Monday, June 13, 2011

Oceanside May 2011


We had a great time in Oceanside
with our Shelley side of the family!
It was great getting together with everyone
(minus Garrett--missed you!) for a whole week!

Tyler with his dad and brother Kyle

Alexa and Karli with cousins Jackson and Nathan

Cute little Rilee spent most of her time all bundled up in the stroller!
She took some great naps!

A guy at the beach one day taught Tyler how to surf
and let him borrow his board for a little while.
Tyler LOVED it, and has been craving it ever since!

Grandma with the little girls

The guys playing paddle ball four square

This was our whole group...
on the pier before sunset

Grandma and Grandpa Shelley with Rilee

Our family of five on the pier
...feels a lot bigger than it looks :)

Everyone was headed out into the water...
well, Tyler beat everyone in by sprinting and doing a great big dive
...or belly flop...

Cuties playing in the sand

Digging for sand crabs
The girls thought those were pretty cool!


Walking to the shops


Grandma and Grandpa with the babies, Rilee and Whitney

Grandma and Grandpa with all the grand kids--
Alexa, Jackson, Nathan, Karli, Megan, Jared, Whitney, and Rilee


Cousins, minus the babies








Saturday, May 14, 2011

Tyler's Birthday and some other random pictures

Happy 32nd Birthday
to the BEST hubby and father
in the whole world! :)
We celebrated Tyler's birthday in the morning before his work
with breakfast, presents, and cards!
He had a busy day at work,
and then went camping with his scouts.
So we didn't get to spend too much time with him
on his special day...but we thought about him a lot!

We love you!
Here are all four of your girls on your birthday
...celebrating for YOU (...without you)
Karli and Alexa making Daddy's sign
Mom and baby Rilee
Karli and her friend Owen looking for bugs
...Karli is terrified of bugs
...but hopefully summer will cure that!

Alexa is quite the photographer...
she is always asking to take our pictures


Some of the neighbor friends were playing on our tramp with Alexa and Karli...
We are all so happy to have a trampoline!
(Tyler was out monitoring the kids)


Our neighbors have a tramp right on the other side of our fence,
and they have a lot of fun jumping on the two tramps together!
(if you look hard enough you can see them jumping over there)

Alexa is FIVE!

The main thing Alexa wanted to do
for her birthday was get her
EARS PIERCED!
We went the night before her birthday,
and she was so excited
and so brave!

The morning of her birthday, we celebrated a little before Tyler went to work.
She opened presents and we made her feel special :)
For her party this year
(which she had been planning for about six months now!)
she was excited to have a RAINBOW PONY PARTY!
Her birthday ended up falling on a playgroup day,
so we had it during playgroup!
Alexa with her friends...and her rainbow cupcakes!
yes, even the cake part is rainbow!




Alexa had a game on her birthday!
Go Alexa!


Karli found some of the best places to watch the game that day! :)


Alexa's 5 year old self portrait:


Favorite Color:  all the colors in the rainbow -- especially yellow and orange.
Favorite things to do:  ride bike w/o training wheels, ride scooter, jump on tramp, and drawing
Favorite toy:  Zoobles
Favorite drink: Lemonade
Favorite food:  Chicken soup
Favorite clothes:  sparkly shirt and colorful skirt
Favorite game:  Leapster 2
Favorite cereal:  Honey Nut Cheerios
Favorite Veggie:  "Little Corns"
Favorite fruit:  Apple
Favorite treat:  Licorice
Favorite animal:  Hamster
Favorite show:  Bubble Guppies and Jake and the Neverland Pirates
What do you love about:  Dad?  He works so hard and plays with us a lot
                                          Mom?   Makes us dinner and is such a nice mom
                                         Karli?  Plays with me
                                         Rilee?  Her smile and she's adorable

We love our Alexa so much! 
She is such a great helper and really tries to do what is right. 
 She loves playing with her friends. 
She loves her preschool class and church class. 
She loves her family.  
She is such a joy to have around,
and has such a fun personality!