Fun with the Hodges and Murphy girls!

One of my best friends Ashley and her 3 girls Conlee, Reece and Molly where all in Carmel visiting from Houston! We meet them a the aquarium in Monterey and had so much fun!

 

 

Ford in the "Wave Room" and not too sure about it!

 

Checking out the penguins!

 

View of the Monterey Bay! So pretty!

 

I love this one! I am pretty sure Conlee is looking through the wrong end, but she didn't seem to mind!

 

Sweet Sisters!

 

And even sweet enough to make room for Ford!

 

Serious Ford

 

 Cheesy smile Ford

 

And full of giggles Ford

 

Sweet Molly sat in the stroller and didn't make a peep!

 

That next week Ali and her 2 girls, Mia and Ellie, joined the Hodges in Carmel and made a trip up to see us! This was our attempt to get 6 kids smiling and sitting still!

 

Ellie is off!!!

 

And Mia is up! I think Ford must be thinking "do I smell bad or something??"

 

Aaaand Ford's outta there! The Hodges girls win for the best posing!

Fun Memories with the Negard girls!

Ford LOVES Annike and Sommer and affectionately calls them "Anka" and "Sue-Shwee". He asks about them all the time and at night when we say prayers we ask him who he wants to pray for, and he almost always says "Anka and Sue-Shwee"! So sweet makes this mama's heart melt!

 

Ford loves to ride on the tractor when we go to their house, and Sommer was sweet enough to share the seat with Ford!

 

Rub-a-dub-dub 3 blondies in a tub!

Fun with my family!

My mom, sister, niece and nephew all came into town for Ford's 2nd birthday! Although we didn't have great weather we had lots of fun and Ford got lots of love and attention! By the end of the trip Ford had every ones name down! Thanks for coming to visit Nana, Val, KK, and Gaga!!

 

We spent a lot of time at Ford's favorite place the beach! The weather was cold and windy, but we just bundled up!

 

This pic cracks me up! Luckily Katy caught him (:

 

Erik and Jake spent hours playing wiffle ball at the beach! I can't believe how much Jake has grown up!

 

Ford getting in on the wiffle ball action!

 

When Ford would say Val it sounded more like a growl "Vaaaaa"!

I love this one!

Jake and Erik did some fishing off the pier! Jake caught a crab and Erik caught his very first fish!

 

 

I am pretty sure he is doing an "otts" in this picture! Otts is jumping in Ford's language!

 

Love!

 Ford called Jake "Ga Ga".......I have no idea?!?

 

On the next to last day we finally saw the sun!

Love this shot!

 

He wanted to be just like his Dada and Gaga!

 

On Ford's birthday we took him to Roaring Camp Railroads and took a steam engine train through the redwoods! He loved it! I forgot my camera, but caught most of it on my phone!

 

Chooo Chooo!