telling mimi and grandpa tomso when we found out that i was pregnant (way back on may 31st!) i hurried and made these cupcakes to tell my parents. my mom couldnt understand why i wanted to bring cupcakes over at 10.30pm on a weeknight. but then they saw the letters b-a-b-y and it all made sense. my dad's reaction was the cutest..... he got this huge smile on his face and said "NO WAY!" (he has been wanting us to have a baby since the day we got married!) this baby will be the first grandchild on both sides...... so everyone is a little hyped up.

louis watches SNL too much.one. you cut a hole in a box.

two. you put your paw in that box.

three. make her open the box.

and that's the way you do it.

duhthis is TJ, craig's best friend, with his new little baby girl. They named her Ava Chanel Pugmire. too cute! i say "duh" because i should i have taken more pictures of the actual BABY. but let me just tell you how adorable she is: she has beautiful dark auburn hair and big blue eyes. Ava is TJ and Amy's first child, and we are so happy for them.

27craig celebrated his 27th birthday this year on a sunday. and to top that off, he had to do sharing time with his primary class that day. he was such a trooper and sharing time turned out fantastic! later, we had a yummy dinner and homemade ice cream cake. i cannot believe craig is 27. basically ancient.

he was really excited to blow them candles out. anna looks creepy

i realize this shirt is not exactly "summery", but i know it will look great on him this fall! happy birthday craig. i love you.

outback golf classica couple of weeks ago, our office had our annual party. we went to a beautiful (and completely difficult) putt-putt course. we split up into foursomes, and my team was the WORST! however, it was a ton of fun. afterwards, we drove over to the red hook brewery and had a nasty lunch. great fun.

i love my office. they are all looney.

i looked up "looney" on the online dictionary and this is what it had to say:

looney - someone deranged and possibly dangerous

pretty much fits.

uncle taylorthese are two little mice that uncle taylor gave louis. he loves them so much that it hurts to open his eyes.

san diegowe went to the del mar fair with my mom and aunt, brooke. we basically ate our way through the place.

craig, with our favorite fair food, fresh donuts!

we saw this baby goat being born. it was a once in a life time experience (that kinda made me want to vomit) the mama goat birthed THREE goats that day! the goats come out in little bubbles that the doctors had to pop open. it was pretty cool to see it all in person.

inside one of the big tents. my aunt pretty much cleaned out the place. we were making fun of her saying "so there are actually people who come to fairs to buy the junk?!" love ya, brookie!

craig and me outside the Newport temple. this thing is amazing. we got to go through it during the open house when we lived in LA.

we caught this picture some time between brady sliding down the staircase railing and jocelyn's camera running out of battery. we had so much fun hanging out with these two during our vacation. it was just constant laughing/eating/fighting over directions. what more could you want?

this is at newport beach. luckily we were able to find the Crab Cooker Restaurant right around the corner, because it is jocelyn's favorite place to eat!

me and jocelyn at newport beach. we were twins in our matching sleazy green bathing suits.

usually girls are more self conscience about their "beach bodies".... but on this vacation craig and brady were the ones that werent too crazy about baring it all....but you have to cut them some slack, they just sit inside all day long being little dentists!

jocelyn and me in Tijuana. she wouldnt get any closer to this guy, or the "donkey show" for that matter...

we only felt comfortable asking the police to take our picture. and even then, it was kinda iffy.

brady and craig insisted that we all go and get FREE dental exams in Tijuana. thankfully we have very compromising husbands..... (in other words, we didnt get the exams)

by this time the guys were getting sick of all the photo shoots. this is at coronado.

such a beautiful place!

on our way home, after a great vacation. we are so lucky to have great friends like brady and jocelyn to play with. also, thanks to our favorite aunts, BROOKE AND SHANNA, for showing us a terrific time!