Isabel Rockstar

Summer Fun

I love summer!! Here are some of our adventures at home.

As she calls herself - "Isabel Rockstar"

The first time Elliot pulled to a stand -
pretty proud of himself.

Goodbye to Anna (my parent's student from Norway), we
will miss her!!!

Princess fun with Sara

Pool time in the backyard:

Hiking on Fathers Day:

Elliot's first trip in the backpack

We love dad!!

May Madness

I guess I am on a once a month posting schedule.  Here is a review of May:

Elliot is loving baths these days.

Isabel loves her Barbies

Franz is a great dad.  He planned a campout with Isabel in the backyard last weekend.  Isabel was so excited to sleep in the tent.  We all made smores and then I "sacrificed" and slept inside with Elliot, and Isabel actually slept out all night with her dad!  She cried when the tent came down later that day.

Zoo fun with my friend Anna and Sarah (who is Isabel's age) and Ava (Elliot's age)

Isabel got to go to a bounce house for a birthday party 

My mom bought Christmas PJs in advance,
but the 12-18 month size fits him in this brand
already!  So Christmas in May.  :)

The night before Andrew left on his mission, we miss him
so much!!

One of the few times Isabel let me do her hair:

Fun at the park

Our first trip to the cabin!  Elliot's first time there.  Isabel loved it, as always, and cried when we had to leave.

The dance recital: Isabel has been dancing the past 6 months at Miss Julie's.  She is a cute woman who is darling with little girls, and she manages a class of 3 year olds in stride.  Anyway, Isabel got to have her recital yesterday - costume and all, and she ate it up!!  I wish I had the patience to upload videos, maybe eventually....

With her friend Leah

With great grandma and 2nd cousin Haley

With Grandma and Grandpa

Danced next to her good friend Brynn

She had the best final pose.  :)

With Miss Julie!

After the recital that night we had a date night with the daycare.
They did a fun party for the kids, which included face painting! 

On a walk yesterday - so tired, fell asleep
in her dance recital costume with a princess
outfit on top.  Such a little girl!

April on Steroids

Baseball season has begun, and that makes us think of...performance enhancing drugs, right?  Haha, just feels like this month was packed with so many big events - hence "April on Steroids" let's review:

Carlos and Christina's wedding

Here we are at Carlos and Christina's (Franz's cousin) wedding.
It was a GREAT wedding.

Isabel and Andrea

Isabel got to sit with her second cousins Cammie and Andrea

Izzie and Cammie loved the photo booth

Dancing with Valente

The Monroy dancing crew

Isabel was literally the first and the last person on the dance
floor!!

Elliot Baptism

Elliot was baptized in Oxnard

His godparents, Jeanette and Greg

The family post baptism - we were lucky to have a lot of
family from Mexico since we tagged along with the wedding

With great uncle Rafa and Mari

It was so fun to see my old roommate/good friend Julie and
her new baby, Lucas.

 A few more California pics:

Playing at the pool.

We got to visit with Ally and Matt Davis and her cute little
William.  We were pretty proud of getting the 3 kids to sit
long enough for such a cute picture

All of the cute girls!

And the one little guy...

Isabel and cousin Pricilla

My mom's birthday:

Back at home:

I also got to go on a girls only trip to Zion for canyoneering and hiking.  SO MUCH FUN!  And I have an awesome husband for taking care of the kids while I played.

With Jess (BFF) and Amber (also pretty cool)

We also hiked Angels Landing to add more adrenaline
to our trip

One more big event:  Andrew got his mission call!! Going to Buenos Aires.  I love the progression of his reaction in these pics:

As you can see, we are pretty exhausted from the month:

May, here we come!!!