Birthday/Halloween Extravaganza!

Our hunky cowboy, with his trick-or-treaters

And his foxy Native American Princess with her cherubs

Sweet little "Halle bear" living up to her nick name

Our ward trunk-or-treat

Spiderman showing off his moves

Ryan started a little mantra with the kids. He would yell "hip hip" and the kids would all yell "hooray". This is one of those moments caught on camera. LOVE

My parents went out of town so they let Mary and Ryan and the kids stay at their place. We decided to crash there as well to maximize hangout time. We got to see quite a few of these gorgeous sunsets

With a little moon action in the corner

Trick or treat time!

Amelie and Marley loading up on loot

Tinkerbell and her cowboy

Sweet little Mara snuggling her Dad to keep warm:)

The gang. Tinkerbell, the Pirates, Spiderman, Harry Potter, and Hermione. I love these kids

The last day of the Johnson's visit we spent at treasure island beach and had a perfect day. We felt like we were on our own little island, it was awesome. Here's Mary with little Halle.

Ami checking out the ducks. Check out Laguna, could it be any more picturesque? I'll take one of those houses on the hill please:)

The Johnson brigade in full force. I still don't know how they do three kids so amazingly well. We might need to take a few tips from them

Cash and Ollie being rascalions as usual. These boys were both in tears when we had to say goodbye. SO sweet

At the top of their to-do list was fishing. It kept them busy for at least 2 hours.

Back in the day when this spot was still trailer homes, our family used to stay at treasure island for weeks at a time. Those are some of my best memories. We used to wait for the tide to cross these rocks and walk around the point to where the lighthouse is. And if your a Kelley, you know about the initiation spot. I still remember the panic attack I had when I was peer pressured to jump into the reef. Good times. My family is the best.

Their own little cave

Me and my sweets. Seriously, what would life be without this guy. He took such good care of me on my bday. Love him

Wet diaper, sand wedgie. It doesn't get much worse than that:)

"Donde esta tu nariz?" These days Amelie is speaking as much Spanish as English, maybe more. I literally have to address her in Spanish sometimes to get her to listen to what I'm saying. If I say certain things in English, she looks at me like I'm crazy. That girl is crazy smart.

The boys climbing the rocks (and Ami).

So Ryan Johnson and my Ryan had been scheming this bday/halloween surprise for a few months. I had NO idea the Johnson's were coming for a visit. We were actually headed down to the beach on my bday because Ryan took a half day. He was acting a little bit weird and was texting on his phone a lot which is not Ryan at all. So I started suspecting something. I am very hard to surprise. I didn't push the issue too much cause I didn't want to ruin his surprise. I thought maybe my parents were taking the kids for the night while we went away. I had a moment when I thought,what if the Johnson's were coming because 2 years before they had surprised me then, but I was like no way. I didn't actually think they would come! But sure enough, as I'm laying on my towel reading a book, Mary's face pops in front of me. I was SO excited. I seriously love those guys. They are always so sweet to come visit us. Next year it's our turn for sure. It was so fun to see the kids hang out and even more fun to put them to bed and hang out together at night. My sweet hubby always thinks of the best way to surprise me and does everything he can to make it a special day for me. I am one lucky girl. We also went out to dinner with some good friends on my birthday and it was so fun to be surrounded by all these people we have grown to love so much. It was an epic birthday and Halloween weekend!