{Life is Sweet}

our annual august california girls trip was a hit!! of course we had tons of fun and did many of our traditional activities including ... going to disneyland, the beach, ruby's diner 3 times, my brother and his kids came over a few times to swim in grandma's pool, i got to have a girls night out with my sister in law :), we played games, ate frozen yogurt and hit up every mall we could think of :) here are some fun pix!!


grandma got out the halloween costumes and the cousins got to play dress up :)


we went to the beach a couple of the days... oh how i LOVE the beach!! i could spend all day every day there!! now i just need to train my kids to feel the same... mia would NOT touch the sand! it was pretty funny and semi nice that she would not leave the blanket.. kinda like there was a barrier!! and maddie was playing in the waves and got trampled and so that was the end of playing in the water for her!! but we still had fun!


can you think of a better place to take a nap?!


the girls were teasing the waves :)


popcorn party at grandmas... cute little cousins!! if only mason and paxton were there:)


Disneyland could not have been a better day!! we got there at 9 am and we stayed until 9:30 pm!! the girls were so good! mia took two naps while we were there and maddie was just an angel!! we had one of every treat they had to offer there and went on lots of rides... we also watched to 'celebration' parade.... it's an AWESOME parade and maddie got to go out and dance with the dancers and other kids :) she had fun!!



maddie and mia liked seeing the baby goats at the petting zoo too :) mia thought it was a good idea to throw dirt on them... sorry baby goats!!

My maddie is such a fun girl!! We have sooooo many fun times together and i feel so blessed that she was sent to me :) she has entertained us many times in the past with her stories, dances, sassy attitude, and truthfulness :) i often forget to write down (for me this is where my blogging comes in handy) all the things i'd like to remember in the future.... and occasionally i catch a few and remember to write them down :) so here i am remembering one of the latest ....

maddie had just woken up from bed and shawn went in to see her in the morning.

shawn-"hi honey, how did you sleep?"
maddie- "i'm sick"
shawn- "oh?.... what's wrong"
maddie-"i'm dying..."
shawn- "huh?!"
maddie- "...i'm dying to go to disneyland."

hahaha!!! i thought that was soooo funny! especially for the first words out of her mouth in the morning :) cute girl... i bet she'll be excited when we show up at the magic kingdom in August with grandma !! yay!!

went to one of the many splash pads around to get cooled off :) the girls were asked to smile and this is what i got!! haha!


why do kids get a kick out of sitting on the water?! WEIRD! anyway.. mads is doing just that :)


LOVE HER!!


We were invited to go to the lake with some friends who brought their jet skis.. the kids had tone of fun getting pulled around :)


and today maddie wanted to paint... and so did mia :) so i set them up and they had a blast!! notice our children's outfits?... this is a common outfit for the warner children in these hot months!!! LOVE a naked baby :)

some Fun pics from our 4th of july weekend!!


Mia in her 4th of july church outfit :)....



maddie hasn't been super willing to smile for the camera lately.. but she was super excited to pose with barbie... whatever works!!




my cute little family going for a ride on daddy's motorcycle :) they are Daddy's girls!!




what's a 4th of july weekend without watermelon?... my favorite summer snack!!


and here is the big kahuna!!! our friends bought this bad boy for an explosive fun time :)

here is maddie in her jammies... i help her pick out her outfits for the daytime.. and this is why! she is very creative with her clothing choices :) haha!! silly girl !


the fireworks were EVERLASTING... they kept going and going and going!! we started to light 4 or 5 at a time... they were super loud too! i'm sure the neighborhood loved us :)


cute kids!


the end result... lots of smoking trash. and notice the kids roasting marshmallows in the post fireworks fire in the back?.... shawn had to later use a fire extinguisher to put it out.


my little doll.... both of my kids put their hair in their ears when they are tired!! weird, i know!!

all dressed up for a picnic outside :)


Maddie wanted to pretend she was Mia... high chair, sippie, baby face, baby talk, and of course i had to call her "Mia" :) silly girl!


my sweet princess... she has LOVED dancing lately! she puts on that tutu.. turns up the jams.. and boogies!


this girl cracks me up!!


friends having a popcorn party and watching a movie :)


maddie wanted me to "come over to her house"... it was located under our desk :) mia quickly joined in on the fun!!


k mom... that should hold you 'till the fourth of july?! love you!

We wanted to take a quick trip just to gettaway and spend time together so what better place for some wholesome family time than VEGAS :) we stayed at the Rio for a night... went swimming.. ate at Pf changs (mmmm.. lettuce wraps)... visited nordstrom rack.. met up with old friends.. and just had fun together :)

How sweet is this little girl?!


our kids are such great little travelers :) they sleep, watch movies, eat snacks, play, and giggle with each other :)


i have the most handsome man that holds my hand, kisses my lips, and takes such good care of me and our girls!!


Sleeping Beauties... we decided to try putting mia in bed with mads instead of bringing up the pack-n-play... worked out great and they thought it was pretty fun too.


lets play "i spy".... (i will give you a hint... mia had no pockets to put her sticky treat) haha!


My 3 year old photographer :).. not bad eh?

when summer comes to st. george we LOVE to do all sorts of water activities to cool us down :) this is one of our favorite.. the Library splash park :) The girls had alot of fun and wore themselves out :)

Maddie had fun jumping from rock to rock and making new friends...


mia loved taking in everybody playing around her... she loved the water too :)


playing together....


and after the splash park... we came home and took naps and then headed for the pool.... yes... the warner girls are water bums :)

okay so i have mentioned this girls site and i'm gonna do it again and i probably will talk about it in the future :) i LOVE this site... MADE!!!! you have to check it out if you love to sew :) i frequent this site and i am always wanting to experiment using her fabulous tutorials .. but because i still DREAM of my one day craft room i have to unload my laundry room of all my supplies... scatter them ALL over my living room/kitchen... and then i can allow the creative juices to flow :) i have had my eye on these "market skirts" for many moons now and i finally tried them!! super fun and cute!! here are the results...


i have so much fun making things for my girls....


i HAD to re-create her yellow one!!! it was perfect and i LOVE yellow :)


i thought a fourth of july skirt would be fun.... still need to figure the measurements to make mia one too :)


i have also been eyeing this fun project... cute little bags for whatever!! i lined them with vinyl and they were soooo much fun to make... i learned soooo much just following these two tutorials of hers... seriously like taking an online sewing course :)

cute huh?! mia's red tights that i have NEVER used got cut up and put on this one :)


i was giddy when i finished my first one of these... i just had to keep going...


so here's another




and i didn't stop there ... i made three more! super fun!!