where did july go?

where to start......alexis turned 4!! on her actual birthday we went to chuck e cheese and she played lots of games and earned lots of tickets. then she had her gymnastics party a couple days later and that was lots of fun. all her friends were there and she got lots of good presents. she loved her tinkerbell cake but taylor put her fingers in it.


stephen has still been busy with work while me and the girls are still running around being crazy. last weekend we went to stephens family reunion at lake almanor which was nice cuz it was only 84 degrees there. i got to snuggle with my new nephew..... joaquin..... and the girls got to swim in the lake and we all ate lots of yummy food all day. august is just around the corner so that means school will be starting soon. alexis has a meet-n-greet day august 14th and then august 18th is her first official day of school....YIKES!!! she is super excited about that. i bought alexis her first pair of shoes for school, a pair of black mary janes (cuz they cant wear open toe shoes), and she keeps telling everyone about them. it seems like the months keep flying by and i dont know where they are going. but one thing i do know........i am so over the heat and im ready for it to be over, but i feel like summer has just begun!!

just some stuff...

the girls with their goldfish





us at the fair






since i havent blogged in a while i thought it would be time for an update. lets see june was very busy. the girls took swim classes. taylor loved the water and was all over the place which surprised me, but she wanted to play more than learn to swim which didnt surprise me. alexis jumped off the diving board 2 days in a row, but when her head went under the water she said they let her drown and wouldnt do it again. however she now holds her breath and goes under the water so thats great!! we went to the fair and the girls rode every ride 2 times. taylor won 4 goldfish and alexis won 2 goldfish all by themselves and they lasted a week. we had corn dogs and ice cream and had lots of fun. we have been trying to go out and do more stuff together since stephen only get a couple days off a month now and that because stephen is back to work at the fire hall, but he loves being back. he's hoping he gets some action from a good fire this year like he did last year. im hoping it far away from here and its just an open field with nothing but grass to burn. im still busy with cakes and chasing after the girls. however i did find the time to read the twilight series 2 times!!! i can officially say im addicted to the series. its just a good story!! im also an auntie again. my brother and sister-in-law welcomed baby #3 the begining of the month...little louie jaquin. hes really cute and reminds of alexis when she was a baby. really little with long scrawny legs. we are getting ready for lexi's 4th birthday and then in august she starts school, i cant believe it. so goodbye june and hello july!!!