he's back!

This last Friday my younger brother Taylor came home from his 2 year LDS mission in Uruguay. 

It's so great to have him home.

Evelyn and Amelia were so excited to see him.  This would be the first time Amelia would meet her uncle Taylor! It was so fun!

right before we left to the airport.

we parked in the wrong terminal(my fault) so we had a bus schedule(we rode the bus from 4 to terminal3) so we made an quick awesome sign out of it.  Evelyn was so excited to hold it up!

Yay! here he comes with two other missionaries! I didn't actually see this part i was too short. I'm glad chris is tall enough to get the good shots.

evelyn giving uncle taylor a big welcome home hug.

she was seriously so excited!

Amelia hugging taylor for the first time.  She was watching everyone else hug him and just had to get in on the action.

They love their uncle taylor.

He met 3 new ones.

Rigden on the far left in the hat.

Rylee the little cute nugget he is holding.

and of course Amelia.

After all the airport fun we headed over to Tia Rosa's for a delicious lunch. I haven't been there in forever and it was so delicious. YUM.

Now let all the parties begin.

So glad to have him back! It went by so incredibly fast!

Pay It Forward

This week on Blogger Idol the contestants are given the assignment to Pay It Forward.

Choose at least 5 blogs that they love and share a little about them, so we the blogging community can get to know others and branch out into the awesomeness of the blogging world.


Great assignment, is it not?!  Oh it sure is!!!

Just cause i'm judging doesn't mean a can't play along right?  I wanna send some blog love too!

I have many blogs i just can't enough of, here are a few of my many favorites!!! ENJOY!



1.  Stay Gold, Autumn.
I started blog stalking her when i found out she was dating a guy i knew from high school.  I knew she was perfect for him, and was super excited when i found out they were getting married. Yay!  I was able to meet her and she is just a kind, beautiful, charming, honest, and funny in real life as she is on her blog.  She is quite stylish as well.  Check out this beauty.  You'll love some Autumn all year round. :)

2. Muffin Loves Biscuit
I stumbled upon this little sweetie just a few months ago.  She is super hilarious, and takes some amazing photos.  Her posts are always so entertaining.  Maybe its because i'm having a wonderful time reading about how she is adjusting to the sweltering heat of AZ. Okay that sounds mean, but its not, i've lived here my whole life and i'm still working on adjusting to the heat.

3.  Chapterhouse Lane
Another recent discovery and i've had the opportunity to meet her in person, she is an amazing person inside and out.  This girl can write her heart out!  She has an amazing story she's posting on her blog.  Just a warning once you've started reading you will be addicted!  Trust me!

4.  Mom, The Intern
This chicka, yes is a momma, but her blog is so much more.  Its awesome.  She has some amazing stories, and wonderful thoughts.  When i first started reading her blog she was doing a "Live your best: challenge" The things she challenged are great and i was hooked immediately.  I could tell just from her blog that she would be an amazing person to meet and also a sweet heart in real life.  I love me some honest, funny folks.

5. Page Travelers Tales
Last but not least, The Page Traveler. Miss Darci.  I met this beauty a few years ago at a mutuals friends dinner party for just a few seconds, but i recently had the opportunity to get to know her much better when we both moved into the same neighborhood.  She is super smart, funny, and a very caring person.  She has amazing ideas, and writes like a champ. Her blog reflects her well.  Just one of my many favorite things about her blog are these "love mom" letters to her little monkey boy.  They are very entertaining cause our little muchkins are just weeks apart.


Check out these super fun crazy ladies!! 
Send them some blogging love!!

Follow their blogs or else. 
Don't make me fist threaten you!!
::shakes fist:: 

New favs

Okay if anyone is in the San Diego area please go to an amazing little joint we went too!

Lucha Libre Gourmet Taco Shop

It was delicious, but the best part was the decor of the place. 

I was humming.....I am I am, the whole time i was there.

Yes seriously please go if you are in the area.

My girls thought it was pretty amazing!!  And they ate their food too, something else amazing!

I've come to realize how many amazing places i found in San Diego that i want to be in my hometown immediately, but i guess its the extra specialness that makes Saint Diego such an amazing place!

where to begin

well if you didn't figure out where i was let me tell you.

a land of giant windmills & beautiful blue skys

where houses are amazing, bright and full of sand.

thats right i just got back from a california adventure OR known as C.A.C.A

Crandells. Awesome. California. Adventure

and yes we made shirts and they are awesome.

many posts to come on all the awesome things we did in San Diego coming up.

It was so nice
1. to get out of the heat 2. be with my whole family (minus one-in uruguay) 3.chill at the beach. 4. got to see one of my best buds. 5. Best of all i have a killler tan.

where you going?

"I'm going crazy nuts!" 
I wanna go crazy nuts too!


Well this crazy nut is about to venture out into the world with her familia.  I'm really excited for the awesome adventure.   So with that said posts this next week will be brief, even more random than usual, and few. 


Here's to an exciting C.A.C.A (I'll explain it to you when your older, so next week.)

glorious

you smell that?!  yes thats right, the smell of a glorious weekend. i love me some long weekends!

even though it really doesn't pertain to me much beacause well do momma's get breaks....? hardly

should we.....? you bet your bottom dollar we do!

any awesome weekend plans??

i'm hoping that our weekend will consists of the following:

watermelon, BBQ, sunscreen, swimming, laughing, napping, dancing

so basically a whole lot-a awesome!!