Jake Owen at the fair

I never realized how close the beach was to the fair.

This little boy cracks me up. He is always willing to give me love.

I guess baby Jake grabbed the pringles prop for the picture. BTW no fish where injured in this picture but they sure got a ton of sour cream and onion pringle chips to munch on. 

Take that monkey backpack! Fallyn was not fond of the monkey harnest. I thought is was hilarious, she would tug on it to obtain her freedom. When Cindy stepped on "the tail" I could not stop laughing. I have always had mixed feelings on the backpack leash thing. I never owned one but I can see why parents would want to use it.

Thank goodness for the older kids that can ride with the younger ones. Jessica loved riding with the kids.

Jake Owen was the performer for the night, it was so cold. So far our favorite concert this summer was Little Big Town.

Beach, ultrasound, activity day girls…oh my!

My friends and I decided another beach trip was needed before the kids go back to school. This time we headed over to Zuma, the day was perfect. The kids played great, the water was beautiful and the company was as always awesome. After the beach I got a call from Amanda and Joe to come see their ultrasound of baby #2 due in February. I was super excited!!! When they did the ultrasound the tech was measuring the femur and I kind of made a noise and caught myself before I said "it's a boy!" Joe looked at me and the tech goes "you guys want to know what it is?" I was right, it was a boy! We hung out for a bit afterward and then I headed home to hear how Kaelyn's first time at Activity day girls went. She loved it, I knew she would. Kaelyn is a very loving kid and is always up to do new stuff. Saturday she gets baptized and she has expressed how excited she is.

Parents on vacation

Growing up we didn't have much money, my dad worked a lot and we saved every dime we had. My dad would not even go and buy himself a drink from the store when it was a hot day, instead he would get a hose and drink out of that. My mom stayed home with the kids till Diana was 4 then started to work when we were in school and home when we got off. I don't remember ever being babysat so they could go on a date night, actually they never went on date nights. They were always with us the kids. Just in the last year they started going on vacations and I am happy for them, they never did for themselves when we were growing up. They gave us what they could while trying to be fair (still think Lorenzo was the golden child). haha I'm grateful for my parents they did well raising us, I know I wasn't the easiest child to have but all turned out well.

So many birthday's, so little time

Laurel, Nikki and Cindy's are just some birthdays to celebrate in the month of August. Yesterday we took Laurel and Nikki out for their birthday, we headed down to Pasadena to El Cholo. El Cholo was no bueno!!! The service El SUCKED! I was not even impressed with the food. We had great laughs despite the horrible experience, we got a great review from a girl in the ward and thought we would try it out. Afterward we walked around and did some window shopping. 

Today we headed to Cindy's house for some dinner. I was able to find a fun gift for her on one of the trips I went on. It was a necklace with a stone in it and copper wire that was used for the chain and decor. I thought it would be neat for her because Jake is in the trade and copper is something he has worked a lot with. It has been a great couple of days and so glad I was able to spend time with these great women.

Ventura fair

I love going to this fair! This year they have great bands playing, so far we got to see Beach Boys and Little Big Town. Nicole was able to come down with the kids and the dad's came later on. It's so great seeing her, I cannot say enough how much I miss them living down here. We had fun watching the kids go on all the rides, they are so brave. The tickets for the rides were $20 for 30 tickets or get a wrist band for $25 and go on the rides unlimited times from 11-7pm. Nicole and I made the best decision and got the wrist band for the kids, each stinking ride was like 5 tickets each. Later that night we watched the Beach Boys and thanks to dollar store glow sticks the kids were entertained. We were the only ones in the stands with glow sticks, kept it easy to keep track of the kids.
Yesterday we headed back to the fair and the Andersons,Evans and Ibarras joined us. It was wonderful the kids had a blast and ran around, the weather was perfect and we busted the jackets out. We got some yummy fattening food and headed to the concert. I will be defiantly going to Little Big Towns up coming concerts, I LOVED IT! Rachels parents were able to meet us, I have to say they are wonderful people. I love being around them! Jessica wasn't feeling good all day, after a trip to the Dr's in the morning she had enough and Jake took her to the hotel to rest.
Two wonderful days with great friends (family), so blessed to have them in our lives.

Daddy had a ton of calls coming in so when he would leave the stands to take the call he would take baby Jake. We this is what is happening when mama is not watching!