Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Pre-reunion...

We flew down to Utah a day before our Moody reunion started.  And I got to see Jana!  I was so excited to see her...it's been way too long.  We stopped by their house for dinner and some catching up.
 My how things have changed...here we are years down the road from college.  Each of us with our 3 girls.  Love it.
 But oh how I wish we lived closer!  Our visit was too short...next time we'll make it longer!

 The next morning we went to BYU and took a stroll around campus.  It sure has changed since we were last there.
 Gettin' some lovin' from my baby.

 That afternoon we met Mitch and Elayna at a park (where they were having a Carter reunion) to say hi and have some lunch (and see her cute prego tummy)!
Then we headed over to the Draper area to spend a few days with the Moody clan!

Swimming at Aunt Sheila's!

 We crashed Grandpa and Grandma Great's reunion for a few hours and got to swim at Aunt Sheila's!

 And after you swim...you relax!  This is the life...and how one should spend summer.

The girls played with Uncle Pepe for a good while too.  (They were kind of sad the next time we went to Aunt Sheila's and he wasn't there!)  I heard Talia say to one of her friend's a few weeks after seeing Pepe (in all seriousness I should add)...
Talia: Do you have a Pepe?
Friend: A what?
Talia: A Pepe?  You should..  He's the best.
I have to agree with Talia.  Uncle Pepe has used his charm on her -  and it worked!

Cute as a bug!

Nobody is cuter in a lady bug swim suit than this girl!
She turned 6 months old on June 19th!  She's the happiest, sweetest baby ever!  And she is loving summer time...she enjoys the pool as much as her big sisters do!

Fire pit!

We had some things changed in our backyard this Spring...added lots of plants and had a fire pit built.  This was our inaugural fire (a little cold and windy on a June day).




Happy Father's Day!

 Happy Father's Day!  Really the Mariner's game was how Darran would want to spend his Father's Day so on Sunday we gave him a few gifts and made him feel special.


 Eliza had made him a card and a lady bug out of a rock at school.

Happy Father's Day to a dad who definitely deserves the recognition.  Especially after having to pull off a few weeks of Mr. Mom this last year!  We love you daddy!

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Saturday in Seattle!

On Saturday we went to the Seattle Zoo!





Eliza, Talia, and Kylie!
Eliza with the lion behind her.







Uncle Jon and Lydia.
Talia and her 'South Paw!'









Friday in Seattle!

The day after school got out we headed to Seattle to visit Audrey and Jon.  We stopped in North Bend to do some quick shopping.  We had to make a bathroom run first.  Right next to the bathroom was one of those claw machines.  Someone had left money in it so Eliza started to play.  I took the girls to the bathroom and when we came out Darran had won 2 balls from the machine!
I was cracking up!  Growing up I had a little obsession with these machines and always thought I could win something and NEVER did!  Then we come upon one that someone has left money in and Darran wins twice...and I didn't even witness it cause I was in the bathroom!

We went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner with Audrey and Jon that night.  The next day we went over to their place, made masks, ate lunch at a yummy hamburger place, and then went over to the Children's Museum.



Audrey and Jon are the best aunt and uncle...and grocery store employees!


Firefighter Talia.
And pet vet Talia.
There was a stage they could perform on (not that my children need a stage to dance around) so they were in heaven.
Talia's interpretive dance.

Darran thought this was pretty funny that we had all 3 kids on one stroller...I call it efficient.
That night we headed to a Mariner's game!  And had awesome box seats!

Daddy and his girls at the baseball game...living a dream!
And the icing on the cake...Felix was pitching.
Such an awesome stadium!

Grandpa, Grandma, and Kylie joined us too.

There was a really nice worker that took pictures of the girls and gave them hats and certificates for attending their first Mariner's game.
Almost the whole gang!

Even though the Mariner's lost we had a great time!  Nothing like great seats with the family at a baseball game!