Summer Fun!

June was an eventful month as well! Marcus joined my dad and brothers on a father/son camp out on the 7th and 8th. They went to Nevada City where someone had a ranch and several acres. They camped out and the next day they went zip lining and swimming in a man made lake.  They did a ropes course that was on the ranch as well. That Saturday was really hot so they didn't stay past noon.

 Mom and I attended Julia's bridal shower on the 8th. Jacob and Julia would be married on the 29th! I was so excited to welcome Julia into the family. She is an absolute sweetheart! Here is a picture of the two of us together at the shower!

We celebrated Jeff's birthday on the 12th. He is 20 this year! Here are some pics from the little party we had with family.

We did a couple fun things the next two weekends. On the 15th we went to Oakdale to spend the day with Marcus's family. His cousins, Jodi and Eric, have an 8 year old son who was being baptized that day. It was neat to be able to join them for that special day.  Father's Day was on the 16th. Kaylie and I did breakfast in bed for daddy and we spent the rest of the afternoon with my family to celebrate with my dad.  

On the 22nd Marcus and I went to a movie at the theaters - we saw "Man of Steel" which is another superman movie, but it was actually pretty well done. We don't go to the theaters much, but this one was totally worth it! We celebrated my mom's birthday on the 23rd.  Everyone helped me make dinner for her and we had some cheesecake and ice cream for dessert.  Yes, June is a birthday month for my family!

On the 25th Julia went to the temple in preparation for the wedding on the 29th. After the special session held there we all went out for dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory. I had already met her mom, but it was really nice to finally meet Julia's dad and grandparents. She really has a nice family. 

Jacob and Julia were married and sealed in the temple for time and all eternity on June 29th. Everything went pretty smoothly that day and it was a great day to celebrate! Here are some of the pictures we took. I can't wait to see more!

Southern California Vacation

On May 30th we headed to Southern California because we would be attending a wedding for Jessica Bunney on the 1st. We decided to make a longer trip out of it since Marcus had the time off.  First we headed to Beverly Hills where my cousin, Jenn Thompson, lives. We visited with her and her four boys for the afternoon and evening. It was fun seeing Kaylie interact with her cousins. Tristan, Jenn's 3 year old, was so excited to have her there and they played very well together. The other boys were very good with her too. Jenn, Marcus and I stayed up late after putting the kids to bed, playing games and talking the night away. Scott was on a business trip, so we missed him. We always enjoy visiting the Thompson Family. The next morning, the 31st, we visited for a little while, some of the boys headed off to school, and we got ready to go to Huntington Beach! Kaylie could not wait to go to the beach. We left around 10:30 to miss the traffic in the city and headed to Huntington Beach where we spent a few hours enjoying the ocean. Afterwards we headed to Marcus's Aunt's home in Anaheim. Ate Bing Bing is Melania's sister and we spent the evening at their home. We met Marcus's parents there as well. It was the perfect place to stay since it was only 30 minutes from the temple we would be attending the next day. It was nice to see Ella and Randy too. Ella was so kind to Kaylie and it was fun to see them interact. On the 1st of June we went to breakfast in the morning with everyone and then we got ready for the wedding. We headed to the Newport Beach Temple for Jessica and Paul's sealing. It was a beautiful and unique temple! Everything went very smoothly and we were able to have cousins babysit Kaylie while we were inside. After pictures we headed to the church building where the reception would be held. Kaylie played in the nursery and we helped set up a little bit. The reception was so much fun and it was a great day spent with all the Bunney family! Everyone was so helpful and happy. We are so excited for Jessica to start her new married life with Paul. On the 2nd we went to breakfast with a lot of Melania's family. I hadn't even met some of them before. Marcus loved seeing some of his cousins again. They were all so sweet and friendly and we wished we could have visited longer, but we headed home that day. Marcus would be starting his new job on the 6th and he needed to get everything prepared for it. He started at Robert Half International where he is working as a Staffing Manager there. It is a Temp Agency and he is the one who helps match people up with their different clients for temporary or permanent positions. He really loves being in a somewhat managerial position and feels like he is doing well there. However, the adjustment to working an 8-5 shift has been the hardest. Especially for me who loves having him home so much. I am so proud of him for working so hard! Now here are a few pictures from our trip!

Jenn, Archer, Tristan, Kaylie and I

 Kaylie, Archer & Tristan

 Tristan, Kaylie, Haydn, and Connor

Huntington Beach

Kaylie & Daddy

Kaylie & Mommy

At the Reception

Bride & Groom dancing

Family Pic at the temple

All of the Lumantas Family at breakfast

Lolo with all of the grandkids

Marcus and his cousins

May Activities

On May 4th Kaylie and I went with my Mom and Grandma Hall to visit Great Aunt Donna. We hadn't visited her in a while, so it was nice to see her again. Marcus went shooting that morning with my dad and brothers.

We celebrated Grandma Hall's birthday on May 5th with the family. We didn't get her to wear a sombrero this year but she did allow us to take some pictures! We love Grandma!

We celebrated Mother's Day with a lot of family. Marcus gave a talk and his parents came to Sacramento to be with us for the morning. We had lunch with them after church and then they headed home. We spent the  rest of the evening over at my parents home.

Laudanne's baby shower was on the 18th! My mom and I went and enjoyed conversation with old friends. I am so excited that Laudanne and I are having babies within a month of each other. We have been spending a lot of time together going on walks and checking up on each other. It is so nice to have a pregnant friend!

On the 23rd I went to my cousin, Kylie Coulam's, high school graduation. While I was gone that evening, Marcus and Kaylie had a daddy/daughter date! They went to McDonalds and Kaylie got to play at a playplace for the first time.  She brought home a helicopter toy and it was fun to hear all about their date the next morning.

On the 26th we went to Modesto to celebrate Gavin's 1st birthday with Jodi, Eric and lots of other friends and family. That weekend Jon also visited so we celebrated his birthday with family on the 27th. We surprised him with a cake when we all got together at Pam's house that evening.

Pics from April & Blurb on Kaylie

April really was a great month and we have done a lot of fun things.  Kaylie and I have started going on walks to different parks every morning this week, which is a great way for me to stay in shape and a great way to run some of Kaylie's energy out. Kaylie loves the park and has become really daring and adventurous. She likes to climb up everything and go down all the slides with a little bravery talk. Haha! This month Kaylie's vocabulary has grown immensely! She is talking in full sentences and learning lots of new words. She remembers every little detail about everything and is really good at explaining things. Well, usually Marcus and I are the ones who truly understand the explanations the first time. Sometimes her pronunciation isn't perfect, but she is getting pretty good! Kaylie's latest interests are: playing outside as much as possible, doing check-ups with her doctor tools on everyone including some toys, putting together puzzles, playing with her toy foods and shopping cart, reading books constantly, learning to play in her room on her own for a little while, listening to music, dancing to music, goofing around with mommy and daddy, and she wants to help me with unloading the dishwasher or setting the table every once in a while. Kaylie is doing better with potty training and we are very happy about that. It would be nice if she was fully potty-trained by the time this baby boy comes along - we think she will be. Kaylie is learning to love nursery and she is remembering a lot that she learns. For Easter Sunday she told me "Jesus Lives", last week she was telling us "Joseph Smith saw Heavenly Father and Jesus", she always tells us that "Dear Heavenly Father loves us" and today I asked her what book she learned about and I said, "Book of...?" and she said "Mormon". I am so excited that she is learning and understanding these things even if its just a little bit. She is learning lots of songs in nursery to and she will sing them with us throughout the day and especially at night before bed. She loves "I Am A Child of God" and sings the whole song by herself. It is absolutely adorable! Kaylie has become fairly mellow and easy going and is learning to be obedient. She hates sitting in time out but if she doesn't listen after a warning she will sit in time out for a little while. It's good that she is learning consequences but fortunately she doesn't have to sit in time out very often. We love our little Kaylie girl and we are happy of the sweetheart she is becoming. Life is good!

These puzzles are done just about every day! She loves putting the people together and learning about them - she can tell us all their names and is starting to understand what most of them do.

Playing with daddy!

On a walk in our complex!

Our little climber!

Tunnel at the park

She was so proud of herself for climbing up onto the bike by herself!

Climbing again!

Kaylie loved wearing her dress at the wedding! She always says, "Mom, Dad, I look so pretty!" Ha ha, I guess we must say it to her enough.