing with Charlie in the pool! 
Giving Lindsay Hugs goodbye! 

Aubrey fell in love with Buffalo's when we were on our Reunion Trip! This picture of a buffalo was hanging up in our lodge and she wanted to go see it every time we were in the common area! Before we left we took a picture of it so she could look at it! Brad Airdropped it to our TV and Aubrey thinks it is the coolest thing! She gives it kisses, finds his nose and eyes, and says BUDLOW! 

It is now her favorite animal!

Brad won some tickets to the Bakersfield Blaze Baseball game! So we went and invited Tessa and Jeremy to tag along! It was a beautiful night! 
Jeremy got a popsicle and Aubrey ended up eating it! 
It was firework night! They had a great display! 

The last week of June, Aubrey started swimming lessons! The first day I didn't come very prepared... I forgot a change of clothes and a fresh diaper. But I didn't forget the fruit snacks! ;)
Mom Fail...
 But Aubrey didn't know the difference!
Love her goggle lines! She is the sweetest and her teachers were impressed with her swimming! I can't keep her from going underwater! More to come with her swimming lessons too! 

June was a wonderful month! It got HOT so fast but we enjoy many nights in the pool! 
Thank you summer! We are so blessed! 

Thursday, July 28, 2016

M A Y -- Memorial Day Weekend 2016

We have been wanting to go up to the Bay Area for a long time now and finally got the chance over Memorial Day Weekend! Brad's cousin Matt lives up there and him and his wife organized an awesome weekend for us all! We had a BLAST! 

First we went to the guest house we were staying at! The Casita! I felt like I was on a Private Getaway! It was a guest house of a family in Matt and Courtney's ward! 
Their pool was phenomenal! 
Aubrey was in Heaven!
Brad and Aubrey getting ready to go down the slide!
The gorgeous view!

We had a fun night in the pool! Matt and Courtney left to put baby Drew down and we did the same with Aubrey! Brad and I swam for a couple more hours! It was so much fun! 

The next morning we went and headed up to the beach! 
Santa Cruz!
Aubrey and Baby Drew!
Looking for some rocks!
Throwing rocks in the ocean!
She was having the time of her life!
My beach babe!
A view of the board walk!

The boys were surfing so we went and found some tide pools on the beach!

Brad learned to surf and took a break to show the kiddos his Pink surfboard! 

Rafe and Matt Surfing! 

Go BRAD!
He learned really quick for his first time!
Woot woot! 
YAY!! 
Proud of him!
It was pretty chilly and Aubrey was freezing after being in the water! 
Cousins! 

We went out to Lunch and headed back to the Casita! We played in the pool some more! 
And hung out while the kiddos took some naps! 
Paradise!
That night we went to get some Tacos for Matt's Birthday! 
Courtney made some Brownies after and we played some games! We were so full and so tired after a fun day! 

Sunday morning Brad, Aubrey and I headed up to Stanford to walk around their beautiful campus! 
Palm Street!
Celebrating 125 years! 
Their campus is HUGE! I could have spent all day there! 

The Cathedral! 
Love this family of mine! 

After exploring for a little bit, we went to church and then headed to Matt and Courtney's for a delicious dinner! We ended the night with walking to a park and played some spike ball! 

The next morning we headed up to San Francisco! 
The fog was like a blanket on the hill side! 

We went to 16th Avenue Stairs and Aubrey Climbed all of them by herself!
They were so beautiful and had so much detail!
The gorgeous view at the top! Too bad the smog was in the way of seeing the ocean! 
On the other side facing the city! 
Looking at Golden Gate Park! It is bigger than Central Park!
Baby Drew being so darn cute! 
2nd cousins! 

On the way down!

Cuties!

San Francisco is so extravagant! I loved the fun colors and detail in the buildings!

We headed to Golden Gate Park and rode the carousel!
Kisses! We have to say, "Bye Bye" to everything so Aubrey won't be super sad to leave it! 
We also went to the first public children's playground! They had some awesome concrete slides that you slide down on cardboard! It was a lot of fun! I will have to find the videos we took! 

Then we headed to some look out places of the ocean! 
Lands End! 
Our First view of the Golden Gate Bridge! 
Lands end used to be a bathing pool
This is what it looked like! 

We hiked down to the bottom of the hill. 
And found a cave! 
Aubrey was a trooper but she was getting really tired! 


We then drove around to get another view of the Golden Gate Bridge! 
We drove past some awesome Mansions! Many Celebrities live in that area! 
Another view of the Golden Gate! 
And one more from the other side! 
Check off my bucket list! 

Matt and Courtney were the best tour guides! We just followed them and they pointed out the window of things we needed to see and knew where to stop for us to get pictures! 

Alcatraz in the distance!

The Palace of Fine Arts! It was built for the Worlds Fair! 

It was incredible! 
So beautiful! 

We experienced some extreme San Fran Hills! 
I felt like I was in Princess Diaries! lol

We had a wonderful lunch and let the kids play at the park until we had to head out! 
It was so fun experiencing new parts of California! 

Oakland Bridge!

We had such a blast! A Huge Thanks to Matt, Courtney and Baby Drew! We love you guys! Thanks for a wonderful weekend!!