CouSiNS

we are so blessed to live so close to so many cousins!  and it's even better when GRANDMA comes out to visit us all!  we love grandma!!!

Shopping and the Burches

no trip to Cali is complete without a little shopping and hangin with our besties!

 of course a little retail therapy at Nordy's

 and hangin with my BFF!! not to mention we got a sweet baton show!  thanks for that Paige!  you still got it

 these kids will be friends for LIFE!

 showin some leg and Paige's awesome pants.  they are even studded so watch out!

the hardest part is always saying good bye!  we hate that we live so far away now...but love every minute we get to play and visit with ya!  we miss you guys already!

my brother is the coolest!

my brother is so awesome and just a big kid...which i love cause i married a big kid too!  my brother Rich made wooden SWORDS for the whole family!  it started off as just for Blaine and Ty, but then Jake wanted one too!

 nice rich photo bomb!

Rich also made a sword for himself so he could play too...of course.  and he burned in Chinese or Japanese symbols for everyone's names.  pretty cool!  for now they have to be "decorative" because ty thinks it's an actual ninja sword and was chasing everyone around with it.  maybe he can play with it when he's older!  thanks brother!

DiSNeyLaND 2013

on Thursday, Grandma surprised us and took me and the kids to disneyland!! she is earning the nickname "disneyland grandma"! Jake still had to work that day, so he couldn't come, but he went to an angels game that night with my brother and his BFF "big Blaine" so he was happy about that!  

 even though it was the hottest day of the YEAR, we still had a blast!  we thought we were escaping the heat of AZ, but california was hotter than us the whole week.

 the first ride as always was buzz light year!

 and actual picture WITH grandma!  the boys just love her!!

 and then we saw a true celeb!! WOODY!!!

 ty's favorite ride was by far Small World.  he ended up going on it 4 or 5 times.  (grandma took him over and over while Blaine and i snuck away to space mountain!)

 there was a super cool iron man display inside which was nice to escape the heat AND see a super hero!

 ty tagged along with his brother the whole time!  so cute boys

 and the both CRASHED on the way home!  we did a great job of wearing them out!

it was such a great and fun day with grandma!  thanks for always super spoiling my boys and being so fun!  the boys loved DISNEYLAND!!

Date night in LA

When i went to pick Jake up in LA after his conference, we decided to make a night of it!  i had never been to the LA temple before, so it was really neat to go there...and then grab some dinner after!  it was a perfect date night!

BeaCH DaY

On Wednesday we beat the heat by going to the BEACH!!! and of course we wanted to go to the beach anyway!  we had uncle rich, aunt rachel and little ben come with us too!

 the boys had to do some spinning on the tile before we left!  great way to start the day!

 cute little brown family!

 one of the boys favorite things to do at the beach is dig a big hole!  they did a pretty great job...with the help of uncle rich.  ty could fit all the way down into it when he sat!

 we checked out the tide pool and saw a couple sea stars and fish! it was pretty cool

 and ty passed out on the way home!  we wore him out!! this is a kids that NEVER takes naps in the car! (he will only fall asleep in the car at night!)

such a perfect and beautiful day...just missing dad!

GoiNG To CaLi!!!!!

wahoooooo, we are sneaking away for a quick trip to cali!!  Jake has a conference in LA and we made him take us with him!  Blaine is missing a week of school, but it will be totally worth it!  here we come!