happy 2nd shay baby!

we had such a fun little birthday party for shay.

we rented a little blow up jumper for the littles and ate our little hearts out...

i made a whole lota goods and just had some neighbors over and let her just run and be 2!

she wanted wendy's for dinner because she is obsessed with

chicken nuggets, fwench fwies, and spite.

shay is a ham. i have not met many that don't just love shay.

her little body that looks like a grown up just shrunken.

her cute teeth and how she talks. she is smart as can be and we love her to pieces.

she talks so well for being 2 and LOVES to sing.

we went swimming in the afternoon with some of her neighborhood pals.

it was such a fun day. we love you nugget!!! happy birthday!

Newport

so we are back! hopefully this will become a regular thing again, but no promises from me.

we have had a cRaZy summer.

june = disneyland

july = lake powell, bear lake, newport beach, shay's birthday

august = boating ALOT

so first things first... i will start with newport since it was our most recent. it was a blast. we took my little brother craig and his family out to newport to their new home for the next few years. it was a lot of fun getting to know his new area and the fun sights around it.

we went to balboa island and ate... and shopped...

we went to the newport temple... BEAUTIFUL

we went to long beach for some yummy food

we toured the law school

we went to the amazing malls

we played with yomen..."roman"

we went to their new ward

we spent some good quality family bonding time

and my girls were the BEST travelers!

Balboa Island eating Balboa bars!!! YUM!

girls...girls...girls

i love my girls...

and i love that they have so many girl friends around here to play with.

i love the dress ups,

i love the singing to each other to wake up from being dead,

i love the love they have for each other,

i love how sweet they can all be:).

they all play so well together and have such fun...

Easter Cont.

i love having 2 girls to dress alike.... they are really adorable if i say so myself. i love both of them soooo much. they are so very different and so unique in their own ways. so glad to be their mom.

Easter

easter was so great this year. i love having kids that get excited about the holidays. i love holidays. it was pretty chill this year due to the play and graduations, but we still had a fun time. we had a neighborhood hunt, and mylie was one of the big kids. it was fun to watch her actually hunt for eggs and get so excited when she found them. shay slept through the whole thing. 10am is not our favorite time:)

{the easter bunny bounced out some goodies on his way to the baskets}

{3 besties - Liv, Mys, & Etta}

{cute kiddos}

{My's and Livi}

{My's & Big Will}

Les Miserables

our cutest up and coming actress mylie was in les miserables with her aunt kayla april 21 - 26.

she had an absolute blast... i thought she was going to get super tired and wear out and bite her nails on stages or something....but she didn't and she was super cute.

the first night of dress rehearsal, they brought her on stage and the fog machine was on and she was waving all the smoke away saying yucky... then she looked around a lot because she loved watching all the singers... then one night when they sang "when the beating of your heart" mylie just kept pointing her finger to her heart... then the last night I could not have been more proud... she finally got it... she looked into the audience and sang along with the cast. it was a special moment. several people afterwards came and said "i saw your cute little girl sing every word to the last song..." like i said SUPER PROUD!!!!

she made some fun friends and by the end she didn't even want me around. grammy and papa fitch came to the show and all the manns were there... it was great. laurissa her newest friend (18 year old) wrote her a note, mylie just looked at it and said mom she spelled my name wrong... grammy mann asked mylie what she was going to do when it was over she said cry... she really loved it and asks everyday to be in more plays...

can't forget about our STAR eponine... kayla did AMAZING!!! we are proud of her too:)