VERY Busy End of July, Part 2

Our niece Maya Jean was born on June 8th and on Thursday, July 21st Grandma and Grandpa Rogers, and the 4 of us piled into a van to drive down to California to meet her. We officially me our precious niece Maya over dinner on Thursday night. She is PERFECT!

On Friday, Grandma, Grandpa, and the 4 of us headed to the Los Angeles Zoo! IT WAS GREAT! The zoo was the perfect size for us. We were able to get around the zoo in about 2 hours. Abby was so funny and really helped us to get around the park so quickly. As soon as we would get to an animal pin she would look at the animal for a moment and then say, "More animals" and off we went to the next pin. Here are a few pictures from the zoo...

As you can see...the girls had a great time at the zoo...

On Friday night we had dinner with Joe, Remy, and Maya...

Abby and Kera loved seeing their Uncle Joe and Auntie Remy!

On Saturday we headed to the beach for a bit. I love the beach and I wish Abby would of enjoyed it more but she was afraid of the waves. Jim tried to build a sand castle with her but she became too frightened. Regardless, it was a nice time in the sand.

After an afternoon of a few hiccups...we will let those be unsaid...we had a very nice dinner with Remy's mom, Soonie, it is always a great pleasure to see her!

And Abby got her teeth checked by Auntie Remy...all looks good!

On Saturday night I was able to get Remy out of the house for a movie! We say the final Harry Potter. Even though it was just released it was my second time seeing it. Jim and I were able to go out to see it a few days earlier in Vegas.

We initially were going to stay until Monday but we decider to leave a day early but, before we left, we were able to meet for one last breakfast. It was great that we had the opportunity to all be together.

Once we got back home to Vegas we had a few more days with Grandma and Grandpa. Those days were filled with them experiencing Abby's dance class...

And of course, there was pool time...

Thank you very much Joe and Remy for allowing us to visit and meet Maya and thank you Regis and Gwen for coming to town to see us. 

Next up, Pepe and Burrs come to town.

VERY Busy End of July, Part 1

We had a very busy end of July starting with a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Rogers, then, a road trip to California to meet out new niece Maya (with Grandma and Grandpa Rogers), and then, finally, a visit from Pepe and Burrs.
Grandma and Grandpa arrives on July 18th and the girls were very happy to see them.

Abby played fairies and played with chalk with Grandpa:

Read with Grandma:

Kera got a lot of good snuggle time in:

And of course there was pool time for all:

While the grandparents were here I also got to enjoy a nice morning by myself with Jim took everyone hiking at Red Rock. While they were hiking...I was getting a massage.

One major thing that happened when the grandparents were here is Kera finally started crawling on her hands and knees:

Next, it was off to California to meet Maya!

Family Bike Rides

We finally got a second child seat on our bike so we are now able to go on family bike rides. We have gone on a couple now and they are a lot of fun but, we can't go for long...an hour is about our limit. Here are a few pictures from our first ride that the 4 of us were able to take together:

Kera is on the back of my bike:

And Abby is on the back of Jim's:

Dessert Sunday

Sunday has turned into the one day a week that we allow ourselves to have dessert. Our favorites are banana splits and strawberry shortcake. Take a look at this HUGE banana split that Jim made a few weeks back...

All the fixings:

 Enough to feed an army or at least the 3 of us...

YUM!! Love Sunday desserts!