Happy Birthday Mom

Last but not least we celebrated my Mom's birthday. It really was 4 days of celebrations!! My Grandma and I took my Mom to the Apple Farm in San Louis for lunch. If you haven't been to the Apple Farm, you must stop there the next time you are driving up the coast. We had a delicious lunch and then wandered around in their fabulous little gift shop. It's also a hotel so you could spend the night there as well.

After lunch we headed back to Avila to another one of our favorite spots the Avila Valley Barn. They also have a wonderful little gift shop that's always fun to look around in as well as a ton of fresh fruits and vegetables. They have recently added an ice cream shop with a great little patio. So we enjoyed some ice cream out on the deck. It was so much fun to have an afternoon with just us girls.

Happy Birthday Mom! I love you so much and I am so glad I could spend the day with you this year!!! xoxo

Happy Birthday Josh

The next day it was time to celebrate Josh's 28th birthday! We had a BBQ at the Ambrose's house with yummy Burgers (and hot dogs) grilled by Rick. My family came over as well as Scott, Nichole and Logan. It was a great way to celebrate Josh's special day!

I posted pictures of this hansom little guy in April when he was just a few weeks old. Wow, he has grown a lot in just a few months. He is a sweetie pie and he totally stole the show. Everyone wanted a turn to hold him, especially Grandpa. Apparently these people are grandchild deprived or something... hahahah ; )

Father's Day

The second day we were in AG we celebrated Father's Day. We had a delicious brunch prepared by Karen and enjoyed laughing and playing with Bubbles out side with the dogs. Maybe it was just me that did Bubbles with the dogs but everyone else got a kick out of watching Buddy chase and eat them. It was so special to all be together for Father's Day this year. We are very blessed to have such amazing Dad's who love us and have taught us so much! Oh, and who are always there for us to help us figure out what to do when life throws us lemons!!!

Andy's Graduation Party

Last weekend we kicked off the Summer by heading to beautiful Arroyo Grande California for a weekend of celebrations. The first celebration was a graduation party for Andy. It was a wonderful party and people who have known and loved Andy through his whole life were there. Everyone is so proud of him!!

Growing up Mom always made us M&M decorated birthday cakes. We hadn't seen one in a while so this was a really fun treat. She did an awesome job of creating the Cal logo out of M&Ms, maybe that's were I get my inspiration for my cookies!

Tara, Ian and Uncle Jon came all the way from San Diego just for the party and then turned around and went home all in one day. Now that is true love! Aunt Nancy was on a trip with some other family and we really missed her, parties just aren't the same with out Crazy Aunt Nancy!!

How cute is Jadyn?!?

This is Carrie, my second cousin once removed... I don't know... we are some kind of cousins, they gave us a lesson but it's way to confusing!

8th Grade Graduation

Last weekend I had the pleasure of being a part of the 8th Grade Graduation Ceremony for my first class. I had these kids when they were 4th graders and I remember thinking that I would go to their graduation some day. It came so much faster than I ever expected it to. They are not little kids any more. In fact, most of them are taller than I am, even with my heals on. I am so proud of them and it was so much fun to be there for their special day!! It was fun to see the families as well. Being a teacher can truly be a very hard job but, on days like these it really is rewarding. I feel so lucky to have been a small part of their journeys, I know they were truly a huge part of mine!!

My Little Class

School is officially out for the Summer which I am very excited about but it was hard to say good bye to my little students because I know when I see them again in the Fall they will have grown and changed so much. For open house I drew a picture of each of my students and they got to decorate the frame with all the shapes and colors that we learned this year. Everyone really enjoyed seeing these pictures because they really captured each of my students looks and as well as personalities. It was a very different year teaching preschool this year but in many ways it really was a blessing. I am also blessed to have the Summer off!!!!!! : )

Welcome to the World Little Carter Bug

Just two weeks ago we made a trip to the hospital to meet a very special little baby boy. We were so excited to meet Carter, he is so precious!!

The very proud parents

I could seriously just snuggle with him for hours!!

We love you Carter and are so glad you are finally here!!!