oceanside, california!

hello! hello! 

two weeks ago we went to oceanside california for a whole week! 

it was so beautiful and relaxing. 

we stayed at this amazing beach house right on the beach! 

literally you went out the door and walked across the little road and bam beach! 

it was so fun to be that close to the beach we went down 

and dipped our toes in the water so many times. 

it was a great week filled with plenty of ocean time and disneyland and great food and sun! 

here are some photos i snapped through out the week! 

^^this was the top of the beach house. it was soooo nice. there also was a hot tub up there and these comfy couches. it was such a beautiful view!^^

^^andrew woke up way early before anyone else got up so we enjoyed each morning looking at the ocean from up top and also hot tubing!^^

^^he LOVED touching the ocean for the first time!^^

^^these things... goodness i love palm trees. so pretty!^^

^^this little fella loved the ocean and the sand. he was in heaven!^^

^^cutest little niece!^^

^^jumping for joy because we were having the best time!^^

^^andrew smashed those things so fast. he was in heaven when we showed them to him and he went crazy smashing them!^^

^^my love and my best friend. i'm so thankful for you husband!^^

^^another awesome thing was there was playgrounds right by our beach house so these little cousins were in heaven!^^

^^i have no caption for this besides i love the ocean!^^

^^walking on the pier to go to lunch at rubys!^^

^^silliest little boy!^^

^^first time eating at ruby's and it was so good! if you ever get the chance to eat there do it!^^

^^just hanging out on the beach again. it seriously was so awesome being so close!^^

^^my little love. he loved the water. his diaper was filled with sand!^^

^^this view was killing me every night watching the sunset!^^

california had these purple trees everywhere and they were beautiful! 

i want them everywhere in utah!

a little video of the trip is coming soon PLUS our time at disneyland! 

thanks so much for a fun trip in laws!!!

brandon's graduation!

HE DID IT!!! 

whaoooo!!! i'm so incredibly proud of you babe! 

brandon graduated at the first of the month from the University of Utah getting his MBA! 

he has spent so many hours and time into school and he did it! 

the only bummer is he has 8 more weeks left of school and then he's officially done. 

the school doesn't do a summer graduation so everyone graduates early but still has to finish school.

i can't wait for him to be done. i'm pretty sure come end of july i will cry happy tears!

here are some photos of the graduation day! 

^^had to get up early since the ceremony was at 9am down in salt lake! 

celebrated with a few graduation gifts!^^

^^i spy my handsome husband!^^

^^we're so proud of you brandon. your sacrifices you have done for the family and for working so hard at school. we're simply SO proud!^^

^^everyone who came to support at the graduation. 

brandon and i are so lucky to have everyones support while he's been in school.^^ 

CHEERS to a few kisses and  IT ALMOST BEING OVER! 

little bit of life lately!

hello hello little blog! 

may has been a crazy month. holy goodness.

it's been super fun and super tiring. I need a nap! ha

we started this month off with weddings, brandon graduating, a trip to california 

and even the whole fam having a 24hr flu!

some pictures of whats been happening lately. 

ps. lilacs are so dang pretty! 

^^my crew. i thank my lucky stars every day for these two boys!^^

^^the most prettiest bride. cousin i'm so happy for you and you're beautiful!^^

^^best mama in the whole land!^^

^^little man got a haircut and it made him look super grown up. 

thought i'd melt into a puddle of his cuteness but also cry because he's growing up way to fast!^^

^^one of my bff got married and she was a beauty! so happy for you jacee!^^

^^helping mom plant flowers! he really was trying to be such a helper.

at one point it was taking forever to plant them because of andrew and his willingness to help me

and a thought came to me, 

when you're 50 and you're planting flowers by yourself

 you'll wish andrew was that little and here to help!^^

^^helping mom decided where to put each flower!^^

^^happy as a kid in a candy store... oh wait he is!

he was being such a good boy he got a sucker!^^

^^had a girls day with these two. including a boutique, shopping and lunch! 

it was so much fun and its crazy to think we all have babies!^^

^^my peeps again at chilis celebrating mothers day a little early! 

^^sicky sick. extra cuddles are the only good thing about being sick!^^

^^andrew's obsessed with mater from cars. 

so when we visited cousin karter and he pulled out mater andrew was in heaven!^^

cheers to summer and camping and cute little andrew always wanting to help! 

ps. california pictures coming soon oh and brandons graduation!

cement cement and cement!

this last weekend we poured a LOT of cement at our house! 

we wanted more cement so we can park our tent trailer at our house 

(thanks parents for letting us store it there in the mean time!)

anyways it was so much cement we had to spilt it up into two days. 

thank you to all the family who came and helped. 

we LOVE you guys and super duper thankful for you all.

also big thank you to my daddy for helping us. i'm not sure what i did to luck out with the best dad around but i did and boy i'm so glad. 

we even had extra cement so we made a couple stepping stones for the yard . 

westuck andrews hands in them. he didn't hate doing it but didn't love it either. hashtag win. 

cheers to another house project down. 

^^friday helpers!^^

^^saturday helpers!^^

were so happy about it. 

now bring on camping season! wwhhaaaaaaao!