Date Night!

It's ok, you read it correctly. Jason and I had a date night. For the most part they are few and far between but we recently set up a babysitting co-op with some friends and now we'll get a couple nights a month. So fun. Friday we went to our favorite little hamberger joint and then went rollarblading down at the waterfront. We had the best time. The weather was perfect and the people watching was great (that's always my favorite thing at the beach). We love going down to the beach and dreaming about a little house on the beach for us someday. Someday! But for now I am satisfied with a wonderful date with an amazing guy!(Never mind the cool capris with the rollarblades. It a new fashion trend.)

Happy Easter!

Cute sisters in their Easter dresses! I love Easter dresses but I decided next year I need one too. I always get the girls all dressed up and then go pick some old ensemble from my wardrobe. I won't buy a matching dress with them but Easter seems like a great excuse for something new and cute!
The girls woke up to cute Easter baskets ( which I did not photograph of course.) Later in the afternoon after church Jason took the garbage out and luckily he spotted the Easter bunny just leaving our little grass area. He came in and told the girls and they ran out to find that the Easter bunny had left them lots of little eggs with surprises in them. They were so excited. Emily just kept asking Jason where exactly he saw the bunny and which way it went. She really wanted to go track him down

Emily also sang with the primary in Sacrament for the first time. She loved it and did a great job!

Heard in Primary:(so I didn't hear it but her primary teacher told me) They were talking about Jesus and His sacrifice for us and they asked the kids: "If someone you loved was in danger, would you sacrifice your life for them." Emily raised her hand and said "If maybe my mom and dad weren't paying attention (I sure hope not) and Lauren fell in the pool, I jump in and get her."

I love the pure love and charity children!! If only we were all that way! Hope you all had a happy Easter!

Spring Break!

Last week was Emily's spring break and instead of staying home and finding something to do everyday, I took to opportunity to drive up to my sister's in Sacramento. I was pretty nervous to do the 7 hour drive with the girls by myself but it actually turned out really great. The girls were amazing in the car and we made it both ways safely. At my sister's, Emily was in heaven. She loved playing with her cousins. Three of them are older than her but they were so sweet to play with her and include her in everything. She couldn't get enough! Lauren pretty much spent the week following the big kids and playing with new toys. The first day we were there we threw all 7 kids in the car and drove into the San Francisco zoo. It was a great zoo and the kids had really fun time. We couldn't get close to see the chimpanzees because they were agitated. It was weird, there were zoo workers all around their habitat keeping people from going too close. My sister asked what they do when they're agitated and the worker said they throw things. We stayed a safe distance away. My girls really loved the gorillas and the bears but most of all loved being with cousins. Thanks to my sister's husband, she and I even got to go out to dinner and Target (where else would we go when we get time to ourselves) one night. We had a great time, it was hard to leave but we had a daddy at home that we missed.

Point Vicente

Jason had Friday off after his parents left so we took the opportunity to take the girls up the Point Vicente in Palos Verdes and see if we could spot any gray whales. I think we were a little late in the migration season and it was a pretty windy day, so we didn't have any success in the gray whale department but it was beautiful. We visited the little museum they have there and the girls got their fill of fish, whales and dolphins (all models of course.)

This was the closest we got to seeing any whales. Better luck next year!

Grandma & Grandpa's Visit!

Jason's parents were able to come this last week for a fun visit. After going to preschool with Emily on Tuesday, the we took them to Disneyland for 2 days. We had a great time. I can't tell you how nice it was to have extra hands at Disneyland. Jason and I weren't quite sure what to do with ourselves. The girls loved having grandma and grandpa there and were so excited to show them all of our favorites. We had great weather and it wasn't terribly crowded, which made for an awesome visit. The time seemed to fly by but we had a wonderful time with grandma and grandpa and we can't wait to see them again.

A long, fun day!