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Chads parents treated us to a really fun California trip this past week. We had such a great time introducing our kids to all of the fun at Disneyland.

The love of her little life..Cinderella!

This is the cute little house we stayed in. It was close enough to Disneyland that we could just walk to and from each day. It also had a swimming pool in the backyard we were able to play in.

Chad and I in Hollywood.

Schaeffer's first time at the beach.

She was all smiles this whole trip. She had such a fun time hanging out with her aunts and uncles, grandma and grandpa and her 3 cousins.

This is the whole group in the T-Shirts I made them all wear. We got lots of comments and it really did make it easier to find each other in a crowd.

This big guy turned 4 months on the 6th of September. He is a big kid and also the sweetest thing alive!
He was 15 1/2 lbs-63%
He was 26 inches tall -84%
His head circumference was somewhere in the 70% range.
He has 2 bottom teeth in.
He is going to eat me out of house and home.
He sleeps all night long.
He is rolling and scooting everywhere and I know I'm going to be chasing him really soon.

Chad and I turned 30! It's been kind of hard to wrap my head around but we had a great time celebrating. Thanks for everyone that went out of their way to make our birthday's special!

Leighton was in a neighborhood dance class over the summer that met once a week. They had their recital in August. Cutest thing ever! This is her with her wonderful teacher Ashley.

Some Goofy Videos just because

Leighton is finally tall enough to start riding her bike. Every single day she begs me to take her outside to let her ride. It is pretty cute to watch because you can tell how proud she is of herself.

Latest St. George Visit

I'm heading back to work on Monday. I've had the past 3 months off in maternity leave. It has been so great being home with my kids full time. My house seems to be in better order, I'm cooking more, and have been having tons of fun on play dates and little weekend vacations. Hopefully some day I can be a full time SAHM.

I brought the kids down to my parents house for our last long visit for the next while. It ended up being a great weekend because the fair was in town.Thursday we went to the fair. There were no lines at any of the kids rides which was fantastic! I felt a little bad for Leighton having to ride everything by herself so hopefully next year Schaeffer will be big enough to ride with her.

We happened to walk by the registration for the baby contest right as they were packing up. The ladies asked me if I was coming to register my kids. I didn't know anything about it so they talked me into signing up. We had to go back to the fairgrounds Friday morning for a pre qualifying interview and then they called us back that afternoon to let us know we'd made it into the finals so we had to go back again on Saturday for the actual contest.

I thought it ended up being fun. My mom's opinion differed slightly. When it was Leighton's turn to go onstage she hammed it up and was really cute. She waved and blew kisses and I actually had to go pick her up to get her to stop. I wasn't nearly as comfortable having to walk with her up there in front of everyone.This is her with the Wash. County Queen. She got 1st place in her age division and won herself a little trophy and a vinyl growth chart.

Schaeffer's Blessing Day

We blessed my favorite little guy Schaeffer this Sunday. I was a proud mamma and wife! Thanks to all of our family and friends that came to support us!

Family Pictures

We had some special visitors in town from New Mexico. We had our yearly family photo shoot down at the Beck farm.

These pictures are out of order, sorry. Leighton is a treat monster. She made the biggest mess out of a cupcake at our friend BBQ.

Chad is the Man! This is him at the finish line of his first mini triathlon.
Father's Day

Some of the cute girlies at our friend BBQ. We went to Park City for the 4th. The Atwater's let us come watch fireworks on the lawn of their condo. They even shared their glow sticks with us.

Leighton rug burned her face falling into an ottoman the night before.

I didn't buy her an actual 4th of July outfit this year so we just dressed her up in red, white, and blue. We were just getting ready to head to the PC parade.

We were a fan of this little parade. So much more low key and a lot cooler weather made it our favorite.

On Monday night Jason and Kourt had us over for a BBQ and fireworks. This 4th has gone down as one of the best!

We went to Bear Lake with some of our friends for a fun 3 day weekend. We ate so much good food and stayed up all ours of the night talking and playing games. Anyone played Bocci ball? Such a fun group game!Leighton and her Tinkerbell fishing pole.

My favorite little guy is starting to smile.
My parents came up for the weekend.

We went to the Zoo on Saturday.

My kids had their very first professional photo shoot. Not sure why I waited so long because I am in love with the results! I had them taken at Foto Fly in Draper and they were great.