Summer of 2010 part 1

Summer for us means getting to travel to Utah and spend 4 to 6 weeks hanging out with family and cousins getting reunite and remember how much fun they have together!! This summer though, it also meant introducing Taylor to family who had not yet met her. She was about 2 1/2 months when we headed to St George and she was a great traveler.

Bridger, Justis, Abbie, and Malia had so much fun at grandma's house!

Aren't these two adorable! They have the best time when they are together. I only wish they could get together more than twice a year!

Cousins hanging out in grandma's bed watching a movie.

Grandma Johnson and Taylor hanging out.

After St George, we ventured up north to stay with Corina. I like to take the kids to Lagoon while we are up there. I love this photo!! While I was paying to get into the park, I looked over and saw these sweet buns!! Ha ha!

Malia and Briney love this swing. They rode it over and over, which was fine with me!

Anybody who has taken kids to Lagoon, knows about these bumper cars. Or, if you are like me, you remember riding these bad boys as a child! "Turn your wheel all the way around", sound familiar?? The bumper cars were another favorite ride and we spent most of our day riding them!

I didn't have the heart to tell Malia that she wasn't actually driving this car!

After staying at Corina's house, we headed south to Loni's house. We enjoyed making some smores and swimming and just being with cousins.

After long busy days together, these girls had no trouble falling asleep.

After Loni's, we went a little further south. We made our way up to Cedar mountain to spend time with Rod's parents. The girls love being with Grandma and Grandpa and running and riding all over the mountain.

The girls are ready to ride. It is so perfect on the mountain in the summer.

Taylor chatting with Grandpa. She is around 3 months now and I'm pretty sure she is wondering why she has this silly party hat on!!

So funny!! Grandpa was totally messing with her! Look at that chubby neck! Ha ha

While driving around on the mountain, we came across this little store that had this gigantic chair out front. We had to stop and get a picture!

Rod and his dad took the girls on their first fishing trip! As you can see, they were successful! Guess what was served for dinner that night?? Yuck! I had salad!

More smore making by Grandpa's fire pit.

Taylor at 2 months

All dressed up for church. I love my ladies!

At two months Taylor is smiling more and she is still such a sweet, happy baby. She just goes with the flow of things and doesn't complain to much.

Taylor's face is starting to fill out and she is getting chunkier! I love me some chubby baby!

I think it's hilarious/embarrassing that in most of these pictures, Brinley is wearing her pajamas and her hair is a disaster!! It's so Brinley! She loves to be comfy!

Good night sleepy baby!

Taylor at 1 month

Taylor is such a sweet baby, pretty content to be held by her loving big sisters! Malia has a hard time leaving for school in the mornings because she just wants to be home with her two sisters and I all day!

A conversation between sisters. I'm sure Brinley is teaching her all she needs to know!

Hanging out in her swing. She loves staring up at her little animal friends on the swing and I love that her "friends" keep her entertained!

Malia was wearing her CTR necklace and I caught this little moment of Malia explaining to Taylor what CTR means and why its important to choose the right. What a sweet moment!

Back to blogging and Taylor Lynn

Lately I have really had the urge to get back on the blogging train. I am so far behind, so I thought that Taylor's birth would be a good place to maybe start back up and get this thing rolling again. Starting when Taylor was born would still put me about 18 months behind, so be prepared for serious blog overload, because I WILL get this blog caught up!!! When uploading these pictures, they came up in a weird random order, but, you get the idea, right?? This sweet picture above is right as we were about to leave the hospital! So sweet!

We are now a family of 5! Three beautiful girls...how could I be so lucky??
Malia and Brin meeting their new sister.

First ride in her car seat! So tiny!








About to explode! You would think I was carrying around an 18 pound baby!!



I love the first pictures of daddy and daughter!


These bottom two are obviously some of the first shots after birth.
Taylor Lynn Ginocchio
April 7th 2010
7lbs. 9oz
Perfection!!

And so it begins........ (june 2009)

With the warmer weather now making an appearance, we begin our weekly trips to Lake Tahoe. We love heading up there to get a break from the valley heat, and to spend some fun time with friends! I will just post a bunch of pictures from the whole summer at the lake.Rod was able to come with us once, the girls loved having him there!
Brin loved to chat with this beautiful fairy! It was so funny to listen to!
Friends make a fun day even funner! The girls had a blast with their besties!
This is about as far out as Brin would venture. I don't know if it was the cold water or if she was just afraid of the water!Those two little heads out there are Malia and her friend Emma. Malia was so much more brave this year about how far out she would go. I had to keep a much closer eye on her!
This is just a little bit of the fun that we had at the lake this summer! We have great friends that the kids love playing with up there, it makes it so nice for me to just hang and chat with adults for the day!