Remember this? Was it always sage green?

I don't know, but I thought Grandma Barbara would LOVE a framed pic of her "cabin". It looks exactly the same however a little smaller. I might have grown a few feet since last being here.

I remember sliding down that little rock slide/waterfall. Good times, good times.

The beach the temple and the temple

It's summer! I've been waiting to go to the beach all week and today was perfect. Great weather and happy kids (and teenagers).

The Newport Beach Temple! SO pretty! Easy to find and I will definitely be going inside next time.

I couldn't handle empty seats in the car when we were going to the BEACH! 4 YW came with us and had a BLAST!

Last night we did baptisms for the dead at Redlands Temple. It's so fun to do AND a sister in the ward provided ALL the names. Even more special when they are family names getting dunked!

Wreath making

Here was the inspiration. I love how the flowers are all different and yet go together.

So we got some hay wreaths. Wrapped them in burlap.

And then after trying to make fabric flowers we wanted to shoot ourselves. Has anyone ever tried? I made some twisty fabric circle things, but the other ones... LAME. So my friend Angie busted out with her gerber daisy's from Michaels. Yanked out the center and put sparkle brads through to add some bling. So cute! This one is hers. I wasn't about to steal all those flowers from her, but guess who needs to go to Michaels today?

For my other sisters

I snagged a few pics from Mom's camera. She stopped by here on the way to and from baby Tyler's blessing. Nice pic! Everyone looks so clean... although I'm not sure who's tie is hangin' out of Nate's shirt? Oh wait is that his?

Hope that baby sleeps through many nights for you Julia. You look awesome and Efren looks alright too;)

My new hair

We'll call it my mid-life crisis hair and I LOVE it!!! 3 minutes to fix... um yes I'm okay with that! (Photo by Kennedy)

He was singing too! Where's the superman pants to go with it?

The girls killed all 5 of these sweet little toads. The ones that weren't smashed died of chlorinated water.

All these pics are from our little visit to Derby Acres. We stayed a few days and ALL of them by the pool. Kennedy and I are now black with some sun burn mixed in there. It was so nice and relaxing the whole visit.