BEACH FUN!!!!

We have been having such a great time at the beach! Sorry for all the pictures, it's part of my scrapbook! Most of these pictures are from the beginning of our trip. My husband has been gone and we are anxious to have him and Emmie back this week. Our family certainly doesn't feel the same when we are apart...... Needless to say, we have been having fun shopping, eating out and playing at the beach! 

Ava, Jason and Sophie

Making sand ANGELS

I just LOVE this picture, it definitely explains him! This is my nephew Austin, he is such a smart aleck! It has been quite entertaining living with a bunch of teenagers!

Little Elle Belle

It is so amazing how fast time goes by. I found out I was pregnant exactly one year ago this week on this beach and now I am back with a 3 month old baby. This past year has FLOWN!

Ava

Ava LOVES her daddy!

Sophie, Grandma McCleve and Ava

Aunt Lacey and Elsie

Elsie and Dad

Beach Babes

More Beach Babes

Trying to learn Smash Ball

Diggin!

On the balcony at our beach house

What a sweetie!

Who Stole the Binky from the Binky Jar?

Jason and Emmie are still at home and Ava, Elsie and I are all sleeping in one room together here in Laguna. Needless to say, we have been having some very late nights with no husbands and lots of kids! The other night I was taking some pictures of all the kids as they were FINALLY sleeping and this is one of my girls that I took....

As I went to bed hours later, I walked into our bedroom and I heard a squeaking noise. I couldn't figure out where it was coming from. I looked all around hoping there wasn't a mouse in our room. As I got closer to my girls, I realized Ava had stolen Elsie's binky out of her mouth and was sucking on it very hard!!!!! She must have been really tired and wanted a little FIX! She hasn't sucked on a binky since she was 3 but when Elsie was born, I have been finding her hiding here and there in corners with Elsie's BINKY in her mouth. Does anyone else know of any 5 year olds that steals their sisters BINKYS?

I love that Ava still sleeps with Ella (the pink/brown dog) She has had this "build a bear" dog since she was 6 months old. She rubs her ear every night and it helps her get to sleep. I will be sad the day she decides to not take her to bed.

~Sunday Stroll~

We are on our annual Laguna Beach vacation and we are having so much fun! We came for my little sisters high school graduation and we are staying on for the summer near my parents house in a rental! We look forward to this trip every year. Jason left after the graduation and is home with Emmie as she is attending summer school. We worked VERY hard to get her into this program not knowing for sure whether or not we would be here in Laguna for the summer. I am missing her so much and can't wait to see her soon! We stayed with my parents while finding a house and Ava has been having a BLAST with all her cousins. My parents live in a "Leave it to Beaver" neighborhood and it has this amazing park just down the street with tennis and basketball courts and the kids are LOVING it. All the kids were trying to catch a stray bunny hopping through the park. You don't see this in Gilbert, thats for sure! Instead you see.... Roadrunners, scorpions and coyotes! But, this doesn't change that I am still an Arizona girl! So, we took a Sunday afternoon stroll to enjoy the beautiful day..... Happy Sunday!

Soph and Ava excited to push Elle in her new bugaboo stroller!

~What a beauty~

Grandma McCleve trying to stay warm in the sun!

Thanks daddy, Elle Belle LOVES her new stroller!

Tracey and Soph

 

Red rover.... red rover send Tracey right over!

The kids finding snails ~NASTY!

Elsie and Bear enjoying the scenery

Jett being silly!

Coop~ Jett~ Cannon

This sunburn makes my heart ache, I surely didn't feel like mother of the year at church! People kept asking me what happened to my poor baby?!? 

Sunblock Anyone?

We took a break from the beach the other day and decided to use the pool at the Marriott that we were staying at in Newport. We were out there all day under an umbrella due to the fact you can't put sun block on babies till they are 6 months of age. My sister could tell by the 5 th hour out there that my poor baby was getting BURNT. I thought it wasn't possible due to her not being in the sun for over 5 minutes in the pool. Needless to say, I have a daughter that had blisters under her eyes the next morning. I wasn't very happy with the Marriotts cheap umbrellas! I think I should call them and inform them you can still get the UV rays while sitting under umbrellas. Not good when you have RED hair! Now, I will be spending unnecessary money getting her photo facials when she is of age to cover up her FRECKLES! HA!

This is the result 3 days later

Don't you just want to SQUEEZE her?

She is VERY loved by all her cousins

Sitting on Auntie Ash's bed!

Ava loving on her baby sister

Her skin on the other hand, does very well in the sun!

Lacey's Graduation

I can't believe my little sister, Lacey has graduated from High School. It makes me feel so old! All of our family came for the occasion and we had such a good time together. Laguna Beach Highs graduating class only had 200 graduates and was actually a very enjoyable ceremony! Lacey has worked so hard for her straight A's and I am so proud of her. She has such an amazing testimony of the gospel and I have NO doubt that she will fulfill all her DREAMS! We love you Lace and are so grateful for the example you have set for all your nieces and nephews! Good Luck at BYU.... you will go so far!

Grandma McCleve and Austin

Audra and Tim waiting for the ceremony to start

Elsie and Daddy

Elsie and Grandpa

 

The peanut gallery waiting

The little Princess accepting her diploma!

Us and Lace

We have always joked that they would be in wheelchairs at Lacey and Ashlyn Graduation. They still have Ash left but they look pretty darn good to me!

Some of us girls

Ava, Me, Lace and Tay at her Graduation party the night before

Lace and her girlfriends

The little Princess accepting her diploma!

Lacey and Kaityln