Easter Weekend

We had such an amazing Easter weekend. My older sister Lindsey (who lives in Arizona) and little bro Jordan (who lives in Utah) came into town. Its rare that we have both of them here at the same time so when we do we make sure we make the most of it! Friday evening we had a BBQ at our house. Yummy food, happy kids and a foosball games. Saturday we spent the day at the beach with family and friends. The weather turned out to be perfect, although the water was freezing! That night a group of us went and saw Clash of the Titans (Thanks mom for watching the kids). Easter Sunday began at my Moms house with her traditional brunch... Eggs Benedict, Sour Cream waffles, Fruits, breads, Bacon, fresh Juice etc. After Breakfast the kids had their easter egg hunt! Its so fun watching the excitement on their faces as they run around grabbing eggs. Riley kept saying "I won, I won". (I tried to let him know it wasn't a contest and he had an advantage being the oldest boy)! That evening it was back to my moms for dinner... More yummy food and family fun. I am so grateful for all of my family, They make the Holiday's so much better!

The boys eating Artichokes and handling the BBQ

My little Sister Kadyn, Mom and Older sister Lindsey

Adam, Grant and Jared... They've been friends for I don't even know how many years! 

Jared and Riley playing some baseball

Adam's boys Charlie and Luke, Cousin Aven and Riley checking out their easter egg hunt goodies

Riley and Aven LOVE the pool table at my Moms house, they roll the balls into the pockets

You will always find Aven and Riley on Mem-moms piano :)

Sidney and her Cousin Macy...They are only 4 days apart!

THE ANTHONY FAMILY

THE WALL FAMILY...AND A BABY GIRL ON THE WAY!

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS! 

JACKSON, LINDSEY AND MIKE

We Love you Auntie Lou!

It wouldn't be a family gathering without the boys playing Wii!

Nice Goggles Riley! haha

IN-N-OUT

This Post is for all the IN-N-OUT lovers out there, including myself! 

The Menu is simple but here's a list of the IN-N-OUT "slang".There are so many ways I haven't tried my burger and fries, hopefully this list will help!

X by Y

X meat patties and Y slices of cheese (for example, a 3 by 3 or a 2 by 4)

Double Meat

Two meat patties without cheese.

Triple Meat

Three meat patties without cheese.

Animal Style

A mustard cooked beef patty served on a bun with pickles, lettuce, tomatoes, extra spread and grilled onions. Any burger (including veggie and grilled cheeses) may be made this way.

Flying Dutchman

Two meat patties, two slices of melted cheese and nothing else.

Protein Style

Instead of a bun, the burger is wrapped in lettuce. Any burger (including veggie and grilled cheeses) may be made this way.

Veggie Burger (Wish Burger) 

A burger without the meat and cheese.

Grilled Cheese

Two slices of melted cheese, tomato, lettuce and spread on a bun, with no meat.

Extra Everything

Adds extra spread, tomato, lettuce, and onions (regular or grilled).

Fries “Light”

Almost raw fries that are cooked for less time.

Fries “Well”

Fries that are cooked longer to be extra crisp.

Cheese Fries

Fries with two slices of melted cheese placed on top.

Animal Style Fries

Fries with cheese, spread, and grilled onions.

Neapolitan Shake

All three shake flavors (strawberry, vanilla and chocolate) combined in one shake

Easter Photo shoot

I Love doing "HOLIDAY" photo shoots. I use the photos around the house the following year and of course the grandparents get them... It usually takes a couple attempts/days before I get the photo I like and I have learned that photographing Sidney and Riley together is almost impossible. Here's what happens while I am trying to get the perfect shot... Dad gets in the picture, Sidney wants her Paci and Riley wants to throw the eggs and fool around. 

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Brotherly Love

Sidney 3 months

I don't have nearly enough pictures of this baby girl! But here are some from the past few weeks... She is the happiest baby, she loves to smile, her coo-ing and giggles make every moment sweeter. Just ask Riley, he's as smitten as we are. He loves to love on her, he calls her sweet pea, and says "mom, Sidney's cute, I'm handsome"! 

BATMAN!

Rileys latest obsession is Batman! (Race Cars are still number one but its nice that he's branching out). I found these awesome Batman PJ's that came with a cape, but he wears the shirt as a t-shirt too :)

I love the picture of him trying to see his cape in the mirror! If you ask him if he can fly he will tell you "not yet, I'm to little". He cracks me up! 

And just because... Here is a picture of me with Batman when I was 8 years old at my little brother Jordan's 4th birthday.

Leprechauns!

They do silly stuff, Just ask Riley! We spent the morning at the Balboa Bay Club swimming with his Cousins Trey and Colton. We had a traditional Irish Lunch with Corned beef and cabbage and Irish Stew. When we got home we found a Leprechaun had broken into our house! He Pee'd in our toilets (Riley was really upset that he didn't flush haha), when we went into his room his bed was in disarray, dresser drawers opened with clothes hanging out and toys everywhere! He was bumbed, helped me make the bed and clean up his room. But, as we cleaned up Riley was really happy the Leprechaun left Gold chocolate coins behind! We spent the rest of the evening looking for Mr Leprechaun and more chocolate!  Finally, (After 2 hours of talking about the leprechaun and trying to find him) I opened the front the door and I told Riley, oh man the Leprechaun just ran away!!!! He looked at me with HUGE eyes and said "OH NO MOM, he's going to AVENS HOUSE!!!! (Aven is his cousin who lives across the street). SO Aven, we hope you find him but I have a feeling he will be back next year!