Emily's wedding

Twas the weekend of weddings in Utah.  The following day was my cousin Emily's wedding in Logan.  She's been more like a sister to me since we moved out to California, so I was really glad we could make it.

Sisters Jenny, Karina and Justin.  Their wedding was the following week.

 My little brother Daniel and Korbin. Korbin loves his uncle "Dan-O".

 Beautiful Emily after coming out of the temple.

 I love the mother-daughter shots :)

Congrats to Emily and Isaac! We wish you the best!

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Devin's Wedding

We spent our first day in Utah with my step-brother Devin as he married his sweetheart Brook.  She is a very sweet girl and I look forward to getting to know her more in the future. Their wedding was in Salt Lake and was very beautiful :)

 My step sister Samantha and little sister Jenny watched the kids while we were in the sealing.

 My sweet grandpa Hicken performed the sealing which made it even more special.

 Gotta have a snack break while waiting for the bride and groom to come out.

 I have the cutest grandma!!

 It was a "beautiful people" wedding.  I felt like I just stepped out of the Breaking Dawn wedding family :)

 Devin, Brook, my Mom and her husband Steve

 Kassidy meeting her cousin Luke for the first time.

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Bad breath

Last month my aunt and uncle had an extra ticket to go see a Jim Gaffigan comedy show in San Francisco and I got to go! It was the first adult night out I've had in a looooong time! We had so much fun too.  The show was great and very family friendly and afterwards we drove around downtown S.F. and ate dinner at "The Stinking Rose" in little Italy.  Everything was smothered in garlic, so I came home with some pretty bad breath :) I tried to share some rolls with Kevin so he wouldn't notice so much, but he wasn't biting. We also wandered around a bookstore and stayed out until about 12:30.  I felt so grown up (and tired)! Thanks Hickens!

My uncle Scott, aunt Jennette, my cute cousin Haylee and me in front of "The Stinking Rose".

Temple trips

One of our favorite things to do is go to the Oakland temple as a family.  When Kevin and I can't find a babysitter, we just go together and take turns doing initiatories.  This has turned out to be a really neat family experience and the kids really love wandering around the temple grounds and exploring the visitor center.  This day was particularly beautiful with all the spring flowers in bloom.

Happy Birthday Kevin!

Yesterday was Kevin's 30th birthday.  It was such a fun day and we loved celebrating with the man we love most in our lives.  Kevin is such a wonderful husband and I've loved spending the past almost 7 years with him.  He is always so selfless and thoughtful to others, so he really deserved a very special day all for him :)

Kevin's kind preceptor at his school rotation let him have half a day off for his birthday (yay!), so we took Kevin out to lunch.  As an example of his selflessness, he let the kids pick where we ate: hence, Chick-fil-A! Lol! We came home for presents and a little down time before our night excursions.  We got Kevin an Ipad for his present and he loved it! Finally, I picked out a good gift. I'm notorious for giving things that don't get used.  Oh well...I'm learning.  Korbin kept sneaking some of Kevin's treats when he wasn't looking.  I don't think he ate any real food all day, just junk and peanut shells! 

We ate dinner at Texas Roadhouse with my sweet aunt and uncle who have been so good to us since moving here.  The kids got to ride the birthday saddle with Kevin and they loved it.  

 More treats please?

 Never mind, I'll help myself.

Happy birthday Kevin! We hope your next 30 years are just as great :)

Family visit

We were very happy this last week to have some family come out and visit. My dad, step-mom, and two little brothers braved the dull 12 hour drive to spend 4 days with us. Boy were we excited! The days were spent with sightseeing, swimming, eating, picture taking, and more swimming. My kids were pretty sad to have their grandparents and uncles leave on Easter. We had a great time and I'm sad I didn't take more pictures. Here are a few of what we did:

Swimming, lots of it! One of the perks to living in an apartment is the pool and hot tub at 9 in the morning if you want. Here's grandma Cathy and Korbin.

Grandpa Russon and Kassidy. I'm not sure why my kids choose to call my step-mom "grandma Cathy" instead of Grandma Russon, but she likes it, so it works.

Little brothers and Kassidy with a bomb on Mare Island.

Hiking around the Marin Headlands overlook.

Went to Muir beach. A boy's gotta have his gun to shoot birds and whatnot :)

Chilly as always, but very fun and sandy!

The San Francisco Marina. There were tons of sailboats out that Saturday.

Kassidy feeding the pigeons.

Waiting in the eternal line for the trolley ride. The kids were so good....I on the other hand was less patient.

On our trolley ride, and the only photo I got with myself in it all weekend. Oh well...

Thanks Dad for a fun week!

Broken boy

I've been the WORST blogger lately! Attribute it to our lack of exciting events and my lack of pictures taken over the last 2 months. But now I have something to blog about, although I wish I didn't. Poor baby boy broke his little arm last Friday. We were playing at the park and he fell of a 2 ft. step. Seriously? Only two feet? He's jumped off of higher heights than that. He got nervous when a dog came up behind him and tried to get down quickly and stepped off the step prematurely and fell directly on his left arm.

I could tell something was wrong right away be because he was holding his left arm tenderly and cried for a long time. He's usually such a tough little guy so it was a signal to me we needed to go. Of course I walked to the park so I was frantically trying to get a hold of Kevin who was still at the pharmacy and calling the doctor's office to see if I should go to the ER or urgent care. My nerves got the best of me and I decided to just take him to the ER and have Kevin meet us there.

After 3 very, very long hours in the ER hallway, the doctor said there was a tiny crack running the length of his forearm bone. They splinted Korbin's arm and wrapped it in ace bandage and sent us home with instructions to make an appointment with the orthopedic surgeon monday.

Korbin was a champ and so well behave during a very difficult situation. We all came home exhausted and our friday night was pretty much ruined. Oh well, that's life. Korbin's doing fine. The break hasn't slowed him down at all! He's still making me nervous trying to climb on everything with his little wound :)

Rocking the high heels :)

His awesome plastic bag wrap prior to bath time.

We love you Korbin! I'm so glad you're okay and I'm sure this is just the first of many ER visits in your youth :)