I love these kids!

3 Day Weekends are the BEST!

 We had a fun, long weekend!  Just having that extra day makes such a difference.  Not all these pics are from this weekend but the past few weeks.  I am not going to lie, it took a while to get back in the swing of things after the xmas break.  Like over a week.  It was a rough return, but I think we are finally getting back into the swing of things :)

It rained!

i was trying to prove a point why I would not buy Emmy a "puppet" at Target.  We threw everyone she owned on the couch and i told her a story about each and how she had to have each one of them.

 I went with Emmy and her class to the zoo!

Gymnastics class!

Brother picked out a had which I am pretty sure is for babies 

Lunch at Rubios.  Ryan showing off his new hat and orange toe nails in the bathroom 

Early morning snuggles are the best 

Still an accessory guy :)

Licking the dessert clean!

Highlight of my year - bike ride with the family!  We had so much fun.  Ryan loved it, Emmy rides her bike like a champ and Josh and I hopped on our beach cruisers for the first time in probably 7 years.  Life is good!

 

Underwear

Ryan has been talking about underwear so I decided to go and buy him some!  He of course picked out lightening mcqueen undies and an elmo potty that flushes.  Day one included 3 accidents but also 3 potty trips so the jury is still out whether or not he is ready.  I am thinking not, but he is pretty cute cruising around in those underwear :)

I almost forgot how gross it is to dump out those damn potties. 

Back to reality

All good things must come to an end.  We all go back to school/work tomorrow after 2 glorious weeks of vacation.  We had to best time ever just hanging together. We slept in every day, spent most days in our PJs, the house is a complete disaster, I ate and drank my way to an extra 5 pounds and we spent every waking moment together.  It was the BEST! I am really going to miss the kids tomorrow :(

I took a TON  of pics this last few weeks, it has taken me days to post them all.  Enjoy!  It'll probably be another month before I have time to post anymore!

We drank hot chocolate EVERY morning. (Sometimes with whip cream)

We experienced winter in SD ;)  43degrees!  Brrrrr

We went bowling

 We played cards.

We watched a lot of movies

We rode bikes and scootered A LOT. 

We built castles

Josh and I actually went our to dinner! 

We went to Sea World (with everyone else from southern California 

 

We stole mommy's phone and took selfies

We went to a lot of parks 

We hit up the beach!

 

We had a picnic

Ans ate a lot of chocolate that Ryan prefers to save on his face for later :)

Happy New Year!

We had a quiet new years eve at home and a great new years day hanging out together.  We took a hike at the bottom of the hill we live on.  We walked 2 miles with the kids and they loved it!  Looking forward to another happy and healthy year with my family!