Kern County Fair

On September 19th, We went to the Kern County Fair!
Right when we got there Aubrey fell asleep for about the first hour! We felt like we couldn't do anything exciting without her! 

Soon she was awake and we were off to see the animals! 

Aubrey watches the Farm themed Baby Einstein quite often and I think she recognized some of the animal noises! It was so fun to watch her reactions!  

I love this face!! 

And this one too! 

Aubrey thought this turkey was pretty cool! 

Aubrey and Brad with the cows! 

I think Aubrey's favorite animals were the bunnies! 

Especially after she got to hold this one by it's ears! 

After the animal barns, we were off to the butterfly house! It was so fun! Thousands of monarch butterflies were in there! We fed them nectar and had fun with them landing on us! 

They were  so beautiful! 

Aubrey wasn't sure of what to think of this butterfly on her headband! 

Haha this FACE! 

"No big deal guys, I just have a butterfly on my head!"

Next it was Dinner Time! 

Brad had a turkey leg....

He looked like a barbarian eating it!

And I had this giant pulled pork sandwich! 

Then one of the Greatest things happened! For a long time one of my bucket list items has been to ride an elephant! They have been my favorite animal since elementary school! When we saw they were doing Elephant Rides, Brad was first to hand me over some cash to ride it! It was totally worth the full $8.00!

Meet Kitty!! She is 47 years old and was so friendly! I had a BLAST!! 

We had such a fun time at the fair and probably spent a little too much money, but hey it was worth it! I can't wait to go year after year and see Aubrey enjoy it a little bit more each time! I love that we can do all of these fun "kid" things and make memories like our parents did with us when we were young! Life is good! See ya next year Fair! 

3 Year Anniversary

Our Anniversary was a full week of celebrating! We spoiled ourselves in Pismo and then in Bakersfield! 

We started with eating at Big Sky Cafe in SLO and ate a delicious dinner! Brad had Lobster mac n cheese and I had eggplant lasagna. It was so yummy!! 

Brad was working out of town the day of our anniversary and brought these home the next day, September 11th! I love roses!

Brad in advance had set this fun announcement in my car for the day we went out to celebrate! It was a fun greeting to our Date Night!  

Brad and I dropped Aubrey off at our friends house and we enjoyed a baby free evening! Thank you Sean and Kristine! 

Our first stop was to Red Lobster for some endless shrimp! We ate so much and definitely got our money worth!! 

During dinner Brad slipped me a card and in it there was something folded in an origami heart. It took me a few minutes to unwrap it and to my surprise Brad got me SYTYCD Tour Tickets!! We will be sitting 4th row on January 22nd and they are coming to BAKERSFIELD!!

  I was so surprised and so EXCITED! Can't wait to see these phenomenal dancers!! 

After dinner we went to the Market Place and walked around the shops until our movie started! We went to see Guardians of the Galaxy! It was pretty funny! We mainly just enjoyed ourselves watching a movie in a theater with no interruptions. 

Thank you Brad for such a fun night! He always goes over and beyond my expectations of making our anniversary/celebrations special! I am so blessed! I love you Brad! These have been the best 3 years of my life and I look forward to what eternity has to bring!! 

Fun in Pismo

Things are slowing down in Pismo but when Aubrey and I visit our fun definitely doesn't slow down!! We keep very busy!

On September 4, the Seahawks played Green Bay so why not dress up and take some pre-game pictures!! We were staying at a hotel so we stepped outside to take a picture! I ran to the store and got some wings and veggies! We had a great night and the Hawks won!! 

Friday night we were able to stay at Brad's co-workers apartment! It was a huge blessing because we wanted to stay until Saturday to meet up with some friends at the Beach. On Friday we went to SLO and walked the shops and had big juicy burgers for lunch! We had a great time! 

Saturday morning we got up early and got bundled up in our sweatshirts and walked down to the beach! Aubrey is such a trooper and is up for any adventure!

Our first stop was to Old West Cinnamon Roll Bakery! You could smell the cinnamon rolls from blocks away! 

I got the pecan loaded cinnamon roll

And Brad got the original with cream cheese frosting! They both were heavenly!! 

Sometimes I just have to take pictures of these two because I love them so much!!

We then walked down to the beach to look for some wildlife! Aubrey of course fell asleep!!

We had to take a selfie! Excuse my no make-up face and Brad's half beard/mexi stache! 

The water was pretty rough that morning so we didn't find very many shells or sand dollars but we did watch some sweet surfers! 

I am obsessed with the pier! I think it is so cool! 

Aubrey then wakes up right when we get back to the apartment, right when all of the fun and excitement is over. She then decides to be hyper when Brad and I are both exhausted! 

We took quick naps before our friends got into town and then headed back down to the beach to eat at Mo's BBQ! We had garlic fries and bomb pulled pork sandwiches with slaw on top!! 

Then the Heiner Family met up with us!! 

Joben was bringing water and wet sand up towards us to have some for building sand castles! 

It was so cute watching him go back and forth to get the "wet" sand! 

Tavian was figuring out how all of the toys worked that his mom brought! 

Emery was enjoying the sand too! It was the kids' first time at the beach! 

Dot and Brandon enjoying some snacks! 

Brandon is an Engineer and he was definitely putting his skills and thought processes into making one awesome sand castle! 

Aubrey just chilled and watched them all!

I of course snapped hundreds of pictures! 

Dot then put her sand sculpting skills to the test and made the kids some awesome sculptures! Emery was a mermaid! 

Brandon and the boys continued building...

The Final product! 

Joben was so excited!!

Brad crashed into some big waves!

Dot got some cuddles with Aubrey!

Aubrey loved the sand in her toes!

And giggles with Daddy!!

Then Dot and the Family got really creative making Tavian into a race car driver!

Complete with the Lucky Number 7!

Once Tavian was done Joben got to have a turn!

and of course Emery too!

Before we wrapped the afternoon up, Dot was at it again, sculpting away! 

A sea turtle! She is quite good, don't you think!!??

Aubrey once again crashed and slept the entire way home back to Bakersfield! 

We had such a blast at the beach! We were so grateful to have friends come and spend the afternoon with us too! Dot and I both grew up in Spokane and we both moved down to Bakersfield for our husbands jobs within a couple of weeks of each other! Dot is about 10 years older than me so it took a little while to make the connection that we were both from North Spokane, but once we did we were glad to have each other and reminisce about our hometowns!! It is amazing how the Lord is so aware of us and knows what we need in our life! We have become great friends and enjoy having game nights and going on walks! Our husbands have also become close and work in the church callings together.   

Pismo... We look forward to more fun adventures!