I DID IT!!!!

Back in July, we were able to attend Joseph and Emily's wedding in Draper, Utah. It was a beautiful day and a weekend of much-needed-Wright-family-catch-up.

We got the kids the "Let's Go Fishin'" game from Brielle's birthday money from Great Grandma and Pa Montague.  Just practicing for the big leauges. We are sea bound. I'm sure of it.

My monkeys: realigning their organs. We love this activity. Pretty sure Brielle's form is all off and she just might snap her neck...but why stop the fun???

I upholstered this patio furniture after a late discovery that they didn't come with any covers...Thanks furniture auction dudes. Getting these cushions finished was my HUGE accomplishment this year after having Ruby and moving to Phoenix (switch that order). Thomas and I had a hobby of attending a furniture auction every Wednesday night in a ghetto part of town. This was WAY too much entertainment to pass up. Regardless of the fact that we were going to find a kitchen table and couches, we just had a good time keeping up with the homies in AZ that are too cheap to buy furniture the normal way. Hollar

My girl turned two and BOOM. I got motivated to have only one child in diapers! Eager beaver to potty train has been successful thus far...Let you know how it sticks. NOTE: DON'T TAKE YOUR POTTY-TRAINING CHILD CAMPING ON DAY #2. OH WAIT...we don't have any sense when it comes to these matters, so we did just that.

Here we are! Camping in simplicity with our dutiful potty chair in tow.

It was literally a breath of fresh air to head to the mountains, escape the heat and pretend for a minute that September is cooler than 100 degrees in most normal areas of the world. A nippy 65 degrees was amazing. Our blood has definitely acclimated to the heat. Mostly...

Our Ruby is a light in every way! I love this chunkin' baby. She is rolling all over the place and seems to be showing more personality all the time. What an incredible little butterball.

Birthday Trek

Guess who is now 2???! Little Ms. Brielle celebrated her birthday and has now turned the corner. She is the most adorable thing though and still seems to get away with murder. We won't hold it against her:)

Hudson has been more excited for Bri's birthday than the birthday girl. He is all about birthdays, getting bigger/older and, of course, eating loads of frosting to malaise. 

Down in Carlsbad, California we stayed in a beach house with my Montague clan. Uncle Spencer was so kind as to make the trek to CA with me since Thomas had to stay in AZ and work. Ash was a champ on the other end to get us back to AZ. Love my familly. Hudson was all about the pool (since apparently swimming everyday in AZ just doesn't constitute as enough swim time for this guy--EVER). He is doing great with goggles and even taught himself to swim without floaties. This big boy amazes me with how fast he picks up things!

Ruby is three months old now and has been a complete joy of a baby. I cannot get enough snuggle time wtih her. She is all smiles and lovin'. The girls are just enjoying the AMAZING weather (we were actually a little cold with the weather dropping to the low 70's/high 60's...not to mention our pool that is baked to a comfortably warm 94 degrees). I thought it would take more time, but our blood has already acclimated to the hot dryness of an AZ summer. We are looking forward to getting out again though! This being stuck inside has got to end.

We made it back to the Storyteller Cafe at Disneyland with Nana and Papa round 2!!! Daddy will eventually get to be with us...Bri is now much older since our last visit and after adjusting to the large rodents dancing around the place, the kids started to warm up and dance along with them. We stuffed ourselves royally and had no regrets:)

Here we are outside Splash Mountain. Hudson made the cut this time around and was loving every minute, sceraming and getting soaked, with the big kids (Spencer, Ashley, Aaron, Stephen and Mom).

Just after riding Splash Mountain for the first time and just before riding Thunder Mountain with Spencer and Mom. Hudson had his arms up in the air the whole time, yelling wtih a big smile on his cute little face. 

Bri's birthday bash. We celebrated her birthday for a couple days and only at the end did she agree that is was her birthday instead of Hudson's or Ruby's (she insisted that we insert Hudson's or Ruby's name into the birthday song---not hers...) I didn't get it, but eventually she let us make it about her! Did somebody say, "I'm 2." ???

We made Bri a cupcake birthday cake and she WENT TO TOWN on the thing. I think she had a third helping, all in one sitting. That's my girl!

She didn't get the "heavy, heavy hang over concept" with the well wishing after a bonk on the head. I'm with Bri. Where did that come from anyway?

Oh, but she was all about the princess dress up and bling to boot. It is so fun spoiling little girls! 

The evidence is astounding and cannot be denied: This girl loves her cake and did her part in eating it the best she could.