A walk down memory lane…..

“Lasterday” (this is a word that Abby made up.  It means any day that was in the past…I like it) we went on a little trip.  The reason for the trip was a wedding of a good friend from our Fresno State days.  We squeezed a whole bunch into our 3 days!  This little trip was just what our family needed.  It was wonderful just to spend some quality time together. 

 

“Dairy Queen” (my little city girl thought that’s what the dairy was called).  This is the dairy on the Fresno State Campus where I worked in undergrad.  I fed the calves their milk twice a day.  It was fun to show Abby and Jocelyn around.

We went to lunch at Dr. Rodeik and Moe’s house.  She was our college professor and boss when we worked at the Quarter horse unit.  So nice to catch up and we look forward to a visit to their new place in Kentucky in the future. 

and then there was the wedding with the “princess”.  Oh my did Abby love this.  Kristen and Bryan had the most beautiful wedding complete with a Cinderella Carriage.  Abby is still talking about the beautiful princess and her prince.  We are still playing wedding too…

The highlight of the night was dancing with the princess:)

 

There were boat rides on the lake too! 

While at the wedding we got to catch up with many “old” friends.  Times have definitely changed since our college days….

Lunch with Matt, Carol, Ian and Mark.  We hadn’t seen each other since the arrival of the kiddos.  They had such a wonderful time playing together.  The next day at lunch Abby says to daddy, “Do you love dump trucks daddy?”  I know which two little boys taught her about dump trucks.  Matt and Carol are such great people.  I really wish they lived closer….

My little roller spent some good time rolling around on the floor at their house.  I was a happy mama to be able to put her down and she was happy to be out of her car seat!

….and then we drove a little more to visit the Bass Family.  We had a good BBQ out outside just like the good ol' days:)  The only difference was the addition of 3 kids.  Colby was 3 weeks old and a real cutie!  I can’t believe how strong he is.  Such a lucky little guy to have such great parents.  Jocelyn and Abby can’t wait for him to grow a little bit so they can play.  I wish they lived closer too….

Riding the cart in and out of the hotel rooms was a highlight for Abby. 

What a great trip!

Sensory Time Fun:)

I have a “theory” that in order to be fortunate to have a little angel in your family you have to be a wonderful person. This group that we have connected with is GREAT! Everyone is kind, fun and loving . We do all have one very special thing in common but without that special person we would probably never know one another. We meet once a month at Sensory Time for some dinner, time to chat, and playtime for the kiddos:)

Jocelyn and Taylor:)

I just had to put this in here:) Natalie looked over to find her older son Vitali on top this large climbing structure standing up!

Riley

Fay and Baby Taylor

Jocelyn, Elias and Taylor all checking each other out!

Chatting with some sweet mamas!

My little dancers

 

We had a fun afternoon of dress up a few days back.  Abby got all dressed up in her dance clothes.  Soon she is starting a little ballet and tap dancing class.  She is quite excited.  It was my attempt to try and channel the princess talk that seems to be taking over our lives:)  Jocelyn got dressed up for the dance party too!

Then there was a dance recital in the hallway! 

Jocelyn and Elias

 

This is Elias…you’ve met him before….and I know you’ll meet him again:)  Jocelyn and Elias are buds.  They both are happy about life!  Each Tuesday Elias and Jocelyn swim together.  Today at swimming was their first kiss….they went in for a hug and decided kissing was necessary too.  Ohhhh they make their mamas smile:)

Sleepy

Every baby needs a picture like this….sound asleep in the high chair covered in baby food.  I wondered why my happy little girl Jocelyn was cranky….she was very very sleepy.

Daddy’s weekend!

Abby and Daddy got to spend the whole weekend together while Jocelyn and I went on our trip.  They had Lobsterfest at the beach and had a super time:)

Check out what shirt daddy put on Abby……Chargers of course…Chris also pointed out that the bow even matched!

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Beach Fun!

Papa cooking lobster.

Kicking back in the AM:)

I was told this a picture of Great Papa teaching the kids to dance!

 

Silly Faces with my cousin:)

Practicing the fun game of washers.

Jocelyn’s 1st Airplane trip..

  

Jocelyn and I went on a little trip to Oakdale to visit some great friends.  Luke and Lindsay just had a super cute little baby boy, Colby:)  It was a wonderful trip where we got to spend lots of time with our babies.  I have to say, I was pretty impressed with this mommy and daddy.  Colby was only a week old and they had it down.  They are GREAT parents:) 

 

Jocelyn LOVED the airplane ride.  No crying or fussing!

 

Colby Jackson Bass!

 

Hands FREE!!!!

Mom, didn’t you bring me any toys?

We made friends with Michael and is family at the airport.  Michael is 21 and has down syndrome.  Super sweet kid:)  He was very excited to tell me all about the TV show he is auditioning for.  We’ll be watching for him.  He was even more excited to hold Jocelyn!  He really wanted to do “Super Baby” with her.  You know, where you pretend she is superman flying through the air.  I thought it was best he not do that, and told him she had just eaten:) 

Happy Daddy with all his girls home:)

 

Yep, check me out, I am practicing my crawling position….