california...

i haven't been to orange county in over a year and let me tell you, it was WAAAY too long of a break! britt and i try to get together as much as possible, but its lots more fun when we all get to play at the beach. duh. so britt, the boys and i spent the first day shopping (weird!) and eating. i had to have pacific whey and wahoo's pronto! no pictures from that day, we were too busy!

the boys loved the beach (seriously owen would live under water if he could!). i especially missed laguna- shop and surf, the perfect combo!

celeste and sawyer came after a couple of days and disneyland was our top priority. 

dumbo was probably max's favorite! he calls elephants "fatsis" for some reason. who knows. 

but he FREAKED when we had to get off! it was bad. hehe. 

 

my friends. how cute are they!

small world. wow. so max was sooo excited the whole time we were in line and kept yelling "boooat!!" once we got into the tunnel, he got nervous. but obviously it didn't take long for him to warm up!

he loves loves loves this ride. for better or for worse...

max and owen waiting for their turn on the carousel.

sawyer was in heaven

owen and max were less sure about the whole thing. 

i think max had as much fun waiting for the tiki room as he did inside! he was cracking up at the talking fountain thing. 

o baby was excited for tiki room too...

mesmerized by all the birds.

lunch time. it was so nice to sit for a second. 

sawyer was so proud of her suckers and was so nice to share with the boys. 

sweet owen

umm, max kinda got tuckered out from all that disney. at nap time he fell asleep and was so out  hard that i was even able to change his diaper after he fell asleep and he didn't even flinch. it's seriously amazing how heavy of a sleeper he is!

now, of course we had to hit in and out on the way home. half the fun of california is revisiting all of my favorite eateries!

my friends and i are such a classy bunch. can you tell by our pics?

two's company, and apparently three isn't so bad either. such good sharers!

the kids were all over the place. wierd.... ha! the stickers seemed like a great idea at the time, until we had to take them off that is. owen was so sad! sorry bud...

sawyer has this special talent for seriously hilarious pictures. it kills me!

of course pink berry wasn't so bad either. so much better than all the other yogurt chains! 

original yogurt with raspberries and mango- divine. 

they agreed, but mostly they thought the chairs were cool.

britt and owen, we miss our besties so much. it just plain sucks that we live so far apart! =( i am also super glad that celeste and sawyer got to meet my california friends. it was seriously the best of both worlds! love you guys!

if you want to laugh so hard that you either:

a. wet yourself

b. cry so hard that mascara runs all over your face

c. start snorting and making other unusual sounds

you will watch 

the funniest skit EVER 

from the SNL season finale. 

oh, and for the record rachel and i basically did all three. 

appy mama day

at least that's how max says it! it feels so nice to be home and have my little family under one roof again. we missed danny so much! we did have a pretty great time in orange county and seattle though and now we miss our friends and family there!

mothers day was so relaxing and fun, i feel so lucky to be a mother to this beautiful boy and to HAVE the most amazing mother. i love her so much and she has taught me so much about being a good mother and woman.

here's us today after church... look how sweet max is trying to hug us both at the same time! awww...

after talking to jordan this afternoon (who is doing GREAT on his mission in spain. we are so proud of him!) we decided to go for a drive. while max slept in the car (calm down, the windows were down and we could see the car the whole time) we had to jump out and check out this gorgeous field. i'm pretty sure this isn't the last time i will be visiting.

me.

him. i love him.

danny decided to bust out his photography skills and took this picture- i actually love it. he did it all, even told me where to sit! i thought it was going to be lame so i seriously have to give the boy props for this one.

after our drive we put the kid down for the rest of his nap and had some much needed alone time (wink!) and a nap, followed by dinner at suzie's with matt, celelste and sawyer. all in all the day was perfect...

so appy mama day to all you mama's out there (and especially mine!). you earned it.

p.s. my friend brittany got me this cute shirt- aren't i lucky?