Mamaw & Papaw made it to California!

I figure I should take this free moment to update with pictures because I know once they leave I'll have so many pics I'll be overwhelmed and not want to upload any at all. So here's their first day in California!

Mamaw brought presents! Her favorite were the painted finger nails. A great present, why didn't I think to get her those!? Anywho, Thanks Mamaw!

Their first feel of the icy pacific ocean! Brrr...

Mrs. California Sand herself! ;)

We walked out onto the jetty, right before this, a huge wave crashed on the rocks and got us ALL wet!

Kinsley's expression is priceless! She was preparing for the wave to crash again!

momma bear and baby bear :)

I'm the baby, gotta love me.

This post will be about our little ABRIELLE ALYSE....

She's 9 months & one week old now. And the clingy-I-only-want-my-mommy stage has begun!! Oh my goodness. When she's on the ground, she's constantly looking at me, crawling to me, whining to me, like "Pick me up, woman!!". Mama can't always hold her, though!! And even when I do have her in my arms she's RESTLESS (it's been AWFUL in church) and I don't know what I'm suppose to do.. I know this happened with Kinsley when she was little(r) but I don't even remember how I dealt with it then. Any advice, from you mommies out there?? It's almost like I can't make her happy! She just wants up and down up and down, and I'm getting exhausted from it.. She gets in to EVERYTHINGGGGG! Example this morning, Kinsley was eating cereal at the coffee table, and I already predicted little Ab would spill it so I took her in my arms for a while but she wanted down, then, within a blink of an eye, I hear Kinsley "TOOTER!!! No!! Mom LOOK!!" and of course, she spilled it everywhere :) Fun stuff... And anytime I leave the room, even if I gave her to Josh, she cries. And looks around for me (says Josh). I love my girls, though! Just waring me out a little.

Tomorrow, Josh's parents fly out here to LAX, originally I was suppose to pick them up but Josh thinks he'll be able to get off work in time to get them. More power to him, I wasn't looking forward to that drive with the girls anyway.Saying his parents are flying in together, I couldn't help but wonder what it'd be like if both my parents came out here together,as in still married! It's so weird to think about how different things would be right now if they weren't divorced.  Okay, enough down sappy memory lane. We're looking forward to them coming, showing them our house & all around southern California! I'm sure pictures will be coming soon. They leave the 31st I believe. But they also will go stay with Jacob some too.

Today I'm going to this girls "Scentsy Party" I looked on the Scentsy website and it looks like stuff I'd LOVE so I'm really excited. I've never met her before, and don't know anyone who will be there. Family, you should be proud of me for trying so hard to make new friends, haha! I'm a big girl.. I have to be!!

XOXO
Chynna

Friday The 13th

Ooohh *spooky* it's Friday the 13th!

... Not.

I actually favor the number 13 because I was born on that day! So, naturally, I think it's a blessed number, not superstitious :) Ohh I can be so vain sometimes! Any who, this morning I ran to the commissary (and I really did have to run, it's pay day, and this base is huge, therefore the commissary is the last place you want to be on pay day!) I got in and out quickly. My dear friend Megan asked me to join her at the gym afterward (which by the way I've been going for a few days now) so we got to catch up on the past few weeks and got in a good work out! I couldn't believe how long we'd been there when we looked at the time, I guess bringing a friend to work out with you is a great idea because talking to her made the time go by so quickly! Woo hoo! Not much else is going on around here.. Just the regular stuff. Josh starts combat marksmanship course on Monday. His parents are coming out here on Wednesday, so I've gotta pick them up at the beloved LAX..... Mannnn I loathe that airport/area! But it really is the best price plane tickets (most of the time) so I'm hoping we'll be in and out... The weather has been sooo beautiful lately, very thankful for that! & I'm so thankful for all this family time we've been getting to spend together. Kinsley & I went to the beach alone the other day, so I may have a few pics to share. Other than that I reckon I'm done typing!

Thanks for reading!
X0X0
Me

P.S..
I was just browsing websites & came across a really good quote! Here:

"I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich." 

isn't that the truth?? I am so grateful for my little family God's given me, and of course for my sissys & parents and in laws & relatives!! What's life without family?! :)

(story behind this picture, Josh spent all day one day re-laying the rocks and bricks! it looks great! we added tiki torches. we plan on making it a tropical feeling patio!)

Kinsley took this picture of Mommy!

This was Kinsley's :Sand Castle:.. Looks like it took some time, Huh??

 

30th Annual Sand Castle Competition

So this past Sunday, after church, we went to Imperial Beach in San Diego to see the professional sand castles that had been built! Little did we know that every person in Southern California was going to be there. Of course I'm exaggerating just a tad, but it really was madness! Here's the pics I took while we were there. We didn't even get to see most of them because it was just ridiculously difficult to get through the crowds to even LOOK at the work! Sheesh. Worn out..

THE ONES BELOW ARE BP... And it says "LOVE THE PLUG"

This one is suppose to be dinosaur fossils! Pretty cool!!