One Year Old!

Newborn Aurora!

Fun with Uncle Kit.

Snow at Uncle Jim's Cabin.

Christmas is Oregon.

Taking a bath in Grammy's sink.

Hanging with Family.

Daddy and Rora at the beach.

Happy Birthday Aurora!

Saturday was Aurora's First Birthday! We can't believe it as already been a year. Time has flown by and yet we can't remember what life was like without our little girl. She has grown and learned so much in her first year of life on earth and continues to get cuter and smarter everyday! She is currently mastering the art of walking, loves to read books and play with her new Mega Blocks, she is so sweet, loves to give hugs and kisses! Overall she is just the happiest 1 year old around!

Kickin' it with Dad

Aurora loves hanging around and having fun with her Daddy!

She even has her own personal controller thanks to her Uncle Aaron who gave her one of theirs that doesn't work anymore.

Fun at the Beach

Also for the Memorial Day weekend we spent lots of time relaxing and playing on the beach in San Diego. Kit and his friend Dylan came with us and we had tons of fun. The only catch was that we all got super sun burnt, except for Aurora, we made sure her sunscreen was applied and reapplied often so she came out unscathed.We left for the trip at around 2am and arrived in San Diego at about 7am so some of us were rather tired at first.

It was a little chilly and windy in the morning but by the afternoon it was beautiful weather.

Here is Erik still a kid at heart building a sand castle.

The evenings were a little chilly also, at least for us Arizona girls.

While Kit and Dylan went cruising on their long boards, Erik, Aurora, and I
visited the aquarium at UC San Diego. Rora loved all the fish, especially the ones that swam fast.

Aurora didn't care much for daddy's head popping out of the sand.

But she loved feeling the sand between her fingers.

Here are some cool pics that Kit took of the beautiful seascape.

We rented a Boogie board and a Skim board to play around with. Aurora loved watching Erik out in the ocean, you can hear her yelling "Daddy" in this video.

Visiting Family in California

Over the Memorial Day weekend we took a mini vacation to San Diego for fun on the beach, wonderful 72 degree weather, but most of all to visit Gram, Patty, and Danny who live nearby. It was so great to see all of them again. They are all doing well and as Gram admitted herself, she sure looks great, especially for recently celebrating her 95th birthday!

Aurora got a little tired while we were visiting; good thing Great Gram's shoulder was nearby to snuggle up to.

Patty and Danny have a cute new kitten named Annie that Rora fell in love with. They became quick friends!