a fish! i wish i were a fish!

we finally made it out to the GA Aquarium! (doNOT go on a saturday... crazy crowded... busy busy!!!) dallin's parents were in town for a quick weekend and we decided to venture out! so many cool things to see... the kind where you can't take enough pictures then get home and look through your photos and they all look the same :) we had fun!!

grandpa thomas!

grandma thomas!

phoebe couldn't point at anything more! everything was look! look! look!

and touching sting rays... super soft creatures!

this photo just sighs tranquil doesn't it??

the stare down...

and the stare back...

splish spash summer!!

our little water lily :)

swimmin with dad...

love her little chubber arms!

happy fourth of july two thousand eleven!

her look says it all..... it may have rained on my FAVORITE holiday (grrrrrr...) we attempted a day at the pool, only to arrive and have it thunder and rain on us-- no swimming... boo... then had plans to barbeque, but the darn rain stumped that one too! and our attempts to plan a picnic HOPING the rain would clear by firework time... alas it did not... so boo hiss, phoebe's first fourth of july was a flop! but we snuck in a small photo shoot just before bed time :)

she's got the whole world in her hands ;)

she looks like a doll prop in this one :)

doll bench...

our little miss is so teeny tiny... she can sit on my mom's American Girl bench... but her feet still dangle ;) she loved that it was just her size! as you can see, her little leggies were kickin' free!

southern california coast.... sigh...

her very first touch of the sand...

figuring out what this stuff is between her toes :)

love her piggy toes...

v-busk clan... and our bonfire!

night beach party time...

little liam eating a bonfire hotdog!

van buskirk love birds.... <3

phoebe just a munchin along...

kirra loungin in the tide...

malia diggin in the sand...

julia cheesin it up!

love her striking eyes!!!

disneyland trip #2...

it's a small world...

cheers for the happiest place on earth!!

this time a disneyland trip with her van buskirk cousins and aunt kristine!!

can anyone really get enough disneyland..... really?? if you're a louis at heart the obvious answer is no :)

she finally got her first ears!

grammie finally got to treat our little miss phoebe to DISNEYLAND!! it's official she is now an honorary member of the MICKEY MOUSE CLUB!

our family of 3 and a half :)

dallin was asked to represent the army in the 2011 graduating PCOM student doctors ceremony... since he missed his military graduation ceremony last summer in texas due to the arrival of our first born daughter he never got to wear his blues... so we caught a family photo of him this time! and so handsome :)

scrunched nose...

proof is in the pudding... clearly we get our scrunched nose from our mom ;) this cute photo booth picture is from when they started dating... oh louis love birds <3