Fourth of July 2011!!!!

Freedom Festival 5K Run!

Brinley and I after our first 5K race...EVER!

I am 2 1/2 mo pregnant here, was proud to have finished. I signed up for the race before I knew I was even pregnant. My time wasn't the best (I blame it on the last mile that was uphill the entire way! lol)...it was 36 min 3 sec! I loved every minute of it though....just felt this sense of accomplishement. :) Thanks Brinley for doing so great and toughing it out with me!

After the race we headed to the parade....Einstien Bagels in tow! This is the best pic I got of Lindsey the little stinker! She had a lot of fun at her first parade! :)

Aiden was so cute, so happy to be at the parade cause he loves it! Handsome little man isn't he?

They both would point at and scream at every thing that passed it was hilarious. Aiden's favorite this year were the Army guys with guns and Kung Fu Panda! Not sure Lindsey had a fav...she was excited for them all. I love having kids to continue the traditions I loved. And it makes me happy to see them enjoying it as I had hoped!

Happy 4th of July! Thank you to all who have made it possible for us to be Free! We are truly blessed to live in America!

San Diego Trip...part 4...the final stop!

The Mormon Battalion in Old Town San Diego!

We took a detour before we headed to the beach! Aiden, Rog, Abby, Adam and Emily all paning for gold! This was a cute part at the end of the tour. There were a few other little things you could do that were what they did back in the day!

Here we are getting the tour from a lovely Sister Missionary...GO SISTERS! Anywho Aiden got picked to be the one to get to wear all the cool gear the men wore. Can you guess what his favorite accessory was?...He was so excited to get to hold that huge gun all by himself.

He would have made such a handsome soldier! :)

The tour was pretty neat to see, a little long for the kiddos but fun!

At the end of the tour we got a picture in front of a pioneer back drop, it turned out cute but I can't find it. Bummer! :(

Finally....THE BEACH!!!!!!

Isn't it just gorgeous?

Aiden and our friend Abby couldn't get enough of the beach. So we all had to take shifts gaurding them in the water. They were so funny, they kept yelling at the water saying stuff like " you wanna piece of me...come and get me...you waves you..I'm not afraid of you! " Too cute!

Ahh...Heaven!

Lindsey got really cold really fast in the water so she thought it better and safer in the sand...and boy did she get sand....all over! :)

The shade...Emily Anderson and Rog relaxing and enjoying the lazy time at the beach.

Aiden and Mommy...Cheese! :)

Lindsey and Daddy....I just love this duo! Thanks La Jolla Beach, we had a blast and can't wait to come back! :)

This concluded our trip to San Diego! We headed back to Las Vegas the next day and stayed the night at my Grandma Briggs house. We ended our adventure the next afternoon as we arrived at home....exhauseted. This was our first vacation as a family...and we will probably wait another year or two before we do something so big again!

Our first family trip is now officially documented! :)

San Diego thanks for the memories!!!!!!

San Diego Trip...part 3!!

Sea World!

Our first stop, the Dolphins of course.!

We lucked out, we got to see them up close before they closed it off to public for awhile.

Waiting for the Shamu show to start. You could text a number and see your name on a screen, it took forever but I sorta got the pic!

Lindsey posin' for the camera! :)

Aiden had been waiting to see Shamu ever since cousin Abby went a month before us...he was so excited so I just had to get a pic of him at Shamu's stadium!

And the tricks began...always so cool!

This was Aiden's favorite part because Shamu sprayed the entire section and he thought it was hilarious. He still talks about it today!

Oh...cute lil love birds at Shamu!

One of the few family pics we were able to get on our trip. Turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself! Had so much fun at Sea World, I personally love sea life so I enjoyed myself. We sadly weren't able to get many pics but we saw so many cool creatures. Aidens favorite were the Sharks and Lindsey enjoyed the Turtles! I love how that shows the true boy and girl in them!

Thanks Sea World...hope to see ya again sometime!

SaN DieGo Trip..Part 2!

The San Diego Zoo...

Flamingo's gotta love em'!

This is the biggest Komodo Dragon ever. Aiden thought it was sooo cool.

Aiden pretending to be a Gorilla! Love this pic!

Meerkat's, Lindsey got so excited when she saw them especially cause she could get so close. She started waving and saying "hi", it was so cute!

Lindsey spotted this little wild cat of some sort. I love how she squatted down and just watched it for forever.

Now here is Aiden's favorite part of the entire Zoo. The Lion...who knew?! lol If anyone knows Aiden they know of his obsession of lions, it's fun to watch him love something so much. We forgot our camera the first part of the day, so we weren't able to get a pic of a real lion. Next time!!! P.s. That's why we don't have pics of a lot of the cooler animals. Bummer! :(

The Sky Coaster!

This takes you across the Zoo way up above everyone. It's pretty cool, cause you get to see some of the animals at a better view point.

Mommy and daughter, I love this pic!

The view out over the Zoo! Beautiful!

Polar Bears!

Aiden thought it was so cool that he was almost as big as a baby polar bear! lol

The Polar bears were out...it was so neat to see.

Daddy and daughter....twins?! lol Havin fun at the Zoo!

The Panda bear was so fun to watch...he made us laugh for quite awhile. Just minding his own business eating his bamboo!

Now this is hilarious....Lindsey absolutely loved the Hippos! It was cool cause they were under that water right next to the window. I have never seen them under water before....it's like they are as light as a feather. Anywho Lindsey just stayed and watched them and followed them and would scream and point for such a long time. It was fun to see her reaction. So her souvenir was a stuffed Hippo....so stinkin cute!

Lindsey lovin her some Hippos! lol

Our Zoo trip came to and end all to fast. We definitely enjoyed ourselves!

SaN DieGo Trip!

Our first stop...Vegas!

Aiden and Mommy ready to roll...

Daddy all geared up for the longest drive ever...lol

Our cuties, they did pretty good on the drive to Vegas! After that...a whole other story.

Lindsey sadly stuck in her stroller becuase there were just too many people. Sorry sister, thanks for being a good sport!

Smile..isn't this store just so cool? I feel like Vegas is definitely not for kids. Try as they might it was so not worth it. Sorry! :(

Waiting in line to see an M&M short movie with our friends Abby, Jaiden and Ali Anderson. It ended up being 3D and pretty fun!

Happy 3rd Birfday Aiden!

It's a Party!!!!

So we celebrated Aiden and Patrick's Birthday together this year,we had plans for later in the month of June so we had the party June 4th! It was fun and turned out really well because all our family and friends came to support us. We had sandwiches and sides potluck style, it was YUMMY! Thanks all you brought a side! :)

3 yrs old....I can't believe it!!!

Patrick's Bday is June 10th!

Aiden's Bday is June 19th!

Cute lil cake, thanks Costco for the perfect cake!

Aiden definitely got spoiled....Thank you all for the great Birfday presents!!!

So stinkin cute! :) Luffs you Aiden!

So the story about the Spiderman umbrella is...everytime we would go to the store he would find it and carry it around the entire store. So we had to get it! He is so cute!!! :)

Aiden at 3yrs is...

34 lbs

38 in tall

overall in the 70th percentile

and CRAZY smart!

The things we love most about our lil guy...

Fun personality

Outgoing, can make a friend wherever he goes

Is a good helper especially with sister

Has more love to give than anyone I've ever met

Is the bestest boy ever in the whole world...

Please stay the way you are FOREVER...sweet boy!

Can't wait to see what this year holds for you, I'm EXCITED!!!!