Spring has Sprung

So spring has sprung here in California. Here are some pictures of the kids getting dirty in their little plot of earth in the front yard.

Hoppy Easter!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are some photos from preschool egg hunt, grandparents egg hunt, and our own egg hunt. Not to mention the always Easter Sunday photo op of the kids.

Doing some updating

Sorry that it has been awhile. We are in the process of making some changes to the inside of our home that has kept me pretty busy helping the husband man. I will post some pics of the home soon as it looks put back together. We have finished the chair rails in the kids room, in the process of replacing the doors and baseboards. Next up will be dual pane windows, yippeeee!!! And when there is some extra money a brand new kitchen and bathrooms. I cannot believe how much work a home is.

Locked Doors

Pictures of before and after.






This weekend ended up being very eventful for our little Madeline. She has realized how much fun it is to play hide and seek behind closed doors. This wasn't an issue until Saturday afternoon when she locked the door and no one could get into rescue her. We were planning on waiting to change the doorknobs in the house until we had purchased all the new doors that we wanted. Not the case now. We will be making a very large purchase of doorknobs come Monday morning that don't require keys to unlock them.

Does busy ever stop!!!!

I really have been slacking with my postings lately. I have been extremely busy since the beginning of the year. My new years resolution was to be productive. That has meant that I am trying to keep up on the housework and get better organinzed. Hence I have had less time to blog, but nothing really exciting has happened with the family lately so I have not felt the need to post. Here are some recent photos that have been taken at various times so that you may all see how much the kids have grown (which really isn't that much, just their hair, hahaha).

Snow Day

The great thing about living where we live is there is an abundance of anything you want to do, whether it is the ocean or the mountains we are within driving range of them all. Here is how our family rang in the New Year.

Another Christmas, Another Year of Fun

Here are some pics of the family and our Christmas traditions, along with some pics from my work Christmas party. This Christmas was by far the best for our family. Paul was finally able to spend an entire Christmas at home. The kids were just a joy to watch as their eyes lit up when they saw their gifts. I could not have asked for a better time this year. Hopefully next year will be just as good.

Another B-day

I cannot believe that another year has flown by. I think the kids make me forget about the time. They are always running and I am always trying to catch up. At 31 years young now I am truly blessed to have a family that I can love and they can love me. I have a wonderful husband who is always surprising me. Two beautiful children, who though they get into scuffles now really are a blessing in my life. I am blessed to live so close to our extended family that my children can enjoy cousins and aunts and uncles and grandmas and grandpas. For those that are still younger than myself I hope you enjoy every minute of it, I know I have, even if it is starting to catch up to me.

It only took a year!!!!!!

I have been trying to get our updated family pictures done since Madeline was 6 months old. I had the best idea to have us all in camo shorts and white T's. Of course it never happened so I will be trying to do them again next summer. Here are the family photos we had taken just before Thanksgiving. Enjoy.

Anniversary Trip

Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View. Bridalvail falls
Half Dome
El Capitan


For our anniversary we decided to take a trip to Yosemite National Park. It was an absolutely beautiful day. As the pictures will dictate. And Yes the kids did come along too, but it was a lot of fun to have them there with us. They really were great in that car for the long drive. Amazing what DVD systems are now. I think my parents would have liked one back when my brother and sisters and I were so very young and obnoxious.