CBS Spring concert

Community Bible Study, the Bible Study down in Carson that I am a part of, has a "Kids Performance  at the end of the semester.  They had moved Chloe up to the 2 year old's class only a few weeks ago and allowed her to perform as well.  I thought all was going well as the kiddos lined up on stage until Chloe saw me and I waved and smiled big!  She put both hands out towards me and yelled "HOLD ME!"  with tears coming down her face.  I guess standing on stage in front of a lot of people is still a bit out of her comfort zone.  Nate did great though and after watching a few songs, Chloe wanted back up there as long as she could be next to Nate to sing the last song.  I can't believe my kiddos are already at this age of singing on stages... I'm so proud of my kiddos!

Sorry the pictures aren't the greatest.  I only had my phone and not a front row spot. :)  

Say cheese!

Oh how I love this little munchkin.

Nana's visit

We were so excited for Nana to come out and visit!  It was so fun to be able to show her around Tahoe a bit (the times she had come out before, I had either just gotten pregnant and was throwing up non-stop or had just had a baby) and enjoy sweet time together.  We went hiking and exploring and played tennis and cribbage and had a wonderful time.  She also blessed us tremendously by taking care of the kiddos while we were on our anniversary trip.  Thanks heaps Mamma D/Mother/Nana for coming out! We look forward to next time!

Watching a sunset from Cave Rock

A little bit of a challenging climb, but Nana was up to it... or did we put her up to it...

A lovely evening stroll

Hide and seek in front of the office. 

The daffodils were in full bloom!

Only slightly scaring Nana on our hike out to Cascade falls

Mother and son

A little climber in the makings

This little cutie put flowers in my hair on the hike back

Ending the trip with a glorious sunset

7 years and counting...

Joe and I had our 7th year anniversary last week.   I know, we were just teenagers when we got married. :) J/K  I sometimes just marvel that I get to be the wife of the mostly amazing, tender-hearted, loving, Godly, wise, generous, adventurous, wonderful man I know!  I am a blessed woman!

To celebrate our anniversary, Joe's mom came out to visit and take care of the kiddos and we got 3 WHOLE DAYS AND NIGHTS away together.  We had decided to go to the Mendocino Coast and just enjoy some down time and time with each other.  We had a blast talking about our wedding and bringing up memories from the past 7 years of marriage.

I'll let the gorgeous pictures from the weekend tell the story.

We stopped to take a picture on the railroad car that we took a picture on for our anniversary last year

Silly kids

We spent the first night at a camp outside of Truckee.

John (the director there) and Joe have become good friends and I was delighted to get to meet his wife and their two little girls.  

It was about a 6 hour drive to Mendocino so some great windshield time with my man

While we were driving through a national forest on our way into the coast, the road was lined with these beautiful flowering bushes.  

As soon as we got to our accommodations (a steal from Groupon!), we walked to the coast

It was pretty windy so we had to lay flat to stay warm

Spring was most definitely in the air!

This was probably my most favorite spot on that walk

That night drove a few minutes north to watch the sunset at the Ft. Cabrillo lighthouse

The next day we explored a blow hole at a nearby state park

Self-timer pictures can be fun... and funny

Seeing as how we were in wine country, we did a little wine tasting.  

Where we were staying had beautiful and abundant foliage and flowers! This wisteria smelled amazing.     

On the night of our anniversary, we got dressed up and went out to dinner, but still had time to check out the sunset on the Mendocino Headlands.  

I can't even describe to you the 50 mile an hour winds that were whipping through here at this point, but when we finally set up a contraption to keep the iPhone from blowing over, we were able to take a selfie... or a few. :)

Thank you Lord for letting me love and be loved in this wonderful marriage and may it be in glory and honor to You, the Creator of love!

Weeee!!!

This girl loves to swing.  "Ma undadog! O-tay Mommy?"

Translation: "More underdog.  Okay Mommy?"

Vegas sisters trip

My sisters and sister-in-laws and I got away for a fun trip to Las Vegas in April.  My sister-in-law Rhiannon, lives in Vegas and just had a baby the beginning of March.  I was SUPER excited about this trip as I obviously got to see and hang out with my sisters, but also cause I got 4 nights (yes FOUR) away from my lovely little ones.  It was a very nice break and honestly, some of my favorite time was getting up early every morning to read and journel and enjoy sweet fellowship with the Lord for hours without interruption.  Ahhh... so good for my soul.  

Ok, back to how we filled our days though. :)  I've got some amazing sisters that love adventure and so we packed it in with hiking and rock climbing and of course some good spa time and getting all dolled up to hit the town!  Check out the photos.  

Isaac Benjamin... 6 weeks old

Heading out to the crag in Red Rocks Canyon

Spa day at a Korean Spa.  Very similar to a Roman Bath but apparently the Koreans like to be naked.  It was quite a fun bonding experience.  

Then it was off to the strip.  Yes, Mary and I had brought basically the same "dress up" outfit.  Love it.  

Inside the Bellagio

The fire show

Inside the Venetian at approximately 11pm

Probably still my favorite part of Vegas, the water show at the Bellagio

We just couldn't get enough so the next day we headed back out to Red Rocks for more climbing (aka: tanning)

What a wonderful time hanging out with these beauties.  And of course Ben and Isaac. :)