Bye Boys

My brothers both left a few weeks ago- Kyle to move to St. George for some new scenery and a job and Trevor to go work in Hawaii for a few months. We had dinner at Cheesecake Factory (David was at school) and said goodbye.

Faught Disney Day

With only a few weeks left of our Disney passes we convinced my family to spend the day with us.

None of them had been with Jude, so it was fun for us to go on rides all together.

Trevor had flown in that morning from England and he was really tired but was a trooper and spent the whole day with us.

Being at Disneyland with my family makes me feel really nostalgic because we'd go once a year during the holidays and always loved it. David came too but left in the afternoon for class...which is why he's in none of the photos.

September Jude

Jude is into climbing on or in anything he possibly can.

 Did a shoot for Amanda's scarves and the park we were at was just lovely.

 I went to a play for a little girl's getaway and David had 

Jude all to himself for the evening. Where did he take him?

To get his first Happy Meal.

 My brothers are trying to inspire him young.

David turns 33!

The year has made its way around to the March birthdays again. March has 4 of our family members birthdays- Davids, his brother and sister, and my brother. It's a long month of celebrating!

We celebrated a day early with trifle since David's Monday schedule has him gone all day long.

Then the Thursday after we went to Ooka, our favorite teppanyaki place.

The meal was finished with milk puddings!

Lunch with Nana

Saturday, February 16th Jude and I went to lunch with my Nana and my mom. We were staying with my parents for the weekend while David was on his yearly guy getaway in Utah (which they left for on Valentine's Day...obviously organized by boys). We took Nana to Panera, our favorite lady lunch location.  Jude had his first taste of avocado and his first high chair experience. He didn't love either. :)

Jude's Blessing Day

We blessed Jude November 25 in our ward in Fullerton. David did a fantastic job and we had a wonderful day celebrating Jude.

Time is flying

It's already April! The weeks are coming faster and faster now. I'm officially 18 weeks now, and I finally feel like I actually look pregnant. Yay! We are getting more and more excited to welcome baby into our family. This past weekend we cleaned off the crib we'll be using. It's the crib me and all of my siblings slept in. I'm so happy my parents saved it! I love old things, and especially ones with sentimental value.

Last weekend we got to welcome my little brother home from his mission. And when I say little, I mean younger. I am definitely the shortest person in my family now, even tho I'm the oldest sibling. Funny how that worked out :) We are so happy he's home and so proud of all of the amazing service he did for the people of Nicaragua. His accent is funny, and he's really tan, but he's still the same goofy boy he was.

We decided when we found out we were pregnant that we would wait until Kyle got home to tell him we were pregnant. I started to get worried as the weeks got closer and I wasn't showing as much as I thought I would have been. The true test came when he hugged me and looked down at my belly and said, "What's that?" Relief! I said, "Your nephew." It was a little much to take in right then, but he is really excited just like the rest of my family. Yay!

25 Years

This post is a little late, but I wanted to document the other reason we went down to California in March. My parents celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, so the kids decided to throw them a party. My sister + I made tres leches cupcakes, chocolate dipped strawberries and we ate yummy mexican food. Plus, I found an excuse to make the apple tea lights I pinned so long ago. It was really fun, and great to celebrate two people's love that has lasted so long- especially in a world where marriage is taken so lightly. Looking forward to many more celebrations!

Oh, and the invitation we sent out for the party is DARLING. Dresden made it- I'll post that soon. It turned out amazing.

Our weekend via the iphone

I love the hipstamatic app for iphone, obviously. Here's our long weekend in sunny CA via the iphone.
I have a billion more pics I took with the 5d and I'll upload those eventually.

The reason we went to California? Brian + Moonsung were sealed in the Newport Beach Temple along with their sweet daughter Campbell. The whole family was together and it was wonderful. I also got to throw my parents a 25th anniversary party. The days were busy but we loved it.

Remy attacking David's breakfast burrito

Amanda + Lilah
David + crazy Lilah
We stayed the night on Wed night at the trailer park in littlefield, az.
Me attempting to calm Campbell down

Me + mom at burger basket
Dad + Nana
The girls entertaining Campbell
Lilah on uncle Davids shoulders
Us at the temple
the newly sealed fam

the girls with the dolls nana jean made them
chloe drawing in sacrament meeting
Me + the Cam-meister