Memorial Weekend

This past weekend we had a fun trip at the River with some friends. The weather wasn't the best when we got there but it got better as the days went on. Our friends have an awesome house right on the river. It was the first time Jake had been on a boat..and he was so funny. He didn't like the wind on his face and kept plugging his nose. Some of the highlights for me were a perfect morning of water skiing, my best scrabble game ever (I still think geeky is a word), Wii trivial pursuit & tug of war with steph, and floating down the river. Thanks so much Lombardi's for the invite..we had so much fun. I forgot my camera so when someone emails me some pic's I will post them.

Surf Trip

May 3rd we did our first summer San Onofre surf trip.

We packed up the kids, surfboards, the little BBQ

and spent the day at the beach. We met a lot of our friends there

and had a great day. Our next trip is scheduled on May 31st.

I can't believe (neither can Matt) that I actually dared to

get in the water to go surfing after all those reports of shark

sitings and attacks. I am a little traumatized after watching Jaws

one too many times as a child...but I did it.

Jake at the beach

The three Amber's headed out to catch some waves

(Almost standing up)

Girls Trip

(Megan, Rachel, Brooke, Sarah,

Lacy, Brittany)

In April I had a little girls weekend with my high school friends. We are trying to make it an annual thing. It was so good to see everyone...a few people I haven't see for years. This year we all met up in St. George went out to dinner then headed up to Pine Valley to stay at a friends cabin. We had so much fun looking at old pictures, videos, laughing and plenty of eating. Thanks everyone for making an effort to go and I can't wait until next year. If you want to see more pic's of the trip check out our blog at www.ladiesof95.blogspot.com

Little Bruiser

If you are seeing this for the first time don't freak out it happened before Christmas, but I just found the picture and I wanted to document what a little active 2 year old I have

Rock On

We had the ultimate girls night out last night. The seven of us went to rock out at a Bon Jovi concert. We had so much fun. It was an amazing concert and Daughtry opened which was a bonus. Now don't make fun...you know you love Bon Jovi songs..(living on a prayer, bad medicine, shot through the heart..just to name a few)Holly, Jen, Me, Michelle, Stephanie, Kristen, Melanie

ROCK ON!!

Out to dinner before the concert

Concert

Us and our tickets

Don't you love to sing along to Bon Jovi

Jake's Birthday (2 yrs old)

Jake's birthday was easter weekend so I am a little late posting these. We had a great time. We had a little last minute birthday party at our friends house. They have a bouncy castle so Jake was in heaven. We also did a little easter egg hunt along with a BBQ.

Jake & Mika eating cake

Jake & Mika blowing out the candles

I would love to take credit that I made this cake, but I didn't. My friend Melody Odell did it. Isn't it so cute.

Happy Easter

Today we had a little Easter Egg Hunt for the kids. It was really a lot of fun. As soon as Jake discovered that there was candy in the eggs he could really care less if he found any more. He just wanted to sit down and eat his candy. We even got all the kids to sit still while we took a little photo shoot of all the kids. I am really lucky to have so many good friends with kids around Jake's age. It makes all these activities so much fun. (Notice the blue around Jake's mouth..Robin eggs were a hit)

The whole gang

Saxon, Nate, Mika, Emily, Jake, Jack, Marie, Annalena
Emily and Jake