The Shoe Tree

Out in the middle of no where, between my house and Nicole's there is an amazing tree, the shoe tree. There must have been thousands of shoes on that tree, not including the hundreds that had fallen. Crazy and so cool to see. (Owen is asleep in the car.)

Water Park

Sweet, sweet Lily.

This is Lainie telling me she's cold.

My dearest darling Anna helped me out and put sunscreen on my back...stinker.

Owen taking a little siesta. Snoozes are a must for this boy.

Anna:enjoying herself on one of the water playsets.

Ava:going down one of the kiddy slides. She played for hours on these things.

John and Anna coming off their last tube slide of the day.

Ava going with daddy down the giant tube slide 15 minutes before it closed. She LOVED it. She went a few more times after that.

The whole gang together for one shot before we left.

City Pool/Park

Paul took the girls to the city pool a couple of days on our trip. This particular day the babies and I joined them. The pool reminded me of the one on sandlot.




It started to get stormy and the kids got cold so we dried off and moved our party over the the park that backs the pool.

Road Trip

This was our very first road trip since we've had the twins and it went better than expected. We headed to Fernley, NV. (a little town just outside of Reno...an 8 hour drive.) where we visited with Paul's sister, Nicole and family and Nonnie. Our MV was completely full.

Father's Day

A shot of Paul and his opened father's day gift, the tool chest, the girls got him. They are so lucky to have such a great daddy.

Adventure Dome!

I met this sweet lady when I was 11 years old and we've been BFF's ever since. Love you Jess! Anywho, Paul and I met her and husband Zak in Vegas for a full day of laughs and fun. Thanks Jana for watching my sweet kiddos all day long!!

Uncle Terry's Bday

We celebrated Uncle Terry's birthday surrounded with good people, good food, and great swimming.

Ducks/Splash Pad

We took the girls to feed the ducks and then to cool off at a splash park. The ice cream man rolled passed and Anna pleaded for a treat. Lucky girls.

Barbie Movie

Lucky us, Aunt Jana and cousins, Maylie and Taryn were able to stay with us for a couple of weeks after our reunion. Nothing captures a little girls attention like a barbie movie. Thought they looked so cute.

Saying goodbye

The next morning we went to the pool for awhile, then out to lunch, then we said our goodbyes. Hopefully not for long though, we plan on making a trip up to the PNW end of July.

I was so sad that this one turned out blurry.

Casablanca Day 3

The 3rd day was spent at the pool as well...a little at the day spa too.



That evening we had planned on taking a few pics together as a fam, but by the time we got somewhat put together, it was too dark. I was bummed to have to take all these with flash.

Here's my man setting up my tripod. (Such a babe.) We used self-timer for most of these.

One of all my siblings. Youngest to Oldest, Jana, Me, Marcus, Matthew, and Jen.

My parents with all the grandkids, minus Riley.

My parents with the lucky suckers who married their children. (Hee hee.) minus Dave.

One of the whole clan together...minus Riley and Dave.

And my favorite...

Day 2

Day 2 was spent nearly entirely at the pool. We had a pizza party that evening (thanks dad) and then the boys went off to watch the big game and the rest of us hung out and chit chatted until it was dark. This is all who attended. Except Chad, where is chad? And myself, I'm taking the picture. Dave and Rylie didn't make it, but we missed you both.

CasaBlanca Reunion Day 1

My parents spoiled all of us kids and got us hotel rooms at the CasaBlanca in Mesquite for 3 nights. These pics are from the first night we were there. The pool was a bit on the chilly side, but oh so much fun to hang out with family.