Steel Days carnival and Parade...

my kiddo's love the carnival, who am i kidding, i love it!! We met Shannon and her

kids there too, which was great for Boston who wanted to ride on all the 

spinning rides.  

We even brought our little sadie {granum's dog that we are dog sitting for 3 months} t

o the carni, which was really interesting.

it was a super hot day so we cooled off with taco amigo's fresh strawberry shakes after. 

the following morning was the Parade.  It was so fun and this year they had these awesome 

real looking dinosaurs, which were a big hit!

California Vacation...

We started off our family vacation to california with a quick pit stop in Las Vegas at our 

favorite kid friendly resort 'Tahiti Village'.  Then off to the Hyatt Regency resort in

 Huntington beach! It's our favorite resort right across from the beach.  They have a fun 

kids club, lots of pools and waterslides and a lagoon of hot tubs.  the kids loved meeting up with 

tons of our cousins there.  It was like we took over the resort with the Johnson family! ha!

Every day we played at the beach or the pool and made smore's at night by the bonfire.

my kids adore their older cousins and it was so fun hanging out with everyone. 

My nephew Taylor was getting married in the Newport beach temple that following 

saturday.  So Grandpa {by tradition} takes the kids to the temple to do baptisms.  It was

such a great experience.  The LA temple is where we met my brother Derek and his

family.  We got our own session, and the room was absolutley gorgeous.

As we were walking out, Elder Uchdorf was walking out.  He was there for his grandson's

wedding, and we loved that we got to see him!!

Crab hunting, always a hit at the beach!

my little mermaid...

the waterslides at the hyatt are amazing, and even ivy went on them all by herself.

LA temple with grandpa...

The boys loved playing beach volleyball or just body surfing the waves! 

there were some HUGE waves too.

this picture cracks me up... this is just a few of us in one of the hot tubs. 

 WE overtook the place!! haha!

happy {heart} day!

thank goodness for Pinterest this year!  We had so much fun making our own Valentines.  

I got Olivia and Ivy's idea from my very crafty friend jane!

I found the bug idea here.

they LOVED their valentines this year!  Boston wanted NO business in passing 

out Valentines, except one! haha  

I took Boston and his friend Jake the night before to pick out something for their valentines. 

Oh boy!

I made the kids a yummy French toast breakfast with strawberries and they

 got some yummy treats from mom and dad!  then off to school where i surprised them 

with a valentines lunch. 

I went to help out with the twins party, they made their own valentines bags and played a

few games, it was a bit exhausting!  then to top it off, i helped with the 6th grade 

party AFTER School.  It was their very first Valentines party with a bunch of

 Wii's set up in different rooms and then pizza, popcorn and soda.  

These kids had a blast!  sometimes 6th graders are a bit obnoxious, 

but luckily i had a diet coke so i was able to hang until 4! ha

cory and i had a valentines day Lunch at Cafe Rio and so we spent the evening 

hanging out with our sweeties eating some Papa Murphy's pizza and watching "Dolphin Tale."  

Cory made the kids strawberry daqueri's that were Delicious!

we love staying in on Valentines night, it's way to busy out there!