Happy Howl-O-Weeeeen
Our Halloween festivities started on Thursday with a cute program at Tiara's school. The kids sang songs and then trick-or-treated around the room to all the parents. She loves her school this year and...
View ArticleGood Boy, Bad Girl
I dropped Davis off at school this week and he, as always, ran immediately to the playground. He loves going a few minutes early so he can play before it's time to go in. Sometimes I like to just sit...
View ArticleThanksgiving
Thanksgiving is always a nice day. Not only do we all have the day off, we get to pig out on good home cookin' and spend the day with family. For some people, that's not such a good thing. Luckily,...
View Article11
That the number of years we've been married (and happily too, I might add!) It hard to believe it's been so long, and hard to believe that's all it's been. I couldn't imagine being with anyone else....
View ArticleNo More Babies
We're growing up at our house. Today our baby turned 3! That officially makes us babyless for the first time in our marriage. She's always going to be our baby, but no more diapers, cribs, high chairs,...
View ArticleLittle Flower
Tiara changed dance studios this year and it's been quite a change from last year. I'm very happy with the new studio and can see her dancing there for a very long time. For their Christmas recital,...
View ArticleChristmas Round-Up
At this point, I'm not even sure where to start. December is always a busy month, but I thought I'd have time to better keep up with all of our activities than I ended up with. I usually have most of...
View ArticlePlay Day
Last Monday I took the kids for a total play day downtown. We went to Discovery Gateway, had lunch in the food court, then went to see Santa vs. the Snowman at the planetarium. The kids have so much...
View ArticleStill Here
I'm still here!!! Life has been so incredibly busy... BIG surprise! When is it not? I've been wanting to get caught up on everything from Christmas on, but I'm now relinquishing and I'll just have to...
View ArticleTurning Over a New Leaf
I have been so terrible at blogging for the past year. Most of the reason I started blogging was so that my mom could see what we were doing while she was on a mission in Chile. But once she came home,...
View ArticleAll Dressed Up
With Halloween on a Sunday this year, we celebrated Halloween for days leading up to the real thing, which turned out to be just another day. Wednesday was McCall's party at school. She is loving...
View ArticleEscape
Anyone that knows me, knows that I LOVE to travel. It doesn't really even matter where, just as long as it involves a nice hotel room and good food. None of that camping stuff for me. If there isn't a...
View ArticleI Quit!!!
Some days I just want to quit my job! The only problem being that my 5 little employers won't let me. You know those days that everything goes haywire. The days that the to-do list requires about 30...
View ArticleBirthday/Senior Trip/Disneyland
So much for doing better. I really am trying to be a better blogger, but sometimes life is just CRAZY!! Earlier this month we took off to Disneyland. The purpose of the trip was to celebrate Matt's...
View ArticleWe're Off to See the Wizard
Tiara and McCall had their dance recital last Friday. I love the studio they go to for several reasons, but one of the best things they do is to put on a full ballet every Christmas. This year they did...
View ArticleChristmas
Christmas Day came and went so quickly. It's much like expecting a baby -- You plan and prepare for so long and then the baby grows so fast that you don't have time to really enjoy it being a baby....
View ArticleAnother New Year
It's hard to believe another year has passed. They seem to be flying by now faster than ever which leaves me wondering if its just because I'm getting older or if time really is speeding up. 2010 was a...
View ArticleHappy 90th!!!
My grandpa turned 90 this weekend. He is the only grandparent I have left. I've been so lucky to have him around for so long and to get to spend so much time with him. For the past 3 1/2 years I've...
View ArticleDaddy's Little Princess Ball
Oh, Tiara's dream came true. Her prince arrived and took her to the Ball. Last Friday night was the Daddy's Little Princess Ball at school. The drama started three weeks ago when she came home with an...
View ArticlePlaying Catch-up
Here I am, trying to catch up on all we've done since my last post. I'm still not back in the groove of blogging again and most of the time I just plain forget about it. Not that I have tons of spare...
View ArticleFunny Girl
Tiara is a funny girl. She hears things her own way and thinks some of the funniest things. The other day we were talking about the daycare at the gym and she told me that sometimes she gets nervous to...
View ArticleGentlemen, Start Your Engines
It's the annual Pinewood Derby! This is the event the boys look forward to all year. They plan what their cars will look like, draw them out, and then challenge Dad to cut them just perfectly. It's a...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Seth!
Seth turned 9 today. He is such a cute loving boy. I just love him to death! We surprised him with a new bike when he woke up. He hadn't really asked for anything for his birthday and we were clueless...
View ArticleDancing Queen
My little Tiara wanted to do a dance solo this year. I had told her no for several months last fall, when Dave found out about it. He wanted her to do it. I was very reluctant, since she is only 5, but...
View ArticleSeeing Green
Our family has always been into the traditional sports. We do baseball, basketball and football. We've even tried soccer and track, but we're pretty normal people. So when Spencer and Seth said they...
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