Sneak peek

We had pictures of the girls taken last week.

We haven't finished downloading and going through them all, but here are a couple sneak peeks...

Thank you Anjuli! We love them!

Disney on Ice

Wednesday night we took Emma to see Disney on Ice.

It was a special treat for just Emma, Daddy and Mama.

Elle stayed with Papa and Abuelita.

 All Emma could talk about was seeing Ariel.

She picked out an Ariel doll for her souvenir.

 She started getting pretty tired during the second half...

 and then perked right up because she saw...

all of the princesses, including Ariel!

We had so much fun with Emma.

Watching her enjoy the show was so much fun. She loved every minute of it!

A day at the bay.

Yesterday we spent the day at the Bay.

The weather was perfect and so was the company!

The Frazier family was in town from Texas and we all met up for a picnic together.

We had such a wonderful time with them.

The girls played on the playground, searched for sea shells, played hide and seek and enjoyed every second of their time together. We miss them so much and we were so glad they came for a visit.

 Sweet Charlotte

 Sweet Audrey

Elle missed out on lots of the big girl fun. She can't wait to join the big girls on our next visit together.

A day at the beach.

Today was a beautiful day!

70° and sunny at the beach... perfect weather for January.

We decided to take full advantage of it. We packed up our sand toys and lunches and headed to Del Mar.

And a special little lady is 31 weeks today...

 Elle loved feeling the sand in her hands.

She wasn't a fan of how it tasted.

So excited that this weekend has lots more perfect weather in store for us.

7 months!

Yesterday Elle turned 7 months.

She is 7 months of absolute joy!

We love her to pieces!

Bates

This afternoon we made a quick little trip to Bates Nut Farm.

We love this place.

You want to know what made it even better... 

for years now, they haven't had a peanut butter machine, but now they do again!

We made some yummy peanut butter and it reminded me of my visits to Bates as a kid. I can't wait to make a PB&J sandwich.

30

Elle is 30 weeks!

 She started pulling herself up to stand so it was time to lower the crib.

She also started eating like a big girl in her high chair.

We love you to pieces little lady!

A special thank you!

A very special thank you to Grandpa Bob and Grandma Cherie for coming into town just for Emma's Birthday!

We had such a wonderful visit with you.

Emma can't wait until you come again so that you can have some more tea parties!

Emma's Birthday Dinner

Monday evening on Emma's Birthday, we went out to dinner.

Since it was Emma's big day, she got to pick the restaurant.

She decided that she wanted "fagetti" and meatballs, so we went to the Spaghetti Factory.

 "This meatball is so big... it is awesome Mama!"

Bri and Noel

Can I tell you how much we love our good friends Bri and Noel...

Well, we love them lots, more than we could ever express.

Tomorrow they are off on their way to Tennessee and we will miss them so much!

This is going to be such an amazing move for them but at the same time I can't help but be sad because they are leaving us.

It all started 15 years ago... I met this fun guy named Noel at work. He seemed to be friends with everyone and it didn't take me long to see why. He has such a fun personality and such a big heart. We were friends for years and had some great times together. No matter what the situation was, as long as Noel was there it was always a good time. I have been so blessed to have him as my friend.

When I started dating Doug I was so happy because Doug and Noel also got along really well.

Then about 8 years ago I met Bri. All I knew is that she was the new girl at work and that she was Noel's girlfriend. She didn't think I liked her and I didn't think she liked me and then we realized that we just hadn't gotten to know each other. Once we started spending time together I quickly realized that I loved Bri. She was so much fun and most importantly she loved my friend Noel.

Bri and Noel have been such amazing friends. The kind who are always there for you. There in times of laughter and also in times of heartache. There at the bar at 8 am drinking before our flight to Vegas. There when a guy peed on our tire and there to put his box of wine bottles in the pee. 

We have always felt so lucky to have them in our life.

Bri and Noel, we think the world of you and we wish you all the best!

We can't wait to go and visit you!