Celebrating Owen!

This two year old had all of his friends over to celebrate his birthday.

Here is (most of) the crew...

What do you get when you put 14 little nugs in the same place and mix in some cupcakes??

So much fun!! Yeah!

LOVING these sweet cupcake faces...

Oh yeah...

What a chaotic, I mean, fun day.

Happy Birthday Owen!

My little man is 2... and so excited about his birthday this year. He has learned from his books (and other kid parties we have been to recently) that having a birthday means that you get CAKE. Even though Im pretty sure he has never really tasted cake (other than a couple of bites of his first birthday cupcake a year ago), he knows cake is something amazing and he was so excited to get to blow out the candles.

Yep... He likes it!

We had a little family party with the Burtons and the Saukkolas... so much fun to have both families together. Its so funny, but somehow Owen really understood the concept that this party was for him, and he was in full form all night, SO happy.

Here is a pic of all of us smiling, amazing. (ps. Im 26 weeks now)

Owen and his cuz Eli.

These days Owen's obsessions are dancing and listening to music, any sport with balls, talking and talking and talking, trains, wrestling, and bboarding (surfing), tools, and reading from his monster (little critter) book. Here is Owen enjoying one of his favorite presents...he wants to be just like daddy.

Burton girls.

Owen and Bella.

Owen and Gramps. This boy LOVES his grandparents. We love them too.

Its crazy watching Owen at 2, it seems like most traces of baby are gone and he is growing so fast. I made him a slide show from this past year, and as I was putting all of the pictures together, I realized how amazing this year was.... so many perfect days together. Although I am so sad that I can not relive that time of him being so cute and so little, I love this boy more and more (if that is possible) as he grows and continues to form into the man that God made him to be. Im so thankful that I get to be his mom... You are my joy little man.

Getaway

Mark and I had some time away.... so amazing to be alone, relax, and just enjoy each other. Definitely a much needed time to recharge and so good for our marriage. I really just love being with my man.  We started our trip with a drive up the coast to SLO, I love everything about that place.  My favorite thing about SLO is farmers market, its the best way to really experience the town. We kept talking about how we wish our town had a farmers market at night so we could meet up with all of our friends, and eat bbq on the street, enjoying music and being together outside.

The next morning we went to one of our favorite places, Montano de Oro. Its a rugged coastal hike full of the most beautiful scenery you have ever seen. We both experience God in such a unique way here and always leave feeling full of life.

After warming up and reading at my favorite coffee shop in SLO, we headed down to Santa Barbara for the night. Here I am resting and reading while it was raining outside.... We stayed at the Canary Hotel, Loved this place.

That evening we enjoyed an amazing dinner and walking around state street in SB. We must have really started to relax because I have no more footage of our trip until two days later in Ojai. We met up with our friends at the Ojai Valley Inn, gorgeous. The boys got in some golfing while the girls hit the spa and vegged out with our books by the pool. Heaven. Mark has a new obsession with golf these days. All of this rain has made surfing a little tough, so golf is the new love. Here he is swinging away on that beautiful course.

Thank you Bella, Poppa, and Gramps for keeping Owen so happy while we were gone!  It was so much fun to come home to him and see him so happy and saying so many new words and phrases.