Memorial Day Weekend!

Better late then never I guess on posting this .... but we did have a great Memorial Day Weekend!  We were able to go to the Gateway and shop while Liv played in the fountains and got SOAKED, take Grandpa and Alexa flowers, play at the cabin, and swim!  We LOVED having Matt home an extra day!!

Can you see how soaked Liv was? Yes Matt was in charge of her but she had a blast!!

Visiting Lexi and Grandpa

Livie's first Smore .... yummy!!

Funniest thing ever .... her mouth was stuck shut!

Loving the four wheelers

And  yes this is where Liv and I will be spending most of our summer .... the pool!!!

San Diego!!

Matt, Liv, and I were able to take a little family trip down to San Diego and we had a BLAST!!!!  I will admit it is definitely different traveling with a 17 month old .... but so worth it and she was such a wonderful girl!!  We were able to do so much there and it has been a little rough getting back to real life and not hearing the beach waves every night ..... also this is the looooooooongest post ... sorry, but we had way too much fun!!

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Day 1: 

Here is our little buggy on the airplane .... she thought the window shade was the coolest thing ever!!  She was an ANGEL on both flights thankfully!!!

Happy girl to be in Cali!!

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Day 2: SEA WORLD!!  Yes Liv was in HEAVEN .... really I have never seen her so wild or heard her scream so long and so loud.  All she did was point and scream .... loved it!

We were trying to get out the door to Sea World and couldn't find Liv ...... yes she is wild

 This is a little out of order, but we went to Seaport village for dinner and shopping and ate at the prettiest restaurant right on the beach.  They had twinkling lights all over and Liv was so entertained with that!

A little worn out from Sea World .....

The only things that scared her were these seals and the polar bear .... terrified!

The amazing dolphin show!

None of these pictures didn't work very well ... but we were in the underground shark tunnel and she LOVED it!

Jaws!

Here is the Polar Bear that growled and scared her half to death ... see her trying to get away!

Her face the ENTIRE time!

Here we are at the Shamu show Believe .... we all LOVED this ... so amazing!  Liv sat and starred the entire 30 mins!!

Look how big Shamu is in the background!! 

HUGE and so amazing!!

I think one of the best parts of Sea World is the Sesame Street Land .... yes we were there for like 2 hours and she ran the entire time!!  Here is the fun Elmo ride that she giggled through as well!

Our crazy girl

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Day: 3 

We went swimming at our amazing hotel pool, shopping, and then to the Padres game!

She would run everywhere with Shamu .... the hotel staff knew us VERY well and were so great to Liv!!

The fun water slides!!  She looks terrified, but loved it!! 

Mommy and Liv!

Living it up in the sand bar .... oh so nice!!

Petco Park was BEAUTIFUL!!

Right on the field with Daddy

Livie's first Major League game!!

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Day 4:

So we really did SO many fun things during our trip, but I really think this was my favorite day!  We were able to drive up to our friends AMAZING house and hang out all day and pretty much all night!  We were able to eat the yummiest food, shop, eat the greatest cupcakes, and just talk and hang out ... oh so fun!  Josh and Gay thank you for taking care of us!  You guys are the best and we miss you!!

Here are the cutest boys ever ... Dallin and Porter with wild Liv ... who pretty much gave them a run for their money :)

Ah love at first sight ... yes they ARE getting married, no questions asked

The kids tackling Matt and yes he did deserve it!

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Day 5:

BEACH and home :(

Livie and Daddy on the beach

Our little fam

The entire flight home looked like this .... ah bliss!!

What an AMAZING little vacation we had thanks to Matt!!  He takes such great care of his girls!!!

St. George

We were able to have a nice little getaway down to St. George and it was the best one yet!!  We had soooo much fun swimming, eating, golfing, shopping, and playing in Las Vegas!  Liv thinks she owns the place now and LOVED it all!  I am a little sad to be home, but excited for the next time we are able to go down! 

 Ok just a warning but this is my longest post probably .... I took way too many pictures .... we just had too much fun down there!! :)

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Grandpa decided the first day down that Liv need her fingernails and toes painted so he took it upon himself to paint them!!  He did an AWESOME job!!

Sooooooo ready to go swimming!

Our little swim babe!  

Liv was LOVING the water .... no joke she is just like her mom and could have sat in that floaty all day and relaxed .... and she pretty much did!  

Mommy and Liv!  Ignore the nasty whiteness .....

We went with Grandma and Logan to a really fun pizza place called Pirate Island .... awesome for kids!!!  They ate pizza and played games for hours!

Logan was down for a day and a half and so we HAD to get the fun tub picture with both of them!  Livie idolizes Logan and they play so well .... so cute together!  All Logan would say is "Livie ... here" ..... haha!  

More swimming with Daddy!

What happens when Grandma and Grandpa watch her?  She gets whatever she wants!!  Yes that is my diet coke that she pretty much drank all of

My sweet Hubby and I at the Pizza Factory ... oh so yummy

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Of course we had to head to Las Vegas for a day .... and yes I could have been there like three days with all the eating and shopping .... oh I love!  

Here is Liv and her fishes .... look how excited that face is? Her and Daddy sat there for a long time! :)

We had to take her to FAO Schwarz and yes we were there for over an hour, yes we came home with too many toys, and yes she ran crazy the entire time and thought she was in heaven!!! 

So the restaurant Serendipity, that is in NYC, just opened down there and of course I had to go!  It was SO GOOD!!

Heaven