I love a cute little town

I really love quaint unique places. San Juan Capistrano is just that. Little houses turned shops cute restaurants and even a petting zoo. We had a great time there.



Kira truly almost smuggled this thing home in her purse.
This about sums up my life.
Deacon and a goat about his size.
Curt picked a guinea pig to match his outfit.
Deacon was in heaven petting all the animals.
Kira kept showing up with new crazy creatures.
Me and a couple goats.
Deacon would just demand which one he wanted to hold.


All in all a great little town and a great time.

This that and Las Vegas

Curt eating Kira's jello popcorn balls from their childhood.
I will know if my Dad actually reads my blog when he see where we ate in Las Vegas.

This foot massager is the absolute best thing in Kira's house, I have had with drawls.
Kira proudly displays her popcorn balls.
I made vanilla raspberry cupcakes with raspberry cream cheese white chocolate frosting, whew!
Love this ensemble.
A great little creperie we ate at.
Deacon enjoyed a spaghetti dinner in Las Vegas. I swear Deacons favorite part was staying in a hotel with us in Las Vegas on our way down. When we got our room I told Curt "oh this is not too bad" so the rest of the night Deacon kept saying "its not too bad mom! its not too bad!"

Each meal we went out for we brought tons of entertainment with us! Deacon was pretty good for the most part.
Proof we went to Las Vegas. One night in California we went out to my Aunt Tina and uncle Jim's house and saw my cousins Pip Calvin and their families. It was so great to see them as we pulled away I told Curt "we did not take one picture!" bummer, I was really glad to see them.
We had a great time staying at Kira's house, she is a awesome host. Deacon was perfect in the car, no tears or fits for the whole twenty hours or so we drove. So glad we went. Lets make it a annual trip!

Beach bums and Beach babes

While in California it was 90 degrees in November, so we headed to the beach. We all loved it. We went to Corona Del Mar and it was one of my favorite beaches I have been to, when talking to my mom I guess I have been there a bunch of times before but it felt new and exciting to me! Nobody was prepared with a full on swimsuit besides Deacon, he sure took advantage of that! He loved the ocean.
Totally fearless, ran right in and got his whole body and head totally wet.
Loving the waves.
Curtis and Deacon in the distance, a beautiful beach.
The family posing for a picture.
The cave where we had our little picnic. I saw far to many crabs in that cave for my liking. Can you tell Deacon loved the beach?
Kira and Deacon running from the waves, love this picture.
Another family shot, what a perfect beach day.

Disneyland, ya we went there.

We had a good old time at Disneyland. We waited to go on our last day in California and it was awesome. Everyone loved it and Deacon was in complete awe. Please enjoy the photos and my commentary. A classic tea cup photo opp. Did not even go on that ride.
Goofy was the only character we got a photo with I ran right after him and demanded a picture.
This is us before heading into the park, Deacon was about to get his mind blown.
This is on pirates of the Caribbean, I thought he was cuddled close to me because he was scared then I looked down and he was dead asleep. Pretty cute.
When something goes wrong on a ride and they have to turn the lights on everything looks slightly less magical.
This has got to be my favorite picture of the day.
Getting ready to ride the world famous Dumbo, have not ridden it in probably twenty years.
Kira was mesmerized by these dwarf's from Snow White.
Looking good on the Buzz Lightyear ride.
Curt's brother Mark was in town for work and came and met up with us. Cant do Disneyland without a Turkey leg!
Deacon loved this rocket ride.
One of the last photos of the day, I am sure none of us can feel our feet at that point. It was a blast and the best part was seeing it all from Deacons point of view. Loved it!

We went on a trip.

And it was oh so good.

The Lower Lights

When I first heard of the Lower Lights project I really wanted the youth in my ward to see it first hand. Something about this music really speaks to me and I wanted them to feel that as well. Lucky me, after some emails the Lower Lights group so kindly agreed to come do our fireside in my ward. I am so excited to see this firsthand. If anyone wants to come we would love it, leave me a comment and I will give you the details. You do not have to be LDS to love this music, you just have to have good taste. Give this video a watch, I bet you will love it as well.

This is Halloween

This is the Halloween that never ends! I am ok with that because we have had a lot of fun. Deacon was very into wearing his costume and growling. We did lots of fun things. Safe to say Deacon had a excellent halloween. Deacon and Will were trying to make baby Van happy, I think he mostly just wanted to bust out of his tight costume.

I think this picture speaks for itself. My apologies to Darrin Shaw for having to take this picture of my spandex butt up close and personal.

Deacon and his preschool teacher Miss Dana. He loves her. She is awesome and he is love love loving preschool, hurray!

And my favorite picture of the moment is the one. I can not handle how adorable he is. I told him his face painting was amazing and he said "NO! It's awesome!"

And I will leave you with this awesome photo of these glasses he got at preschool, perfect.