[ Angie- through Lauren's eyes ]

I was on my parent's computer tonight and found these photos of Angie that Lauren took recently while she was babysitting for me. They are such fun photos that I had to share! She just got some "twirl dresses" (aka: dress up clothes) from a friend of ours who was getting rid of them, so she's been super excited to dress up everyday! So excited that she wore it over to Nana's house! This white one is her favorite and we thought she looked like Wendy from Peter Pan- so cute! The last picture is so perfectly candid! It reminds me to be grateful for all the little things in life, because that's what life is all about... being happy! All those fun little moments! Thanks Lauren for capturing them for us! You're amazing!

[ keeping busy at Nana & Poppa's ]

A few pictures of the latest happenings at Nana and Poppa's house... Lauren all dressed up and ready for Prom!

Angie had to get her toenails painted purple too of course to match Aunt Lauren!

Angie watering the pumpkin plants in Nana and Poppa's garden!

Nana planted pumpkin seeds so that Angie and Jenny can have pumpkins for this coming Halloween, so Angie and Poppa have been making sure they get watered so they grow really big! Angie talks about the pumpkins every day!

Lastly, Angie helping Poppa with the chores around the house! Who knew cleaning could be so much fun- she didn't want to stop! :)

[ Congrats Lauren! ]

It's official... Lauren has graduated! I'm so very proud of her and can't believe that she'll be heading off to college in January! It'll be lonely around here without her! We'll miss you Lauren!

[ My Birthday! ]

So I've been playing catch up on all our pictures the last couple of days, hence the reason for sooooo many posts! Hope you've enjoyed them though! And now I'm finally getting to my birthday pictures! I turned 26 on Saturday and it was a fantastic day! The weather was beautiful and we got to spend the whole day together as a family! John started the day off right by letting me sleep in and then we got ready and went to the park to play for a little bit. After that we went to my parent's house and celebrated with some lunch and a tasty mousse fruit cake! YUM! After that we went to the pool to soak up some rays and then I got to talk to some of my friends who called to wish me happy birthday while while Angie and John took a nap. Then we went over to John's parent's house to have a BBQ and some super delicious chocolate lover's cake! My favorite! (I forgot to have someone take pictures while we were at my in-laws house, I'll have to see if my sister-in-law took some!) And then to finish the night off, Lauren came over to watch Angie while John and I went to see Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. We both really liked the movie and definitely enjoyed getting out by ourselves for the evening! What an amazing day!

I got so many wonderful gifts for my birthday from both our families and from my friends, but I have to say my favorite gift was from John! He gave me the Cricut Expression!!!! For those of you who don't know what it is, it's an electronic die cut machine. It cuts paper into all different shapes and sizes depending on the cartridges you have. Mine came with the two shown below and I am so excited!!!!!! It's definitely a dream to have for someone who loves to scrapbook and make cards like me! I've been thinking about the Cricut for a long time now, but always tried to talk myself out of needing it, but I've always secretly wanted it! So thank you Johnny for pampering me with such a fabulous gift! I've already used it for a few projects! And then to top it off John got me a very sentimental and sweet card to go with it! I don't get sentimental cards very often so I definitely am treasuring it! Thanks Johnny! And thanks to everyone for making my birthday so special!

[ Happy Brithday DAD! ]

It was my Dad's birthday on Wednesday, so we brought over some Marionberry/Apple pie to help celebrate! My Mom was in Utah until last night, so it was weird celebrating without her there, but I think we did a pretty good job anyway! Happy Birthday Dad!

So I was trying to get some updated pictures of Angie and her Poppa and thought, what better time to do it than on his birthday! Well, here's the outcome! She's such a ham!

[ Train Ride ]

Last weekend we went on a drive for Memorial day and ended up deciding to go to Snoqualmie Falls. Well before we got there we decided to stop and show Angie all the trains they have on display. However we never left the trains! Angie was enthralled, especially when she saw all these people taking a train ride! So we decided we would too! Angie was sooooo excited and couldn't wait to get on! She was dancing around showing us her ticket and giving us the "thumbs up" as you can see in the picture.

Once we got on the train she had her head out the window the whole time taking it all in. It was about an hour ride and the train actually went right next to Snoqualmie Falls, so we got a great view! I tried getting a picture of it through the trees, but could only get the river instead as you can see below. What a fun family activity it was and Angie still talks about riding the train at "Sno-call-me" as she says it! :) Oh and that last picture is hilarious... Angie sulking because she had to get off the train with shoulders slumped and a frown and everything! She was definitely milking it! Thankfully she gets over things quickly!

[ Aqua Girl ]

The weather has been so nice lately that we've definitely been taking advantage of it! We went to the park the other day and had fun skipping rocks, enjoying the beautiful view and it didn't take long for Angie to get completely drenched! We were not at all surprised though, she's definitely our aqua girl! We also took Angie to the pool for the first time this summer last weekend and this past weekend and she's been talking about going back ever since! Yay! We're so glad it's summer!

[ Angie's bug party! ]

Here are a few pictures from Angie's friend party at the park. It was a bug theme because that's Angie's new favorite thing, besides snakes of course! It was a perfect day to be at the park... we lucked out on having beautiful weather! Angie had so much fun playing with all her friends! It was a great party and we're so glad that everyone could come and celebrate with us!