Palm Desert Trip

In May Ellie and I went on an overnight trip to Palm Desert. Vickie, Paul, and Olivia, and my Mom and Peggy were already there so we decided we wanted to join for a quick over night as well. Rodger had to stay home with Kona and I didn't want to drive with Ellie by myself so I enlisted the help of Rodger's sisters. We left early Saturday morning and got there in good time. There was food, swimming, sun, and lots of good times including an extremely salty piece of streak.

It was such a nice weekend playing in the water and relaxing in the sun. Ellie loves the water and is always such a good sport going all these different places with us. She is the perfect travel companion.

I am so glad she loves the water as much as we do. 

Ellie's First Thanksgiving

Our Ellie's first Thanksgiving was a blast.

We hiked,
We ate,
and ate,
and ate.
We saw almost everyone in her family.
It really was a great day.

We had dinner at my Aunt Peggy's with my side of the family and then we had Rodger's family over for a second dinner.

We are so thankful for our beautiful daughter!

A grand night

A while back I got to babysit Olivia for the evening. We had a great time. There were many points in the evening when I just took it all in and thought about what a wonderful time I was having. Olivia is so fun to be around and she makes me so happy. I know Vickie thought I was doing her a favor but it really felt like it was the other way around. I enjoyed my evening with her immensly and can't wait to do it again. Highlights included pulling all of her blankets out and planking them, sitting outside and listening to Oliva say "moon", and, of course, watching "Vacation" and eating a box of Cheetos.

Here are some pictures of the evening. I tried to edit it down but her cuteness just has to be shared even if a couple of them are blurry.

Babysitting Olivia

Last Saturday Rodger and I had the pleasure of babysitting our niece. We had a blast!

She is just the cutest little girl!

We love our niece!

We saw little miss Olivia yesterday. Every time I see her she is cuter. I almost couldn't take how cute she looked with the little swaddle all wrapped around her.

Rodger put it best later in the evening when we were in the car "I already miss her!". We can't wait to see you again little girl!

My Niece

Pictures of my little love from Saturday.