Aunts & Uncles Part II

Beautiful baby girl

Uncle Hayes's first time holding is niece Elle!

Just getting back from the beach. Elle is very happy in Aunt Trish's arms. :)

Payton found a nice resting spot haha.

We went downtown for dinner and the guys mets us there. While we waited for them, we walked around a bit and checked out the shops! Landon and Elle were taking a snooze. :)

Love my babes. (And Landon was just waking up from his nap...grumpy face haha.)

The guys finally showed up after golfing 9 holes!

Elle is like oh boy, another 'samwich' from Mommy and Daddy...

We have a great night time tradition with Landon (and now Elle) at night before bed. He gets a bath, Landon runs around the upstairs naked screaming at the top of his lungs "Daddy chase me!", then we quiet down and read some books (he has pjs on at this point haha), and then we pray and have a Landon 'samwich'. Landon literally pushes our heads towards his cheeks and he loves it. And now we are carrying on the tradition with Elle. She actually smiles after and it's so sweet. This is what it looks like...

Uncle Hayes was being funny and pretended to shove crayons up his nose. Landon thought it was HILARIOUS! He was laughing so hard!

Elle hanging out with Aunt Pat.

Feeding Uncle Hayes...Landon couldn't get enough of it! He loves his God Daddy!

He then proceded to put stickers all over Uncle Hayes's hand. Uncle Hayes was a trooper...he just let Landon go to town and kept on chatting with all of us!

And then he put them on himself. :)

Landon and I got to have a nice kissy session during dinner. These are my favorite. Step 1...

Step 2...

Step 3! I love him!

Another great picture! Look at Elle...she is looking at them like, 'hey! can I be included in on this fun'!

Happy little man!

Of course, we stopped at the fudge shop for an ice cream cone!

Quick family pic!!

Wow, does she look like her Daddy or what!!??

Everyone was enjoying their ice cream cones and so was Landon...tasting every single one! haha!

Aunt Trish got the most colorful ice cream and this is the result haha...

It even made Aunt Trish's teeth blue!! :)

I can't get enough of this!

Aunt Tricia loving on her little God Babe.

Landon trying to be like Uncle Geoff and playing with Payton!

Trish and Hayes posing for a pic with baby Elle.

Landon was very mad that Payton did not want to play with him at that very moment! Hah!

Ok now this is more like it! Landon loved hanging out with Payton! She was really great with him too!

Snuggle sesh right before bed time...

Taking a nap with Aunt Katie!

Such a happy little man with Payton!

To be continued!

Aunts & Uncles Part III

Part III of a great visit...the pictures tell it all.

Hayes, Paul and Landon...it's so much fun to have Paul and Hayes together!

Geoff, Paul and Hayes cooling off in the ocean while Landon fills his buckets with water for his sand castle.

Geronimo playing in the sand!

And off he goes!!! Daddy trails behind, but catches up eventually! Landon loves to run on the beach, but is too tired to walk all the way back to towels, so Daddy always has to carry him. :)

Having some quiet time with Daddy. Landon loves to play in the sand.

Filling the hole up with water...

The girls hung out under the umbrellas with Elle. Soon enough she will be out playing in the sun though!

Aunt Tricia, Landon, Elle, Aunt Katie and I stopping for a quick pic. Landon wanted nothing of it and just wanted to keep playing. haha

Sweet baby girl eventually fell asleep under the umbrella.

Trish and Geoff dug this giant hole for Landon and he climbed in and was having a blast.

Awesome pic! Landon in the hole haha, Aunt Trish snuggled up next to him and Uncle Geoff coming up from the ocean.

All the boys, digging holes and playing in the dirt i.e. sand. It's what boys do!!

Landon really enjoyed going on in the water with Aunt Tricia and Uncle Geoff. As long has he was holding their hands, he was good to go!

Finally!!!...Landon got on his boogie board that Uncle Hayes and Aunt Katie gave him and was having a blast! Of course, his dinosaurs had to go with him. :)

Awe, a nice hug for Uncle Hayes.

Landon had a lot of fun with his Uncle Hayes and vice versa. They were attached to each others' hip the entire trip!

Learning to stand up on the surf board! Landon did great! ...and again, he still had those dinosaurs haha!

The whole group!

Quiet time with Aunt Katie watching the Disney movie 'Tangled' after a long day on the beach.

Elle and I were snuggling during the movie. She is so beautiful.

We went to a local beach restaurant named Sliders and it has a playground for the kids to play on while the parents and adults hang out. This sign was hilarious and I got a great pic of it with Landon peaking over. I cannot even imagine Landon with an espresso hahahah! Off the walls!! :)

Paul and I cannot get over how grown up he is looking! He is growing too fast...how can we slow down time?

Monkey face!

It was time for dinner and Landon wanted to stay on the playground...who could blame him!? He had a blast!

Uncle Geoff hanging on to Elle during dinner. He was great with her!

Hayes and Katie posing for a pic!!

Trish and Geoff with the baby girl.

Priceless picture...what was so funny?

It was really great seeing all three of the Magnuson's get together! Even though lately it has only happened a few times a year, it's always a great time and so many memories get made! Let's make it happen more often!!!! :) Another great shot of Elle's God Momma and Uncle Geoff.

THE FROG SWALLOWED LANDON!!!...and spit him back out! :) Landon has finally overcome his hesitation with going down slides by himself. This one wasn't a tough one, but he was having a blast on the big ones! Almost brought tears to my eyes...he's just grown so fast.

Uncle Hayes met him at the bottom!

On his way down!

Landon had more fun when Uncle Hayes went down with him!

That's the big kid playground and Landon was a champ on it! He was climbing and sliding like he's been doing it for years! :)

Tired after playing on the park, so he took a rest on Daddy.

We had such a great visit with the family and we hope we can all get together again soon! We love you guys!!!

A Kiss for Elle

Landon and Elle really are learning to love each other more and more each day. Every opportunity Landon thinks he has to love on Elle or give her a kiss, he grabs it! He loves to share his toys with her...by piling them on top of her when she is in her swing or lying on the floor. :) But, he really loves her. Elle, who is now almost 4 months old lights up when her brother is around. Even though he can be a bit rough with her, she loves getting kisses and hugs from her big brother. Paul and I love that they love each other.