Bridal Shower and Bachelorette Party

Joss had her family bridal shower today at her Maurm's house.  It was a beautiful day for a shower.  Afterwards we headed downtown to Seattle to meet up with the girls for Caroline's bachelorette party.  Needless to say we were exhausted by the end of it, but we had a blast!

Cousin Kayla

Cousin Kayla was in town and spent almost a week with us.  Maya loved having her at our house! We went out to dinner, shopped, DJ and Kayla went to a movie.  We kept her really busy for the most part.  We miss our family in Oklahoma and wish they were closer.

Holy aka "Hold Me"

There is this wonderful Christian song that Maya loves.  The chorus of it is "Holy, Holy, only you are worthy..." But Maya sings it "Hold me, Hold me..." which I think is so sweet.

Mima's 80th Birthday

Today we went to the zoo to celebrate Mima's 80th birthday.  We actually were able to round up about 90% of the family members which is quite shocking since our family is always so busy.  We had so much fun spending the afternoon at the zoo together.  Maya loved seeing all of the animals.  I think her favorite were the hippos and the giraffe.  Hope we can take her back really soon. 

The Lavender Festival

Another successful year at the Lavender festival. We had two new babies with us this year, Sylvia and Layla. For the most part everyone did pretty good. Naomi and Maya loved each other half the time annoyed each other the other half of the time.

We had a total blast and I love how this has turned into a "Ladd" woman's retreat.

We laughed, we cried, we relaxed surrounded by all that lavender...