all jammied up and ready for bed...love these two :)
01/22/2013
01/21/2013
01/18/2013
a christmas present for mama
johnny really spoiled me this year...this was my christmas present!
her name is scout :) we picked her up on christmas eve. she was just about 6 weeks old when we got her. i love our dog roary, but labs will always hold a special place in my heart, as have had three since johnny and i have been together. now we are dealing with accidents in the house and chewed up toys, but we also have one really cute cuddly puppy...so all that other stuff is pretty forgivable :)
01/17/2013
yay for winter break!
I was so happy to have my girl home for winter break (by the end I was definitely ready for her to go back...I think boredom really set in ;)), Rylee was really excited to have her home too. I think she gets really lonely without her here. Even if they dont play together every minute that anna is home, I think she just likes having her here.
I took this picture on the first day of break, I took them to Stonefire for a little mini celebration :)
01/16/2013
lights
a few weeks before Christmas, we were invited to see the lights in a neighborhood that some kids in anna's class live in. we go, as a family, to see these lights every year. it's a tradition for us. we always go in the car though. this year was cool and special because we were invited by anna's school friends. the kids ran and chased. the parents talked and reminded the kids to stay away from the streets. it was neat being able to walk and make our own pace rather than being hurried along by the pace of the cars in front of us. i loved seeing anna with her friends, and i loved getting out in the cold air with johnny and some new friends :)
01/15/2013
our tree
catching up a little more here...
getting our tree, and tree pictures 2012 :)
someone went and turned six!
birthday party, celebration at school, and of course the official pictures taken by mama...it was an awesome birthday for Anna :)
getting her hand painted for her birthday kid plate :)
and the official pictures of my six year old girl :)
01/13/2013
01/03/2013
Crafting, stamping and card making
Back a long long long time ago I was a pretty active scrapbooker. I went to crops, scrapbooked pretty much everyday, posted on scrap booking websites...I scrapbooked A LOT...
After life became more and more busy as the girls grew, I kind of gave up on traditional scrapbooking. Last year I took on project life (which ill be doing again this year) but I wanted to do something that got my fingers a little messy so I drug out my stamps and supplies (and got a few more!!) and started stamping. I did a little stamping in the past, but scrapbooked so much that the stamping sort of went by the wayside.
So, there it is...another new hobby. I'll post here and there as I have something that looks decent, and I look forward to not having to buy so many cards!! :)
01/02/2013
12 favorite moments of 2012
January
Rylee turns 2 1/2
February
our first camping trip in our new motorhome, and Anna gets to ride her dirt bike
March
Our last trip with our sweet Jake...although sad that he isnt here anymore, Im glad to have this picture
had to include this one too :)
April
sisters loving each other :)
May
mama got a new camera!
and Anna lost her first tooth!
June
Anna graduated from preschool!
and we went to Ventura for Fathers Day
and we went to Sacramento for Cousin Cole's wedding to Holland...we met up with some more cousins there...
July-
after the wedding we went to Lake Tahoe where we met up with our friends the Spainhower's. It was so awesome of them to meet us there. While we were there we celebrated Johnny's birthday and spent quite a bit of time at the lake
and Rylee turned THREE!
August
Anna started kindergarten!
September
We got a new car. I also noticed in going through my pictures that I took very few pictures this month. Must have been a big adjustment to the new school schedule ;)
October
The Spainhowers came to visit as we said goodbye to their nephew Nico who was going in to the military...
Rylee started gymnastics just like her big sister...
and of course there was Halloween...
November
Anna participated in her first Santa Clarita Marathon Final Mile challenge and was very excited to not finish last :)
December:
we celebrated Anna's SIXTH birthday!
and we celebrated Christmas...mama got an awesome present!
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