The Massey's come to visit!

Our last little adventure for the time being was having our friends Corey, Shouna, and their baby Charley coming to LA to visit us for a week. Corey is a really good friend of Adam's from their days at OU in the school of engineering. They're full of stories and memories and it was so great to have them visit! We took a small trip to San Diego for the first part of their vacation and we went to San Diego Zoo! It was sooooo much fun and the little girls loved it!

Here's what the girls looked like every time we got in the car. This was from the lack of any sort of nap or nap schedule, and sleeping all together in a hotel room! Poor babies.
Part of San Diego Zoo is a children's zoo where they can pet certain animals. They only really had goats out at the time we went but Julia was definitely intrigued!
I've been a little obsessed with elephants lately, maybe because I recently read Water for Elephants and watched the movie, but I was excited to see the elephants at the zoo!
After the zoo, Adam and Corey got a little surfing lesson from Shouna's cousin who lives in Encinitas. They did pretty well! Adam has done some surfing before but it was good to get some tips from a real pro. :)
We all took turns over the week reading to the girls. They both enjoy books so much, it's great!
After we got back to Los Angeles, we did a little sight seeing. We took the Massey's to LA Live for dinner one night at the ESPN Zone.
Here's the girls enjoying the Zone: Such a cute smile from Charley!
Lately Julia has loved to wear accessories of other people's. She loves to put them on, smile real big, run to the mirror (if we're at home) to look at herself, then take them off. Look at those teeth!

It has been so fun to see family and friends over the last month, I'm sad the summer is coming to a close! :(

Lauren~

Oregon

Our trip to San Diego was followed by a long drive up to Oregon for a two-week visit that included my younger brother Clay's wedding. Bring on the highlights!

This was one of the first pictures I took when we got to Oregon. My sister and her three kids were staying at my parent's as well so Julia had a great time playing and watching her cousins. One of Julia's favorite activities was playing in a fountain my mom has on her back porch.
I didn't take many pictures at the wedding but here are a few: This is my mom, sister, and I at the wedding. It was at a beautiful location out in the country outside of Portland and it was a perfect day!
Here's Julia on a little bridge that went over a creek to the place where the ceremony took place:
I found that I didn't get many pictures of the bride and groom but I snapped this shot during the ceremony: A beautiful bride and handsome groom! Also, look at my niece, the flower girl, and my nephew, the ring bearer! Too cute!!
Here's Adam and our nephew, Taylor, all dressed up for church the following weekend. Handsome boys!
Julia enjoyed the wonders of my parent's house and property, there was so much to see!
Here's Julia with her Grandma, Julie, and her Great-Grandma, Judy. The three J's!
A few of us took a hike up to Punchbowl Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. It's a favorite spot of ours to sight see and jump in the water. Here are the newlyweds on the way up!
We got to spend some really nice family time together including hanging out on the patio by the fire:
My dad has a couple motorcycles so we took some trips into the Gorge. Here is my dad and I in front of Horsetail Falls:
I hope this isn't getting boring.....anyway, the boys took a floating trip down the Sandy River and Julia joined in the fun of making sure the boats would hold their air:
And finally, we were there for the 4th of July. Here is Julia in her little outfit on the 4th with my parents:
Wow, there were so many good times in Oregon, it was hard to choose these few highlights! Hope you enjoyed seeing the pictures....
Lauren~

San Diego, the first trip

This is the first of three posts involving the events of the last four weeks. Our busy month following Julia's birthday started with a trip to San Diego for Adam's brother's wedding. It was a beautiful weekend and we were lucky enough to stay in La Jolla, my favorite part of San Diego! Here are a few highlights:

The families met in Old Town for some Mexican food! Here is Julia and I watching some fresh tortillas being made!
The night before the wedding we all met at Mission Bay for a bonfire. Julia had never really been at a real playground before and she had a great time! Granted she was a little tired but she never cries or whines when she's outside, just lacks a smile sometimes haha.
Here we are the day of the wedding. All the little girls were in matching dresses, the sisters and sisters-in-law were in black with matching sweaters and the men were all in black suits with green ties.
The wedding was followed by a lunch at a nearby hotel. Here's a cute smile by my sweet girl!Yay again for summer!
Lauren~