Sunday, July 06, 2014

4th of july













 Red and Blue mustaches made an appearance at the 4th this year with our family. Hudson held on to these for weeks so we could wear them with the family (i just found them for a dollar and thought they'd be fun). Hudson certainly got a kick out of everyone wearing them! We enjoyed a fun evening with Great Grandpa and Gigi, and Uncle Josh and Auntie Jen. Hudson was playing with Lisa for a little bit and Stella got to be the center of attention - man did she love it! she sat on Jen's lap for probably 30 minutes or more, just soaking up all the attention. I guess we second children can be like that! :) 






 Even stella got in on the mustache fun...



Sunday, June 29, 2014

June (phone photo review)

 The last month has included some of the following:
Boating
Visits with Grandmas
Gardening - first crops!
Beach trips
Disneyland
Park visits
Pool time
Visits from friends
Visit from uncle Peter
Farmers markets
Library time
Dinner with friends
Date nights (yay!)
Wine tasting
Tide pool discovering
Time with friends. Time with family. Time together, loud and peaceful.
It's been a good month.


Our friends Angie and Ryan invited us to join them on a boat cruise around Balboa Island - and since Uncle Peter was in town he got to come too!

Our first trip to our local library was great fun - for Stella especially! She found the baby dolls and went ahead and started feeding them!

Disneyland was a hit! As you can tell by the exhausted Hudson in the picture below! H is favorite was Mickey Mouse's house. For a week after we went, he would put his socks on his hands and walk around saying he was Mickey! 






One of our new fave spots - Corona Del Mar tide pools!

We had a great date night at the Beachcomber down in Newport one night - right on the water! 








In a house with an energetic 3 year old boy, Stella takes a few minutes here and there to steal away and play with Hudson's toys when he's not looking. Smart cookie. 



The Jones' visited from DC! On their way to Hawaii they stayed with us for their layover, and we loved it!

Farmers market berry tasting!







Six weeks ago i planted these veggies…and now! looking forward to enjoying it all summer!

Andy and I had the opportunity to go wine tasting in the Santa Barbara hills (Solvang, etc) and it was so fun! I was lucky to be with some of my very dear friends Sandra and Melissa, and we both really enjoyed the day away to be adults!! :) Lucky we have a great babysitter here already!! Now if we could only figure out how to grow our babysitting fund so we can do this more often...