lately

This little hambone has been having way too much fun lately...

Griffin & Amelia

He loves looking at himself in the mirror

and thinks he's pretty funny

He also loves to wear his cowboy hat while brushing his teeth

Playing at the Kid Museum at Balboa Park with the Adams Fam

Griffin & his girlfriend Penny

(or "Pen" as he calls her- they are too cute!)

Riding the train with Janeen & Christian

I thought this was funny-

He lined all of his cars, trains and tractors up...

Labor Day 2010

We had a great Labor Day this year. Ben had to work part day so Griffin and I tagged along with the Balliets in the morning on a really fun hike in a beautiful park. Lots of fun bridges and look-outs for the kids and a big duck pond.

Troy with all the kidlins

Eating lunch by the duck pond

Throwing bread out to the ducks

This was such a cute place...we will definitely be back!

Later after naps Ben and I took G down to the San Diego Zoo and continued the fun

Griffins new thing is to say "cheese"

continually while taking the picture-

as shown below

Saying "cheese" again... kind of a really scary cheese

When this train pulled up it totally blew Griffins mind.

It was the perfect end to a great day with friends and family

Florida

A few weeks ago my little brother David got married. The entire family (minus Ben and little G) flew down to Florida for the Festivities. Even though it was a busy couple of days, we all had a lot of fun. We love Leslie and are excited to welcome another GIRL into our family!

Ahhh, the cute couple

The brothers

Orlando Temple

Wedding luncheon

After the temple in Orlando we drove out to Indiatlantic for the reception. Its a little island off the coast of Florida and the place Leslie is from.

It was beautiful and so fun to visit this little coastal town

The view from our hotel room...pretty beautiful.

After the reception we all went out to the beach late that night and went swimming. The water was sooo warm (just how I like it) and it was a beautiful night. Daniel lost his trunks in the tide (seriously), and thankfully for all of us randomly found them floating in the water about 30 minutes later!

During the reception it was all about making the ugliest faces...

This one of Joe might be the winner

Dave and mom

nope- looks like this one of Dave takes the cake.

What a handsome groom- Leslie is a lucky girl ;)

My sister-in-laws

Yah to more girls in the family!!

The wedding/reception was perfect and it was so nice to be able to spend time as a family supporting David and Leslie....BUT it was the next day when the really important stuff happened (just kidding Dave, well sort of ;)...

We all went to

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter!

So I'm a big fan of all things HP, but never thought I would be in FL to enjoy the theme park. Thanks to Dave and Leslie they made this dream of mine a reality.

Don't judge me...HP is VERY cool

us in Hogsmead- the CUTEST place ever and right out of the books!

Daniel, Asher and I

Eating at The Three Broomsticks

BEST food, PERFECT ambiance, and the Butterbeer was even MORE delicious than I imagined! We seriously all drank 5 mugs of the stuff till we were sick....it was pure HEAVEN!

We did a lot of "cheers"

we just felt like we should?!

I was "chosen" for the wand demonstration workshop...

I got excited thinking they would give

me the wand at the end, but no.

My favorite place was the darling candy shop (big shocker:)

ummm, yes please!!

the Pumpkin Juice was also sooo delish (and the packaging is to die for)-

I should have brought home a case of it

yes, I'm in a trance of butterbeer

and loving every second of it

It was a perfect ending to one of the best weekends I've had in a long time-

I had such a fun time with my family.

Congrats to Dave and Les- we love you guys!