Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Our Day at Balboa Beach..

Yesterday, Steven and I planned to take the girls to the beach for the day.  It was our first trip to the beach with Miss Brooklyn and we had a blast! I got up nice and early to get everything prepped and ready.( It's crazy once you have your own kids you realize how much prep work EVERYTHING is!  It makes me appreciate my own mom SO MUCH MORE and all the hard work she did daily so that we could do fun things.)
We got to the beach at about noon and didn't head for home until 7 pm! Madison could have stayed at the beach FOREVER! She had so much fun playing in the sun, building sand castles, and after a little bribery, playing in the water and looking for sand crabs with daddy! Brooklyn loved it too! She was mesmerized when we first got there by the waves and sand.  She to had fun playing in the sand (and eating it) and putting her little toes in the water! She even caught a nice little nap right on mommy's lap-but who couldn't fall asleep with the noise of waves in the background??
 Brooklyn Checkin Out The Water
 In Awe...Love Her Sweet Innocent Look!
 Getting Used to the Sand!
 Sand Fun!

 Miss Maddie Digging Away!
And Brooklyn... 


 Building Sand Castles w/ Daddy!
 Tada!
 Daddy & Maddie!
 Hard @ Work in the Sand!

 Brooklyn Cruising w/ Daddy!
 Love this One! <3
 Checkin out the Water w/ Daddy!
 Haha! Hanging onto Daddy!
 Getting a Little Braver!
 Our Attempts @ A Family Shot!

 Burying Her Barbies
Miss Brooklyn's Nap On Mommy!

 After a couple of hours of fun in the sun we cleaned up and headed over to The Balboa Fun Zone for some pizza, rides, and ice cream.
 Maddie Hanging on the Monkey Bars
 Ferris Wheel Fun w/ Mommy!

 Getting Strapped Up For the Trampoline!
 So brave!
 Ready to Go!
 Waving for Momma!
 So Much Fun....

 And of course, ending the day w/ Ice Cream!
 For B Too..
 Yummy Balboa Bar!

 The day ABSOLUTELY wiped the girls out! Madison was asleep before we even hit the freeway!
 
I can't wait for even more beach trips with our girls this summer and in years to come! Can't summer be all year long??

Happy Birthday, America!

This year for 4th of July we headed over to David & Annie's house for their annual 4th of July Extravaganza. I don't think I have EVER met a family that loves 4th of July as much as they do! This was their first 4th of July party in their new home and it was a lot of fun. Uncle David even scored extra points and rented a bouncy house for the kids to enjoy!
The day was filled with food, cornhole, basketball, jumpy house fun and lots of hanging out with family and good friends.  In previous years, Madison has LOVED fireworks. However, this year we knew we would be exiting before the firework show because somewhere in between 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 she lost her love for the sparkly gems that light the night sky. We learned this a few months ago when Steven and I used about 50% of our Angels tickets on "Big Bang Friday" which Madison prefers to enjoy watching from the parking lot instead...oh well, I'm sure she will be back to loving them again soon!
Maddie in her July 4th Get-up!
 Momma & Her Girls
 Bouncy House Fun!
 Miss Brooklyn
 All the Ladies...
 and The Gentlemen (somethings never change...love the bunny ears on Kevin!)
 <3 Family Shot <3

 Sweet B, Cuddling w/ her Blankie in the Jumper!
 Sissy's Playing Cornhole
 Nice Shot Miss Maddie!
 Attempting to Get a Falls' Family Picture..
 ...and another attempt!
 Crazy B!
 Jumpy Jump!
 
 Too Much Fun!
Happy 4th of July!