A Princess Birthday!

July 2, 2006, a date which will live in infamy! That was the day my sweet, darling, little princess was born, and she has been terrorizing us ever since! On Thursday we celebrated her 3rd birthday, and it was truly pink, right down to the Victoria Secret bags some of her gifts were wrapped in. (Thank goodness she can't read!) Here are some pictures of the eventful day:

Our Summer Vacation in a nutshell!

So I didn't get as many pictures as I should have. We had a ton of fun in San Diego! Thank you to everyone who came to the reunion and helped make it happen. We are already thinking about the next trip back. These pictures reflect just a few of the highlights. It doesn't, however, reflect the dolphins we saw swimming right in the harbor early one morning, the smell of the ocean breeze, or how amazing it was to experience a little of Dayne's family history by touring his birthplace and his parents' old stomping grounds. It also does not begin to express the hours of torture riding in the car with an almost 3 yr. old, waking every morning at 4:30 with a baby who still thinks she's in UT, or the wining of a little boy at least twice a day when it was time to get out of the pool so we could eat. We definitely needed a vacation when we came home, but we loved the whole trip!

The Power of Positive Thinking!

The verdict is out! Jackson told me, and I should have believed him from the start. He just knew he was getting a little brother. I kept trying to prepare him, "Now Jackson, it might be a girl." When I told him it was a boy, he just acted like I was an idiot. "I know, Mom. I knew it all along!" Whatever. I'm just happy for him and for Dayne. Neither one could take much more estrogen in this house.

Summer is Officially Here

On one of the last days of school Jackson's school held a dance festival. The kindergarten did a snowman dance that was pretty cool. It was Jackson's first "performance". Here are some pictures: (He's in the middle.)

Shiner

Ok, so it was much darker yesterday, but I didn't get a picture in time before it started to fade. Big brothers can be so cruel. This was a seatbelt to the face. All I can say is that she is going to be one tough girl, if she isn't already.