What an INCREDIBLE place!

We went to Incredible John's Pizza while we were in California. It is a pizza buffet that also has rides and games. Emilia loves pizza, so she ate an awesome lunch and then got to play a little. She is finally tall enough to ride the frog jumper and the car ride! She had a blast!!!

Yummy lunch for Emilia

Tristan enjoyed it too!
The car ride...Emilia was smiling and laughing the whole time!

The frog jumper ride. She absolutly loved this ride! She was talking to the girl next to her and laughing a lot.

Steve tried to win a lot of tickets to get the kids a prize

Having some fun at Oma and Opa's house...

We love spending time in Oma and Opa's pool! We had so much fun. Emilia even learned to float and kick around a bit.

Tristan and Kaylea in the pool

Emilia and Zoe in the pool

Aidan sliding

Zion, Zoe, and Lexie

The have a great park near their house. The kids LOVE to swing! Emilia was so brave and went to the very top of the play structure to slide down the slide. (I was a nervous mama!!!)

Emilia going down the slide

Tristan swinging

While we were in California, we got to have a playdate with some friends. Emilia and Zoey are about 2 weeks apart in age. We had fun at Victoria Gardens. The girls played in the fountain (which Emilia was not so fond of...she does not like to get wet.), we had lunch, shopped, and played on the playground.

Tristan watching the girls play in the fountain

Emilia and Zoey

Emilia trying to be brave in the fountain

A great wedding...

My sister, Mandy, married Scotty on June 20, 2009. It was a beautiful ceremony at Church of the Open Door in Glendora, California. The new sanctuary was just built and finished so the wedding was the first thing ever done in the new building. Emilia was one of the flower girls.

Emilia's hair before we went to the church

Tristan waiting for the ceremony to begin

Emilia and Zoe waiting for the ceremony to begin

Emilia posing on stage...a little model

Emilia walking down the isle. She had to tell everyone "Hi" as she walked down. My little social butterfly!
Tristan and my mom at the reception
Emilia and my mom at the reception
Kaylea and my mom at the reception
Mandy and Scotty's first dance as a married couple
The beautiful bride!

Our trip TO California was eventful!

We left around 1:30pm on June 18th and made it all the way to Provo, Utah. We pulled into the first hotel and they did not have any rooms. We tried another hotel and they had one room left so we took it! We got some dinner and went to sleep for the night. We got up early the next morning and had the breakfast that the hotel offered. We then got all our stuff together and packed up the car. While we were getting the kids in the car, we noticed that we had a flat tire! There was a big screw in it that we thought we got from the construction that the hotel was doing. We called Les Schwab and they came to air us up so that we could get it to the shop. They then fixed the tire FOR FREE! They said, "just come back to see us when you need tires."

Emilia wanted some "MNOs" (M&Ms)

Tristan scooting on the floor. (YUCK!)

We had good travels after that and arrived at my parent's house around 7:30pm.

Vacation is wearing on a family!

We were out of town for a long time it seemed. We went to California for my sister's wedding and a visit with my parents, sister's kids (she and Scotty went on their honeymoon so we did not see much of them), my brother, sister-in-law, and their kids. We spent a lot of time in my parent's pool. We came home for a few days and then went to Washington for a week to spend some time with Steve's parents, sister, and her kids. Now that we are back, I am uploading pictures onto the computer. Stay tuned for more posts!