Hello hair!

From the moment Makayla was born Robert and I would say how we couldnt picture how she would look like with long hair. Today after straightening my hair she wanted up on the counter and wanted me to do her hair so I did. Afterwards I looked at her and couldn't believe how long her hair has gotten. Of course she has curly hair so it isn't this long normally but....wow she no longer looks like a baby (not that she has for a while) but its definitely an eye opener that time goes so quickly and here is our 2 in a half year old with hair halfway down her back.

I absolutely LOVE her curly hair! but it is kinda cool to see her with straight long hair its just a reminder that she is growing up faster than I realized!

Only Makayla

Only Makayla would crack me up in 3 different photos. I caught her reading the newspaper one morning and what did I do....run for the camera =)

Then I found her playing with the dogs with goggles on her eyes.

Last but not least she decided she likes to put the goggles on her head instead of wearing them on her eyes all while being clotheless and wearing a necklace. My daughter is pretty dang stylish! She must have my good taste haha. and she was pointing to her pull up because she had just pee'd in it. Lets just say while we were in cali this whole week potty training didnt exsist. She was outside in my parents backyard the whole week playing with the dogs that she did not want or care to go potty in the house. Now that we are finally home we can get back on the potty training waggon.

Life with this little girl is never dull and I love it!

Florida Fun

Rob had some business to attend to in Tampa, FL for a few days and Makayla and I decided to tag along for the vacation. We ended up leaving a few days early so Rob could have a couple play days. We ended up being there for 6 days and Rob only had to work 3 and they were only half days so even on the days he worked he was still able to have fun in the mornings.

we had such a blast. While we were there we went to a couple different beaches, went swimming in the pool, went to the Florida Aquarium and ate...ate and ate!!

the sand there was super soft!! and the water was incredibly warm almost like bath water!

The aquarium was pretty cool they had tons of differnt things to see and there was a huge splash pad for the kids to play in. Good thing we remembered to bring her swimsuit!

the summer has been so busy for us and so much fun. We got home last night and are now off to San Diego today for a friends wedding!

on other news.......

Makayla is pretty much potty trained!! It is so exciting. I do have to add I say pretty much because she wont go on the big potty out in public but at home (even on our big potty) she hasnt had 1 accident in.....over a week! Maybe because we keep her bottomless everyday while she is home, but we are still so excited and proud of our sweet little girl!

Refinished Huch

So I found this hutch on craigslist and it was in such good condition. The bottom cabinets were missing knobs, but I probably would have replaced them anyways after I painted it. I'm so happy with how it turned out. There were actually a few pretty big cracks but that was an easy fix. I'm so in love with our new hutch!

Before

and after

I decided to replace our console table that I had made and put it in our front room since it was so pretty. It did look good in the kitchen too, but I wanted to show it off. The console table that we origionally had will do in the kitchen for now until I find another hutch that I want to redo.

Look at the beautiful knobs! So pretty!

and back in February we repainted our bedroom and I don't have a before picture but here is the after. Just imagine the before pic as a plain tan wall. So we painted it a grayish/bluish/greenish color haha (it was supposed to be a grey/blue but we loved the color in the end) and I hand painted the quatrefoil by using an outline of the design with cardboard. I love the way it turned out and brought so much to our master!

zoo and fun

Makayla and I took a trip to cali to visit family and friends. It was so fun to be able to hang out with my best friends from high school. It was quite a busy week for us. We went to the beach, and to La Jolla to see all the seals, and the zoo. We had a great time here are picture overload!

4 years baby!

Rob and I had our 4 year anniversary on May 12th and this weekend we were able to go to Park City, UT to celebrate it at Stein Erickson Lodge. My mom flew up to AZ to watch Makayla so we could get some alone time. It was like a dream to be able to stay there. Roberts best friend's dad ownes the lodge and hooked us up for the weekend. When we first arrived in our room there was this tray of chocolate covered strawberries and pear sparkling cider complimentary of the CEO Russ Olsen! What a great guy right!

We had our own private hot tub on our private balcony, overlooking the beautiful snow covered mountains, complete with robes and slippers.

Sat night our friends Russ and Kristen came up and we ate dinner at the lodge (and it was seriously good I might add) and had a walk down memory lane. Rob and Russ go way back from first year in college, to their missions together, then living together during college. They always have a blast when they get together

us just being silly in the room together

first night drinking our sparkling cider and eating our strawberries in the hot tub! =)

relaxing enjoying the view

We went to the outlet mall and shopped for a bit (don't have any pics from there though)

It was so much fun and so relaxing. We are so grateful to have the friend that we do in our lives to have been so kind to us. Thank you again guys your the best!

Enjoying the sun!

These days we have been enjoying this AZ weather! Its going to get unbearable soon (which still wont stop us from playing at the "big pools" ) but in the meantime we have been spending all day outside and Makayla has put her plastic pool to use!

We eat lunch, and dinner in our backyard and lots of times even breakfast!

Makayla decided today that she wanted to eat her lunch in her pool (yes that is cereal she is eating! she LOVES her oatmeal square cereal)

Well these last two pictures were supposed to be switched but...ya that is her eating her lunch that spilled out into pool and...I let her. She wont die! =)