Wishing

So today has been a dousy .... like I am ready for bedtime and to start fresh tomorrow ..... broken furniture, coloring on walls, MANY meltdowns, Daddy home way past bedtime tonight, and to make things worse I went to lunch with one of my best friends and her adorable little girl .... and my kids turned into crazy monsters ..... no joke ..... screaming, hitting, crying, running, throwing everything ..... nightmare ..... I think we scared my friend too death .... seriously, and she is like 8 months pregnant with her second ..... So during nap time I am on the computer to try and take a breather and look at all the Fall lovelies. Have I mention how much I love the Fall ... the activities, the food, the cooler weather, and the clothes, oh the clothes! Here are some of my favorite things right now .....

- I would die for these boots in saddle, but when I saw the price tag I about died

- Cozy sweater

- Perfect bracelet

- This fun skirt

- Stripes!

- Delicate necklace

- Love these shoes too

First Day of Preschool

I have been not doing so good with this blog lately so I don't know if anyone reads this anymore and probably not, but in any case I had to document Olivia's first day of preschool!! I seriously am dying she is this old! We have had a count down going on for a month now and Liv has been beyond excited to go! She did SO good and I am really proud of my little girl!!

I love this picture of them .... Jack saw a bird .... or food and is all excited and Liv wouldn't stop smiling

Love this picture too!

Liv and I

Liv has her good friend Tanner in her class .... they are so cute!!

Getting into their classroom .... Liv was copying Tanner :)

4th of July

So our 4th of July was a little different this year ... Matt decided to skip out on us for some stupid place called Alaska .... for an entire week .... yeah I know .... and then my Mom and sister decided to skip out on us as well .... double lame .... lucky for us my cute Dad had to stay back so he took us to dinner every night, played with the kids, and gave me a little break while everyone else was gone. We didn't do our usual partying but still had a good time. We went to a fun parade and little carnival which I didn't get any pictures of ... but Liv had the best time in all the bounce houses .... then that night just us and my Dad had a BBQ, did some fireworks ... which were like way too illegal and scared the crap out of all of us :) ... and just played!

I must admit that this was the hardest time EVER having Matt gone and I seriously do not know how single parents do it. By the end of the week I was physically and emotionally done and kind of felt like such a baby that I could barely last a week! I really lucked out with my Hubs and am so grateful for what a good daddy and husband he is!!

Love them

Eat this little man up

This is my favorite picture of Liv because this sums up her personality ... I tried to get her to hold still but she wanted to jump like a crazy woman to show me "how high her pretty cowboy boots let her jump"

This little girl does rides this stick horse ALL DAY LONG .... and we've had many "owies" from tripping over the thing

Playing with Grandpa!

He did this for probably 3 hours ...

Liv's favorite place at my parent's house

And this is what the Hubs was doing ..... in Alaska ..... lame :)

The Rodeo

Oh Oakley rodeo how I love you! It is one of my most favorite things to go to and I really look forward to it all year! Liv is my little cowgirl is had been so into horses, cowboy boots, and hats for a couple of years and I just this little gal! And Matt was a trooper .... he left the next morning very early for Alaska!

The little cowgirl

Oh I love this boy

My favorite picture

Loving the "princesses"

Best picture we could get ....

California Lovin'

BEST.VACATION.EVER. Loved every second!! This was the first "real" time I have left my kids and the first time since our HONEYMOON it was just Matt and I going away .... yeah we were due!! We went to California to visit some great friends and had such an amazing time with them!!! We did so much, ate so much great food, and shopped so much! My perfect vacation!

Highlights:

Most amazing red velvet pancakes & cookie crust french toast ... Sprinkles Cupcakes ... renting beach cruisers and riding down the beach ... Yummy Mexican food ... Santa Monica Pier ... Matt getting beat up by the boys :) ... Shopping ... Kaia! ... Dodgers game ... Laughing so hard SO Late at night and now not remembering why ... U2!!! ... Dodger Dog ... Shopping ... Diet Coke ... NO KIDS to worry about!!!!! ... listening to the boys laugh and laugh ... doing whatever we wanted whenever we wanted ... starting an obsession with Lululemon ... boys golfing at way too nice a course ... relaxing at the beach ... almost peeing my pants from laughing too hard ... and just having time with Matt and I!! Seriously Hansen's we cannot thank you enough!!! And our kids were in HEAVEN with Grandma and Grandpa - this needs every year!!

Getting ready to land in Cali!

The most AMAZING pancake and french toast EVER!!

HAD to go here :) so yummy!!

The beach!

Santa Monica Pier

Matt and I hung out just us for a long time on Friday and had SO much fun on these beach cruisers!!

Heaven

Gay and I .... had way too much fun with this girl! ... and don't mind my triple chin....

Dodger's Stadium

SHOPPING!!!

Miss Kaia ... seriously the cutest little thing ever! She was the happiest little girl I have ever seen!!

Getting seated at the U2 concert

U2!!!!!

Spring Dance Recital

My little Liv just had her Spring dance recital and did AWESOME!! She just loves her dance class!

Nice pose huh?

I love this picture .... this is one of Liv's cute little friends that wouldn't let go of her

Her class!! All these girls are just so cute and it has been fun getting to know them and their moms

Liv is on the far right .... she was making us laugh so hard!

Grandma and Grandpa Thain came!

Jen & Matt's Wedding Extravaganza!

On Friday my cute, little sister Jenny got married!! We love her husband who's name is also Matt :) and are just so excited for them! It was such a wonderful week so this post is LONG! Wednesday evening we had seriously the most fun open house ever up in Logan. Matt's family did a wonderful job! It was at this amazing place that was huge and they had a bounce houses, a photo booth, a mechanical bull, ping pong, the famous Aggie ice cream .... yeah crazy right? My kids thought they were in heaven!

Jen and I

The little man enjoying his ice cream!

Liv in heaven

Matt riding the bull

Yeah now I am riding the stupid bull, but it really was so fun!

We lucked out on their wedding day and didn't have any rain at the temple ... it was gorgeous. Right after we went their dinner and reception at LaCaille and just had such a good time. Really everything turned out perfect and it was such a neat thing to see them get married!

I just love this wild, little thing!!

Doesn't Matt look awesome? Yep I think so!

Me and my other two sisters

Liv and her new favorite friend Ella ... Jenny's little niece

I love Jen's face in this :)

Aww ...

Liv LOVES Matt

All of us girls

These girls were so cute at the temple

My family .... and yes Jack is missing thank goodness! It was nap time and heaven forbid he misses that!

At the reception, which was really amazing! And yes aren't you dying with Jack's tux? My nephew wore it to Matt and I's wedding!

Liv and Ella sang "I Love To See The Temple" ... it was hilarious

Our best picture of our little family ... and yes Liv is crying because we made her stop running for two seconds ....

Oh I just love these boys

Me and my little man

Gorgeous girl in her princess dress

Love

This is what we all felt like at 10 that night ...... but what a great day!!