a few more from McKay..

Look at her hair, it's a volcano!

Sunday morning.. getting a snack before church
McKay grabs the pic of Jesus on the table and I ask, "Who is that in that picture?
McKay, "Jesus."
Me, "Does Jesus love you?"
McKay, "Yes." Then he mumbles some things and I eventual hear, "He showed us how to be nice."
Me, "Wow! Yes! That's right McKay! What else did Jesus do for us?"
McKay "um... how to be good. And eat with a fork."
(Can you tell what we've been 'encouraging' McKay to work on? Ha. No, we don't tell him that Jesus wants him to eat with a fork.. he made that extrapolation on his own.)

note: For some reason, McKay has really taken a liking to the name "Governor Romney." His interpretation of the name was "Jimney Romney" and he talks about him randomly. Now he thinks Governor Romney and Jimney Romney are two different people. So...
In church today the ward choir was singing. The men were on the back row of the choir seats. One of the men was quite a bit taller than the rest, wearing a white shirt (obviously), and had dark hair. McKay was sitting on Brenan's lap while the choir was singing and kept saying something over and over to him. Brenan didn't understand at first, but figured out he was saying, "Is that a Romney?" Ha!!! Who is this kid?! Then he started talking about Governor and Jimney Romney. We decided the man singing in the choir MUST be a Romney brother. Go Mitt!

First surfing trip!

Rock and roll. Literally.

La Beach

THIS is what we're here for (and why I embrace the feel of sand in my bed because it just gets everywhere):

HAPPINESS!

this pic deserves it's own post

No words needed. 

my birthday

I wanted to document a lot of what happened on my b-day, not to boast about how great it was (although it was that), but because we did so much. 

Here are the cubchkins on the way to Powerhouse park right by the ocean. McKay calls it the 'train park' because the commuter train runs by it every half hour. 

 McKay loves playing in the sandbox at the park. 

 Ev loving the swing. She could stay in here for hours. Oh, and when I 'styled' her hair this way, McKay said, "Oh! She has a volcano on her head!"

 So relaxed..

 Came home from the park to this: Brenan had run across the street to Vons to grab me a DC and a flower. And he wrote a sweet note. What a great husband I have.

 Group hug!

 This is how I spent my afternoon: at 15th street beach in Del Mar, ALL BY MYSELF! Blissful.

 Just had to share the beach with my book and my DC. Who could ask for more? Brenan is the best.

 Came home and went for a swim in our complex's swimming pool.

 Got ready to head out to dinner. Of course Ev and I are matching, it's what girls do.

 Love this hooligan.

 And this hooligan, too. 

And the hooligan boy, too.  At dinner at Sammy's Firewood Pizza.

 At the splash pad at Del Mar Highlands after dinner. A little bit wet.

 Came home and put the kids to bed, then enjoyed brownie sundaes with Brenan while watching some Shark Tank. Year 27 is off to a great start!

some sights..

Brenan's view on the drive from Cardston to San Diego. Mobile hot spot, working while we drive.

Office space in our 2 bedroom apartment. 

The wet suit. And the heinous face.

Thanks for the gum boots, Shosh!

La Jolla temple. So beautiful! We drove there on a Saturday afternoon and it was so fun to reminisce about Sam's wedding. Can't believe it's been 7 years!

La Jolla beach.

25 avocados for $5. I'm in heaven. So is Ev.

Beach time at sunset. 

The commuter train the kids love to watch so much.

Eating what McKay calls 'a bread thing' at the splash pad in Del Mar.

Saturday morning beach time. We have 3 things written on our weekly calendar. 

Sunday: church. 

Monday: family home evening. 

Saturday: beach. 

It's a religious thing for us.

The humidity curly wonder.

Visit from cousin Sam! So much fun to see her and let her meet the kids.  It's been far too long.

 Posing for her modeling photo shoot.

 More of the 'bread things.'

 Sibling love. For the moment. Ha.