Our Saturday.

BABY KENDALL is finally here!

Since weve been sick we had to wait a whole week to meet this little girl....

It was worth the wait!

These pictures were towards the end of our visit so shes done with us :) She was so good and quiet the whole time until picture time.

She is SOOO little, you really forget how light and little they come.

Mason was REALLY concerned when she was crying....it was cute.

(below is his sad face)

She came happy and healthy! The Armstrongs are blessed.

Once we left thier house we decided to head to the "wedge" in Newport because there were supposed to be HUGE waves. Some were 20 feet! I think EVERYONE in O.C. had the SAME idea.....so crazy crowded...but we saw a few big waves and a few crazy body surfers putting on a show. Its always nice just to be sitting on the sand.

Wheres waldo right?! :)

These look small in pictures but they were around 10-12 feet-and crazy currents.

WE LOVE OUR NEW BABY NIECE & COUSIN!

Cant wait to see how she grows and how much fun all these kids will have together.

The Blumes are Builders......

We are builders....

We build things.

Check out how CUTE this guy is in "Carpenter" gear...

holding his mini me hammer....

His THINKING tongue is out...hes ready to BUILD!!
Lowes had a Free kids workshop to build a treasure chest so we decided to try it out
& see if Craig could pass on his amazing "builder skills" to his children...

Mason taking a lunch break.....Yum.

This Carpentry Princess needed the perfect builder outfit...here it is...the skirt and cowgirl boots! Oh yeah!

Paige was LOVING every minute of building her treasure chest.

Craig was impressed with how well she could "hammer" the nails.....

I was impressed that me and Mason lasted that long in Lowes together with our ADD.

I pushed him running through the aisles on a Flat cart for a while....my amusement level is that of a 19 month old...yes i know :)

Glad Paigie loved Spending time with daddy doing something they both now love....

building things!

7 years!!!

We just finished watching our wedding day dvd. It is our tradition each year.

Its hard to believe that was 7 years ago!!

To me, honestly, it seems like it could be 20 with the amount of things weve done already....I cant believe weve fit all this in in 7 years!

I LOVE looking back at these pictures each year. It makes me laugh. We look like babies!

Our pictures are so prehistoric since we got married the year before digital was popular, so they dont scan very great. But we are grateful to have the memories that we do have.

Here we are 7 years later.

This was after our hot date Saturday to Captain Jacks in Sunset Beach.

If you are a steak and seafood fan you have GOT to go!

We GORGED ourselves....Id embarrass myself if I listed all the things we ate there that night. All I will say is that it ended with us POLISHING OFF our Mud Pie topped with Fudge that was enough to feed 10 adults.

YUMMMMMM.

(a picture after the gorge-soooooo fullllllll )

So heres to 7 whole years

&

all the amazing sunsets weve had together!

xxoo

Summer Days that make me laugh!

THINGS THAT MADE ME LAUGH TODAY......

White bellys shiny and greased up!

Girls "workin it" by the pool......
A pictures worth a thousand words for the next 3 pictures......

Put this cute boy in water and he is one happy kid!!!

Free food!

I know youve been DYING to go eat in the Jungle with Giant Gorillas that move and scream every 30 minutes....come on.....You know you want to! :)

This coupon for RAINFOREST CAFE is actually a pretty good deal so enjoy....at least get an appetizer and a VOOOOLLLLLCCCCCAAAAANNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

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WHILE IM WRITING ABOUT FREE FOOD......

Cant forget to mention that this saturday is 7-11

FREE SLURPEE DAY!!!!

Its also the day Craig and I are celebrating our 7th anniversary (2 days early)

Slurpees + wedding anniversarys= TRUE LOVE!

2nd Annual Neighborhood RING OF FIRE!

Our neighborhood's 2nd annual 4th of July party was on Friday evening this year!

We had it on our driveway and it was a LOT of fun!!

Pools are warming up....

Paige is ready for our "guests" to come!

She suggested we put out a RED CARPET before they get here...but we told her it might be "overkill" :)

Mason is decorated and ready to rock the parade!

Sparkly Garland turned this beautiful quad into a party on its own!!

The little flag waving in the back was too cute!

Mason meeting the new neighbors-shes an older woman by 2 months!

Let the FEAST begin!!

We had pools, bounce house, bbq's , sparklers, and the ultimate SLUSHIE MACHINE!!!

Our new (& most favorite) neighbors own a slushie machine that made rootbeer and orange slushies that were to die for!! So awsome. I am sad I didnt get a close up picture of it though.

(its sitting over tanyas shoulder).

And of course the PARADE!

The kids LOVE this!!

Led by the trusty Jorgenson Golf Cart....

Ready for the waterballoon fight...KIDS VS. DADS.

KIDS WON!

In the Jeep, cookie in one hand, sucker in another.

He cracks me up!

and this little chubby hand got to hold his first sparkler.....with moms help!

Fun night that ended in a a "dance off" between the kids to some Michael Jackson.....

It was a little over the top....the kids had one too many slushies (which made it pretty halarious).

Im glad we live in a neighborhood with such fun people so that we can continue to do things like this!

Until next year........

Happy Birthday USA.

The tradition of family (& this year friends) at the beach on the 4th of July continued this year....

We have been going to My aunts house in San Clemente since Paige was born.

It is the perfect day.

Even more perfect when you start it off with a Red White & Blue sprinkled DONUT!

Breakfast of Champions!

We had prime real estate on the beach thanks to my Uncle Ric.

He went down about 6am and dug a moat square about 20x40 to claim our property...

it was pretty nice to be able to spread out without "strangers" crowding our personal space bubble :) Beach snobs?! maybe :)

Mason is hysterical near the waters edge. His body shakes with excitement when the waves come near his feet. Its so cute!

After 4 hours at the beach we rode up to PARADISE.

Its Pool , Hot Tub & serious GRUB time!

The food was NEVERENDING. Everytime I turned around there was something new to sample. Thats my favorite part of getting together with everyone-the tried and true favorites are there, and new and amazing "trial" snacks that will now come back year after year after the stamp of approval hits them....

(you hear that ms. cookie machine?!) :)

Aunt kels Flag cake was insane.

**note: I did NOT make the previously posted flag cake because this one was already in the works...maybe next year?***

Traditional family pic in front of the hydrangea

(the hydrangea had a serious cut back this year and so it was not blooming yet).

The Jorgensons joined us again this year after a 3 year hiatus.

Ashlyns cute outfit & HOPPERS.

This boy is never found at a party without a cookie or sucker in hand...or both at the same time...or feeding the dog his sucker..one lick for you..one lick for me.

Sparkler time!!!!

The crew trying to light the fireworks in the wind....wasnt too easy...but made it happen.

He is fascinated.......

BY THIS!!

Down to the beach for fireworks over the ocean!!!!

It was windy and freezing so we were all bundled up.

A. kate, u. dave, Tori

Tanya, Taylor, Sara, Craig, Ghetto blaster on the lap.

Lydia, Bob, Tori, A. Kel, U. Ric.

U. Dave was tempted by the BIG GUN fireworks and finally gave in to lighting a few (from his lap-hello!) while the rangers were behind us :) we saved the good ones for beach camping in August!!! Should make for some good times!

Another 4th has come and gone.....

Glad we have the traditions and memories that last a lifetime.