Braces for Ellie!

Holly crap my little girl got braces!   She was a champ after getting an expander, spacers, and having her mouth pried open.

Not the best picture!

Open wide!

The free ice cream shakes from Purple Turtle definitely helped with the pain!

Lake Powell!

We have a family tradition to go to Powell, with the Gardner side of the family each year.  Fun, Fun, Fun!   There was a rule this year of no kids under 8yr's old, which ment we only took Ellie this year.  It was fun just having Ellie to hang out with, and spending some quality time.  

We had a sweet boat, that was so nice.  The trip was a hit!

The boat we stayed on was so nice.  5 bed room, 6 bath, two kitchens, a theater room, and even a helicopter landing pad.  AWESOME!

Jeff doing a little surfing.  This was the first trip I really tried surfing, and I'm hooked!  

Doing a little wake boarding!

We all hiked to the top of ice cream mountain, and we sweat our brains out!

My hot lover! 

Hanging out with the cousins!

I may have beat clay my nephew in a wrestling match, but I promise he didn't feel it the next day like his old aunt! 

Spending a little time as a family!

Bo went fishing off the side of the boat with the kids, and they caught a bunch of fish!

Our Powell trip was a hit! Good food, good company, and a lot of playing! 

PASSING TIME IN CALI!

We had a lot of fun hanging out in Cali!  Here are some of the adventures we went on.

DISNEYLAND

Jordanna came with our family to Disney Land, to spend the day in the greatest place on earth!

Paisley loved the Disney characters!  It was fun to watch how excited she was to see them.

While we were waiting with the stroller pass for the big kids to ride, we would see all the characters!  It worked out perfect for everyone.

We had reservations at club 33, a 5 star restaurant in Disneyland.  

One of the perks of eating at club 33 is that we were able to get into the park for free. (Nice)

 Lunch was a little stressful, with Paisley going crazy.  She only through one piece of fine china on the floor! Oops

 The restaurant was sooo nice.  Once Paisley finally crashed in my arms, we were able to enjoy the great seafood buffet!

Thanks to Nate, Jeff's cousin for hooking us up!

Look at that cute family!

We had a long, hot, fun day at Disneyland!

LOTS OF BIKE RIDES TO THE BEACH!

We loved to take the bikes down to the beach and ride the board walk.  The rides got a little long sometimes so we put Addie, and Paisley in the bike trailer.

We would ride to the different playgrounds on the beach to let the girls play!

PALM SPRINGS!

Hot Hot Hot!  the temp in the truck got up to 120 deg. on the way out to the dessert.  The only way to stay cool was stay in the water!

We were able to go on a date night to see Frank Caliendo, the comedian.  He was so funny!  We had a great night!

Staying Cool!

COLOR ME MINE!

The big girls, and I went with Jordanna and Alex, to Color Me Mine to paint a little craft.  It took us about 3 1/2 hours of painting to finish our master pieces.  This was one of the girls favorite things to do.

All of our creations!

SEA WORLD!

This was the first time Jeff, and I had taken the girls to Sea World.  The girls loved to watch all of the shows.   I think the Shamu show was one of the favorites!

We feed the Dolphins, and Sting rays!

We loved Sea World!

LONG BEACH AQUARIUM!

We didn't get enough fish at sea world, so we went back for seconds.

We were able to touch all the sea creatures. 

RUBY'S ON THE PIER!

We ate at Ruby's on the end of Huntington pier about once a week.  It was fun to eat out on the water, and the girls loved the food!

The last week of the vacation, my sis Vaniece, and her family came out to hang with us.  It was a nice change, and my kids had so much fun with their cousins.  It was nice for me to have my sis around too!

Before we all came home I left Paisley with Jeff, and Vaniece and I took all the kids to 6 Flags for the day!  It was Hot!!!   We road rides until we were all sick!

What a great month!!