Girls...

happy spring break week!!!

xoxoxoxo

three generations of...

MacDonald boys...

sunshine weekend!!!

wasn't last weekend an awesomely sunny weekend?!  i was loving every second of it, i almost felt like i was in palm springs again! :)

friday the girls and i headed north to meet grandma, tiff, and gwynn for a zoo date.  it was a great day to be at the zoo!  there were animals out and about that i don't think i have ever seen...i guess they get spring fever just like us! :)  the highlight of the trip was seeing lily the baby elephant!  (sorry no pics of the baby girl).  i must say i was surprised at how small she was.

sisters...just looking cool at the zoo!!!

 gwynn and miss e being silly on the tiger...

 checking his teeth! :)

 this girl is so silly!  i look over at her and she is in the landscaped area putting grass in her ear! who would have thought that would be fun?! :)

 that night miss e got to have a sleepover with gwynn...her first sleepover ever!  she was so excited about it and aunt tiff of course spoiled them with lots of fun things to do!  thanks again tiff for having the misses over, she LOVED it!!!

saturday it was off to rachel and colton's house to help with some yard projects.  the girls had so much fun playing outside together and petting chickens!  gwynn had this one chicken that she seemed to take a liking to and she chased that thing around all afternoon giving it pets!  ev and amelia weren't as successful with the chicken petting! :)

 gwynn helping evelyn get in a little petting...

 gwynn the professional chicken pettier...

these three girls are so cute together, i love the spacing of their ages.  in fact as we were driving to rachel and coltons's and they were all three screaming and blowing spit bubbles on their faces and completely belly laughing at each other, i thought to myself...wow, this could be me in a few years!   umm, i'm not sure if brian is ready for that yet! :)

 all the ladies...such a cute picture of smiley girls!

sunday while my mom watched my girlies and i headed downtown for breakfast and shopping date with my sisters!  it was so much fun to be in the city kid-less!  we tried out a new yummy breakfast spot in the pearl district and then did a bit of shopping!  it was the perfect end to a really fun and sunny weekend!

thanks sisters' for the great time!

ps-some of you having been following rachel and colton on their lasted journey, you can get more updates on lucy's blog.

Gwynn turns 7!!!

the first weekend in march we celebrated gwynn turning 7!  i can't believe that sweet girl is 7! miss e was invited to gwynn's "friend" birthday party, she was of course beyond excited to be hanging out with 7 other 7 year olds!  she actually asked if i would just drop her off, then she changed her mind and said, i could stay to take a few pictures but then i should leave. :)  turned out that i was a silent guest who just took pictues for tiffany, evelyn didn't seem to mind! :)

miss gwynn had a hello kitty tea party and i must day her mama did an awesome job making her party amazing!!!

the littlest party guest!!!

birthday girl!!!

each girl got to decorate a tea hat to take home...

the goodies...

checking out their hats in the mirrors :)

such a fun and energetic group of girls...

making a wish!!!

being silly...

group hug!

miss a trying on one of the girl's hat...i think its a bit big! :)

such a fun tea party...evelyn enjoyed everything about being a "big" girl!

thanks again tiff for such a fun party day!

happy birthday to you miss gwynn!!!!

sunshine in palm springs!!!

we arrived home late thursday night from an incredibly sunny and amazing vacation with our girlies!  we stayed at rancho las palmas resort, it was everything we expected and wanted for our vacation.  a perfect place to enjoy the sunshine with lots of things for the kids to enjoy! 

the view out our balcony....

 more view....there were lots of birds on this pond and amelia would hang out on the balcony forever talking to them! :)

 a perfect spot to enjoy your morning coffee in the sunshine....at night there was fire pits lite up all around this area to enjoy.

 right outside our room was the an area they call spashtopia....it had two water slides  a lazy river, and sandy beach for the kids.  it was the perfect place to hang out with girls and drink poolside margaritas! :)

 one day we ventured our to the living dessert museum.  it was like our zoo here in oregon, but also had lots of desert gardens to check out.

miss e got to feed the giraffes.....

 here are just a few of the fun animals we saw....

 riding the carousel...

 it got pretty hot while we were visiting the desert, so we enjoyed the shade from some of the gardens...

LOVE this pic...it looks like amelia is telling evelyn a secret! :) 

 it was a full moon while we were there, the evening sky was gorgeous!

 the moon and sun set right outside our balcony, it made for really pretty evenings....

 the golf course was a great place for morning walks while we were waiting for it to warm up so we could spend the day swimming. :)

 miss e showing off her lemon (its really a grapefruit!) :)

 here she is picking it...

 oh the sunshine and the sandy becah...i miss you already!!!!

 this girl would play for hours and hours, in fact we were always waiting for the sign that we needed to go in for nap time, but she would rally until four o'clock and then we would decide we should head to the room and let the girls get a quick nap in before dinner

 our little water dog...she swam sooo much while we were there!

 miss e looking cool while jumping in!  she wanted me to get this pic of her! :)

 1, 2, 3, JUMP!!!

 evelyn's new trick she learned...balancing rubber ducks on her belly!

 me and my little ladies had such a good time spending the week with our working man! :)

such a great time we all had!!!   i miss the sunshine already!  we met lots of great families while we there.  it was fun to be at a place with fun adults and kids who were all there for the same reason...to soak up the sunshine and have a great time with their kids.

i would highly recommend this place to anyone wanting a great sunny family vacation ..i'm already to go again!

ps-miss amelia has been packing her swim diaper around the house every since we got home, she keeps trying to get me to put it on her!  if you ask her if she wants to go swimming she smiles really big and nods her head really fast!  too cute...i take it she had a good time and wants to go back! :)