competitive team night...

we went out last night for competitive team night with jeff and jessica. they came up with the idea of the couples matching for game night. last week they were team argyle and their friends were team star wars. last night we went out bowling with them. we were trying to think of something we had here at the house to use for our matching outfits. i thought of 50's look, jeans and white t-shirts. so we were getting them on and my shirt didn't look 50s enough. so then michael thought of "laguna beach family portrait" theme. you know, when the whole family is in white t's and jeans for their pic!?! haha. so funny. and to top it all off we put a big huge bow in makenzie's hair and michael did his hair in a "dad" style. seriously, he looked SOOO funny! it's amazing how a hairstyle can change your whole look! it was awesome. and michael and i beat them at bowling, so it was a great night! :)

team "laguna beach family portrait"....


my hand on michael's shoulder for added effect...


team "purple plaid"...


team "purple plaid" was sad about loosing...


then we went to sushi. makenzie goes with michael to sushi alot and loves it. it's so funny to me. she loves the fish bones, octopus and more. she keeps wanting me to eat it but i tell her that is her and daddy's thing. :) i think that is one reason she likes it, she feels like she makes him so proud. :) it's pretty funny that this girl will eat it though. just this week i was battling her about eating a quesadilla! crazy girl doesn't eat a quesadilla but will happily eat fish bones.

michael, jeff and jessica are well known at the sushi restaurant and now makenzie is too. :) when we got there they brought an appetizer of baby mackral to eat. makenzie just picked it up and took a bite like it was a potato chip!



check out the video of her eating it...



we will have to start thinking about our uniforms for the next competitive date night! :)

disneyland...

we went to disneyland last week while michael had a workshop here at the house. it was our first time back after our passes have been blocked for the summer. it was crazy hot but it wasn't too crowded so we had a great time. i have been going to disneyland for a few years now and i always love that this is something that makenzie and i get to do together.

the teacups...




she ALWAYS has to knock on mr. rabbit's door...


we cooled off in small world...


snow white's wishing well...




the carousel...


i convinced her to go on one roller coaster. so we went on SPACE MOUNTAIN!!!! she did it! i was so excited i convinced her. i didn't tell her it was in the dark or fast. i just told her it was fun :) she SCREAMED the whole time in fear, clinging to me. hahaha. but i think she was really proud of herself. :)

this is in line for the ride...




right before we took off...


ok, i didn't convince her i bribed her and this is what she picked out...glass slippers... :)


visiting the fairies...




we watched the parade and by that point we were dripping in sweat so we went home and cooled off in the pool for several hours. it was a fun filled day.

august in a nutshell...

wow, it's been a month since i blogged. this summer is flying by, i can't believe it's almost over! august was crazy busy. here is what we were up to...

gymnastics camp...

makenzie did a gymnastics over her spring break and loved it so we did another one this month. she has so much fun and was very sad for the week to be over.



trip up to my mom and dad's...

right after gymnastics camp we drove up to my parents house in northern california. we drove up with a friend of mine who i grew up with up there who lives in san diego. she has three little ones, so it was quite the eventful 8 hour car ride! :) we had a ton of fun playing at my mom and dad's house. makenzie loves to play with them so the days were full of playing with trains, dolls, and tea parties. it was nice and relaxing. one day we will over to Berkeley and had a great time. We rode on a train, had a picnic, it was beautiful.









a new cousin...

we had to leave a day early from my parents to come back down because my brother and sister and law were heading to the hospital to have their third baby. she was born just after midnight on the 14th. Claire Danielle was 6lbs 15oz and 18 1/2 inches long. a little thing. :) dan has always teased about makenzie being a shortie and now he has a little munchkin of his own. :) dan and laurel's other kids are both blonds, so it was a little bit of surprise to see her with a full head of dark hair. i think she's taking after me. :) makenzie was completely in love with her. she was so natural about holding her, it was adorable.





family vacation...

after being home for two days from up north we left for a week for family vacation. we went up to bass lake to camp. we had so much fun! it was so nice to get away just the three of us. we swam, fished, went on the rock slides, visited yosemite for the day, went tubing on a boat. it was a blast. we took lots of pictures, more to come...



getting ready for school...

kindergarten starts on september 7th so we are gearing up for school around here. school clothes and school supply shopping. i CAN'T believe she is starting kindergarten so soon!

kickball party...

my brother in law, jeff, is getting married to jessica in october. it was her 30th birthday last week and jeff threw her a kickball/bonfire party at the beach. it was such a fun idea. he got shirts made for our teams along with awesome sweat bands and wrist bands. so we all looked super cute. :) my team won the game. at the end we decided to do a pyramid. it was so scary and painful!

here are some pictures of the party that i took from becker, jasmine's and jessica's blog.





of course michael was really good...


we were all number 30 :)






yes, that is me on the BOTTOM! ouch...




jeff and jessica...

the dentist...

we went to the dentist today for makenzie. last time she went to the dentist it was a terrifying, horrible experience for her. she cried the whole time, was so stressed out about it, we never even got through the appointment. so we tried again, but at a pediatric dentist in the area that had great reviews. she was super nervous again but within minutes calmed down. they brushed and polished her teeth, took x-rays, everything. i was so glad it went so well. they just knew how to deal with kids so well and made her so comfortable. i was so thankful for a better experience. all day she's talked about it and now wants to be a dentist. one for kids. haha:)

i took a quick picture....



and biggest news of all that MADE makenzie's day is that she has 2 wiggly teeth! i had no idea it would come this soon!?!?! her two bottom teeth are starting to loosen. they showed us in the xrays that the big teeth are beginning to push their way up. the dentist said she thinks that they will come out in 3-4 months! crazy! makenzie was so excited to have wiggly teeth!

here she is trying to make them wiggle more...

hot summer day = lemonade stand!!!

makenzie has been asking me for a while if she can have a lemonade stand. i told her on a hot hot day we would have one. so, last weekend she told me it was so hot out and asked if we could finally have a lemonade stand. so we did. we just went right outside in the front yard. so not the biggest traffic area but it worked great. we had a few neighborhood friends stop by and then a few other people that just happen to walk by and drive by. we said the lemonade was free but people were very generous with their tips. she ended up making $8.50! it was a lot of fun!





i have several other things to blog about so i will try to be good about catching up...

summer time fun at the pool...

i love that we have a pool right across the street from our house. it makes it so easy and so much fun. we go pretty much every day. makenzie is a fish - loves the water so much. we always love it when our neighbor friends are there to play with too. on friday we went over to the pool for a while with our friends and michael came too. daddy is way more fun in the pool so makenzie was super excited. michael started flipping and throwing makenzie in her raft and she thought it was so great. it was hilarious. i was bummed i didn't have my camera but then naomi remembered she had hers. so we caught a little bit of it on video. :)