Our Trip To CALIFORNIA!!!!!!!!!!

We got there at about 11am & headed straight for the beach!

What's the best thing about the beach?

Sand up your swimsuit!

Funny, funny!

Ryal loved riding the waves, but was scared of the water and sinking in the sand. So, he would ride a wave like so...

Crash on the shore...

And run like mad on all fours for the dry land!



Skyler and his friend Levi came to CA with us too... Brock, crashing in the waves

Uncle Mike

Scott, TJ & Tressa got to play a couple games of soccer while they were there. We also got to watch Lilly's game.

We hit the CA malls. Gracie got Sleeping Doody glasses.

We got to take the kids to LegoLand...that was so much fun! They had so much for the little kids to do!
Gracie went on her first roller coaster!

Ruby was a good sport all day!

The kids favorite thing the whole day was getting their face painted!

Haylee & Kaylee were good sports taking care of the kids all day

They had a whole water park area

And off came the face paint

They LOVED getting tattoos!

This was Ryal's favorite ride. They give you your own driver's license and you drive on your own.

Scott thought this was amazing! All made from lego's except for the tires!

The kids dug for dinosaur bones!

Ryal tried to bury himself...

Everything there is made out of lego's!

We spent the next day eating at Ruby's on the Seal Beach pier...kind of a tradition in our family.

My boys!

Noah was showing off for the camera...

We celebrated Scott & Chase's birthdays! (Scott just loved being sung to-ya right!)

Other CA tradition-pedicures!

Nancy bought my boys a cake and we celebrated their summer birthdays!

We put together a game of Domino's...our other family tradition. Tricia & Chase against me & my grandma...Grandma and I kicked their trash!

And we hit the Outlet Malls on the way home...of course!

Fun Trip! We LOVE going to CALIFORNIA!!!

Happy (belated) Birthday Hubby!

So I was too busy to get on here yesterday and post a birthday shout out to my hubby! He turned the BIG 30!!! He spent the day playing in a softball tournament with friends Chris & John.

As I started searching for pictures of Scott, I realized that they all kind of looked like this...

Or like this...

Always in the background, taking care of his kids.

This picture is my favorite of Scott, because he truly is the "Best Dad"!

He likes wearing this one better...

But Scott is such a fun and loving father.

He's always got 2 or 3 kids in his arms.

And they love him soooo much!

He is ALWAYS playing with them!

Daddy's little princess!

The boys just LOVE Scott, he's their best friend.

They copy everything he does.

He's the BEST Hubby ever!

I'm so lucky to have married such a wonderful man. Scott would do anything for the people he loves. He is loving and patient, smart and successful, honest and faithful, happy and fun. I learn something from him everyday. He keeps me motivated and uplifted. I am so thankful to him for being such a wonderful and devoted father and husband! I couldn't have found a better man than Scott.

Happy 30th Birthday Glover!

We had a BBQ party at my mom's Friday night for some of the boys.

Then last night, before Scott and I went out to see DARK KNIGHT-awesome!, we had a little party of our own. The kids made him a cake! LOL

I have a bunch of pictures from our fun vacation...just need to find time to post them. Since we've been back, the kids have been going to camp at USA Gym & Gracie is enrolled in a Tinkerbells & Fairytales Dance Camp.

They stretch, do an arts and craft, and then dress up and dance. So Fun!!!

Thursday night, my mom, Tricia & I had fun staying up until 1pm finishing our Stake Dance Festival dances!

Thye're gonna be awesome!

Gracie got in on it too!!!

Noah's newest hobby...playing with the drumsticks!

Hey, it beats eating cake!

Girls Night!!!

At the Buttes!!!

Our girls night was all about this girl...

We tricked Tricia last Thursday, we planned all sorts of drama to get Tricia out of her house and to Julie's. Chase was in on it too. Kemra and I snuck in her house, packed an overnight bag, and off the 4 of us were...pretending to get lost in Tempe on an ice cream run!

Wendy's frosty...my favorite!!!

Then...we pulled out the games!

It's harder then it looks! Everything feels like an eyelid!

I got Tricia good!

Beautiful!

Truth or Dare!

I was the bravest and went first...but this is Tricia singing The Little Mermaid, "ah, ah, ahhhh...", outloud in the hallway while a man is out on the ledge talking on his phone. She had to walk by him when she was done. The most embarrassing was our faces!

The next morning was 4th of July! We met my family & Chase for breakfast at the Good Egg.

BBQ at our house that night...

Scott was awesome!

He let me leave all night, got all the kids ready, (matching and all), for breakfast, and then let me take a nap in the afternoon and made all the food for the BBQ! He even did the grocery shopping! Isn't he awesome? What does he even need me for, right?

Hope you had a Happy 4th of July!!!

Happy Birthday Ryal Boy!

From the day Ryal was born, he has always been a sweet, loving boy. He loves to play and figure things out on his own. Very independent, yet he pretty much copies everything Ethan does. He doesn't need to be the center of attention, but loves getting affection. He has always been my little cuddle bug. When he was a little younger, he would always snuggle up next to me, put his arm around my waist and give me lots of hugs and kisses. It was my favorite thing to have him fall asleep in my bed. He is a little sweetheart!

However, he did NOT like sharing with Ethan!

And he still does have a scream that just pierces your ears.

His best friend is his daddy.

He loves swimming and can swim on his own.

He was always the RED power ranger and Ethan was always the GREEN.

Ethan always makes himself the GOOD superhero and Ryal always has to be the villan. It's okay with him though, he is happy to go with the flow...which is a good thing since Ethan is his brother-(bossy!)

Ryal's favorite thing in the WORLD is playing video games!!!

All of my kids love dancing!

The boys love sports too!

And mostly, the love their daddy!

Ryal loves just being a boy!

He also loves rides and going to the park!

He also LOVES spending time with his cousins!

He has been in Tricia's tumbling class the past two years and will be starting gymnastics in the fall.

Popcorn is his favorite treat at home.

He' s always been adventurous!

Of all my kids, he is the most gentle with the babies. He can sit forever, just talking baby talk, hugging, kissing and loving the little ones. Noah just LOVES Ryal!

This was the first year that the boys didn't have a combined birthday party. Ryal usually wants exactly what Ethan wants, but this year, he insisted on a different party theme!

Ryal loves participating in whatever fun thing is going on at Grandma Ann's house.

Ryal is such a fun brother!

Ryal cracks us up daily. He has this funny sort of accent when he speaks and just says the most hilarious things. Lasterday is one of his famous vocabulary words. He made it through a small slide the other day, and he said to me, "It fits me mom!" The most recent hilarious moment was when we were watching Jumanji last week. He was very concerned about the boy who got sucked into the game. He kept asking, with deep concern, when the boy was coming back. When Robin Williams appeared as the full grown boy, I started to explain to Ryal that he came back but now he's all grown up. He had a long beard and was wearing brown clothing. Ryal saidto me, "He came back and now he's Jesus?" He's just sooo funny!

Ryal loves to learn. He does very well in preschool. He loves doing things on his own and is VERY particular about things. If you do something for him that he wanted to do himself, he will cry until you undo that thing and let him do it himself. He loves playing with Ethan and all of Ethan's friends, and he loves doing whatever Ethan is doing. He'll eat all of his veggies and then flex to show us all how instantly his muscles have grown. His favorite word while flexing, "YES!" (as he looks down at his muscles) He loves WINNING, and doesn't care how he does it. We can plan right in front of him how we will purposely lose so he can win, and he will still do a victory dance at his triumphant win! He is so much fun! He makes being a mom such a delight!

Happy Birthday Ryal!