New Do's (or don'ts)

Let's start out the summer with a little taste of HORROR!

Sofie, Meili, and their cousin got to play at Grandma's house, how lucky!

The girls were so good for about 10 minutes.

A little too good. 

This is what we found when we checked on them:

Meili's new do

Sofie's new do

All 3 girls

Luckily my sister is a hairdresser and came asap to "fix" it (also her child was one of the culprits).

The best we could do.  A little short in the front...

Fixing Sofie's.

Final product.

She got really lucky, except for the bangs she cut for herself in the front and all along the top of her part, it's actually a cute haircut.

Poor unsuspecting Meimei.

She's now got pierced ears.

Still makes me want to cry!

San Diego Part 2

Last half of the San Diego trip:

We went to the beach at Oceanside.  But it was still pretty cold, so we didn't get in the water much (except for Sofie who got dumped in it the first few minutes we were there...)

I LOVE the ocean!

Again, on another cloudy cold-ish day we had to find other things to do.  We found out you could "fish" at the small lake on the resort grounds.

Everybody caught a few, it was fun!  Even if we had to throw them all back.

Seaworld was a nice sunny day, but the kids were exhausted by then and didn't last more than a few hours.

Here we were waiting for the dolphin show (I think Mei had just bit her tongue or something.)

Dia and Sofie playing with starfish

Mei loved the pink one

We got to pet the bat rays too!  They're slimey.

I'm so grateful we got to go!  And I'm so happy that I felt good enough to do it, even if we did have to take things really easy for nauseous and exhausted mama.  I took more potty breaks than the kids!

San Diego Trip Part 1

We were so lucky to get an awesome vacation this year before the baby comes!

Dia's parents were so generous and gave us a time share of our choice for a week!  Of course I chose sunshine and ocean :)  San Diego!!

We drove...and drove...

Stopped in St. George overnight then onward to San Diego.

(Sofie puked in the backseat from Vegas to San Diego.  It took us 10 hours instead of 6 because of traffic.)

View from our hotel balcony.  We stayed at the Welk Resorts in Escondido.

Our wonderful kitchen!

Unfortunately, the first few days were too rainy to play, so we went to the clubhouse for entertainment.

Mei and Dia working hard on a puzzle.

Resort grounds.

Director Mei in the clubhouse.

Playing Candyland on a rainy day.

When the sun finally came out we went to the Zoo.

Dia and Sofie at the Panda exhibit.

People kept asking Dia if she was our Nanny.

Mei and Daddy with the panda.

Takin' a break.  Tired feet!

Crocodile Meili in a gift shop.

They LOVED the zoo!

"Mingos!"

Enjoying some sun!

Bipolar Spring

I appreciate the variety Utah spring has to offer.  One day it's below freezing, the next it's nearly 80.  However, it does confuse the children...

Cartoons on Mom's bed on a freezing day....

I laughed so hard at how deathly BORED they looked!!

Sprinklers on a hot day!

Derek made this sweet toy out of pvc pipes and some misters.  Super easy, cheap, and fun!

And sometimes if we were lucky we got to do some yardwork.

While the girls played in the dirt :)

20 Weeks

Most family and Facebookers already know,

but we were so happy to find a healthy BABY BOY at our ultrasound at the beginning of this month.

Easter Time

Easter is always a wonderful time, with lots of pictures!  This year we had an early family Easter party and egg hunt.  It snowed and was super freezing!  (of course, the next week, the real Easter weekend was nice and warm)

This little dolly Mei is always full of the silliest faces to make us laugh!

Here she is enjoying her Easter picnic lunch inside.

The three stooges.  I found them all giggling in the corner, hiding from crazy cousin Kyle!

 Our indoor egg hunt.

They were dying to open their eggs, but patiently posed for a picture with G-Grandma P

Pure Joy

(p.s. I made those eyes, took me 9 months, but I did it!)

Once some of the snow melted we made the teenagers hunt out in the below freezing temps.

Decorating eggs

So thrilled that the Easter bunny came!

A peep dipped in chocolate.  hip hip! 

Too bright to look into the camera, but sooooo cute!

Mama and company at 19 weeks.

Still sicker than I ever want to be, but able to shower, get dressed and even smile.