Lake Tahoe

Dee had a great idea to take one more family trip before Tanner was born. We were able to go to South Lake Tahoe and stay in my great Auntie Velma's cabin. We had such a wonderful time!

Preston is relaxed and ready for the drive

Beautiful "pointy" trees. My mom always said we were in the mountains when we saw pointy trees.

Dee surprised Aaron and sent him and Hillary parasailing. Needless to say I was concerned about the safety of my husband, particularly right before a new baby, but he was safe and had a blast.

Preston got to hang out with Grandma on the beach while we were out on the boat. He loved the ducks but was a little mean by kicking sand at them.

We also got to take a lake dinner cruise on the Tahoe Queen!

There were gorgeous views and I loved seeing Emerald Bay for the first time. I want that mansion.

37 1/2 weeks pregnant.

I love this picture of Auntie Hilly holding Preston as the sun went down.

Thank you for a wonderful trip Jim and Dee! Hopefully we can go back again soon.

Preston Quotes

On July 15th I was putting on my dress for church and Preston looked at me and said, "Mommy, you're a princess!" Melt my heart!

When the painters put up a ladder and started taping off his bedroom window at the end of his nap "Mama! There's a dinosaur stomping out my window!"

Me: "Everyone is still sleeping. They need energy to play."
Pres: "Energy? That's not a word!"

Every night I sing Preston the same 3 songs while he is in bed. One night I just wanted to hurry up so I started singing quickly and Preston said, "Mama, that's too fast." He totally caught onto me.

On August 11th we went on the Tahoe Queen Lake Tahoe cruise and when we got back to shore Preston asked Aaron, "Is the water going to go down the plug now?"

And my all time favorite: in the last month Preston has begun to say "I love you" completely unprovoked. He says it fairly often and it absolutely melts our hearts.

One last one, Preston was really bummed when football season was over but we still had a game recorded until our cable box died. All summer he has been asking to watch football. We've been telling him that football will come back after Tanner is born. Last week was the first 49er's preseason game and we recorded it. I told him I had a surprise for him and put it on today and he was so happy and then said, "Tanner is coming. Tanner is here!" This boy has the best memory.

He really is such a smart boy and so good at articulating himself. He makes me laugh everyday and I'm so happy and grateful that he is ours.

Discovery Museum

For another Excursion Wednesday we went with the kids to the Discovery Museum. Preston was really excited about all the dinosaur stuff but I think he will like it even more when he is older.
He really liked working on this puzzle type tower.

A big alligator head with sharp teeth!

I loved how cute Preston and Jett were in the Pteranodon nest.

They even had the dinosaur train playing and benches set up like you were on the dinosaur train.

Preston's favorite thing in the whole museum was this little train that would zig zag down the wall. He could have done this for hours. You can tell that he is bouncing, which he does whenever he gets excited.

Swanston Water Park

Preston and I have loved getting together with friends each Wednesday to do something new and today we met at Swanston water park. It was Preston's first time at a water park and he was quite nervous. At first he was content to just sit and watch the others play in the water.

He wanted me to sit with him.

He didn't want to get close to the water without holding my hand.

He liked these water guns but wasn't too happy if he got hit by the person on the other water gun.

We took a break and had a picnic lunch. The whole group: Me and Preston, Larissa and Bailee, Brittany and Jake (Savannah was napping in the stroller), Marianne and Sienna, and Christina and Jett. We really had a great time.

After lunch everyone was leaving to get their kids home for naps but Preston was just getting started. He finally started getting in the water and was loving it so we stayed a little longer. Unfortunately these pictures and video are from my phone so they're not good quality.

This is pure joy. We will definitely be going back soon!

4th of July

We had a very low key 4th of July this year and spent it with just Jim and Dee at Wes and Lani's house. They were out of town but we were lucky enough to be able to go use their pool and grill.
Aaron and I decided to practice more with cakes so here is our festive 4th of July cake :)

Preston had a blast with the water guns

Shooting daddy

Relaxing is where it's at.

We bought just a few fireworks, mostly sparklers and 2 bigger ones.

This picture is taken right before Preston took off running to the house. He liked the lights but I forgot to warn him about the noise and it scared him to death. Like, he was seriously terrified and kept trying to get inside. I felt so bad.

Happy 4th of July!!

First Wedding Cake

I was asked by Dee to help make a wedding cake for one of Hillary's good friends. I thought it would be a fun challenge so I said yes. Turned out pretty good if I do say so myself!

Park City with the Girls

I am so lucky to have such an incredible group of friends that I grew up with. We are really more like sisters and getting together is so much fun. Our last reunion was in San Diego in 2008 so I was so excited to be able to get together again, this time in Park City.

We stayed at the Marriot Summit Watch Resort (thank you Atkins!) and had the best time hanging out, shopping, eating and swimming.

We had a limited window of time to do the reunion with me being 30 weeks pregnant and Melanie having a 7 week old baby. It was so fun having Charlotte there!

Right outside our hotel was Main Street so we could just go downstairs and outside for food and window shopping.

I thought this was going to be a nice relaxing trip. I forgot that we would be spending all our time talking, and I was pregnant uncomfortable, so I actually slept less than usual and came home so tired. Lauren snapped this picture of me trying to get a little rest.

We spent a good amount of time at the resort pool just relaxing and talking.

Me and Mel

Sheryl with her kids Rockwell and Vienna. So glad we got to see them.

Susie and Mandy

Mel, being fabulous

Tari and Mindy

Little Charlotte was adorable and so tiny in her swimsuit and hat!

We also went to the alpine slides. Mindy and I watched Charlotte while the rest of the girls did the slide down the mountain.

After the slides we were going to this Mexican Restaurant and right outside we saw Steve Young and his wife!! No one wanted to bug him and he was on his phone but we got this picture as proof! It was such a cool celebrity sighting!

We had such a great trip and I love these girls!

Me, Mel, Mandy, Susie, Mindy, Tari, Sheryl and Lauren. Can't wait for the next trip!