Saturday, July 6, 2013

What I Ate...


Sunday - Salsa Chicken Tacos
Spanish Rice
Green Salad with Olive Garden Italian Dressing

Monday - Homemade Pepperoni Pizza
Green Salad with Olive Garden Italian Dressing
Italian Style Green Beans, Steamed

Thursday - {Payton's Birthday Dinner Request}
Hot Dogs with Mustard
Corn on the Cob
BBQ Potato Chips
Fruit Salad
Thursday Dessert - Lemon Cake with Lemon Frosting

Saturday - BLT Pasta Salad

Friday, July 5, 2013

California {Day 12 & 13}

June 22, 2013
We went down to Dana Point to see some family friends that we have known forever.
I call them Uncle and Aunt even though we aren't related!
Their daughter Itsy (Elizabeth) was there, and it was SO fun to catch up.

She is in the middle in the blue and I am on the right.
Her parents took us to lunch at the Beach Club and it was a beautiful day!
Thor watched the kids play in the sand while the rest of us hung out.
We headed back to go to my niece's birthday party and of course hit traffic.

Yes, that is about 11 mph on the 5 fwy.
Gotta love California freeways!
We made it just in time for Kenzi's party.
Lots of family and friends were there.

Clockwise starting from top left:
Birthday girl blowing out her candles
Me and Aunt Barbara
Davese, my cousin Denise, Me & Jeannine
My view for part of the party
Me and Kenzi!
Davese, Shawn, Rylan, Jeannine & Me
Me and Uncle Dennis

I also got to try my very first Sprinkles cupcake.

Yum!
Another full and fun day is done!
 
June 23, 2013
Dylan is SUCH a phenomenal big brother.

Tea party time!  It's an annual tradition at my moms.

Dylan was such a big helper, wanting to be a waiter.
After the tea the kids always look forward to going to the garage and picking out a candy from their vending machine supplies.
Auntie D rocking Rylan to sleep.

Unc and the kids.

Like my dad's photo bomb of this picture???

Then we had a lemonade stand!

I used to ride on this horse when I was his age.

That evening we walked to get slurpees!

{Just like they did last year.}
Papa Nutt hanging with Ry and his dog Buddy got in the shot too.

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Payton's 5th Birthday {4th of July}

The birthday celebration started yesterday when we took Maris Kate (a friend from her class) with us out to lunch and to see Despicable Me 2 (cute movie).

She was SO excited to have a friend come along!
When we got home Sasha gave her one of her presents to open early.

Aren't they the cutest shoes?
At bedtime, I got to kiss my beautiful 4 year old girl goodnight for the last time.


{4th of July}
And . . . she's 5.
Walking out of her room first thing.

She wanted Swedish Pancakes for breakfast.

She opened a new bike helmet from Papa and Sasha.

And since she got a new helmet, daddy thought she would like a new bike to match!

Talk about one HAPPY girl!

FaceTiming with Gigi to open up presents from them.

Birthday hair.

Time for the family birthday dinner.

And then cake.
Payton requested lemon cake with lemon frosting.
I topped it with sugared lemon slices.

Watch for what Dylan does at the end.  {so sweet!}

I seriously think she grew overnight.

More presents!

Then she modeled the clothes that Papa & Sasha got her.

She is so stinkin' cute!

Unfortunately it was raining so all the 4th of July festivities got postponed.  So no fireworks for our little firecracker tonight!

My Dear Payton,
My big 5 year old.  You are such a sweet girl with a huge heart.  I am so happy that God chose you to be in our family.  Our family wouldn't be complete without you.  I am so blessed to be your mommy.  I love you.