Teagans Second White Dress

Teagan was so excited for her baptism. More excited for it than almost anything this year. She got to wear my necklace from my wedding day on her baptism day as well. What a special little girl she is. She tries so hard to choose the right and do what is good.

Teagan's Candy Shop Party

Teagan was sad she wasn't very good at this game, turns out she had a hole in her straw!

I was so excited when Teagan said she wanted to have a candy party. What fun! Unfortunately the weather was so so so hot! I didn't get many good pictures of all the fun and cuteness because I had my hands full of 15 kiddos! We painted "candy" nails, guessed how many candies where in the jar and won the jar, decorated candy shop bags to put our candy in, sucked m&m's from cupcake liner to cupcake liner with a straw, had a bubble gum blowing contest, had to play with some water to cool down, and had sub sandwiches for dinner. Marcia had to leave early so she left me to finalize her cake, I'm afraid I didn't do her justice since my hands where so full! And this is the first year I didn't get a good picture of her cake :( The kids all loved the candy shop and getting their bags chuck full of candy! Including these great jars from Ikea full of bubblegum balls, so cute! Teagan is definitely my sweetie!

Candy Shoppers

Abbi

Hannah

Ashley

Maili

Zoey

Mckinzie

Rebekah

Leah

Lindsey

Lily

India

Taylee

Adalynn

Pit Stop on the Way Home / Final Vacation part 8

Cousins are so much fun!

Newport Aquarium / Family Vacation part 7

We went to the Newport Aquarium and explored all the beauty there. The girls loved every minute of it, so did we. Taylee was in love with the sea stars. They all loved touching the sea life in the exhibit that allowed that. I really liked the jelly fish and sea horses. Adalynn got in a bit of trouble for throwing a sticker in the water where they kept the penguins. And come to find out Brandon told me later that she actually pushed one off of a rock into the water! Little stinker. What a fun place!

The Whale / Crab Adventure / Part 6 Family Vacation

We took the opportunity to go out on a two hour boat tour in search of whale watching, and other sea life viewing. Our boat threw out some crabbing baskets on the way out. We got lucky and saw a whale. I got unlucky and wasn't feeling so hot so I didn't get any great pictures. Taylee was a bit nervous but liked it a lot. Adalynn and Teagan absolutely loved it. On the way back the kids got to pull the crab baskets back in. And the guide let us hold them and check them out if we wanted. Taylee was holding one checking it out and suddenly dropped it on Brandon's lap. It started pinching his lap and he FREAKED out! It scared Adalynn and the other little kiddo's enough to cry, but it was hilarious! The boat tour was great, we got to see see stars, the whales, sea lions, seals, and all kinds of birds. Later that night we were walking downtown by the pier and a couple younger girls started talking to Teagan and Taylee. They said hey isn't your dad "the CRAB guy?". I couldn't help but laugh. Their mom then said "Hey you gotta be famous for something right?" The whole rest of the trip Teagan and Taylee kept teasing him about being the crab guy!