California Christmas

As they talk of LOTS of snow in the mid-west and back east, I must share what our Christmas will be like this year. We went to Coronado today to have lunch with Santa at the Hotel Del. Afterwards we took the girls to play down on the beach. It was a perfect day not a cloud in the sky. We had such a wonderful time. I love my family and I love America's Finest City especially in the winter time!

Merry Christmas to all!!

Santa Picture

We took the girls to see Santa tonight, we had to bribe Kylie and she barely went near him, this is the best we could do. This is my 2 headed daughter :)

Merry Christmas from our family!!

Shower

Today my mom and sister had a WONDERFUL baby shower for me. It was simply amazing. From the food to the cake to all my wonderful friends, it was a day I will always remember. It was a blue and brown polk-a-dot theme, my favorite. I had such a great time with all of my friends and family. What a true blessing!!

The BIG 3-0....

Well Mark and I both turned 30 this October, we didn't have a HUGE party like I had wanted to since I am cooking this sweet boy, maybe for 31. Anyways we went to a couple concerts with friends to celebrate, had an amazing time at both. For my birthday we went and saw Jason Mraz and for Mark's we went to a $5 country concert and saw some great country acts. Anyways much thanks and love to all of our friends and family for helping us celebrate our super special days!
JASON MRAZ






$5 CONCERT

Halloween Pictures

Here are some pictures from Halloween this year. We had a wonderful Halloween, visiting my mom and dad as well as my grandma Polly. The weather was nice and warm so it ended up being a perfect day. Enjoy the pictures of my sweet girls.

Pumpkin Patch

Today Mark and I went with Sam's class to the pumpkin patch. We took Kylie also and had so much fun. Perfect "fall" weather, about 70 degrees with a bit of a breeze. The pumpkin patch was not crowded at all. It was a perfect day! Fall is in the air.

Country Girls

Well this past Friday Sam and I went down to the concert and met Mr Brad Paisley himself. We had a wonderful time. Sam was beside herself with excitement. She loved getting ready and having all the other concert go-ers say how cute she was. We sat and listened to the opening act and then it came time to get ready to go backstage. She loved meeting all the other kids from the contest. I was in awe of all that goes on backstage at a concert and all the people who work behind the scenes. They told us we would each have just a moment with Brad, it was a very quick blur, but a great one at that. He called Sam a "sweet cowgirl", and I thanked him for taking the time to meet the children, really I meant myself :).




We had a WONDERFUL time together, Sam fell asleep about 20 minutes into the concert but I enjoyed singing along, he also played Sam's video during his concert. Great night one we will not soon forget!

Kylie.......Soccer Star

You know how you NEVER do anything with the second or third kid, and you sign your
1st child up for everything you can ever imagine? Well we fell into that as well. We finally signed Ky up for a little soccer league here in town, Mark is coaching her and she is having a blast. She wants to score 5 goals and run the fastest! She is beyond cute and we are enjoying watching her every week. Enjoy some of the pictures from her 1st game and 1st week!

Introducing....

For those of you who don't know...we are having a BABY! If that is not exciting enough it is a BOY! Here is the 1st picture of the new baby's sweet face. He is so cute. As of now his name will be Jacob Paul we will probably call him Jake. He will have the same initials as my late grandpa as well as my dad. We are so excited about his joining our family. Enjoy his picture.

Welcome to the Future

SOOOOOOO I entered Samantha in a local radio station contest. They rules..... children under 11 talking about what they wanted to be when they grow up. PRIZE you might ask???? Going back stage and meeting BRAD PAISLEY, MY favorite artist. I took this video of Sam and sent it in, and just heard today, she WON. She is one in 5 kid picked to meet him and have her picture taken with him. Here is her winning video enjoy it.

Summer 2009

Well I am trying to figure out where this summer went. As I think back I am guess it was at the hosptials. First Sam and her appendix and if you can believe this 2 weeks later I had mine taken out during an emergency surgery. So I am actually glad this summer is almost over, looking forward to a much less eventful fall. Here our some pictures from our summer. We enjoyed a week in Palm Springs and we had a great time seeing my family at a family reunion at the beach. We also took lots of trips down to our local beaches, so all in all a good summer, still looking forward to fall :)






PALM SPRINGS WITH GIGI AND PAPA!















Family Reunion Pictures














Some Beach Fun