Desea's 2nd Birthday!

Desea is 2! We had her pool party on the worst day you could possibly have it, but it still turned out. She was so excited to have a Finding Nemo birthday party. Anyone who knows me, knows that I HATE characters. I don't let my girls wear anything with characters on it. Well, I am not as tough or mean as my family says I am. When I took Desea to Party City to pick out decorations, she screamed for joy when she saw Nemo. I couldn't possibly say no to that. So, I thought I would let it slide because it fits really well with a pool party. The pool wasn't anywhere near warm, but the kids still got in ... purple lips and all. We filled blow-up pools with warm water and the kids packed in like sardines.

I think this shows off her personality to a "T"

Courtney, Courtney, Jared and Reagan

Birthday Girl

Mariah and Jared

Playing in the pool with her robe on

Brennan and Chad

Coen

Blowing out her candles

So proud of herself

Jasmine
It doesn't get much cuter than this

Desea loves her Barbie Jeep that Uncle Jared, Auntie Stevie, Nama and Papa gave her

ARGH!

I tried to post some pics from Desea's birthday party, but they aren't uploading! Dumb blog!

The Birthday Cake

My sister Ashley asked if she could buy Desea's birthday cake for her party. Of coarse I agreed. Well, she found a couple pictures of some Finding Nemo themed cakes and decided to put them all together and make her own. I have to say she is quite talented. The ingredients include: confetti cake, marshmellow fondant, vanilla icing, rock candy, sugar babies, nerds, fruit roll-ups, and kit-kat. It was amazing. The kids loved it!

Mr. & Mrs. Seth Freeman

If it wasn't for family, we would NEVER go to Texas. As you can see from all the pictures below, our faces are shiny from sweat because it is so HOT and HUMID. Despite our dislike for the weather in Texas, we went to show our love and support for my cousin, Seth, and his beautiful wife, Katie.

The newlyweds!

Baby Mia (my cousin, Matthew's baby)

Desea

Kalani (my cousin's Tara's son)

In front of the room that Seth and Katie were sealed in

Sisters

Our Beauty

Our precious Jazzy

The Girls

Cousins

Ashley, Erika, and Jeree

Desea holding hands with Jazzy

wearing Auntie's shoes

The first dance

Desea couldn't keep her hands off Kalani. She is going to be bummed when she learns that he is her cousin:)

Auntie and Jazz

Million dollar smile!

It never fails . . . my dad can fall asleep anywhere, even if music is blasting in the background

Nama and Jazzy

The cousins playing in the chair linens during clean-up

The Ranch

Mother's Day weekend we went to Texas. First on our agenda was Comfort, Texas to visit with Papaw. The girls loved it. They couldn't get enough of their great-grandpa and all the wide open space.

Desea in the chicken coop.

The chickens.
The black chickens are the ones that Anita (Lex's mom) raised when she was there for 2 months.

Jazzy being cute:)

Uncle Eddie, Coco, Ginger, Jazzy, Lex, Desea, and Papaw

Anita's garden

The San Diego Ferry

Darren, Mel, and the fam came to SD for vacation. One of the days they were here we took the ferry over to Coronado. Julianne and her kids, my mom and dad, Stevie and Reef, Ashley, and my Auntie Ines were waiting for us on the other side. We had lunch and walked to a near by park. It wasn't the best day to be out and about, but the kids loved it.

Waiting for the ferry
Koa

Desea and Kalia

Mommy and Jazzy on the ferry ride over.

Not the best pic of Downtown.

My dad giving Kalia milkshake

Roko and Koa following a momma duck and her babies

Mariah and Desea running on the Marriott grounds

Kalia rolling down a hill

Chad walking, yeah!

They have a LOVE/hate relationship

Funny Nama

Kalia passed out on the walk back to the ferry