Happy 5 Year Anniversary!

Happy 5 Year Anniversary to My Mr! I love you more than when I said I do, best day eva! Thank you for the love, laughs, and joy you bring to our home. You are an incredible husband and father, pastor and friend! I am honored to be yours!

Five years ago on our wedding day (yes, this is a picture of a picture so not the highest quality, and yes, it was in a frame, can we say lazy!)

Here we are today (last weekend) on our cruise, Mr. is working his zoolander poses.
Here's to 55+ more years!

Vacation Part Two: San Diego

Part two of our va kay was in our favorite place to go as a family...San Diego. Hours of free entertainment (I'm surprised they haven't figured out a way to charge going to the beach), food from all our favorite college spots, and remembering all our favorite stories from Point Loma sharing them with Corbyn. Here's a glance into our week.

We played in the sand.

We filled our buckets with water and sand crabs.
We were buried with Popie and played super Corbyn.
We ate at Pizza Nova on the harbor, yum.
We finally took a picture with mom (I don't think we had taken an alone picture in 3 years, sad)
We learned how to make wishes into a fountain from Uncky Chris.
We tried to dig to China.
We built a sand fort with daddy.
We arrived at the beach every day by 9:30 and parked ourselves there till naptime even eating sand filled sandwiches on our towels.

We were very happy!

Oh San Diego, we love you, see you soon!

Vacation Part One: Lake Arrowhead

A great start to our vacation!

We had long dinners with lots of storytelling

We ate lots of delicious food next to our bestest buddy and even shared our food.
We were entertained by Gammie.
We had lots of time to read.

We dug and dug and dug annnnnd dug for worms (I am a worm finding expert).

We found lots of worms and even got brave enough to hold them.

We enjoyed nappy/snuggle time

We had dance parties on the balcony.
We sat and watched the hugemungous boats on the lake.
We had cousin cuddle time watching Toy Story 3.

We stayed in our jammies till noon.

We rode a chuga chuga choooo choooooo.

We saw amazing fireworks (my bropher took this one).

We celebrated.
We took lessons in posing for pictures from Corbyn.

We had fun with yaya and popie and had one very happy boy!

We had a fabulous time!

Close to the Heart

Every time Corbyn sees my mom he is more interested to see what necklace she has on than saying hello. She has a beautiful locket she keeps Corbyn's picture in and he wants to make sure he stays close to her heart...super sweet. I want a necklace that is meaningful and Corbyn wants to make sure I am wearing so here are some significant beautiful hand-crafted necklaces I found.

Affection Pendant by Blue Poppy. Express your affection by putting it in writing. "Each pendant is made to order by carefully shaping every letter completely by hand from 14 carat gold-filled wire than soldered into place". So pretty and so delicate.

Personalized Morse Code Neckalce by Coatt. Simple, thought-provoking, and totally unique, I don't think too many people would have Corbyn or -.-.---.-.-...-.---.

Seedlings Necklace by Pear and Peacock. I love the simplicity and cleanness of this necklace.

I wish but I'm thankful

I wish vacation could last for longer than it does but I'm thankful I can go on vacation and then have a job to come back to.

I wish Corbyn could just sit still at a restaurant so we didn't feel like we had to eat at hyperspeed but I'm thankful he is an active, healthy two year old.

I wish summer television was more than just Wipeout, the Bachelorette, and reruns but I'm thankful that my house is cleaner and I sleep more because of it.

(Speaking of sleep) I wish I slept as well on vacation as I do in my own bed but I'm thankful my bed is something that makes me happy to be home.

I wish someone could invent teleportation so I could hang out more with my cousins but I'm thankful for Cruizin 2011 for bringing us together and laughing harder than I have in a loooong time.

Corbyn even wants to spend more time with his 2nd cousin, he loves her =). I am thankful for this.

Love Etc.

I love LOVE! I want to see this!

Here is the trailer.

trailer 1st seen on A Cup of Jo

Water

I need to drink more. Awesome designed bottles will help.

Water at Home: I love the shape, the fun font, and wire closure.

Water on the Go: I love the touch of color, the see thruness (water with ice is very appealing to me), that each bottle purchased goes to support some sort of water related cause, and that it will fit in my cup holder.
ps. click on picture for link.

Stay Hydrated!