Tuesday, June 17, 2014

My kids are cuter than your kids!

In the previous post I mentioned that I updated Dave's "DAD" pics. Click HERE to see the first time I did this. Well you wouldn't imagine that trying to get just three pictures would be all that hard but IT IS!! Either one kid was looking away or one was crying or just plain not smiling. It was agonizing. I really don't know if I will do this again. Or if I do, it'll be when the kids are 30. Sheesh. It's not worth the tears or the guilt I felt afterwards for being so mean. But now that it's over, it's always fun to look at the outtakes. So enjoy some of them along with a couple other random pictures of my girls, proving again that my kids are cuter than yours. :)

First here are the pictures I used.

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And now the others.

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This one isn't that bad, but it looks like Emma is trying to steal the letter.
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I wasn't kidding when I said there was crying involved.
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She looks surprised.
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This actually would have been the best picture to use because it really represents Emma accurately.  Everything goes in the mouth.
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See what I mean?  She's trying to eat the grass now.
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Just being silly.
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And again, things in the mouth.
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Oh I want to squeeze them!
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I can't even handle this cuteness!

Ze Papa

Father's Day just happened in case you didn't know.  So let's take a look.

Dave slept in but really he didn't.  He ended up getting called into work on Saturday and didn't get home until 3am, Sunday morning.  And then he got up at 9:30am.  So normally, that would be considered sleeping in but since he only got just over six hours of sleep, I don't think it counts.  Poor guy.  But the girls and I tried to take care of him.  I made him Cinnamon Streusel muffins per his request and he got some nice presents and cards.

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I updated his "DAD" pictures and gave him some teeth whitening strips (no I wasn't being mean, he had actually mentioned them previously) and a game called Monopoly Deal (so much more enjoyable and quicker than real Monopoly). And here's what Jocelyn "wrote" in her card to daddy. It made me laugh.

I love you! I hope you will have a great day. And I hope you will have a happy Father's Day. And I love mommy. And I have a great truth. And drink lots of water. And I love you daddy. I'm happy to see you. Thank you for coming home.

Isn't that adorable? She actually kept talking but I ran out of room on the card. Anyway, after getting ready for church, we headed to Dave's dad's ward since Dave's cousin was giving his mission homecoming talk. Then we had dinner with the family and then stayed for the drop in party for said cousin. Dave seemed to have a good day and that's all that matters.

I'm so grateful for Dave and my dad and father-in-law for being great men! You're seriously the best!

"Oh yes it's ladies night!"

A couple weekends ago, I got some much needed girl time, thanks to two friends who had their birthdays.  We celebrated my friend Kae's birthday on a Friday night.

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The party van is ready!

We went to Sushi Cafe.  It was only my second time eating sushi ever.  And it was good.  I got a Bento Box to ease into it but did try some legit sushi as well.  It was good but I don't think I'll become a sushi fanatic anytime soon. 

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After dinner, we headed to a place called Vampire Penguin. It's a shaved ice dessert place. It was amazing! You have never had shaved ice like this. It was more like shaved ice-cream. It was the bomb diggity! I could have gone back for seconds or thirds. 

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Are you drooling yet?
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No seriously, I want to stick my face in this.
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Aside from good food, it was just nice to spend time with good friends.  These ladies are so much fun and hilarious.  We had many good laughs.

The next day, Saturday, we celebrated Christine's birthday. We started by getting pedicures. It feels so good to get pampered every once in awhile. And the chairs at the salon are massage chairs so that's awesome.

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And after getting our nails done, we headed next door to Yogurt Villa for some froyo. Delish!

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Seriously, I need this every week. There's something about hanging with the girls that is so rejuvenating. But anyway, thanks friends. Let's party again soon!

*Funderland*

Last month, Dave got to take a day off during the week, so we all went to an amusement park called Funderland. It's made just for little kids, so of course, Jocelyn loved it. We spent a couple hours there, going on most of the rides multiple times and brought a picnic lunch to finish off the fun. And because I got the tickets through Groupon, we got some free treats. Here are some pictures of our fun time. 

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