Walks

I love taking Lincoln on walks after dinner.  He loves to go in the meadow (as Brett and I play frisbee).  I love him.

 He loves checking out license plates.

 He picked up this pinecone and it was MEGA sticky and was pretty bugged after.

1. My crazy boy.

2. So proud of himself that he can read license plates.

3. So smart.

New Bed

Since baby is coming in January we need Lincoln to be in his own bed, thus a new bed has arrived in the nursery.  Lincoln is so in love with it!  He runs into his room and says, "New bed!  It's so comfy!!"

 I find him laying in it and reading all the time.  We have had quite a few escapes but for the most part he has adjusted really well.  So happy he loves it.

Everything went pretty well...unless you count this night ha ha...

Swimmin'

I'm so grateful our neighbor has a pool.  It's so hot and humid here it's nice to go for a swim with my boys.

 1. My boys

2. Swimmin'.

3. C'ville.

Spooky Old Tree

Lincoln became particularly obsessed with the book Spooky Old Tree  this summer.  He got to the point where he had memorized the whole thing.  Here he reads it to Josh.

1. My favorite line, " Of course!  they went over great sleeping bear....

2. Josh and Jessica.

3. Spooky Old Tree.

Flight Home

Lincoln and I flew home the day after we got home from Newport Beach.  It was hard to want to get back on a plane, but it happened.  We had two layovers which really stunk but Lincoln actually did really well.

 He loved the fast flat escalators at the airport.

 Thanks to a couple new books, the ipad, and the Backyardigans we made it through our flights from Salt Lake City to Pheonix, then to Charlotte, and then to Charlottesville.  We had 30 minute layovers and were the last ones on both connections.  Thanks to my pregnancy hunger I was also starved by the time we got home (no restaurants open because of late hours and the plane running out of food...) and Brett met me at the airport with Wendy's.

 By the time we got to our third flight Lincoln wasn't willing to sit down at all.  It was a crazy flight but we're thankful to be home.

1. Made it.

2. Glad the flight is over.

3. Wendy's.

"Throw Him On The Couch"

Everyday Lincoln and my dad have this wonderful little exchange.  My dad will ask him if he wants to be thrown on the couch, "Should we...throw him on the couch?"  And Lincoln usually shrieks with joy.  Had to make sure I recorded this.  He is really going to miss this when we go back to Charlottesville.

1. Papa.

2. Throw him on the couch.

3. One more time....

Newport Beach

We went to Newport Beach for my families vacation this summer at Newport Beach.  It was so gorgeous!  We stayed at a Marriott Resort and it was so awesome.

 The first day we got there we went to Joe's crab shack.  The view was incredible!

 The hotel pool...

 Went to Baja Fish Tacos...delish...

 Went to the beach... 

Played lots of cards....

 Went to the temple...

 Played on the playground...

 Crystal Cove walk on Sunday...

 Family Pic....

 Loves his daddy....

 Disneyland was a blast!!!

 The weather was cool and the lines were short.  Splash Mountain with my mom and Brett was so fun!!!

 Josh also proposed to Jessica on the beach while we were there...We love her!!

 Lincoln loved the rides at Disneyland.  I was so happy there were so many rides he could go on!  He had such a great day!  His favorite ride was the carousel...

 Another fabulous day was biking on Balboa Peninsula.  The weather was perfect and biking was a blast!

 Ruby's on the pier was amazing...plus an incredible view!

 Angels game was amazing....

 Brett left for an interview at McDermott on Thursday but we still enjoyed the beach!

 And made Tom the Turtle!

1. Lincoln was a trooper on the plane.

2. Newport with my amazing family!

3. Disneyland!