Fishin'

Steve got back from a camping trip up near Mammoth with his Dad, Brother, and Nephews on Friday evening. Let me just give you a peek at how much he Loves Camping.... He was packed a week before they left, he woke up at 3 am on departure day even though they weren't leaving till 5, he nose was constantly stuck in camping and fishing books- He just loves it! The whole time packing he kept saying how much he wanted to take Sammy. Poor daddy, he wanted more than anything else to take his little boy and show him how great it is to camp, but this was a more advanced fishing trip and Sammy would've wanted to be in the water not sitting on the shore, so he stayed home.Steve came back with many stories and they had a blast. It has been quite a few years since he has gone camping with his dad and it was really just a great couple of days together.

Since the camping bug was still in Steve's system, we decided to go to big bear and fish. Well the boys did, I went grocery shopping. Sammy LOVES his fishing pole and caught on very fast.

San Diego Suprise!

Our Summers are always so crazy, so anytime we can getaway for even a day is just wonderful. This weekend I suprised Steve with the weekend in San Diego.

I had preprogrammed the address to a restaurant in San Diego. So when Steve got in the car he had no idea where we were going, he just knew he had to follow the GPS. Of course he figured it all out once we got passed Temecula, but he was still so surprised.

At our special dinner

We spent the day on Saturday at the Beach and in the pool. Sammy can now balance in his tubie and loves the freedom that comes with it.

Saturday evening I suprised Steve with tickets to see the Broadway production of Phantom of the Opera. We have been trying to get tickets to see it for years and always find out too late. We had a blast and it was amazing.

He is so not a morning person!

Peter Pan

Each day we are reminded how much Sammy is growing, learning and comprehending. Last week we realized that Sammy is starting to be very amused by funny parts of movies. He was sitting on the couch watching Peter Pan and was laughing hysterically, come to find out it was all at Captain Hook and Mr. Smee. There are a couple of parts that just crack him up. Here he is last night watching one of those parts. His little giggle just melts my heart- Try not to laugh!

The Wash's got Married

This past Saturday we got the opportunity to attend the wedding of some dear friends. Kelly is one of my closet friends and was also my roommate before Steve and I got married. I was one of the prettiest weddings I have ever been to.

Sammy always gets a snack stash during weddings.

Mr. and Mrs. Wash

I helped with this cake- cool huh. We also made 30 other small cakes for each of the tables

It's too hot!

I know that we are so blessed to live in the mountains, but sometimes I still get overwhelmed by the crazy heat up here. Sammy is now asking a million times a day for a bath. he is too funny. Sammy got this swimming pool for his birthday and just loves it. I think I might be heading in there soon if it doesn't cool off!

Congratulations Chels!!

On Tuesday my baby sister Chelsey graduated from Jr. High.

Chelsey we are so proud of you, keep up the good work!

We are always short a sibling at these things.

Uncle Wade let the boys play with his skateboards- they we so happy.

Love you girl!

Sam's Second Haircut

As you can see in past posts, Sammy truly is lacking in the hair dept. So to give him a haircut I know seems funny, but He gets these crazy long pieces of hair. The first time he got a haircut he was mullet central, this time it was on the verge of mohawk, no so much my style. I pulled out the clippers and asked Steve to come and help hold Sammy, swipe 1.... oops, a little too short. Oh well what can we do now but cut it all the same? You can't really tell that it is so much shorter, but man we got soooo much hair from the kid's head!

Before. If you look closely you can see the tiny mohawk hairs

Can you believe that we cut that much- crazy!

I think he thinks I am a fool sometimes. Mom, another picture?