Pictures from the past few weekends

So here are some random pictures from the last few weeks. We should have a lot more pictures in the next week because Doug's sister Debbie is getting home from her mission in Belgium. All of the Highams are coming into town to welcome her home. Lots of family and lots of fun.

Alyssa LOVES shoes. She loves to wear Doug's shoes, my shoes and she fell in love with my Aunt Becky's turquoise peep toe shoes (last pic).

Alyssa on the merry-go-round in Fashion Island. In the 2nd picture she seems a little unsure.

We visited our good friends the Boyds in Palos Verdes. It's absolutely beautiful there, so close to the ocean. Who knew that this little oasis was so close to the city?!

Alyssa was so tired and was just not having it with picture taking...she had a very long day running and playing with her friend Morley.

Brad, Lisa, Morley and Louise.

Alyssa in my Aunt Becky's turquoise peep toe shoes.

Tom's Farms

I just love Aly's sunglasses...our little celebrity!

So last weekend we went to Tom's Farms, it has a farmer's market, petting zoo, and some kids rides. Here are some pics of Aly with the pygmy goats. She is quite the tough little girl, if the goats got too pushy she would push them back. Go Aly!

Check out that duck's hairdo.
Yes, Aly..icky! The petting zoo seriously grosses me out, which is why Doug was in there with the animals and not me.

Doug put Aly on this tractor (notice the sign that says "Do not climb on tractor") Lovely!

Here are some random pics, Aly, Doug and I went to an Angel's game with the Bruschkes and Miners . We were in the firm box seats, always nice!

Here's Aly in Doug's shoes. Aly is obsessed with shoes. She loves her shoes and she likes to try and walk around in mine and Doug's shoes.

Memorial Day Weekend 2009

At the lake....this rootbeer is spicy!

For Memorial Day weekend we had some family from Utah visit, Adam, Jimmy and Christi. On Saturday we went to Mission Viejo lake and Doug played some volleyball with Jimmy and Adam and their friend Brett. The rest of us lay out in the sun, it was so nice.

Then on Monday we went to T-street in San Clemente, which was not as busy as we thought it might be, considering it was Memorial day. It was gorgeous; not too hot and nice and sunny. Parking was awesome too...just like any other Saturday...guess people decided to stay home this Memorial day. We had a fun time with Doug's parents, and brothers and sisters, Adam, Liz, Michael, and Becky, and the Bruschke's. Alyssa LOVES the beach, so she had so much fun. She didn't even mind the cold California water...brrrr.

Hawaii May 2009

A long day at the beach and going out to dinner, did not make for a happy Alyssa! :(

At the end of April and beginning of May Doug, Alyssa and I took a trip to Hawaii to visit my parents. We celebrated my dad's 60th birthday while we were there, which was very cool.

We went to the Honolulu zoo, which was a pretty good. It actually had a lot more animals than I thought it would. Alyssa was not as interested in the animals as I thought she would be. Alyssa goes crazy whenever we see dogs or cats and I was expecting the same reaction. I was sorely disappointed. She did get somewhat excited to pet the stinky goats though!

We went to the beach everyday. Alyssa loves the water and the beach. She has a little pail and shovel which she loves to play with. My parents babysat Aly for two nights, which was super nice. One night we went to Duke's in Waikiki. We had an awesome salad bar, coconut shrimp, mahi mahi and hula pie (macadamia nut ice cream on an Oreo cookie crust with hot fudge and caramel sauce)...SO GOOD! We also had some awesome food at Chuck's steakhouse and Teddy's for burgers and shakes. Needless to say we probably came back 10 pounds heavier...stopping at the Cookie Corner every other day probably didn't help either.

While we were there, Doug got me a massage at a spa as an early Mother's day gift...it was so lovely. Thanks hon!

We miss Hawaii already..a week is not nearly enough time.

AVP Tour 2009

This year the AVP Tour was hosted in Riverside (both Doug and I thought it was kind of funny, since usually the tour is held in one of the nearby beach cities). So Doug's firm had tickets for Saturday, so we went out in the 95 degree heat (fortunately there was a bit of a breeze) to check out all the men and women pro volleyball players. We brought one of the youth in our ward, Michael, since we had some extra tickets. It was lots of fun to watch the pros compete.

During one of the breaks in the games they needed two couple volunteers (for which Doug volunteered us) to participate in a relay. It ended being a 3-legged race from one side of the volleyball court to the opposite end (yes, under the net), at which point we each had to drink a Gatorade and then race back to the side of the court where we started. A middle aged couple from Texas was our competition - we made it down to the end of the court and had a decent lead, but I lost it for us when I could only drink 1/4 of my Gatorade and Doug had to finish the rest for me. Drinking large quantities of liquid in a short amount of time is not one of my skills I guess.