Weekly Update

Grammy and Pop Pop were over early Monday morning and the kids convinced them to play outside, of course:

My mom sent some Rae Dunn with my mother-in-law and I was thrilled it survived the plane ride:

(Thanks, Momma!!)

Grammy and Pop Pop played outside, again, with the kids Tuesday morning- it's their fav thing to do:

Wes finally convinced Ed to put together the 'Guardians of The Galaxy' Lego set that contained 400+ tiny pieces and the kids were pretty excited to help out:

Tenley and Jackson celebrated their final day of summer vacation at the pool on Wednesday and had a ball:

We had dinner with my in-laws Wednesday and poor Pop Pop got beat up on:

Tenley had her Kinder "Meet & Greet" Thursday morning. To add to the chaos, Ev woke up with a belly ache. I sat her on the potty right when she woke up, like I do every morning,   and she immediately started throwing up in my hand (#momlife). Thank God Grammy and Pop Pop where here and able to come take care of her and Wes while I took Tenley to school:

Tenley was so excited to meet her new teacher and see her classroom. Everyone at her school is so nice and you can tell that they genuinely care about each and every kid. Tenley's teacher is no exception, she is so sweet, has been teaching for over 20 years, has her Master's and has boy/girls twins so yeah, we obviously love her! I'm also officially a member of the PTO, total mom status right there. I foresee many great memories here:

(Magic sleeping confetti...how sweet is that?!)

Evie still wasn't feeling well when I got home. She fell asleep on me and got in a much needed nap:

Ev was all better Friday morning. I'm thinking maybe she swallowed too much pool water? Anyways, we had a low-key day and Alex brought Evie a get well card that made her day:

(You're a sweetheart, Al!)

You may remember that before I had Tenley I used to love spinning and was even certified to teach. Well, I haven't done it since I was about 28 weeks pregnant with Tenley. Since Pure Barre collaborated with Cycle Bar and did a Bar-to-Barre event I decided I'd try it again. Cycle Bar rates your performance and I was proud of ranking 5th out of about 40 people, but I definitely prefer my barre the best:

We said bye to Grammy and Pop Pop Saturday; which is never easy. We're looking forward to seeing them again in October to celebrate Tenley turning 6:

(Miss and love you both!)

We spent the rest of our Saturday shoe shopping for the Queen and couldn't find anything in her size. After hours, Ev was o-v-e-r it and we couldn't do anything but laugh at the situation:

Ed could tell I was on edge Sunday (nervous for Kinder) and surprised me with roses when I got home from work:

(Thanks, Babe!!)

I have been buying "Kindergarten" books whenever I saw them and forgot how many I accumulated. I surprised Tenley with her new books before bed on Sunday and we instantly started reading them to prepare for Kinder:

Before bed, Mrs. McCall called Tenley to remind her about school and told her to get a good nights rest. She was so excited and felt so special:

Our big girl was now ready to put her magic sleeping confetti to use:

I packed her lunch and since I know she can't quite read, but loves emoji word puzzles, I left a little note and drew emojis so she knew what I meant:

Next week is a big week for us...stay tuned!!

Weekly Update

The kids and I went to the Fashion Show Mall on Tuesday to look for shirts for "the beach". Little did they know that they'd actually be wearing them to Disneyland! The kids freaked when the Disney store was decked out with Descendants decor:

I freaked in Lululemon because I loved e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g, but Tenley wouldn't let me look at anything because she thought her clothes were cuter than mine:

The twins played so peacefully in their room that afternoon; which is very rare these days:

In the midst of teaching two classes Tuesday evening, Cassi delivered the ah-mazing news that I passed my Pure Empower training!! I was so excited and oddly proud of myself. This "job" has done wonders for me and I just love it:

(Thanks for everything, Cassi!!)

I came home and delivered the good news to Ed and the kids and felt so extremely blessed to have such a wonderful support system:

Tenley and Wes prepped for school with fresh new hair cuts. Tenley loved getting her hair shampooed, but caught me off guard when she told Mallory to "chop her hair off". I wasn't quite emotionally prepared for that so I said no to that and she wasn't thrilled with me:

Ev and Wes helped me make pancakes Thursday morning:

Ev, Pearly and I cuddled before I had to head to work Thursday evening:

We had a 'Dirty Dancing' themed pop-up at Green Valley Ranch, followed by the movie at The Pond. It was fun and always a good time with these gals:

We woke up early Friday morning and began our goodbye to summer vacation! We got breakfast, then made our way to California. On the way, we stopped to see the Seven Magic Mountains. They were so much bigger than I imagined and the kids loved them:

We got to Newport Beach starving so we stopped and stuffed our face with pizza and my most favorite donuts EVER:

Once we ate, we were ready to hit the beach! We are absolutely convinced that Everly was a mermaid in her past life! Tenley wanted to go out further and further, girlfriend had no fear and Wes wants to learn to surf so bad. I love adventuring with these kids 1.) because its fun and 2.) because they really challenge my fears. We had so much fun and had sand in every nook and cranny:

After playing in the ocean for hours, we headed back to the hotel, got cleaned up, then told the kids we were taking them to Disneyland the next day:

Once the beans were spilled, we headed to Downtown Disney to buy our tickets, eat dinner and check out the Lego store:

Ed and I woke up early Saturday morning to get ready for our big day at Disneyland and I admired my little cuddle bug:

We slept in Sunday morning, then headed to Huntington Beach. We were informed it was the Van's US Open and to stay away from that beach, but we kind of wanted to see what it was all about and I'm so glad we did. The one side of the beach was packed with surfers and stands, but the other side wasn't any busier than any other beach. Watching the surfers was fascinating and Wes begged us to buy him a surfboard. It was such a great way to end our final day of vacay:

After our relaxing afternoon at the beach we headed home. The kids were so good on the drive and Wes even napped for most of it, but woke up for a Cheetos break:

This is by far my favorite week of summer...SO FUN!!

Until next time! :)