Another trip to Palm Springs!

For Father's Day weekend we decided to head out to Palm Springs!  We stayed at my Dad's house, the guys enjoyed some golf and the kids loved swimming all day!

 We headed to the mall for a bit and the kids got to rode on the train!  They were so excited!

 A little blurry, but he wouldn't stop moving!

 So worn out...he fell asleep at dinner!

 My little fishy!  She loves swimming!

 Beating the heat with popsicles!!!

Yummy!

Mason enjoying his popsicle after lots of swimming.

 Once Evan warmed up to swimming...he loved it!

Brynn swimming with PapaDabaDoo....she had a blast!

We all had a good time and it wasn't too terribly hot!  It was a nice little get away and a great way to celebrate the dads!  Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

The Show Me State {part 2}

 I told you this trampoline was a big hit!  Brynn even said "Bye-bye Paw Paw's trampoline" as we drove away!

 Lisa's brother is a fireman and was nice enough to give us a tour of the fire house!

Evan and Paw Paw enjoying the firetruck.

Brynn had just woke up from a 5 minute nap and let's just say she was less than thrilled to be there.  I think Scott was excited to be in the drivers seat!

 Kali and Brynn

{Brynn, Sammy, Brady and Brooke}
We went to a children's museum, The Magic House, and the kids had fun running around exploring together.  Brynn and Brooke had the best time dancing together in one of the dancing exhibits, it was so funny watching them dance around laughing and talking!  Too bad they don't live closer, I'm sure they would have a blast playing together all the time!

Paw Paw and Brynn having a tea party.

Fishing for plastic fish!

Evan playing in the auto shop.

Stacking circles

Cheese!

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And in BIG news for Evan he started legitimately walking on September 6th!  He had been taking steps on his own for a few weeks but he finally figured it out!  BIG BOY!!!  {I feel bad, we tried videoing it while we were there and the camera died after it had been on for a second and we didn't take any pictures either!  So this picture is from when we got home.}

It was a big week for Evan, he also got his 5th tooth!  His top left lateral incisor finally poked through.  Speaking of teeth, while there I noticed that Brynn's bottom left 2nd molar was almost all the way through.  I have no idea when it started to come through, but she seemed to handle it like a champ!  So for those keeping track, she is now up to 17 teeth.

The Show Me State {part 1}

{Part 1 is the cell phone edition}

On September 2nd, we loaded up the kids bright and early in the morning and made our way down to LAX.  We decided a few months ago to make the 1800+ mile trek to Missouri to visit Scott's Dad, Step-mom, sister and family.  I was really anxious about the flight with the two little ones, but it wasn't as bad as I imagined.  So that is always a plus!!!

Evan slept for about a hour and a half while Brynn watched Cinderella.

Evan still sleeping and he woke up happy, always makes things easier.

Brynn lining up toys on the armrest, anything to keep her occupied!

The trampoline was a big hit as was the pool. 

Playing on the farm!

 Feeding goats, Playing with cousins they didn't know they had

Ball pit, trampoline fun

Poor thing had a UTI.  That was no fun!  We got medicine and were on our way.

Waiting for our plane and Evan's turn to wear the headphones

Sleeping..lots and lots of sleeping!!  Yay!

To be continued...

A drive up the coast

Thursday we headed out on a drive up the beautiful coast with a final destination of San Francisco.  I know it seems ambitious to take a drive that long with an almost 4 month old and an almost 2 year old...it was!!  We did have my sister with us to help with the kiddos.  Thanks Kiki!!  Luckily we planned to stop in Monterey Bay to visit the aquarium.  Brynn loved all the fish at the aquarium; and the penguins and turtles were pretty exciting as well.

Brynn taking over driving...

 Trying to get the fishies and turtle.

Flamingos and penguins.

The kids are looking at each other..kinda cute!

Friday morning we started the drive toward San Francisco.  The kids did pretty well for the drive on Thursday and Friday...sleeping a majority of the way; which always makes things a bit easier!  We lucked out with great weather despite it being the middle of November!!

At the Golden Gate Bridge.  Yes, Evan was sleeping in the picture with Scott.  Brynn was sleeping in the car and missed the whole thing!  {In the family shot we were standing right next to the car}

Smiley guy!

 After the bridge we headed for Lombard Street, the crookedest street in the world.  {Driving down the street and looking up}

Brynn finally woke up from her nap!

 Saturday morning we headed over to Alcatraz.  The kids decided that they didn't want to have anything to do with it though, so we didn't get to see as much as we would have liked.  I guess that is what happens when you travel with two little ones.  Oh well, there's always next time!

 On the boat ride over.  Evan must have been bored and Brynn wasn't interested in taking pictures.

Evan and Scott exploring The Rock!

Brynn really enjoyed walking around the island.

 After a good nap for Brynn we went to Pier 39.  I seem to remember there being a lot more sea lions, but Brynn liked the few that were there.  She liked when they would make noises! 

Checking out the seagulls!

 Little guy keeping warm

We rode the carousel and she really enjoyed waving to Scott every time we went around.

Since my sister was there, Scott and I got to enjoy a birthday dinner date night!

On Sunday we started the drive home...it seemed SOOOO long!  But we made it!  The get away was nice but it is always so nice to be home!  The little ones were glad to be out of the car!