100th post and California

This will be my 100th post!

Aside from that we went to Idaho to visit Mike's family two weeks ago and then flew to San Diego to stay in a condo with my parents for a week. Here are some pictures of California. No pictures of Idaho.... I didn't take my camera with me.






All these pictures are on a beach. Ryan didn't want to get in the water. He's developed a fear for whatever reason so we had to hold him when we got close to the ocean. Silly boy.




Scripps Aquarium. Very cool place.
Sorry it's a little blurry... it was dark.

Jaxson(my nephew) had his birthday while we were there. Ryan slept through the whole birthday party. He took a 3 1/2 hour nap that day and I ended up waking him up.
On the last day we were there we went down to the harbor. Ryan ended up feeding the pigeons and really enjoyed himself.


Thanks mom and dad for letting Ryan and I come vacation with you! We had such a great time.

Family Time

So we took our first real family vacation together this last week and had a blast! We went to Island Park, which is about 20 minutes from West Yellowstone.
Ryan and Mike at Mesa Falls.
Edpa and Alex happened to be in the area so we got to hang out with them for a day and go into Yellowstone with them.
It was windy at the geysers but they were very beautiful.

Ryan loves to be in his hiking backpack and it gave cousin Alex a good workout.
The next day we tried our luck at fishing. NO FISH in a kid's fishing pond but Ryan had fun anyways! Below: Edpa fishing with Ryan.

Above: Ryan and Daddy fishing.
Ryan trying his luck all by himself.
Then of course, we just did a doing things outside. Mostly playing in the dirt.

And throwing rocks into the lake while daddy fished.
We also did a lot of swimming since our resort had a kids swimming area. Ryan said that was his favorite thing, but no pictures of that.

We had a blast and would love it even more if there weren't so many mosquitoes!

Warmth

Ryan and I left freezing Utah to go hang out in California this last week. It was so fun to see cousins and hang out at the beach and zoo! I took a TON of pictures, but for time sakes... here are just a few.

Lexi

Ryan & Elsie at the Zoo

Lexi just having fun

Elsie, Ryan at Lexi at the Zoo

Jaxson holding Ryan at the zoo

Ryan enjoying the beach

Elsie at the beach

Ryan chasing birds. He did this ALOT! "Pet, Pet!" he kept saying!

Good Bye Beautiful California.

We went to Zion's this last week. (We as in, me, Ryan, my Dad(Edpa), and Ashlyn.) Here's a few pictures from our adventure.


This one was just taken yesterday and I am just posting it because I like it.

This weekend our little family stayed at my parents house while they were out of town. Mike and I got to go on a date for our 4th Anniversary! I can't believe it's only been 4 years, on the other hand, I can't believe it's already been 4 years! Marrying Mike was the best decision I ever made.

We also went to the Tracy Aviary this weekend. There are lots of really neat birds there. Ryan really loves birds, especially Cranes (he kept going back to them).

{Ryan and I at Tracy Aviary}

{Pointing to Cranes!}

{Random birds}

And this has nothing to do with the rest of the post but I really miss & love my dog, Mahana. Ryan had a great time staying at my parents this weekend and playing with her.

{Mahana--the dog!}

California Fun

We had a blast in California. We only wish that Mike could have come along too! We really miss our daddy when we are away from him, but we were still determined to have a good time.
And what a good time we had!

Ryan and me at the beach!

Ryan at the wild animal park.

Sea world was awesome! We went twice because we had so much fun!

Nickolas at the beach. What a cutie!

I already miss this crazy little girl! She is such wild fun. She really makes me laugh!

Thanks Aunt Nettie, Uncle Nick and cousins Nickolas and Lexi.
We really had a wonderful time there!

Spring Time in Switzerland

We have been visiting lots of gardens and parks and the mountains.
This is just a small sampling of what we found. WOW! It's so beautiful over here.Everything is coming into bloom and I am in love with it here!

{Tulips everywhere!}

{This is a picture right by Becky's house. I love the grape vines mixed with wild flowers.}

{John-Luke enjoying the wild flowers in Becky's backyard.}

{Ryan and me playing up in the mountains at a park.}