May 2011

May had some beautiful, warm days and so Holly had some of her first beach days.

Soakin' in the Vitamin D.

I can't leave this one alone for a second.

Holly Raye

 She wasn't so happy about my attempt at a photo shoot.

 Mike and Randa (Poppas and Panda) come to visit.

 We met them in Gilroy, swam a little, ate dinner and then left Lily and Daisy for the night.

 The next day Poppas and Panda bravely took them to a little amusement park called Gilroy Gardens. The girls were in heaven. It was so strange being without them for that long. 

They met us back at home where we enjoyed a walk in the magic carpet flowers, 

Touring the Carmel Mission,

 and a Picnic at Stillwater Cove.

Mike and Randa babysat for us AND gifted us our anniversary dinner on May 9th.

9 years of bliss celebrated at the Chart House. Followed by
hot chocolate at Ghiradelli's.

Poppas and Panda amazingly had everything under control when we got home.

 We miss you guys!

Later that week our local library celebrated its 109th birthday so they had activities going on all day long. The girls got to get their faces painted and Lily chose a skull of all things??? I tried and tried to convince her otherwise. She was so proud of this.

At Holly's 2 month doctor appointment her pediatrician tenderly dubbed her a "tub-o-butter". I don't know what he is talking about. :)

 At the end of the month a few of my cousins came out to visit. They weathered a misty bonfire on the beach with us.
Summer with her cute kiddos Haven and Hudson.

 McKenzie and Mikey with Sean

 Summer, me, and Kenzie. Ahh, cousins.