Aviation Orientation

We have been back in Southern California for 4 weeks now and are enjoying our time! Justin put together a slideshow of our time in North Carolina, so hopefully this helps picture a little better what we were doing.

Hello CA

Ellie and Anna meet! Our sweet niece Ellie was born at the end of March. We are so happy to finally get to kiss those sweet cheeks!

Cousin Nate had a fun birthday party with a bounce house!

Birthday party #3 for Gracie. This time with the Erselius side of the family.

Candles for the two year old cousins.

Grandpa with his two newest grandkids.

All the cousins together at last!

Hanging out before swimming lessons.

Good Bye NC

June was a big month for us . . . but I was NOT so good at blogging. Justin was away for 10 days doing flight training, Mimi came for a visit, Gracie turned 2 then we moved to CA! Here are some photos to help show some of what we've been up to over the past several weeks.

Gracie helping to make her birthday cake.

June is NC was hot! Gracie found ways to stay cool.

I think blowing out candles was Gracie's favorite part of her birthday! We re lit them probably five times.

Anna was in on the celebrations too.

Birthday celebration #2 with daddy when he got home.

Justin fished his aviation orientation course. Here is his graduation.

Our attempt at a quick graduation family shot.

A final stroll with Stella before packing her in the car for her drive to CA with Grandma and Grandpa (Justin's parents were such a blessing. They drove our car/stuff across country for us. Thank you!)

Not sure what was going on here . . .

. . . or here. Wish I could get inside a 2 year old's mind sometimes!