2012 Family Christmas Photo

Santa - The Good, the Bad (skipped) & the Ugly

December Pics

Halloween 2012

Getting ready

Some of the neighborhood kids

Audrey, Grace and Faith

We had such a fun Halloween last night!!  Our friends Gina, Scott, Faith & Chloe came over to get ready & trick-or-treat with us.  Grace was a bee (by choice) and Cami was mini mouse.  We went to our neighbor Keri's annual 'pre-trick-or-treating' Halloween pizza party.  The girls did about three streets and came home with pumpkins full of candy.  We ran into G's friend Audrey on Fairfield.  Mike was with us for about half the night and then came home to pass out candy. Cami got the concept this year and loved getting her candy :)

Grace's 5th Birthday Party

We celebrated Grace's 5th birthday last weekend at Powell's Sweet Shop in Laguna Niguel. Grace, and seven of her little friends played candy games, ate cotton candy, pizza, gelato and brownies.  The best part was a scavenger hunt for goody bag candy. It was a hit!  Can't believe my oldest baby will be 5 on Thursday!!

Fall Fun

Celebrating Cami's 2nd Birthday.  We had a nice family birthday party and pink cupcakes with the kids on the street.



Sneaking some frosting from Grandma's birthday cake.  Little sugar monster like her momma :)

Grace's class field trip to Tanaka Farms pumpkin patch

Face/hand painting at Mariners Church Halloween Festival

Disneyland with Grace's friend Faith

Silly Sisters

Love my ipad & iphone.  They usually each have one & then trade eachother.

Wrap-up like burritos after bathtime, then run around the house naked

 

Cami does all the crazy things Grace asks her to do....ie., sit naked on a bucket!

 

In a Little over 24 Hours....

Mike and I will be here...

for a nice...

overnight staycation!

First day of School

Grace started school today!  She was pretty excited to see all her buddies again and she knew one of her teachers from summer camp, which was nice.  She's in Transitional Kindergarten this year - 3 days a week, 2 teachers, 24 kids.  It's a great program for kids with birthdays in the Fall that are just a little young to start Kindergarten.  She will get a great foundation before entering Kindergarten next year and will be on the older vs. younger side which I think is a huge benefit. Cami and I came home and went for a run.  We are going to a school fundraiser tonight with her BF Audrey so it should be a good day for my girl :)  Cami was just excited to get her picture taken this morning...hahaha

Summer's Still in Full Swing

 Cami loves watering for me

Waffles outside for breakfast this morning

Cami loves Corn

Summertime

Well, it's been a couple months since my last post! We've been so busy with life that I haven't had much time or motivation to keep up here but alas I thought I'd take a minute for a quick update on our family:

Grace finished preschool and has already completed her first week of camp.  She has two VBS camps coming-up and one city camp in August.  She's been in swim lessons in Newport Beach for over a month now and is learning backstroke and breast stroke.  I am so amazed at her ability to swim on her OWN now.  She has been spending lots of time with her friends this summer.  Her world is her friends right now :)

Camryn is our adventurous lovebug.  She adores playing around the house with Grace and her best friend Riley down the street.  She follows all the big kids around and loves swimming, dancing and just playing.

Mike and I had a great weekend getaway to Santa Barbara to kick-off our summer.   Mike is on the golf league at his work and is doing some work on our house this summer.  I'm trying to stay in shape with my twice weekly spin classes and runs.  Keeping up with the family, our house and everything else in the mix keeps this momma busy :)

My goal at this point is to do a weekly post of our summer adventures.

Rancho Las Palmas 2012

At the "cold pool" by our house

The girls who were willing to pose

Bikini girl with crazy morning hair

Cami loved running the golf course at night

How lucky I am to have these two!!!!!!

Our natural poser

Fruit platter at our Splashtopia cabana

The girls helping the golfers "drive"

Me and my big girl on our way to the pool

Everyone loves swimming with Papa

10 seconds after she took a plunge in the water.  My water daredevil!!

Cool daddy shades

The girls

Doooooooon Diego's!

Cute Nana & Papa pic

G getting ready to sing Happy Birthday to Papa

We just spent 5 sun-filled days in Rancho Mirage with Nana and Papa.  It was Cami's first trip to Palm Springs and Grace's third.  We stayed in a condo in Rancho Las Palmas and had access to the resort for Splashtopia, golfing, the spa, etc. The girls loved Splashtopia and the pool.  Daddy and Papa golfed.  We spent lots of time at the pool and even squeezed-in a little spa relaxation time.  We had a few nice dinners out; one of which was Papa's b-day dinner at Don Diego's (a place I frequented as a kid when my parents had a place in the desert); and we barbequed the other evenings.  The girls were in heaven swimming, running around the golf course, going for morning walks to Starbucks and just playing and hanging out with the four of us adults.  It was a fabulous vacation....great for two active and busy little ones :)

Easter Sunday Brunch at Our House