Rio Del Mar Beach

There are no words to describe what a wonderful day it was at the beach.

**Thank you Mike for keeping Chloe at home while you worked , so that Riley and me could enjoy the day together with our friends!

Lazy-ness

I didn't exercise tonight, like normal. Instead, I just ate twizzlers. . . fatty, fatty, fatty!

A day in the life of Riley

Riley, you keep us on our toes from the moment you lift your head, to the moment you lay it back down. Here is a glimpse into you life as a 2 year old.

You don't stand for regular jammies,
you must wear your princess dress
at all times, accessorized by a head band.




This skirt is
your first item of
"play dress-up clothes".
You wore
this for 2 days straight
You wore it to a dress up party
with your friends, you were talking
about the party for a whole day
before and after the actual party.

You ask for a popsicle every night! When we do give you one, you cry because it drips all over you - whats a Mom to do??





We couldn't LOVE you more

5 months and lovin life

My sweet, sweet baby girl

White Trash Slip n' Slide

So we tell all the kids to get their swimsuits on because we're going to get out the slip n' slide. However, when we go to open the box, its nowhere to be found. We try to make best by first just spraying the kids down with the hose, except that the little girls were freaking out at this! So here it is:

Ingredients for White Trash Slip N' Slide

big blue tarp

a hose

baby shampoo (so their eyes don't burn)

baby oil

plastic bags (this was the kids idea)

Instant fun for any kid!

5 sweet little girls

These little Pratt family cousins had such a great time together in Utah! I was so impressed the way that bigger ones helped with the younger ones, and how much those little ones LOVED their older cousins. I can't help but look at these pictures and just smile!

Chloe's first time in the pool!

Another visit to the water park, but this time Chloe got to go in the water! She was absolutely loving it! She just kicked her feet in the water and looked around at all the other kids, and as you can see she was knocked out by the end!

Cuddle Time

We Love our time with Grandma Pratt!

Where Daddy go?

We can't wait to see Daddy in just 2 more days! We have totally missed him on our trip so far!


This is how we feel when he's gone!

We Love You!

Thanksgiving Point

Every Summer we make a trip to the Thanksgiving Point petting zoo while we are in Utah. It was so cute to see all the kids feeding tha animals, This is another first for Riley, and she was loving all of it, I thought she would be scared! The kids also got to ride the horses, which was a thrill for all! They had all the new babies there too - so adorable! We then went to the super good cafe inside. A highlight of our visit was getting to see my good friend Melissa & her 2 girls. She moved away from San Jose last October, which was TOTAL bummer, but I'm glad I'll get to see her on our visits to Utah.

get your game on!

Bowling is a game that we love to take the kids to, so we went to BYU's gaming center in Provo. This was Riley's first time trying to bowl. She kept trying to pick up the bowling balls, but with little success, she tried only 3 times and actually managed to knock down a few pins, then quickly went to try skeeball. It was so cute, she never made it in any of the skeeball holes, but screamed "YEA - I did it" everytime it went in the bottom gutter, I guess thats success for a 2 year old.

My nephew Conner brought his video games to Utah. The official family favorite is GUITAR HERO! We have loved playing this, even Grandma tried a few, but not too successfully - oh and Traci you're not too hot either, but good effort! Conner still kicks every ones tush. And the rest of the kids just dance while the music is playing - good times... April's first Time - she did better than me - whats up with that?

Do you see the confused look?? Her song failed every time, from lack of Guitar Hero skills

I'm pretty serious about this game . . . Conner keeps telling me I stink at it - I WILL beat him!

Sweet Haleigh dancing away to the music

Conner beating us with ease - and he likes to tell everyone how good he is at it - its quite annoying!

Our Sunday Best

A very typical Sunday in our house - when do the women get nap time??

Our 4th of July Celebration

Family Swimming Time

We took all the kids to go swim at the little city pool by our parents, which is really fun! Riley had a blast going down the slide with Aunt Traci, she would scream "weeeeee" the whole way down. They all had so much fun just splashing around with each other. Meanwhile, Chloe sat with Grandma in the shade, so that I could take Riley in the pool - that was really helpful! It was a super fun day, but we were all sooo exhausted by end!







Lauren, Traci, Grandma Pratt, Conner, Camryn, Haleigh, Riley, Chloe, Jaime