Aunt Stephanie!!!

We had the fun opportunity of having Aunt Stephanie come and visit us for a few days. Unfortunately for her we happened to be having a cold spell sweep through that week. Temperatures didn't get above 75 degrees the whole time she was here. Poor girl! But we had fun anyway. Thanks for sharing these photos with us Steph!

Joel hanging out on the beach.

Who needs a leash when you've got this??

Is there one attached to this thing too??

Amelia LOVED Graumans Chinese Theater. She was running around putting her hands and feet in everyone else's. I love this shot with Steph.

If you look really close you can see the Hollywood sign through there. This is just outside of the Kodak Theater. Amelia played in the water fountain here while we took care of Joely business.

Santa Monica pier just happened to have this fun concert going on. Amelia loved dancing to the music...in her pajamas! :)

And the LA Temple. Always a beautiful sight.

Typical Amelia. Always loves to work it for the camera.

Happy 4th of July!!

So, my sister-in-law put me onto this blog called Make it and Love it and I check it almost everyday. One day she had this tutorial on how to make your own flag shirts for the 4th. Since that is my favorite holiday, I figured I'd make some flag shirts for my kids. And here they are:

Amelia doing her grumpy face. Hers has the ruffled stripes and buttons for the stars.

Joels is just an applique. Well, I ironed on to heat and bond onto the fabric and then ironed/stitched it onto the shirt.

Oh yeah, that's is Joel standing all by himself. He's on the verge of walking, but not there yet. Yikes!!

These were both SUPER easy and SUPER fun!!! I'm gonna have to try it again with other designs.

Random Grandparents post

So this is one of those post for you Grandma's and Grandpa's. Since we know you love the photos. Enjoy!

One day Joel discovered the crawl space behind our couch. Sweet little smile right?? No, he was screaming and I was laughing. :)

Since we have moved these two into their own bedroom this is a common sight. I love it!!

My sweet Joel. See that nice long hair? I somehow let Brad convince me to buzz it. So, it's much shorter now. :( He won't be getting another haircut for a long time.

His new talent: waving. He waves at everyone now. Love it!

And of course his killer smile.

I have very fond memories as a child of sitting at my moms feet while she put curlers or rags in my hair to curl it for Sunday. I always thought it was fun to feel really girly and have these bouncing beautiful curls, so I thought I'd try it with Amelia. So, here she is:

Wonder why there is no after photo?? Yeah, well, I think this is a tradition we won't be keeping. Let's just say MAJOR FRO!!!!

Ever the budding artist.

Amelia and a friend hang out after church.

Sleepy Kids

Here is what my kids look like after a day at Disneyland:

And here is what they look like asleep at night:

We just moved the two of them into their own bedroom so this is now a common sight. We never put them to bed together, but Amelia almost always climbs in for a snuggle. So sweet!!