Carmel, California

Last weekend Mike and I flew out to CA to visit some of our best friends, Jack & Mel Sanofsky and Aaron & Viv.  When we lived in Rexburg we seriously hung out all the time.  Mike and I have been wanting to have a reunion with our Rexburg married friends for quite some time, so we took the first opportunity we had since Ashlyn was born and headed out to see them.  It was one of the funnest trips Mike and I have ever been on.  Here are pictures of our vacation...and let me tell you, it FELT like a vacation!

  Jack and I combined our pictures so there are A LOT of pictures. Just warning you.

We stayed at Jack and Mel's place in Carmel.  They know how to treat their guests right.  This was waiting on our bed when we got there. How sweet us that?

Celebrating my birthday at Pizza My Heart.

When we got back from dinner they surprised me with a cake! 

Probably my favorite picture of the entire trip.

Walking down to Pebble Beach

The guys made a killing when they searched for golf balls along Pebble Beach Golf Course.

Pebble Beach Golf Course

Us walking on the golf course.

Just a gorgeous house on the golf course with a beach view. Seriously, what more could you ask for?!?

Jack's back end got dirty while they were searching for golf balls.  Not sure exactly how that happened...

That afternoon we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

A Great White Shark

A Hammer Head

After the aquarium we played golf at a course nearby.  Us girls had a blast driving the carts. We got scolded a couple times for talking during the guys' back swings. Haha! We even played a few holes with them.

On Sunday we took a hike at Point Lobos.  It was gorgeous!

Nice hair necklace, Viv!

So this tree is famous because it is the logo for Pebble Beach Golf Course.  We stopped here along the "17 Mile Drive."

The US Open Cup

This is the 18th hole at Pebble Beach (Where Tiger Woods and others won the U.S. Open.)

Soaking it all in before we went home.

Every day was action packed and filled with lots of fun and lots of laughter.  Definitely what we needed.  Don't you love when you haven't been around your friends for a while and then you get back together it's like you saw them yesterday?  That's how it is with this group.  We love them so much and look forward to our next vacation together.  Thanks again for the amazing trip!!! We love you guys so much!!!!

Love,
Mike and Les

Baby Girl Cousin Photo Shoot

We decided to do a little photo shoot with the baby girl cousins yesterday, because they are so darn cute, and I just got a new SLR camera. Let's just say we did not anticipate how hard this was going to be to pull off.  These girls are busy bodies! Between Emmry refusing to look at the camera, Olivia crying, Haven crawling all over the place, Ashlyn constantly pulling off her bow, and us singing and flailing around trying to get all of their attention for a decent picture...it was an absolute CIRCUS!  By the end of the shoot we ALL needed naps.

Here are some of the pictures we took.  Out of the zillion pictures I took these were the only ones that turned out.

From left to right: Olivia 3 months, Emmry 2, Ashlyn 9 months, Haven 1

Haven and Ashlyn crack us up. They are always just tugging and pulling at each other and fighting for toys.  Let's face it; babies aren't friends.  They aren't good at sharing and are used to having undivided attention. Anytime the girls are together we all just sit around and watch them interact.  It will be so fun to watch these girls grow up together, especially since we all in the Denver area.