Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Anniversary Number Six!

Freak, we are getting seriously old! Sixth anniversary already? Unbelievable.

Anyway, for our anniversary, we decided that since we never see each other, we should take a little vacation and see only each other for hours and hours on end!

And since it had been two full years since we had been to Disneyland...

CALIFORNIA OR BUST!
Now we usually go to Splash Mountain first, but it was closed. I can't even tell you how sad we were!

That sadness subsided quickly when we went on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad!


Who likes my mane?

Haunted Mansion and our spooky faces.

Pirates! And Philip's dimples are my favorite. :)
As I asked the Disneyland cast member to take this picture, they said, "Are you sure you want it in front of the trash cans?" I didn't think it would be quite so noticeable...though I'm not sure what I was thinking. We went on ALL of the rides, including Autopia, which I hadn't been on since I was 4. Unfortunately, I wasn't much better now than I was then.

SPACE MOUNTAIN!
Matterhorn!
Exclamation points! Have you see the Captain EO show? Two thoughts with it: first, teenage Michael Jackson is ADORABLE! and second, thank goodness that 3D has come so far, I kind of had a headache afterwards. Guess how thrilled Philip was when I told him to pose on Tom Sawyer Island? Have I ever mentioned that we think we're hilarious? Because we really really do. And that is part of the reason that being married six years has been so freaking fantastic. Storybook Land! We also went on the big riverboat thing, where I spotted this mama and baby duck and took like a thousand pictures of them. The baby duck was just so so cute! The must have castle picture. I did have to bargain with Philip and give up a ride on the Teacups to get a redo of this picture, since the first one was fugly. Small World! DOLE WHIPS!!! Have you had the pineapple flavored soft serve icecream? I don't know how I went this long without ever having it, AMAZING! Well worth the wait in line! And a frozen banana, always a must for the Bluth family fan club. Maybe we had a really large budget for food and spent every penny, and can I say how worth it it was?! All in all, another successful trip to Disneyland and another super successful year of marriage. Six years! Really? It still blows my mind. When it boils down to it though, being his wife is the best ever.

Monday, June 27, 2011

Babies!

May was a month of babies! Or at least two that I now love and adore.
The first was Kev and Nicole's sweet little lover:
Owen Scott Jones
May 3, 2011
Can you believe how adorable this little family is? And that Nicole looks beautiful after birthing a baby and not sleeping for like 48 hours?
And of course I was immediately the favorite aunt.

Don't mind my cry-baby eyes, I might have been a teeny bit emotional and cried when I first saw him, and pretty much that entire day, just like I did when they told me they were expecting. Something about your closest brother becoming a dad just does something to ya. I am so so happy for them!

And then at the beginning of June they blessed him at church and it was delightful. Thankfully this picture is far enough away that you can't see that I cried a lot that day as well. :)

Kevin and Owen had matching ties (to die for!) and Nicole looked perfect and is the sweetest, most adoring and proud mommy. Sigh, I love this little family.

And then on the adopted aunt front, my friend Stacie had her tiny baby! Meet Graham, who loves me a lot.

We had a little bonding session over the weekend and I'm fairly certain that I am now a solid contestant in the running for being his favorite adopted aunt!

Have I mentioned that I like babies? I've been especially obsessed with them recently, which is only slightly creepy, but who cares, they are the sweetest!

Maybe one of these days I will finally have a half dozen of my own!