Huntington Beach

Warning... this is kind of long!!!!

Monday we met my parents in Huntington Beach. Logan and Kody were SO excited to play in the ocean. Logan asked if we thought there would be killer whales for him to ride on. :) Everyone had a blast!

Some Highlights:

Logan headed straight for the water. He kept shivering from the cold, but refused to get out! He also thought that he was one of the "big" boys!

Kody was SO excited to dig a big hole with Jared...he worked so hard! I think he was a little disappointed to find that Owen and his friends had buried themselves in it. He later decided it was ok when he saw the pictures and decided they looked really funny!

Kody fell sound asleep on the beach...too cute!

Lucie had a HUGE smile on her face the whole day!

When the water would touch her feet she would pick them up like the water was hot (or cold)!


You can click on the picture to make it bigger!


The Ride Home:

Everyone zonked out before we got to the freeway...except for Kody!

I was a little worried when Jared said he wanted to take this trip! I kept thinking "Seriously? Four little kids (one being a newborn) huge crowds, long lines! You've got to be insane!" Boy was I wrong! We had so much fun!I am so glad he talked me into it!!!! I can't wait for our next vacation! :)



Hanna...this is for you!

San Diego Zoo

Sunday morning we headed over to the San Diego Zoo. I can not believe how big it is! Kody and Lucie LOVED all of the animals! Lucie asked if she could have a baby Koala "just for Wucie". Logan kept trying (and a few times succeeded) to climb over the railings. I don't know if he was trying to get a closer look or if he was a tad bored...probably a little of both. We finally realized that Logan would stay off the railings if he could take pictures of the animals...so we have a ton of pictures of just animals...but what ever works right? We decided to rent a stroller at the zoo since we did have one at Sea World and my arms were killing me! The strollers we different and Kaylee couldn't sit in them. So Logan, Kody, and Lucie took turns in the stroller and Kody and Lucie took turns riding on Jared's shoulders.

Kaylee was awesome, she was a tad fussier but it was windy (which she hates) so she ended up being covered by a blanket most of the day...

What a FUN day at the zoo!

Coming tomorrow...Huntington Beach!

Sea World

I know, it's pretty sad, but Jared and I have never planned a real, just our family, family vacation. We have visited family, and been on vacations with our extended families, but never just us. The summer weekends seem to fill up by February so we decided to start our summer a little early this year! We braved the crowds (which weren't really that bad) and went to San Diego! We have soooo many pictures, so I thought instead of a major picture overload, I'd share just a few!

We left about 5am Saturday morning and went straight to Sea World, the kids LOVED it! Logan wants to swim with the whales when he gets bigger (which is HUGE considering his fear of almost ALL animals!)

Kaylee was such a trooper, she had a few fussy moments, but not very many! Sadly Kaylee and I were behind the camera so we didn't make it into very many pictures... We didn't even get a picture of all of us together! Oh well, I guess that means we'll have to go again soon!

Here is one of my favorites: It is Lucie and Jared watching the fireworks after the Shamu Night Show! They were all in awe all day! So much fun!!!! (and yes Lucie's hair does look a little funky...her hair thing broke and I didn't pack any extra's in the diaper bag... so poor Lucie walked around Sea World that evening with one pig tail! Now I'm wondering why I didn't just take the other one out...ooops!)



Coming Tommorrow...San Diego Zoo!

Just Smile

Just thought we'd send a smile today!

Kaylee's Blessing

On Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 we blessed our new baby girl, Kaylee Anne Rex. Jared gave such a sweet blessings! I love how different and personal each one of our children's blessings have been. Thank you so much to everyone who came! (We missed those of you that couldn't be there!) We are so thankful for our families and for everything they do to support us! WE LOVE YOU! Here are a few pictures from Kaylee's special day!

Logan's Birthday

April 24th was Logan's 7th birthday! Where has the time gone? I can't believe that my little boy is getting so old!

Logan was so excited for his birthday! I woke him up early and Owen came and took him to Denny's for a surprise birthday breakfast! Logan was SOOOO excited to go out with just him and Owen (Logan wants to do everything my brothers do, he will hear a youth dance announced at church and say "I'm going with Owen and his friends to the dance." or "I am going to do _____ just like Tanner!").

Logan has been asking me all year to come and eat lunch with him at school...so I brought him Subway (one of his favorites) and cupcakes for his class. I also got to play with him at recess! :)

That evening we headed to Olive Garden, the kids thought it was wonderful!

After dinner the waitresses sang Happy Birthday to Logan, the whole restaurant clapped along...he was VERY surprised, and embarrassed, the look on his face was priceless! On the way home he told us that it was "SO cool".

"Where's the exit?"

We got home and opened presents and sang to him again!

Happy Birthday Logan!