Summer's End

As the summer draws to an end I look back and sigh. We have had quiet a busy summer. Between Vegas and Phoenix it has been a non stop adventure for us and Jessamyn. We rounded out basically the last day of summer back at Rachel and Josh's house with fun in the pool for the kiddos, a little Monopoly for the adults and then an evening of Smore's and a fire pit for everyone. Now everyone knows I am the undisputed champion of Monopoly, but my dear Arizona family and their blasted electronic Monopoly has fouled me twice now. First at the Atkin home and now at the Peterson home. I came back after the defeat by Mac to win it =)

Jessamyn has grown by leaps and bounds this summer. Her speech is getting better and better. It is amazing how much she has grown up. It breaks her Mama's heart to see her baby growning up. She misses her Vegas family like crazy, but has grown very close to her cousin Loggie. She can't get enough of the little beast. They are definately two peas in a pod.

New Toys

Another fun filled weekend with our Arizona family this weekend. We had Josh, Rachel and the little kiddos over for some fun and games and of course lots of laughter. We decides to buy Jessamyn a little jungle gym type toy and we could not get the kids off the thing. Up down, screaming, laughing, throwing, you name it they did it. So cute though, well worth the money at the garage sale. In the meantime us adults spent the evening playing a little Friends Scene It and Pictionary, which might I mention may be the funniest game ever invented. Anyway, Jessamyn's speech is growing by leaps and bounds at this point and she is trying to say everything. If she doesn't know the name she will ask you. Her current favorite word is "cookie" and let me tell you there is no tricking her with anything that is not a cookie. I can't wait for everyone who hasn't seen her in awhile to see her again. She is quite a fireball lately.

Sea World/San Diego

Ok, so I've fallen a little behind. Things are a little hectic on the home front at the moment but I wanted to make a little BLOG about our trip to California. We went on a little family vacation with Amber, Robert, Ryan and Morgan. We took the kids to Sea World and the beach, it was awesome! Jessa loved all the sea creatures and especially the dolphin show. Which might I add we all got soaked in. It was adorable watching her freak out at the Aquarium when she saw Nemo and Dori. She didn't want to leave. The beach was even better. She was running after the waves, splashing in them, finding sea shells and helping mom build a sand castle. We had sooo much fun. It may have been her first vacation that was really enjoyable for her more than us. We can't wait for the next one.