The Beach

We had such a great Memorial Day weekend....at the beach!! On Thursday we made our way to San Clemente, CA to stay in a fun little beach house with the Lyman fam! It was such a great vacation! We just hung out on the beach all day and ate and ate and ate!! The kids had so much fun. They were completely entertained by the sand!








We had a hot tub, so we enjoyed that too!


We ventured out a little from our house and went to a public beach. It was totally packed, but it was fun people watching! haha Carl and Nick actually became hero's at this beach. A little girl was getting swept away by a wave, and they jumped in and saved her! It was really scary, but everyone came out okay.




We also had Sunni take some family pics while we were there. They turned out so cute! I only have some off of my camera, so I will post more when I get them all downloaded! The beach was great!! I want to go back!!






(Gotta love these last two pictures....Mac is just sucking on a rock.... and Ella is doing her new cheesy grin!!)

So Much to Blog About...(long post..sorry)

Since it has been a month since I last posted....I really do have so much to blog about!! We have actually been quite busy with birthday parties, mother's day, a week long visit up north and the great weather here in St. George!

Before we left for our visit up north the kids had so much fun playing at the splash park and at the pool! It was the first time Ella was in a swimsuit...So I took lots of pictures of her. Ha ha



We headed up north for Mother's Day which also was Ella's birthday! I just love my mom and Carl's mom so much! They are both such great expamples to me! They are so different, but so much alike in so many ways. I am so grateful for the lessons I have learned from my mom. She is AMAZING. I am also SOOO grateful for Hariella. I can honestly say that the reason I have such a great husband is because of HER. She is I great mom-in-law...I couldn't ask for better in-laws. I LOVE LOVE LOVE all the mom's and gma's in my life! My husband was good to me on Mother's day. He surprised me with a new bike and a pully thing (I really can't think of what it is called)hahaha! I had NO idea that he was getting it for me! I was so happy...I screamed!! We celebrated Mother's Day with Carl's family on Saturday, and then with my fam on Sunday. It was so fun! I LOVE being with everyone!

We took family pictures with the Gadd side of the family and got some cute one's!






We also celebrated Ella's 1st Birthday! I can't believe she is a year old! She got spoiled by everyone! She got to dig into a piece of cake...and she was loving it! She pretty much shoved the whole thing into her mouth!! She isn't walking yet, but she is getting so close! We just love our little Ella Bella!




I got to go to dinner with my friends!! It is so great to be with them!


We also got to be there for Conner's 7th birthday! Kara made a cute football cake out of cupcakes!!




We got to see our new little nephew Brogan! He is sooooo cute! I just want to eat him!(Thanks for the pic stasha...I stole it off your blog!haha)

And these are just some random pics of the kiddos and my hot hubby!