This is one of the reasons we love living here!

Brett got home yesterday, and so today we went to have a picnic at the beach to celebrate him being home. We also went because it was the most beautiful day I think I have seen here. It was 71 degree. It was so nice and relaxing there. (I think alot of things seem more relaxing when Brett is around). After we went to ice cream. It felt like a summer day. This is one of the reason I think we could live here forever!

We went to our ward family Valentine dance tonight. It was so fun, and it was fun to see everyone dancing together. I never knew a family dance could actually get my cute husband to dance:)

Brayden turned one on Tuesday. It is so hard to believe he has been my little boy for so long. He is such an angel. A lot of times he is the only boy I get a hug from:) He still love to cuddle up to me. I hope he never grows out of that. We had a fun small Car party for him. We went over to my friend Audra and decorated cupcakes and made little pizza. The kids had a blast, and I think Brayden enjoyed it as well.

Last Sunday before church the girls wanted to have a tea party, so they invited all their animals. They had a good time. Then later after church they dressed up as something. They really do like to play together, and I am quite impressed with what they come up with.

Before Brett left for Texas for a 9 day training, he had a few days off. We got to do some fun things like movie night, trips to the park, and the beach. It was so nice having him around:)

Days in the lives of the Banks

Today we went to Old Town to celebrate the anniversary celebration of the Mormon Battalion. It was a really impressive event. They had all these little booths set up to try and give the children an idea of what it was like back then. They made little cloth doll, learned to tie rope, made brick, made quits/stitched heart, washed laundry, dug for gold, dressed up in there pioneer clothing, made biscuits on a stick, and much more. We met up with a few families from our ward. It was such a fun education event.

Yesterday was such a great day. Brett had the day off, which as he put it, it became my day off. I got to go for a awesome beautiful bike ride. Then my good friend Vicky watched the kids while Brett and I went to the temple. ( This was the first time we have been able to go since we moved here). Then we went to lunch. Then later that night I went out with my girlfriends to have a baby shower for my girlfriend Melissa. (Unfortunately you can't even see her cute face in this picture). We went to this yummy restaurant in Old Town San Diego. It was a fun time, and it was so fun to just be out on the town with the ladies. Anyways, so now you can see why it was such a wonderful "me" day.

Here is my dinner party friends again, and here are all the babies. It is amazing us women can get anything done with fifteen kids totally between us all, but we managed to all take home five meals, get lunch done for all the kids, and this time we had a birthday party for my good friend Audra. We did all of this in three hours. It is a fun and productive time. :)

Here is the girls and my boys hanging out after church. My mom got them the cutest heart dresses. I thought I could get a good picture of them, but my kids are so tired and not very cooperative after church. SO this is as good as it gets. Hopefully, before Valentines day I can capture how cute they really look in their dresses.

The girls started a little dance class with some of our friends out here. It was seriously SOOOO cute to see so many little girls in all their pink trying to do ballet:)

Aubrey and I go to a little mom and tot preschool. Aubrey actually really likes it . They make cute bugs hat last week. It was a bug theme day. We even made Brayden a bug hat, but he just tried to eat it.

We are already excited for Valentines day here. Brynn and Aubrey love art projects. They love the holidays because they get to make fun holiday craft. Right now they are loving making Valentines card. (Brynn also loves being in pictures, and Aubrey doesn't).

We Are Home!

We'll I figured I better post Christmas before Valentine's Day comes. We had a great Christmas. We made it to the holiday show at Sea World, made cookies, and had a wonderful Christmas eve and Christmas day with Brett. It was a very special Christmas. The day after we headed to Utah. We got to the Banks just in time for their big Christmas party. We had so much fun at the Banks. We then went to my parent, which I am sure you figured out from my last post. Then we went back to Utah. We had fun hanging out with family again. I got to see my good friend Kara alot. Her little girl Anna is so cute. The girls had so fun playing with her at our pretend birthday party. We had a great visit with everyone. We made it home safely, but it was an interesting ride home because both Brynn and Brayden threw up. ( Luckily Brynn has mastered throwing up in a bag which made clean up alot easier). Since being home we have just tried to recover from traveling, Christmas, and being sick. We did do a fun activity on Saturday. We made it to the zoo. The kids, which includes Brett who is the biggest kid, loved it. The kids were trying to immate the moneys, which are always our favorite.