Janessa's Graduation!

Last week, our niece Janessa, graduated from High School. We made a trip out to Phoenix and had a wonderful time. It always goes by too fast. This was even more exciting because Jocelynn got to meet her grandparents (James's parents) and her aunt for the first time (they live in Texas). Cyan (our niece who is 4) had the sweetest graduation present for Janessa. She sang her a song and made everyone cry. It was a song called "Fly!" She was so into it and is so outgoing.  There were a ton of people there and she didn't care. It was so cute. I recorded some at the bottom of this post. You've got to check it out!

This is James's sister (Jeanette) and her daughter (Janessa). We stayed at the Hyatt but were at Jeanette's house all day and night. We had so much fun just hanging around and being with family. James's family has an exciting, fun energy and you are just happy when you are around them.

Jocelynn held tight to me the first thirty minutes we were there but then quickly became comfortable and ran off playing. She loved their dog, Sweetie.

This is who Jocelynn played with all day and night. I didn't hear much from her because she was with her cousins. Cyan is on the left and Keona is in the middle. Keona came back to Cali with us for two weeks.

Aunt Rosalind (James's sister) got Jocelynn a present. Thanks Rosalind!

Terri (James's Step mom) and Tarra (his sister)

James's sister (Tarra) and Kalani (her boyfriend)

Jocelynn with her Lola (grandma in Tagolag . .spelling?) This is James's mother and Jocelynn gets a lot of her looks from this part of the family (Filipino).

This cute girl is my niece. She is so outgoing and a little DIVA!

Jocelynn loved this dog! 

She has always been nervous around Jaylon (our nephew) but I think they bonded this weekend. They did jumping jacks, somersaults, and flips together :) 

Jocelynn and Pops (James's dad) also bonded during breakfast. They have this face they make to each other and then start laughing. It's cute. She saw his picture tonight and said "Pops!"

Rosalind (James's sister) and Jocelynn.

This is James's sister and her family.

This is the whole family. All of James's sisters and brother, his mom, step mom, and dad.

James with his dad and younger brother.

I loved our hotel. It was very nice and comfortable. We went back to the hotel late every night and Jocelynn was asleep within minutes. We had a King size bed and just slept together. She slept in the play pen one night but didn't sleep as well as in the bed. This was Sunday during the day. We went back to the hotel to nap and James was asleep within seconds and Jocelynn was shortly after.

This was Monday before we checked out. I tried to get the clock in the background so you could see the time. Jocelynn didn't wake up until 10:45am. She was exhausted!!! We were able to take showers and pack up everything before she woke up.

This is so cute! She is so into the song and you have to watch to the end! She even tells us to "wait . . because she is not finished!" :)