Saturday, August 23, 2025

Navy girl is 9




This girly pop is 9! She is always ready for her birthday and so excited to be celebrated! Navy is always so fun and has the best expressions. All week she kept saying it was the best birthday ever. 

To kick off her birthday week, Navy and I went to Starbucks before school. She loved it and said she would wake up early everyday and we could just chill and get Starbucks. She also wanted all the photos in front of their flowers and balloons. 

This year her birthday was on a Friday so we brought donuts to class Friday and when I picked her up and all her Stitch balloons ready. That night we went to the drive in to see the new Bad guys 2 movie. Madi helped me get all the snacks and drinks. We had lots of cupcakes and popcorn and were all sugared out by the end of the night. The weather was a high of 99 instead of the 110-115 we have been having so it made it much more bearable watching the movie. 

Navy asked for her birthday to go to the Titanic with her bestie Kenna. These girls started the day with Starbucks and ended with spa face masks and foot massages. They were adorable laughing and singing all day long. After the museum the birthday choice for lunch was McDonald’s. 
Kenna spoiled Navy with a Labubu and a giant Stitch filled with surprises. Navy gave Kenna a Stitch Labubu and so the girls had them everywhere we went. Labubus are blind boxes with little keychain plushes that have mischievous smiles (current trolls/furbies)
The girls loved the museum and had everyone around us entertained as well. Navy and I were third class passengers and Kenna was second class. They took a picture in front of a first class state room being sad that they were too poor for it. They loved all of the history and thought the old items were so cool especially items that were brought up from the ocean. 

Their favorite part was the iceberg, we stayed there the longest and the girls would see how long they could touch the ice without their hand freezing. We loved the grand staircase and especially the replica of the outdoor area with the stars. They couldn’t believe it was that cold for all of the people on the ship. At the end, turns out Navy and Kenna were the rare survivors and I unfortunately perished with the ship. The whole exhibit is done so well and I loved all of the history and stories that were shared along the way. 

After we headed to my parents to swim and have pizza and more Stitch cupcakes. Grandma and grandpa even swam with all the kids and Vernon was throwing the kids way up high. Navy and I had matching swimsuits and I love that she still wants to match me. 

Present time- this girl is loved and spoiled by all. She got stitch items including a pillowcase Madi made her,  and grandma and grandpa came in hot with the Stitch Legos! This girl’s favorite drink is a coke and it’s all she ever wants and I found a Coke Labubu, so dang cute. Her last present was in the shower as a surprise that I found her a real, big energy Labubu and she didn’t even notice and turned the water on. After she realized all the high pitched girl screams ensued as she got her Loyalty (pink and yellow) doll. 

For her birthday dinner she asked for artichokes and homemade fettuccine Alfredo. She also got spoiled by grandma Deedee and went birthday shopping, came home with new shoes and a Stitch Stanley cup. She loves one one one time. 


Happy birthday Navy! We all love you so much and had so much fun celebrating with you. 


 

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Back to school

Benjamin is a Junior taking UNLV classes, Emma is a Sophomore and class vice president, Noah is starting 6th grade and his first year in middle school, and Navy is in fourth grade with our favorite teacher Mrs. Reid and my last baby in elementary school. 

For first day of school dinner we drove all over to get each kid their pick of dinner. It was definitely an adventure and took way longer than I thought. We hit up Zupas, Starbucks, Blaze, McDonald’s and Cafe rio.

Love all our people that sent pics on the first day!

 

Last of summer



We had a cousin swim and pizza party. All the kids swam all day, ate and rode the zip line. Jeff and Melissa have a giant floating pad that the kids had a blast on all afternoon.  Lots of smiles and laughing. Brantley kept us going with his need for more sunscreen constantly. Benjamin and Umi were the best older cousins playing with all the kiddos all day. 

Charlotte was gone for over a month being an FSY leader- so we celebrated having her home with dinner and swimming. She played and swam with the kids all night. They all missed her so much and I’m sure she missed all of our craziness  hahaha. 


The day before school we headed up to Mr Charleston with my family and had a picnic. It’s always the best place to get some fresh air and get away from the city noise to be together. 


Leading up to school we had all the back to school orientations and lots of school shopping. We swam, slept and played all summer. Noah even got to squeeze in a last minute temple trip and dinner with Cash. 


 

July








July is our anniversary! We celebrated 16 years and had a fun date night. We ate yummy Thai food at Lotus of Siam and then saw the new Superman movie.


We have had lots of pool time, cousins and dogs. Ginger is not having the swimming time yet haha. My mom and Emma kept trying to teach her, she did so well, but did not think it was play time.   
This month Grandma DeeDee’s cousin day was Hawaiian themed. She went all out with the blow ups, food 
, games and goodie bags that had a towel that says cousin time. The kids had so much fun and it’s great seeing them get some good cousin time in!
Jake and Noah went camping with the Young Men in our ward. They went to Cedar City to the temple and Noah said that was his favorite part of the whole trip. They camped at Duck Creek and went and explored all of the different caves and packed in lots of hikes. Stunning photos and a great weekend. 


Getting ready for the new school year, Grandma had the kids over and they made the cutest vision and goal boards