Bachelorette Treatsies.

Courtney and I threw a Bachelorette Party for Erika not too long ago. Lots ridiculous things said, ridiculous "sexy" games played & even some Carmen Electra dance moves. 

Just a few of our treats from that night. 

I am drooling just looking at these pictures again... 

BE THE PLANK.

ADVENTURES IN PLANKING:

We all went to dinner before our dear friend Hannah left for Wales.

We of course ate until our little bellies could hold no more (Thank you, Bombay House)

And randomly decided that we must go planking. 

Thank goodness Erika had her camera on her so we could document our adventures.

Also, if you haven't seen these ladies' blogs yet, you can click on the below links

to check them out. 

(Hannah ↓ ↓)

VERBAL VOMIT

(Erika ↓ ↓)

ALL IS LOVE

This one ↑↑↑ and the one of Hannah in the tree 

are definitely my favorites. If you don't understand planking, I say don't

diss til you try it. You will have a hard time not laughing. I promise.

Fattening Treats.

Sorry I'm late in posting this, ladies.

Last Thursday, I and some of my favorite girls from the former Los Hermanos crew got together for a small reunion. I had a ball chatting it up, reminiscing and talking about what's new in our lives. At the end of our visit, we enjoyed our delicious cookies. I'm not 100% sure what this recipe is or even what the name of this cookie is. But it was GOOOOODDD.

Dear Pearl and Janeal, 

Lets not take forever til our next get-together? 

Love, Ang.

Zumba. Need I say more?

And now....


A little bit about an obsession of mine.
ZUMBA!!

(anyone surprised?)

Here are some pictures from a recent 2-hour Zumba event (or Zumbathon, as it is lovingly called) I attended. Wooo!

My sisters and I after the Provo Zumbathon 

This was a Zumbathon held in Midvale. I got some AIR!

The Instructors and I. We are a pretty good lookin' group, no?

Provo Zumbathon up on that scary wobbly "stage".

Midvale Zumbathon shakin' our bootays! 

Nice and sweaty!!

You can read more about it here on the Zumba Blog. 

The Kinley Calvin Fort.

Simple.
Just draped some extra cloth across my table & clipped the ends to some chairs and Voila! You've got yourself a fort. An ingenious creation to keep little babies busy for everrr!

Sorry for the poor quality. Phone picture, ya dig?

My Ladies Man.

So cute. SO CUTE!
My little Calvin giving Kinley a hug. Which eventually turned into just a one arm thing around her shoulders. They were both so hypnotized by Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

Little cuties.

The Little Miss.

The last two weeks we've been pleased to have the company of another special little lady. Her name is Kinley. She is exactly 15 months old, just the same as Calvin!

It took a few days for her to stop looking over her shoulder at Calvin and I. She's really come out of her shell! I think the only problems we may have between Calvin and Kinley, is the constant issue of them wanting to climb on top of each other when the other sits down for a moment (both of them are in the I'm-going-to-climb-everything-that-I-can phase).

She and Calvin follow each other around and take turns entertaining the other. There have already been cute moments where I catch them trying to communicate to each other (which may or may not work..). Calvin will be crying over something & Kinley would come try to give Calvin a kiss and Cal will smack her away. Kinley will be trying to get a toy out of the toy bin that seems to be a little deeper than she thought and Calvin will come and assist her with his big strong muscles (AW!!). 

Babies Babbling.

What a lil' cutie! If I ever have a little baby girl of my own, she'd better look like Kinley.

I Swear...

I promise I haven't dropped off the face of the earth or anything. My little digital camera (or "Lil' Dijj" as I lovingly call it) lost all of it's charge! I always forget to charge things. So I've been a little behind on my picture taking.

I've started watching a little girl during the days by the name of Kinley. She's been so fun to have around, especially because she and Calvin take turns entertaining each other. Where one goes, the other one follows. She and Calvin are both approximately 15 months, but Calvin is quite a bit bigger than Kinley is. Kinley is still under 20 lbs. while Calvin is going to clear 30 lbs. here pretty soon! You can see a little bit of height difference, but the difference is definitely in Calvin's girth (I almost spelled "GUT", but pretty much the same thing, ha!)

After Kinley goes home in the afternoon, Calvin is just plain tuckered out! Laying down in weird places.
There's been a lot of this... (↓↓↓) ... going on..

(I'm sure any parent can relate...)
Oh PLEASE pick me up, pleeeaaaase???

Even staying still in one spot for more than 3 seconds! ...... I KNOW, it's crazy!
I think having Kinley around will be a very good thing. ;)

Pictures of Kinley to come. But for now, A picture of my Calvin falling asleep on the couch.

Stewart Falls. :)

Until Monday, I hadn't been on a hike for SO long. I get in these moods where I CRAVE the mountains and nature and sunshine. Having a baby has made it much harder for me to go out and enjoy the mountains and going on hikes. 

On Sunday I was looking out at the mountains at this gorgeous sunset just before a thunderstorm and the light was hitting the mountains so beautifully. Right then I thought, I neeeed to get to those mountains. I have got to just do it and not keep thinking, I'll do it when I have time. 

So the next day, I got a hold of my very lovely friend, Erika and decided to hike to Stewart falls which we'd hiked to before I knew I was prego with Calvin (pictures from that hike, HERE). 

It was SO sunny and rather hot when we were going uphill. But the way back down from the falls was divine. Everything was so beautiful. 

Also joining us was Erika's friend, Tucker, who I'd never met before this trip. But was glad he joined us. Between the three of us, the conversation was hilarious ('that's what she said' jokes, celebrity crushes, bears and snakes, and beards). 

We drove up to Sundance and were originally going to take the ski lift to the trail head but after learning that it cost $10 a person, we bailed and decided to just walk up a different trail to find our way. I'm just going to say that I was a little bummed that I was lacking the funds to take the ski lift.. because I would have probably got some awesome pictures. Alas. 

↑ Erika on our stop by the gift shop to find Tucker some sunscreen. Gingers burn easily, you know.. (Not a problem for me, thanks to my Mexican heritage. Heh heh.) ↑ 

↑Me crossing this tiny bridge crossing this tiny stream. (You can't see it very well in the bright sun, but I AM wearing my Britney Spears Circus tour shirt. Yee!)↑

↓ Erika and Tucker crossing the bridge just before me↓

↑ Crossing this river was a little intimidating seeing as most of these logs were pretty wobbly ↑

And as you can see, we were all super happy to have reached our destination and enjoy the outdoors.

My shins are still in serious pain after that hike. Shows me how long it's been since I've been on a good hike. But it was so worth it.