New Sister

A couple of months ago I got a new sister-in-law! Tyson's brother, Brandon, married Lindsey. We are so lucky to have such an all-around great girl join the family. Congratulations Lindsey and Brandon. We had a great time at their wedding. They were married in the LA temple and had a reception at their vacation home in Palm Springs (which was amazing).Nina was loving having Tyson's cousins around. She was elated to have Reagan's attention and we were lucky to have her help!
There was a beautiful pool in the center of the reception. It kept Nina busy for a while.
Here is Tyson's entire family: left to right (Grandma Connie, Grandma Peggy, Nina, Tyson, me, Lindsey, Brandon, LoAnn, Mack, Carolyn and Tyler)
Nina and Reagan found a pole to dance around. I hope there are no future occupations relating to this!

Go Bulldogs!

So we are officially going to have to become bulldog fans. Tyson was accepted to the Nurse Practitioner program that starts this fall. He'll work full time and go to school part-time. I know Nina and I will miss him. I think it may be a long 3 years, but it will be worth it in the end. Congrats Tys!!

First Haircut

Nina needed a haircut for a while, but for some reason I was scared to do it. Maybe I was partly sad to do it (growing up way too fast) and I was afraid I would ruin her hair. Well, since Brandon and Lindsey's wedding was around the corner we decided to finally class her up a bit and get rid of the mullet.

Here she is post-haircut. I accidentally uploaded my photos in the wrong order and don't know an easy way to switch them...oops. It ended up looking pretty cute and I don't think I botched it up too badly.

Here are the curls that left us that night.

Here she is pre-haircut. Her hair is quite curly so it has been easy to camoflauge the mullet, but it was getting pretty long in back and not so long on top. Uncle Kevin would be proud.

Fun in the Sun

Nina and I have been thoroughly enjoying the beautiful spring weather. We try to spend as much time outdoors without getting burnt. (because we know the brutal summer lies just around the corner.) Nina enjoys splashing around in her friend Atley's pool.

These two girls often get mistaken for twins. Hmmm...I wonder why?
We took a trip to the zoo in Bakersfield and Nina LOVED seeing all of the animals.

Angels game, world record, and snuggies!

At the beginning of April (I know I'm a bit behind) we had the opportunity to head down to an Angels' baseball game on opening week with Larry and Beth! The atmosphere and energy made it worth our overpriced tickets. Beth...are you disappointed with the Pepsi or what? That place needs to get some Diet Coke!When we entered the stadium everyone got free Angels' snuggies. My dad was really excited because he has wanted one for quite some time. So the reason they passed them out was to break a World Record for: "Largest Gathering of People Wearing Fleece Blankets". I am so proud to have been a part of a world record!
There is the official document stating we broke a Guinness World Record!
Here is the whole crowd sporting their snuggies. I must admit, it was quite a sight seeing grown, drunk men in their snuggies. Oh, good times, good times!

Easter

We had a great Easter this year. It was so fun that Nina was old enough to understand some of the elements of Easter. We were lucky enough to have family come up to celebrate with us. Tom and Mayer came up to spend the weekend with us and Grandpa Larry and Grandma Beth came up on Easter Sunday. Grandma and Grandpa made sure to bring up a new Build-a-Bear for Nina. Here she is loving her new bunny.
This is funny (or not so funny) for those of you in the car ride from Los Osos to Castaic after Grandpa Lemmon's funeral. These "mini-shorts" kept us entertained the entire trip. Nina has taken a liking to them and was trying them on for size.
Once Nina figured out the whole Easter egg concept she had a good time looking for them.
She could count on Grandpa to open up the eggs and get the candy out.
Nina and I braved coloring eggs this year. She actually enjoyed it somewhat and looked like a little dyed egg herself. In this picture she is reaching on in to get her egg out.
This is Nina in one of her little Easter dresses posing before church.

A good ol' weekend with friends

Last weekend our friends, Mike and Ashley Fisher, came for a visit after their trip to Arizona. We had such a good time with them and feel so lucky to have such great friends. Some of the things we did:

• went to Six Flags Magic Mountain (we all felt like we were getting older because our tolerance for all those rides was not as good as it used to be)
• golfing (Tyson and Mike)
• bowling (this seems to be a common trend for us)
• good food and good times

Thanks so much for coming to visit and for being such great guests and friends!