Beach Family Photos

One of my bucket list items for the longest time has been to get family photos on the beach. So, when we decided we were actually going to make it to San Diego this summer, we decided to make it happen! Mattie Taylor Photography took our photos and was kind enough to let me edit them.

She did a great job with our kids. It was a challenge for them, because they just wanted to play, which is understandable. :)

I love how they turned out and so glad we did it. I also learned that my hair doesn't stay curled in the humidity of California the way it does in dry Utah.

Aaand, we decided our playground out back looks like a life guard tower. :)

Family photos with one kid was so much easier than with 3. Even with 2 kids you each are able to be in control of one. This 3rd child is a game changer. 

4 months

4 months old. She's the sweetest. So content, finally starting to have some longer sleeps. 

(Though not long enough at night yet...)

And while it takes more effort to get her to laugh, we cannot get enough of her smiles!

She was especially smiley this morning while I was taking photos. :)

We love how she smiles with her entire face.

Also a little obsessed with her hair. 

Although, it seems to be doing the same thing that Sam's did, so we're

just enjoying it while it's here.

Just keeps getting cuter.

Haystacks

This week was a little more chill. Except it was 90+ degrees outside so it was harder to just chill.

We are still taking advantage of the river park.

Tyler didn't want to get in his swimming suit, so we had to strip him down before he got in the car.

We had some neighbor friends over for a water day at our house. It became 

a water in the sandbox day.

It's good to know we could have 15 kids and we wouldn't need to build a bigger playground. ;)

We went to the parade with some friend on the 24th. The boys were SO excited, cheering for everyone. Sam was much more aggressive this year when it came to grabbing candy. We ended up with a pretty good haul. Then Sam got hit in the head by a piece of candy 

the last 3 minutes of the parade.

Messy kids.

Just a morning at the farmer's market. Those donuts are delicious. Tyler adores the Turkey.

The boys randomly decided to feed their babies/animals...

There's a field behind our house that they harvest a few times each summer. Since it was an overcast morning we decided to get outside and watch it and practice the new bikes.

Then we snuck over and took some photos on some haystacks before they were taken away.
Because, why not?

 Baby slept through it all.

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