Bobby's Big Day

I met my friends for breakfast this morning, since the wedding wasn't going to be until this evening. We went early and had a nice time catching up. We each have 2 daughters, so we had 9 girls at our table today! It was fun! I brought tons of quarters and the girls went crazy at the machines. They got gumballs, rings, sticky hands, all kinds of things lol. When it was over I met my Mom at the salon because she offered to take Katie to get her hair done for Bobby's wedding. Katie was asked to be a flower girl =) Her hair was a bit..too poofy for my taste, but she really liked it, so I didn't say anything. It was teased, and I just feel like that is something that's for older girls. But as long as Katie felt pretty, that's all that matters. I let her borrow the headband I wore on my wedding day and a necklace I was given for being Rachel's bridesmaid, and she looked beautiful. We got there early and took some photos and waited for it to start. The wedding was really pretty on the beach, the colors they picked were nice together. All the girls were so beautiful! Everyone had a really nice time and I got tons of great pictures. I was secretly bummed I didn't order a kid's meal for dinner, LOL, but it was still great. They chose a lemon raspberry cake, it came out so pretty. The kids danced, played around with the photo booth props, and had a great time. It was a fun wedding. A little hot, but not too bad since it was near the beach. Now there is a new Mrs. Wonser in the family! I love how both my family and my husband's family are so big, and it just keeps growing. So exciting to be able to see it and spend each year with so many people who I can call family.

Visiting Friends

My friend Katherine is in town for a bit, so we have been hanging out a little bit. Laura and I went over to her house this morning, to hang out and catch up. Katie had school, but Emma came along to play with the other girls. She's the littlest one and tried to follow and keep up. It was cute.

Adventure City

Katherine has been asking me to find something fun for us to do with the kids, and I am running out of ideas :p A flier came in the mail for Adventure City, and I thought the kids might like that. It's kind of far for us, but it's not too expensive and it was fun last time we went. When we got there, we were even given a military discount since Katherine's husband is in the service.

We even sat for a Magic Show, it was pretty cool. Lots of jokes for the kids. The only bad part- Katie is now a little too big for this place. There were only about 10 rides, and they weren't very entertaining for more than an hour or so for Katie. Katherine's daughters really liked the carousel and wanted to go on over and over. Katie wanted to ride the roller coaster and the other girls were too short to go on, so we had to split for a little while. Might not try this one again unless they get faster rides :p

Beach Babes

I went to Seal Beach with my friends and their kids, and it was so much fun! Katherine brought her two daughters (Izzy & Audri) and her sister (Shannon), Laura brought her two daughters (Emma & Brooke) and her friend Tina and her son Dustin, and I brought Katie, Emma and Lauryn. We brought lunch so the kids could eat when we got there, and I used the Pinterest idea I found, using a fitted sheet to keep the sand off your blanket. Worked pretty well until the kids kept getting on and off the sheet with their sandy feet, lol. At least their food was sand free.

They dug, made sandcastles, played in the water.

The best part of the day would probably be the boogie board though, of course! Katie was a superstar on it, and I helped Dustin and Izzy go on it a few times, too. They liked it!

Super fun day, my only regret is not getting a group photo!

Drytown Girls

I had some free tickets to Drytown so I let Katherine use them to hang out with us =) Katie had fun playing with Izzy, and I'd like to say Emma had fun playing with Audri, but, Emma's little and didn't do much, haha. It got chilly after a few hours so we had to call it a day, but it was still nice to have new people to swim with =) I'm convinced Emma likes swimming, lol. She seems to enjoy it when we go.

The Ringling Bros.

Katie has been asking me to go to the circus. I don't really like the circus, it's pretty boring if you ask me. But, I wasn't going to discourage her, so I found out they were going to be in town, and invited Katherine to come with us. We carpooled together and had a quick dinner and got in our seats.

I wasn't too impressed. The kids liked it for the first 30 minutes. Then..I went to go get snow cones so they could have a snack. Then, Emma was getting squirrely so I had to go stand in the back with her, so she didn't bother the people around us. Then, somehow I ended up holding Emma and Audri, who was also bored with the show now. I had one kid on each hip, the worker standing back there with me was laughing. Then, Katie and Izzy came to stand by me. All in all, I'm pretty sure we won't be going back to the circus for many years to come, LOL.

Glad Katie was finally able to get to the circus, but secretly even more glad that she didn't like it and I don't have to go back for a long time haha.

Candy Cane Lane, Best Friend Style!

Katherine is back in town!! I am so excited. And now, I have someone to go on my trips with me, for a little bit at least =) When I invited her to Candy Cane Lane, of course she came with me! She brought Izzy and Audri along too.

 I made sure to have cash on me, so I could buy snacks for Katie. We started the walk with hot chocolate!

 Cake Pops were a close second!

 Katie loved the dog, Max.

 A Santa donkey!

 Super happy she's visiting for Christmas!

 Since the dog was so dang adorable to Katie, she wanted to stop by again to see him on our way back to the car.

We stopped by Starbucks and then headed on home. Such a great night! I love when Katherine is in California! Katie had a friend to play with, I had a friend, and Audri was a good little girl in her stroller =)

Goodbye Katherine =(

The time has come for Katherine to go back to Washington to be with her husband =( He'll be off the ship soon, and I won't get to see her for months and months and months, and she's pregnant, and I won't get to meet her new baby until she comes back down here. Sad.

 We wanted one more girls night before she had to leave, so we went to her house to pretend to watch a movie again, while we really just talk the whole time, haha. I brought my tripod and remote, and made them take pictures with me before they left. I took a million! She told me no more! I didn't listen. It was fun =)

 Katie playing with the remote.

 Being silly with my best girl.

 Group shot! We each have 1 daughter =) Except since they're both pregnant, soon I'll be the odd man out! I need a baby!

 Love my friends <3 br="">

 Katie and Emma. She wants a brother or sister so bad! I'm tryin', I want another kid so bad! But the Lord must not think it's my time yet! One day, Katie!

 Such a good night =)