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? 

Check ya later.

Well, the first leg of our trip is coming to an end! Max and I had the best time with Brittany and Owen and Celeste and Sawyer in Orange County! We went to the beach, went to Disneyland, ate lots and lots of food, and the shopping. Ooooooh the shopping... It was all I could have hoped for! Of course the weather was warm and I'm so happy I got to get together with Tracy and Rachelle too. Man I miss California already. But max just can't wait to see Nana and Bapa and Ty and Kenz and Wilson. They are the best! Hopefully I will do some more updating in Seattle but for bow I'm just trying out the blogger app for iPhone.





Here's me being silly at urban outfitters. Thoght danny would get a kick out of this pic!!

-- Post From My iPhone

A Special Day For The Most Amazing, Beautiful, Loving, Mother and Wife!!!

SO I NEVER ever have, nor do I care to get into the blog thing. That being said I realize that blogging is a big part of my lovely wife's life!!! So here I am trying to figure it out so that I can wish you, Jessica, a very very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! We love you so much and think that you are the greatest wife, mother, and friend.

We love you!!!

DK and Max

angel baby. kinda.

well, looks can be deceiving. yesterday afternoon this was my boy, sweet, curious, thoughtful, soulful even. i practiced some different techniques with my 50 mm lens and he just let me follow him around. i loved it. somehow, photographing him makes me love him even more. my photography is so close to me at times, and is perhaps even the way i show love. i love him just  how he is, no shirt, looking out the window, his messy hair and soft eyelashes. i wouldn't change the moment for anything. 

fast forward to tonight. boy howdy he was a different kid. put the phone down the heating vent, tried to use his car to climb up onto the sink (at least he was just trying to brush his teeth!),and had a cow every time daddy was out of site.   And oh,  he threw a tantrum tonight like you wouldn't believe. he cried his guts out and we're still not totally sure why. something to do with wanting our chicken instead of his chicken..? i thought his daddy was going to have to leave (what is it with men and crying? i swear i barely hear it) he was so flustered. wish i had a picture of THAT to compare it with, wouldn't that have been perfect? well anyway, the funny thing is that i wouldn't have changed that screaming, furious kid with tears running down his face either. i kinda like him too. 

back at home.

hallelujah we finally have some sun. i wanted to cry when we got off the plane and stepped into the 30 degree slc weather. these days max loves playing "side." i have maybe caught him sneaking out a time or two (yes, he can undo our deadbolt). this is my favorite time, nice and warm with beautiful golden light. yes please.




balls are still the best thing ever. 

his faces are my favorite. i mean come on.

we don't do so well staying out of the street...

he only wishes this was his bike (thanks kael).

i vote for more and more and more where this came from.

nope. just kidding. it's going to rain for the next four consecutive days. awesome.

87 bajillion pictures of mexico.

thanks mom and dad for a seriously amazing vacation. i had SOOOO much fun and i loved spending time with my super rad family. you're my favorite people to hang out with. i mean it.

the trip was so relaxing, we just layed at the beach and played in the ocean all day and then went out at night to shop and eat yummy food. just what we needed! some highlights were riding the bus (serious.), going to the isla de mujeres and the crazy ferry ride, TACO FACTORY!!,  the ray bans sported by the whole gang (pics coming), being thrashed in the waves with danny and kenz, all of tyler's typical antics, swimming with the dolphins with ty and kenz (so fun and tyler was purely in heaven. waiting for pics from the parents) max slipping a hundred times on the marble floors (sad), the zara spree that wasn't (can't talk about it. i am still morning the clothes we missed out on), and just being together. enjoy the pictures.

mom, dad, tyler, mackenzie, danny, max, me. 

first, our condo. it was amazing! right on the beach and so beautiful. the security there was unreal too! you needed fingerprints to get to your room via elevator. at least we were safe...?

mackenzie checking out the amazing view.

maxter loving the balcony. lots of space to run!

he was so in awe of the airplane. or maybe it was i kite- i forget. 

our view.

we did lots of relaxing there...

lots. 

and lots. 

and lots.

of laughing!

and just a little crying because of time outs. 

the beach and pool were unreal!

really he did have a suit on most of the time. we happened to have an incident regarding the swim diaper which required a lot of cleaning up and resulted in a lot of funny naked pics. gotta love that bootie!

mackenzie and max. btw i am in love with max's little skull trunks from gymboree- is is a downright miracle that they produced something cute for a BOY!

us. 

nana, bapa and max. he loves them soooo much it's insane. he might be just a little spoiled by them...?

bapa and max. 

i love this guy. 

isn't my sister pretty? she's funny too. 

oh, woops. there's those buns again. 

he reeeeeally liked to throw the sand. some of it may have ended up in kenzie's face while she slept. yeeaaaa. he felt really bad about that. 

thankfully max took great naps under the palapa at the beach! it was heaven. we're talking 3 hours of beach napping per day. 

we took the bus a LOT at night. it was so fun and easy to get around that way!

ty sat in this same seat EVERY. TIME.

me and kenz, we make our own fun on the bus. 

hi mom. 

the yyuuuummmmiiest dinner by chef cecilio! he cooked it just for our family at the beach lounge at it was amazing. plus we got to cook with him and learn some of his secrets! i can't even tell you how good it was. and it was windy so our cups blew around a bit. we really aren't slobs!

me and my main squeeze at the isla de mujeres. my favorite outing! it was so beautiful and quaint. most of the scenic pics below were from there. 

danny sporting my ray bans and being a goof. i love him. 

a few more pics might just straggle in. seriously there are hundreds! and sorry, i don't know what's up with the underlining. don't know how to fix it. i hate blogger sometimes.