Summer 2018 Day #6

Santa Cruz!

Cute little Santa Cruz Breakwater Lighthouse back behind us.

We headed down to Santa Cruz to spend the weekend at Sandy’s house. 

We walked to the beach from her house, which in and of itself is amazing. 

Santa Cruz is a fun quirky little town. 

Addie has awesome beach hair! Hello Mrs. George Washington. 

Fun in the sun!

So grateful my crew has always loved the beach. I don’t know what I’d do if someone hated sand or fish or something that is legit, but not legit enough to not love the beach. 

Pure joy. 

Swimming with a view of a lighthouse is one of my favorite things. 

Cousin love. 

More cousins love. 

Sand in every single crevice. 

There was some kind of fun surf competition so there was a lot going on down the beach from us. 

Lighthouse love 💕💕💕

Delaney stayed at the beach with sandy. 

This little cutie was built in 2001, so she’s just a baby. 

They use her for small crafts coming in and out of the harbor. 

We played and played until we were tired and hungry. Sandy had left a little early to start dinner for us. It was pretty sweet treatment. 

Aaaand the girls want to sneak this little cutie home with us. We still talk about Howie. 

Day #102

First of all - 14 years! Matt and I have been married for 14 years today. Look at us now!

I went for a bike ride this morning and then at 11 the girls and I went to Ann Marie Gardens. This guy met us there. 

And he took loads of nice pictures. 

Online shopping is hard, as evidenced by Addie’s pants

It was a nice cool day, especially under the shade of all the trees at the gardens. 

Frankie was so excited to play “family” and there was some discussion about who Isla would belong to. You can see her really mothering Adeline here. 

We’ve got some cute kids. Frankie brought her new costume vest along with her and the littles won turns to wear it. Brandon had won the turn for this picture. He looks amazing in his he sequins. 

We ❤️ a silly shot. 

And the classic walking pic. 

We sat in the Fairy Lolly while the kids frolicked for hours with very few squabbles.  

We did our obligatory walk around the sculpture garden. They had QR code’s we scanned and the kids got to watch videos of fairy’s talking about Ann Marie Gardens. It was cute. 

They’ve added fun activities to the path. This one was like hop scotch, but with the alphabet. 

Delaney had been loudly complaining about being thirsty and wanting to quit the walk, but when we came upon these fun activities it was a miracle and she recovered enough to run, skip, and jump her way through. 

Foxes will always make me think of Harvey. 💕

We had baked potatoes for dinner and then Addie made brownies for her young women activity to share over Zoom. The little girls played with the reusable stickers we found and revived in our art desk. 

During scriptures I got a text for Addie to go out and check the garage for a gift. She would have been spending her first week at girls camp had life not flipped upside down, and the older yw are doing secret sister gifts for the younger young women. It’s so thoughtful and she was so excited!

Have I shared this before? Either way, it’s good to share again. 

One of my absolute favorites. I also love thinking women and have raised one and am deep in the thick of raising three more. Emmeline Wells was amazing. 

I have so many questions! Always! We used this quite during our scripture study tonight and the girls asked such beautiful questions. 

Summer 2018 Day #5

From 2018: I had a good first day with my entourage. We had lunch and ice cream at Facebook HQ, and we only spilled like 4 times, so that was cool. Then when it finally cooled down we capped off the day with dinner on the patio. (we did more than just eat, those were just my favorite parts)

Cruising in the swagger wagon!

We were feeling all the feelings.

It was my first day at Facebook and it was so cool!

Max and Quinn were strutting around like they owned the place, as kids do when they’re familiar with a place and they want to show off. In a sweet way though. 

D says two thumbs up for fb lunch. 

We were quite the site. And sounds. 😂

Delicious lunch with real glass bottled drinks. Facebook swank.

And then we walked around some more and got ice cream. 

These two were super buddies, even though Laney and Quinn are only 1 month apart. They were cracking each other up. 
Max and all his laydays.

We ate most of our dinners outside in the cool Bay Area weather. 

D loved all the dogs. And these big dogs are pesty, so that’s saying something. 

More phone dumping. Fred Rogers. ❤️

What I want for my kids. 

I fall into this way too often. This is such a good reminder.