So I have fallen behind quite a bit on this blog, I haven't updated anything all summer. So here is a brief wrap-up of our summer of '09.......

On Father's Day we made our way up to Venice Beach. Steve had never been, and I thought he'd enjoy it. It's a fun place, a bit dirty, but entertaining. We took a few pictures at the Venice Canals. So beautiful, I'd love to live there.

This summer, I have been spoiled with visitors. It seemed every other weekend I had a friend coming in town. It was so much fun!! First Kortney and her daughter Addie came down. Kortney bought matching outfits for Addie and Alexa, so we could get some cute pictures, but that was nearly impossible.This was the best picture we could get of both of them..... Oh well, we had a lot of fun!

We took them to the duck park down the street from our house.

Trying really hard to get a decent photo of all 4 of us. As you can see, it wasn't working too well.....

We gave up and just settled for a pic with just the 2 of us.

Alexa loves being in the water. We'll have her swimming by next year!!

Then Julie came down. I can't believe how much Alexa loves her! She had Alexa laughing hysterically the whole weekend. Here's a few pics of us at the beach.

Alexa's first time in the ocean and playing in the sound. As you can see, she loved every minute of it.

Do you see the number of rolls on her thighs?? I love it!!

Aubrey came down 2 times this summer. We met up with Melinda for a day of beach fun. Here's a picture of all of the girls, even little Alexa.

She just wanted to be one of the girls. Watching us get ready.

For my 28th birthday, Steve took me to Disneyland. It was so much fun! I love living so close to everything!!

Ya, we took a picture of the picture so we didn't have to buy our own. Classy!!! And I got to hear Steve scream like a little girl. Hilarious!!

When Steve went to Utah in August to visit Kai and Bella, his parents were sweet enough to get pictures done for the family. But unfortunately the kids weren't cooperating very well. Steve will probably be mad at me for posting them, but I think they are hilarious! The rest of his family's pictures turned out awesome, but our family not so much. You be the judge........

This one turned out really cute of all the cousins.

When Steve went to Utah for a full week, he left his car (it's really my car, but he's such a sweet husband he lets me drive the new car and he drives this one) parked under the trees where every bird in Orange County perches at night. By the time he got home, the car was covered in white bird poo. It was so gross that we just had to take pictures. We were scared to even drive it to the car wash because our visibility was very limited. We were too embarrassed to take it to a car wash for someone else to clean, so we cleaned it ourselves. SO GROSS!!! You should have seen the looks we were getting driving down the road.