Claudia and Julios Wedding Part 2

 Look how beautiful this couple is.  I mean really, just look at them!!  The crazy thing is that these two people are even more beautiful inside than they are on the outside.  Which says something, because they are pretty dang good lookin!  Above picture was taken by Claudia's sister in law Lindsey who may I say did a wonderful job on their pictures.  The below picture I stole from Claudia's facebook but I thought they both looked wonderful in it.  Claudia is standing with one of her best friend's Arleen who was one of the bridesmaids and even planned the rehearsal dinner the night before which was very yummy.

 Here is Malcolm and I!  Isn't he so adorable?!  I mean really, he pulls at heartstrings.

 Looks like the above picture (sorry a lot of these are off my phone)  is Claudia's friend Joey giving a speech.  It is also I good one of Kaylee's dress.  My mom made it and it looks amazing.  Go mom!

 Here is a good room shot and Kevin is at the mic.  Bella and Kaylee (the flower girls) are on the dance floor.

 The above picture is the cake table with cake of course.  Julio's sister Dulce made it.  She is a pastry chef and her name is perfect for her job.  For all those who don't speak Spanish it means sweet. 

 Speeches from the couple before they cut the cake YUM!

 Here is a lovely picture of Malcolm busting a move on the dance floor!!

 How cute is this?  It seems little girls at weddings love to make a dance circle to spin about.  I love it!  Kaylee was so happy and had SO much fun.

Photo bomb much my Kevin man?  We got to bring them to their honeymoon spot in downtown San Diego.  We love them.  They are the best couple (besides us of course) and they are truly best friends.  We are so happy to have Julio officially part of the family. LOVE YOU GUYS!

A visit from the Grandmas!

 In August we were visited by two of the best ladies we know!  Kevin's mom and her mom Grandma Burroughs.  We had a wonderful time going to Sea World, the beach and just being around each other.  I'm so grateful for the example and sweetness of these two ladies.  Obviously both kids had a great time.  I will let the pictures speak for themselves!

 At the Pets Rule Show they spray a tiny bit of water from a sprinkler and Malcolm hates it.  He took comfort in Grandma here.

 Kaylee wanted a picture with them both in one penguin body!!  lol HA  she makes me laugh!

Claudia and Julio get married!!! Part 1

They did it!  On August 9, 2-13, my little sister got married to the love of her life Julio Leon.  It was beautiful! Claudia slept over in my bed the night before and my husband slept over with Julio and here is their last kiss before they are pronounced man and wife!

Here the the during on Claudia getting her make up done!  She is SO pretty already!

This is the during picture of Claudia getting her hair done.  It reminded us of an 80s pop star giving her hair with the pants!!  HAHA  So fun!!

Here is the bride in the dressing room ready to go marry her best friend.  Being her Matronita (Matron sounds old to me) of honor was truly an honor and she was an absolutely perfect bride!

Claudia's Batchloette Party

I was Claudia's maid of honor so I had a two parter batchlorette party.  First we had fun doing a pole fitness class.  So fun and I was so sore the next day.

After we went out for breakfast at the broken yolk.  I had Eggs Benedict and it was yummy!

And we may have taken a few fun pictures after we ate!!  Oh and if you scroll to the first picture they were giving away free chocolate muffins.  Bonus!

The second part of the party was at San Diego's LIPS!  It is seriously one of my favorite places because I have this love for drag queens that I can't explain.  Maybe it's their sass, maybe it's the magic of how they somehow really look like tall women, but I love it.  The show was funny.  They brought Claudia on stage.  All around a great time.

Claudia's two friends Joey and Keith were the only boys allowed

Above is our server.  She was super nice!

The table and our dishes.  It was VERY tasty. 

The above picture is my favorite picture!  She was laughing because the drag queen (Cher) was making fun of her. 

There she is.  Cher herself, well sort of.  She reminded me a lot of my friend Chris.  He was a drag queen out in Louisville, although I have never seen him perform.  We worked together.  Anyway, It was a fun night and I think Claudia had fun too!

Little August

 Some BIG things happened in August.  But I wanted to share a couple of semi little things before I go on.  Above is a picture of I think 5th cousins together.  My 4th cousin came over with her kids to visit us on their vacation.  At least I think that number is right.  But her kids had fun playing with Kaylee out in the backyard. 

Above is a picture we took going to support the Staump music school performing up in LA at the Whiskey a go go.  It was really fun!

Above is just a day where Kaylee wore princess jammies and a crown.  She is so cute!

Above is Malcolm after we performed in the choir 12 week concert (classes last 12 weeks and end with a concert)  He looked adorable.

Back to whiskey a go go, here is my beautiful cousin Maria playing an original song.  She is so talented and I'm very proud of all the work she does there at the music school.

I finally looked up story times at the Library and we have mainly stuck to a habit of going every Tuesday.  Its during Mal's naptime so he gets a little grumpy by the end.  But they LOVE it.  Kaylee gives me a hug after every song.

After story time they get to play with toys.  They enjoy that but that is also when he gets grumpy.

Above is just outdoor fun.  Below is Kaylee's first time in the boucy house at Sea World's bay of play.

With this picture I would have to say THE END.  Haha I had him go diaperless because of a diaper rash and luckily it was summer and I set up the sprinkler pool thing in the backyard.  Love the baby wedgie.

Oahu part 3 and The Big Island

The last day we went to Pearl Harbor.  We didn't know they had a stand by line to get into the movie and tour the memorial or we would have gone there first so we just went and looked around which was still REALLY cool.  Heads up, they don't allow bags.  Even purses and diaper bags.  So bring a hip pouch for your money and stuff.  It is a really cool place to go.  Need to go back.

My dad was really excited to go and I'm glad we went.  I wish we could have stayed longer.

The above is Malcolm on our last day of Oahu playing with Grandpa's cane.  He looked so cute with it!

We arive at the big island and this is our backyard.  LOVE!

They even had a toy for Malcolm to play with.  He was a little too old for it but not old enough where is wasn't fun anymore.  He enjoyed himself.

Another view of the backyard and below is Kaylee posing with it.

Malcolm and I at the Steam vents and the National Volcano Park

Kevin and the kids at the steam vents

A beatuiful view at the volcano.  All of the black parts are lava.

Kaylee in the lava tubes

Kevin and I took a picture by the cool vegetation they had around the volcano.  It was SO pretty.

Kevin's phone showed the location and we thought it was funny.  We were on a volcano, so there you go.

This was really cool.  We went to the top of the volcano at night and it looked so cool!!!

I wish I had more pictures of this day even though it wasn't my favorite day.  We got to go to the Hilo farmers market which I highly suggest.  But Kevin couldn't go because he got salmonella probably or had some stomach digestive bug.  He would have loved this.  For lunch we went to a cool Thai place across the street from the farmers market.  Kaylee and I had the yellow curry.  It was SO good.  I even tried the green papaya salad!  It was all good.

After the farmers market we went to the mac nut farm and it was awesome.  Because it was Saturday they didn't have the factory open, but we still got to see it and go to the store.  Above it mac nut kisses.  My favorite thing there and I wish I got like 2 more bags than I did was chocolate toffee mac nuts.  By the way if you don't know what I'm saying when I say mac nut, I don't know how to spell macademia nut.  :-)  After shopping we got mac nut chocolate ice cream.  Kaylee and I shared.

At the end there was a "tropical storm" that actually hit Maui more than us.  We got all prepared for this big storm headed right toward us and made a turn.  In reality I'm thankful, but part of me was excited.  Also our freezer broke and they couldn't fix it until after we left.  Erg.  It was fun.  Next time I'm not bringing kids or 12 people.  But we had a lot of fun.