Because- it's just not always all smiles around here. There are sometimes (A lot of times) tears. And this little guy has the best pouty face and cry I've ever heard! He usually gets his way! 

Messy Eater...

Looks like someone enjoyed a yummy meal...

Karate Kid Ashton

My Treasures...

Our lesson in Relief Society today was on "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

Well, these are my treasures.... 

Ragnar

Oh Ragnar- what can I say about Ragnar? It was "fun?" We definitely made some memories! 

We laughed, we cried, some of us barfed, we had knee pain, we slept in the car, we rain in the rain, we froze, we picked on each others driving skills... there may have been moments of tension or drama (tiny tiny moments) Our car got tagged with a picture of a butt, we got woken up repeatedly by a emergency drill the night before at our hotel. But, we finished!! My knee hurt like Hell the entire time so it was a major downer for me... but we all learned a lot about team work for sure. 

MEAN GIRLS

Mini Family Vacation

 We try to do a little overnighter family vacation every summer. This year we went to San Diego and wen to Sea world one night and then visited the Mormon Battalion and a museum with the Eliasons. We had a great little get away!

I want to ride my bicycle

We had such a great time celebrating Niki's birthday! We went to Balboa beach and hung out in the sand for a while. Then we headed to rent bikes and rode around the boardwalk. We rode from Balboa pier to Newport pier and then walked to the end of Newport pier. We then headed back and walked over to Balboa Fun Zone and we watched Niki ride a mechanical shark. We ended the night with Cafe Rio and Sprinkles cupcakes. We had a fabulous time celebrating a fabulous friend!