Happy Birthday!

Another birthday comes and goes...but it's always fun to spend it at Cocolalla.

 I turned 33 in June...sigh.

 My sweet girls (and husband) always make me feel special.

 We enjoyed a beautiful rainbow one night.

And these two can't get enough of the deer and trains.  So Talia moved some chairs to the window for them so they could have front row seats to the outdoors!



Theeeey're baaaack...

 This young man has graced our presence...and we love it!  Andy, Julie, and Brayden have made the move back to the Tri-Cities.  We love having them close!

Talia has especially loved having her cousin Brayden around to play with.  We've been enjoying the splash parks, free movies, and family time together this summer.  Welcome home guys!

Joy School Graduation

With summer beginning Joy School was ending.  Our last week together the kids made a picnic lunch for themselves and their moms.  Unfortunately, the weather caused us to have our picnic indoors, but we still had fun!

And to end on a good note...we had a family bbq/graduation!  We had a wonderful year participating in Joy School!

Eliza, Olivia, Kase, Emma, and Paisley.

Family Pictures

 Before we left for Florida we had family pictures taken.  Jenne did a great job...here are a few of my favorites!

Happy Mother's Day!

 We flew home from Florida on Mother's Day so we had a little celebration the following Sunday.

The mom and her two sweet girls.  I love you both so much!

And of course I wouldn't be a mom if it weren't for my own mother.  Happy Mother's Day mom...I love you so much!



More princesses...

One more round of princesses...

 We had a character dinning experience with some of the princesses...Belle.

 Sleeping Beauty

 Snow White

 And Ariel...all the princesses came to our table to greet us and then Eliza got to parade around with them.  She was in heaven!

 Eliza walking through Cinderella's castle.  When we came out she even saw Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters...but she didn't care to stand in line to meet them!

 Riding the carousel.  If you've ever heard Talia's "yee-ha" imagine that being yelled the whole time.  She was pretty excited!

 Eliza and Tiana.

For the record we saw Jasmin, Pocahontas, and Rapunzel from afar...that would be ALL of the princesses.

And of course...the true princess.

She really did have an amazing time...even when princesses weren't involved!  We love Disney World...thanks mom and dad!  We had a great time!

More Disney!

 We got to meet Daisy at Epcot.

 Behind us is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs made out of bushes and plants.

 We met Snow White! (And her squeaky voice!)

 And we met Mulan...Eliza loved her shoes!

 Definitely memories were made...we had such a wonderful week at Disney World!

 With an absolutely wonderful family!  We missed you so much Audrey!

 This picture is especially for Audrey...we know you would have wanted to go here!

Exhaustion set in...these girls are troopers, travelers, and party hard while they can!

Animal Kingdom!

 While we were at Disney we stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge...this was the view from our room.

 The girls loved looking out and finding animals.  The very first night after leaving home we stayed the night in Spokane before flying out the next morning.  Eliza was so excited to see animals that she ran to the window and looked out but couldn't find any.  She was pretty patient about waiting a few more days until we got there!

 I think the zebras were Talia's favorite...or maybe the giraffes.

 At the Animal Kingdom park we got to see a lot more animals on the Safari.

 We even caught the lion up and roaming around...for a few seconds anyway!

 Happy girls!  That don't look at the camera!

 Talia and the Rainforest Cafe frog!

We love Animal Kingdom!

Epcot and Blizzard Beach!

 With the girls at Epcot!

 Uncle Dallin and Aunt Cassie with Eliza.

Talia and Brayden are shark bait!

We spent a day cooling off at Blizzard Beach.  Darran and Talia are on the left while Grandma and Eliza are in the middle.  The girls had a blast in the splash area and on the slides just their size.  Unfortunately, I took a lot of video and not so many pictures so just imagine a very fun and perfect day in the sun!