Kickback and Family Camp

Lily is officially a camper! In June we had our week-long camping trip with our high school group and then the weekend after we got home, we went back up to the lake for another weekend of camping with some other families at our church's "Family Camp." Lily was such a trooper and she really did great. Thankfully it wasn't too hot, in the 90's most of the time, and we had a friend's nice, cool trailor to retreat to when we got a little warm!
These two weeks of camping proved to be very monumental in Lily's life! She had a few milestones: In the week in between Kickback and family camp Lily rolled over for the first time! She rolled from her stomack to her back, then, when we were back at the lake the 2nd time, she rolled from her back to her stomach! Also, the first night we were at Family Camp, she slept through the night for the first time (and she hasn't done it since, but that night was great!!!). That's right, she slept from 8:30pm to 7am (and I think it was mostly me waking her up at 7 to make me feel better!), it was incredible!
So, needless to say, we had a great time camping with our little super star. I think a few people thought we were crazy taking a 3 month old camping, but I would do it all over again in a heartbeat! Lily is so much fun and she really helps us to appreciate every moment.

Steve's 30th

On June 7th, Steve turned 30! So, we had a little bbq (thanks Papa T!) at our house with a few friends. We had a lot of fun and Lily's Uncle Mike, Auntie Bev, and cousins Corryn, Jadon and Kiana even surprised us with a visit! And, as you can see, we had a ton of kids there, which always adds to the excitment!




Ages 16 to 2 weeks!

Lily and her best buddy, Rylee :-)

Baby Bjorn

Last week we went to San Luis Obispo and just walked around downtown. It was a fun "family day" and Lily hung out in her Baby Bjorn and she loved it! She loves looking at everything going on all around her now and she was so cute checking everything out. Here are a couple of pictures of me and Lily down at "the creek" in San Luis. Lauren and I used to play at the creek when we were kids, so it was fun to take Lily down there!

Sleep...We love Sleep!

I am a sleeper....so, naturally, having a newborn has been a little bit of an adjustment for me! Thankfully, Steve, being the wonderful husband and Daddy that he is, is very helpful in those midnight hours when I am struggling to wake up! Lately though, Lily has been sleeping great, usually just waking up one time to eat and then going right back to sleep. We are loving this new stage! (Hopefully she keeps it up :-)!!) Anyways, the other day Lily fell asleep in this little pink papisan chair that she has and her arm was up in the air the whole time...we're talking about 1 1/2 hours! She's so cute we can hardly stand it :-)

Baby Flanagan's Shower!

Lily's Auntie Lauren & Uncle Denny are expecting a baby in late July of this year! We are so excited to have another little one around Lily's age for her to play with. Lauren & Denny had a baby shower last weekend and we drove down for the event. It was a lot of fun, Lily was very popular of course :-), and Lauren is looking pretty darn cute at 7 1/2 months pregnant!

Arizona Vacation!

We just got back from our first family vacation with Lily! Lily had her first plane ride and we flew from Santa Maria into Mesa, AZ. First we rented a car and drove down to Tucson to stay with my parents for a few days. We had a great time! Lily had her first experience with a swimming pool, and Steve and I even got to go on a "date night" to see a movie and have dinner! After Tucson we drove up to Surprise, AZ to visit with the Strand family. The Strands are good friends of ours that moved out to Arizona to plant Adventure Community Church in Surprise, AZ (if you live in the area, check it out! Their church is awesome! www.surpriseadventure.com ) We had a great time and we spent our first Mother's Day there. Lily was wonderful (of course!) and we welcomed the relaxing break!

Dennis Flanagan

Unfortunately, a few weeks ago, my sister's father-in-law, Dennis, passed away after a battle with cancer. He was an awesome and inspiring man of the Lord. As sad as it was to see him go, his funeral was an amazing testimony to how incredible he was and how many lives he had touched. Steve, Lily and I went down to his funeral and were able to see Lauren and Denny, as well as Denny's family, who we love so much. Here are a couple of pictures from that day.