Happy 4th of Juy

We had a busy and wonderful July 4th! We have been swimming and eating all weekend long! It is Monday and Matt is off of work today and so we are trying to stay in our pajamas as long as the kids can stand it. We were able to get all the Yuma Alexanders together TWICE this weekend and have wonderful food and fellowship. On Saturday night the Harris Family (better known as Mikey and his family) came over for swimming and dinner. We had a fun filled weekend and hope you had a great 4th of July as well!

Great start to 30!

If our trip is anything like what I can expect in my thirties...they will be AWESOME! We had an amazing time (at the RIU Palace, Los Cabos, Mexico) and it was made all that more special having our best friends there with us. Abbey and I celebrated our birthday in style and the men were able to celebrate Father's Day (without their children, I am not sure if this is a typical Father's Day celebration, but it definitely gave the men a well deserved vacation). Thank you to Matt for being such a sweet husband and father and giving me such a wonderful vacation! I definitely didn't feel 30 until I got home and I was trying to keep up with my high energy kids! There are a lot of pictures and I am going to be putting them up (This is the fastest way Abbey and Warren get to see them) with some explanation. Hope you enjoy the pictures and can get a sense of how much FUN we had!

They made a special desert for us and had the trick candles that don't blow out. Abbey and I were only slightly embarrassed. At least I wasn't the only one who couldn't blow out the candles!

"The Big 3-0!"

This is what we did most of the time we were there...sit in the pool and LAUGH!

One of the four pools

Resort at sunset

View from our balcony. Our rooms were next door to each other and they were on the end so we had privacy and could just hang out on our balconies and chat.

The guys...they are so handsome!

Tribute to Sarah and the "skinny arm!" haha

Cute words

I just heard EK say something cute. She lined her princess
dolls up on the sofa and told them we are going to play a game. The she told them that when she says red light they need to stop and when she says green light they need to go. Then she walked across the room and this is when I started to think "does
she really think that the dolls are going to walk across the room?". Once she got in position she
said loudly "green light!". After a few seconds she walks back to the sofa and in a very nurturing tone she says to Cinderella "I am so sorry you don't have any feet to play." Well darling it is more of a fact that she doesn't have life. I was reminded of how cute innocence and naivety truly are. I hope you have a day where your Cinderellas play with you!

Fun Getaways

This weekend we had the chance to do TWO getaways! On Thursday we drove to San Diego to spend time with Rachel (my cousin) and her boyfriend Mike. They live in KY and were in town visiting Mike's parents. San Diego is about a 2.5 hour drive and so it is a perfect place to meet!

It was WONDERFUL seeing Rachel and meeting Mike. We went to Coronado Island and played on the beach before a nice dinner. The kids were not too impressed with the beach due to the temperature (high of 75...COLD for us Yumans! and the water was even COLDER!) We loved the beach and could have stayed all day if the kids had been up for it. Maybe next time. I can't wait to see Rachel again and hopefully it won't be nearly as long between visits!

On Friday morning we drove to Tucson (3.5 hours) for a family weekend at the JW Marriott resort. We have been here before and the kids love it more every time we go. The water slide, lazy river, and splash fountains were a big hit this weekend (especially with the heat...104!) On Friday they let us go down the water slide with the kids in our laps, which our kids preferred. On Saturday they told us the kids had to go by themselves. EK became and little apprehensive and thought that might not be so great. On Sunday we were able to go down with the kids again and so we had to do it over and over! We all had a blast and really enjoyed getting away for a weekend.

The most fun getaway is coming up! In celebration of Abbey and I turning thirty...if you don't say it too loud then it won't really happen...right? , Matt and Warren are taking us to Los Cabos for an all inclusive vacation! We are all SO EXCITED! I am beyond excited that I get to spend my birthday with Abbey! While thinking about the trip I began reminiscing and decided to post a few pictures! Enjoy

Abbey always had to be the bride and I always had to be the groom!

(You know you had matching leg warmers and scrunchies also!)



Wow! 30 years goes by quick (The most recent picture with both of us...we will have some great ones from Los Cabos)!