Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to Andrew!! We had a very simple but wonderful Father's Day this year.

We started out with a delicious breakfast of monkey bread!

We then took a little hike up Eaton Canyon to a fun little stream. We had a lot of fun throwing rocks and playing in the water.

After church we had a delicious BBQ with the Eckersleys (no pictures).

We then ended the evening with a few gifts for dad.

I hope that Andrew had a wonderful Father's Day because he absolutely deserves it! Andrew is such an amazing father and husband. He takes such good care of Gavin and he loves him so much!! Here are just a few of the things that he does for us:

-He lets me sleep in and he makes Gavin breakfast every morning.

-When he would come home from work he immediately took over all responsibilities. He was usually the one to make us all dinner.

-He cleans up dinner and does all the dishes every night!!

-He gives Gavin his bath every night and puts him to bed.

-He always reads Gavin stories and sings to him at night. (I love turning on the monitor and listening to him read and sing).

-He is always willing to go outside and play with Gavin, no matter what else he has going on.

Happy Father's Day Andrew!!

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter this year.

It all started on Saturday morning when we went to the Sierra Madre Easter Egg Hunt. It was sponsored by the fire department so of course the Easter Bunny arrived in style ... in the fire truck.

Gavin was more excited about the actual fire truck and they were awesome and let him sit inside the truck!! He was in heaven.

These two were ready to fill up those baskets with lots of goodies!

Gavin made sure to keep Betsy from stealing his basket. She can be so greedy sometimes!

They had everyone line up around the perimeter of the park while they threw all the candy out on the grass. Then when they blew the horn everyone could run out and grab as much as they could get. I didn't really think Gavin would understand the concept but he actually did really well and loved putting things inside his basket.

Betsy was also able to get something for herself!

We then got our picture taken with the Easter Bunny! I think Gavin brought his stick just in case the bunny tried to attack.

We found this great hat for Gavin and he actually kept it on his head for awhile. I'm sure he would make a great fireman one day!

The next morning when Gavin woke up we had him come out to see what the Easter Bunny had given him! (Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa he had a lot of really great things!!)

He was a little hesistant to come out but once he saw the basket he was excited and ready to go check it out.

He immediately grabbed this green ball out of the basket and ran for the door to go outside. We had to convince him that there were other fun things in the basket as well.

He also really liked the bubble gun!

Not excited about wearing the bunny ears.

We then sat down to a delicious Easter breakfast of baked french toast with raspberry sauce. YUM!

Since we don't have a yard, the Easter bunny had to hide all the eggs in the courtyard of our apartment complex. Luckily nobody else took them!

Notice that Gavin had to take his basketball out with him.

Gavin really got in to the whole finding the egg thing. He loved running around and trying to find them. He was very excited when he would find one!

While we were all dressed up in our Easter clothes we took a few fun pictures. This is when Gavin started posing for the camera.

The Eckersley's were coming over for Easter Dinner. I set up the table with a mini easter basket for everyone.

We had an absolutely delicious meal!!

Happy Easter everyone!

San Clemente Getaway

When Andrew's parents were in town at the beach house, we decided to take advantage of free babysitting and go on a short little getaway. It was our first night away from Gavin and while I was sad to leave him, it was great to have a night without a little one around. We dropped Gavin off at the house and headed down to San Clemente. Neither of had been there and it was a lot of fun.

Our first stop was at the Rainbow Sandals factory store. It was great and we both picked up a couple pairs of flip flops.

We then checked in to our hotel and then went to check out the city. It was a great little city with an old small town feel. We went down to the pier and walked around a little bit.

We then walked around the main part of town and found a delicious mexican restaurant to eat at for dinner. It was great to eat in peace without having to entertain Gavin the whole time.

After sleeping in the next morning we went back to Laguna to spend the day with family.

We went down to the beach and had a fun time playing in the sand.

Back at the house we had cupcakes to celebrate Grandpa's and JJ's birthdays.

JJ was nice enough to let Gavin help him open his presents.

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for watching Gavin for the weekend! It was a lot of fun!!

Disneyland Love!

We have been to Disneyland a few times over the last couple of months and Gavin loves it! It is a lot of fun to see him actually get excited and to have fun. He has no fear when it comes to the rides and he loves them all.

Our friends Cory and Jessica Higginbotham came in to town and Gavin and I met them at Disneyland for the day. It was so great to see them!!



Gavin had a lot of fun on the Finding Nemo ride.

The Carousel is definitely one of his favorites!

As much as he loves the rides, the ducks might have been his favorite part!

Gavin and Brooke are pretty close in age and they had a lot fun hanging out together.

The next time we went down we met my brother's family for a really fun day!

Gavin wore himself out and took a really long nap in the stroller.

And woke up with a serious case of stroller head.

We love you Disneyland!!