El Diego

We drove down to San Diego to see Kyle since he's been away all week working.
The weather was perfect.
And we decided last minute to drive to the place where we got married, I still love it just as much as I did then.

We walked around.
Ate ice cream,
and then had dinner at El Camino's!
This place is so rad.
By far one of the coolest resturants I've ever eaten at.

After dinner we stood around and watched the airplanes fly over our heads!
The boys went wild. It really felt like we could reach out and touch them, they were so close.

It reminded me of the part in Wayne's World where Wayne & Garth were lying on the hood of their car as the planes flew over...classic!

My sister in law is always making something amazing. And her "little" side handmade business is not so little anymore. 
And Ayden got to be a part of her photoshoot, which was seriously so much fun! 
I'm so proud of her!
Not to mention it makes me alil' bummed I don't have a girl to dress in her fine frocks! < but not THAT bummed :) > 

The photo shoot was done by some friends of ours who are AMA-zing photographers!
They have a great eye for the little unseen details and anyone who can entertain 9 kids at once with a smile on their face is a hero in my book.

They are taking our family photos soon and I can't wait!!

Happy Birthday Amber!

Re-reading my last post I left this space quite sad & somber...


I know that although I try and keep my blog "happy" & I rarely ever step on topics that are too deep for my liking...life sneaks up on you. And as dark as it can be at times, it's to hard for me to ignore. 




Okay, now on to a "happy" post.

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I have had pretty much the same group of friends since Jr. High.

They are like sisters.

We fight.

We bicker.

And we love each other with a passion that can't ever be explained in words.

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Saturday night we got together to celebrate Amber's 31st birthday.

(She's the blond one on the right, that when told to make a goofy face...she went for "Schmegal" from the Lord of the Rings. A-A-A-A-M-A-zing.) 

We went to Romano's for dinner.

And on the way while trying to take photos of ourselves, a photographer happened to walk by and offer her skills.

Lucky right?

The night was so good.

We ate way to much.

Talked the whole time, 

about life,

being in our 30's,

kids,

and being so thankful we still have each other.

I love looking at them and seeing them as the women they are now.

I love being able to see them as wives,

and mom's.

Because then I get a flashback to when we used to hang out,

all packed in my Mazda truck driving thru the orange groves,

being absolutely and totally goofy.

We've come along way.

Happy Birthday Ambir-D!!!!

We love you.

Kite Runners

Today was beautifully windy.
So we went outside and flew our kite.

(photos taken by brandon with isnap photo app)

Flying kites are pretty rough.

You get whipped, smacked & tangled.

But we never stopped laughing, which is pretty fantastic.

xo