Kimmy's Visit for California Open!!!

Kimmy came to stay with us last Thursday and we had SO MUCH FUN!!!! We love visitors, and Cash told her numerous times that "Kimmy you are the best! Kimmy you are the best aunt ever! Kimmy I am glad you came to visit us!!!!" He really loves his relatives! She was so good with the kids and Cash wanted to spend every waking moment with her - including the first day at 6:45 am when he woke up and I heard him telling Griffin in their room "Griffi - do you know who is here - Kimmy - she came last night and she is in the guest room.....I am going to go talk to her!" He then walked through our room but didn't say a word to Chip or me, and went to her door and started knocking til she let him in! He was just so excited. He also watched her do her hair and makeup for a couple hours and just sat on the toilet talking to her the whole time before we had to leave for the competition, and then told us he wanted to go too.....so in a couple weeks he is going to come to nationals to watch her when we go to Utah!

Kimmy and Cash upon her arrival and before we headed off to the beach!

Friday morning it was warm and we hit the beach before having to get ready and leave for the competition! Griffin was so excited too! And of course, wanted to wear his beanie the ENTIRE time!! This kid loves his hats!

Cash was ready too and smiled nice for Kim to take a pic!

The only pic of Kim and I the entire weekend, and of course I have NO makeup on and am less than glamorous - but hey, it was the beach and she looks great! I got a gorgeous lil sis!!!

Griffin hanging out with his shovel!

We had fun burying him in the sand and he loved it too!

Griff LOVES the water and was happy to have Kimmy take him to get some water so we could build a sand castle!

Cash didn't care to get in the water, and instead was content digging for treasure and playing by the blanket with all our beach toys the whole time!

Checking out what Kimmy made with the wet sand!

Fun times!

Another trip to the water and now on their way back!

So much fun with Kimmy!

The dance comp took us 3 hours to get there on Friday night, when it is only 42 miles away! We were VERY frustrated and SO HAPPY to get out of the car when we finally got there. Luckily she still had a long time til she danced so it was ok, but we missed the BYU youth teams and that was a bummer!!! There was WAY TOO MUCH Pro/Am stuff and we pretty much had ourselves laughing silly over certain things by the end. I had a great time sitting by Mary and Brent and Blair Treu and picking out the winners of different events and stuff. All I can say is thank heavens for the BYU dress code so we don't have to ALWAYS see nasty old people dancing in costumes that show WAY TOO MUCH!!!!

This is evidenced here by this lady! It was simply awful!

Here is another shot - and she seemed to be competing in EVERYTHING and winning it all too! It was very interesting! She is probably in her 60's, had a TON of Botox in her cheeks, and when she danced the jive she tucked the back part of her skirt into her bum so it was shorter - it was pretty interesting!!!!! Not something I want to ever see again! :)

Saturday morning we took a trip to the Santa Monica pier. The aquarium was closed for a birthday party so instead we hung out at the arcade, the boardwalk, and then rode the rides. Here Griff is enjoying a small little merry-go-round - LOVE Chip's face!

Happy boy!

While Cash played the arcades with Daddy, Kimmy, Griff and I went off to look at the rest of the pier. We came to a bird guy and he set this live parrot on Griffin - Griffin LOVES animals, but wasn't quite sure what to do at first!

Here he is getting a little braver!

And here he really enjoyed it! However, when the guy took him off and then put him back - Griff had had enough and picked the bird up and threw him off of him! It was hilarious!

Cash and Griff riding the fun truck!

Cash has wanted to ride this green dragon ride since we got here and he finally got his chance! He was SO excited at the first, and by the end looked TERRIFIED!!! He said it was fun after he got off, but when we asked if he wanted to go on it again he said no! :)

So instead he joined Kimmy and I on one of my favorite rides - the Scrambler!!!

We all had a blast!

However by the end my entire stomach was shifted to the right side of my body and pretty sure our little girl was only on the right half of me - all squished up!!! After I got off Chip pointed out the ride said not to ride if: you are pregnant! Whoops!!!

I didn't take any pictures of Kimmy at the comp on Saturday night due to them prohibiting any outside cameras or videos! I just enjoyed - but she looked absolutely GORGEOUS and danced beautifully! I LOVE watching her dance, and it was great to have a night with no kids and just enjoy watching friend and visiting with friends and seeing all the BYU kids out there!!! What a great weekend!

On Sunday Griff refused to do nursery again by himself (maybe due to the fact that he missed last week so we ended up having to stay with him!) He does really well when we are there, and he is wearing his beanie again because he refused to take it off for church!!! He just LOVES his hats!

He is such a cutie tho with his little legs crossed eating his snacks, and boy do they feed them well in nursery!!! He pretty much got a full meal! I loved watching him sit there, and then after he preceded to do somersaults on the rug they had in there - what a funny kid!!!

We are always entertained by Griff at dinner and Sunday night was no exception! Here he is displaying his new eating utensil he wanted to use -the measuring spoons! He ate all his chicken and rice dinner with it, and also the cute wooden high chair I love he gets to sit in!

We all enjoyed laughing at his dinner manners - watch and see!

We were all super sad on Monday morning when Kimmy had to take off! We LOVED having her and hanging out and spending time with her! Good thing it's only 2 more weeks til we get to see her again! Thanks Kimmy for such a fun weekend!!!