wHaT a DaY !

Our little Grace Kealani turned 2 today!! Started off this morning opening gifts from grandparents out of town.

Since the weather is so hot we had an early morning "donut" party at the park with a few friends and cousins.

Singing "happy birthday" song...

Cute faces. This bottom picture was after the sprinklers in the park came on. Wet with rosey cheeks.

Mid day dancing with our new dress up clothes.

When dad got home we headed to dinner and icecream.

Next we walked to Pet Smart and took a look at all the animals.

she LOVED the fish..

We got home and Grace got her gift from Mom and Dad. A new kitchen set! Grace made us a few meals before heading off to bed.

We are so blessed to have this sweet girl in our family. She is FULL of spunk and love. She keeps us on our toes and moving. She is such a kind but yet strong willed little girl. We can not believe we have a TWO year old! We love you missy!

Camping

This weekend we BEAT the heat and headed up to Payson for a fun camping trip.

It was so fun to see Grace exploring all the outdoors.

Camp Fire Songs.. and foil dinners.... yummy!

Grace was super excited about going "nigh nigh" in the tent.

We had such a great time, thank you Smiths for planning a great get away.

29!

On July 10th Michael turned the BIG 29!!!!!!!!

We went on a date Saturday night to the shooting range and then out for a nice birthday dinner just the TWO OF US!

The next day was his actual birthday so we had some close friends and family over for a BBQ and swimming party.

Blowing out the candles..

I am so lucky to be married to this handsome guy! Hope you had a happy birthday Michael Kimo!

San Francisco

This past weekend we went to San Francisco to see Michaels brother Daniel, his wife Kristen and our darling niece Alia. We had a great time just hanging out, taking walks, eating in, playing at the park and watching the girls play together.

They loved sharing snacks and sippy cups in the double stroller.
We knew it was nap time when we saw this......

Love you cousin Alia! So fun to be with family, we had a great stay thank you!

Fourth of JULY!

We went to San Diego again for the fourth. We had a great time. We went to parades, walks on the pier, lots of swimming in the ocean, building sand castles, watching fireworks, BBQ's, meeting up with old friends and hanging at Michaels parents house. Here a some pictures of our fun week!

LOVED the water!

Exploring.


Michaels oldest brother Brian is a life guard in the summer so we got to go visit him at his tower.

Oh how we miss the Marshall family! Loved hanging wish it was longer!





We had a great time. We missed hanging out with all the cousins on the beach, hope next year we can all get together again! Mom and Dad Marquardt thanks for a FANTASTIC trip! Loved every minute.

"pretties"

Earlier yesterday morning Grace found some of my jewelry in my closet. She tried on a "few" pieces and wore them around the house. We had to run a few errands in the afternoon and she INSISTED that she wear her "pretties" into the stores. She cracks me up... NO NO NO mommy! WHATEVER we got some funny looks but she was a happy shopper! Cant complain...

Slip- n -Slide

Michaels grandma was in town a few weekends ago and she got Grace her VERY OWN slip- n- slide!

She had a BLAST!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Cheney! We LOVE IT and we LOVE when you come visit AZ!