huntington beach

I’ve put off posting our photos from our trip to the beach, because I had a ridiculous amount to sort through. so many fun memories, it’s almost overwhelming!

there are more in the album.

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chelan 2013 (part 3)

These are from our last 2 weeks in Chelan. We are so thankful for the time we got to spend there and the memories that mean so much to the girls. they talk about Chelan all the time and ask me nearly every day when we can go back. Someday I’ll put together a video of our time there. Finley went from not swimming at all, to totally swimming on her own in the deep end. And lyla went from hating the pool last year, to being the biggest fish in the family. hooray!!

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finley goes to kindergarten

I have such mixed emotions about my first baby going to kindergarten. even though she’s been a little nervous, today she didn’t show any nerves. she basically ran into her class and left us in the dust, which  was good because I couldn’t have handled her looking sad. I am really excited for her. I know she’s ready. I know she’ll love school. but i’m grieving the fact that i’ll never have her home with me all day, every day. time is going too fast for me, and that’s hard. I will miss her, for sure.

she was really excited about getting all dolled up for her first day. she actually wanted me to take pictures of her, so I snapped away….

(and take note of that cute gap in her teeth. the tooth fairy visited us twice in Huntington beach!)

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outtakes with lyla

I have been wanting to get some video of lyla talking before she’s too fluent and articulate. her voice is so cute, we basically think everything she says is adorable and hilarious. of course, she would not count, sing, or even tell me her name. I guess these outtakes will have to suffice. here’s our silly girl at 27 months.