Breakfast with Elephants!

Today we headed out early to the zoo to have breakfast with the elephants. This will probably be one of the last times we go to the zoo til October lol due to the heat. Trey was beyond excited that we were going with Layla--they are so cute together!!!! When we first got there we were taken into an area for us to eat breakfast and learn some fun elephant facts. Then the fun part came... we got to interact and feed them!! They had the kids take handfuls of cookies and let them into the huge elephant living space and told them to go hide the cookies everywhere...then we got out of the cage and they let the elephant out and the kids watched her go find the cookies and eat them. (definitely not as up close as the giraffe breakfast but still neat--I guess all 3 elephants that our zoo has have been known to be aggressive and dominating)
The kids could paint because one of their elephants LOVES to paint lol--who knew????

Learning to give the elephants a bath

Picking out their cookies to hide

Hiding...






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Trey's Swim Update:

Trey is doing AWESOME at swim class--we have recently overcome his fear of falling off the step (he fell off twice so this was HARD to get over) He holds his breathe so good, but needs to work on kicking ALL the time because he gets lazy lol. Today he actually got 5 rings from the bottom of the pool!!! I was so impressed lol! We LOVE Coach Erin sooooo much!

Haircut with Layla

Today Trey & Layla got haircuts together!!! It was so cute to see them side by side with their curly heads of hair! We are so lucky to have Aunt Shamara so close to do hair (especially since the little kid places have no clue how to do mixed hair lol--seriously I have seen some BAD mess ups)we had to share her with Layla!! And it looked like Mama Rachel approved because we already set the next one up :)
Watching a little Fresh Beat Band while Shamara snips away...
Is she not the absolute cutest thing ever??? She doesn't know it yet but she will be my daughter in law--Rachel and I have a prearranged marriage in the works lol!
Doesn't she look cute with kids lol only 2 1/2 months left til my niece is here!!!

Bed time reading...

Pretty much every night before bed Mark or I reads a book to Trey. There are really only 3 we rotate thru lol and one of them happens to be The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Anyways the page in the video is his FAVORITE page in the whole book an we read it about 10 times, but he has come so far on saying these words--I LOVE it!!!

Guess who started swim lessons????

Boston!!!! This was something I got to do with Trey and so I was so happy my mother in law said she would take Trey whenever Mark couldn't take him to work so Boston and I could go do this. I really do think these classes are what taught Trey to hold his breath at such a young age, and Mark are trying as hard as we can to do everything as even as possible lol. We even got the same teacher that Trey and I had lol. Boston did so good and didn't even cry when he got dunked. Although he is not a fan of floating on his back. The other fun part of the class this time is 3 other friends of mine form high school are in it, and 3 other new friends from other things are in it too so we know everyone!!!!

Boston & Jack before class

Mother's Day

Sorry for the lack of inactivity again, but we all seemed to come down with a cold/flu this past couple weeks therefore we have done nothing except go to the doctors once for Trey's ear infection. I did manage to plan most of Trey's birthday party though which isn't til July lol. Luckily I was already done with our Mother's Day gifts--both of which I really want lol. I made my mother in law a whole scrapbook of our Disneyland trip that turned out so cute I want one, and I made my mom a pillow for her bench on her front porch that I saw at a boutique somewhere and I copied which I also want for my courtyard. Anyways my family of 4 was suppose to go to brunch at Ocotillo, but I canceled those reservations because I was not going to be able to taste the freaking food--yes I am bitter lol I LOVE a good brunch in a ballroom on a holiday with ice sculptures and flowers everywhere! My mom & grandma came over for lunch instead and gave me Bakerella's cake pop book which I have been wanting forever!!!! Then we went over to Mark's parents house for dinner. Literally the 1st thing in the morning I got one of the best presents EVER if you ask me that I just can not bring myself to buy anymore since we have had kids. So thanks babe and my in laws you seriously are the BEST!!!!!
My new Louis--this is my 1st checkered Louis bag (my others are the LV print) but Mark thinks the dark handles will handle my life with the boys better lol, and that's why I love him!
Enjoying a cake pop
Great Grandma
Big Hug!

My 2 sweet boys whom God has blessed with me!
Shamara and I modeling our new Mother's Day presents!
PaPa teaching Trey his BBQ tricks

Aunt Shanel




lol me telling BIG to get away from me

MiMi time

Helping MiMi open her gift
*No judging this was the 1st day in awhile I actually even got ready lol and I still sound like a man!