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We love Harry Potter.

Like big love!

Kyle thinks we are nuts, he says he's, "just not into hobbits with big feet."
But we love him, so we'll let him slide on his bad Lord of the Rings comparison.



So when part 2 came out I loaded the boys up with my sister & niece and headed to the drive in. 
Where we OD'd on candy and said goodbye to an old friend.

Balboa

We spent a few days at our friend's beach house in Balboa Island last week.

It was so nice and our friends were so great to let us piggy back on their vacation!

The weather was perfect.

We walked to the beach everyday.

Brandon officially learned how to skim board.

Ayden swam in the ocean.

And Lucas didn't run away.

Oh & I took a nap and left with a tan.

I'd say it was a totally successful vacation!

Sew Funky Marketplace

Over the weekend I teamed up with my home girl  Heather from Hello Bird! to do the Sew Funky Marketplace in Riverside.

This craft fair was awesome. Baby Renegade perhaps?

There were so many incredible vendors (which I'm going to post about tomorrow), I just wish I had more time to shop!

And for being one of the only vintage vendors there, I say we did pretty good. 
I definitely want to jump on the craft fair circuit again, we actually met people who knew us from our booth at the Redlands Galleria! Which was so awesome!

Here are a few photos from our booth (taken my Henneman Photography):

Paper Books

Every 3 weeks we have a date at the library.

I love the smell.

I love the free.

and I love the quiet.

I'm pretty sure it's the only quiet place left in my life.

Right now Ayden's favorites are Green Eggs and Ham, The Ant & the Elephant and Walter the Farting Dog. The classics!

Brandon has started collecting comic books, and he just won his very first auction at the library. He was so pumped, you'd thought he won the lottery which for him was 7 old school Spiderman's!

I really love this place!

Mud love

For Jess's birthday we all went to Glen Ivy.
We soaked in mud.
Ate mile high nachos.
And I'm pretty sure I never laughed so hard in my life.

Days like that always go WAY to fast!

Happy Birthday Jess!

One of my favorite people on the planet turned 30,
and we celebrated in a room filled with antlers and twinkly lights. The only way to do it!

Her husband planned everything and kept it a total secret (!) and she was SO surprised!

We couldn't stay long though by 18 month old was acting like an animal on a stampede slash street fighter. I'm convinced the crazier his hair gets, the wilder he gets. 

Good times!

Summer Music

Kyle had a Millcreek Boys show at Riley's Farm for their summer music series. And it was awesome (except for the horse flies-I hate those things).
Outdoor music is another reason why I love the summer so much.
And some of our friends came out to watch with their kids.

They totally had the place to themselves; pretending to be coyote hunters, sliding down dirt hills and dancing the night away.
Their feet by the end of the night were insane.

If you are ever in the neighborhood you should come check out a Millcreek show!