Sister

Congratulations to my sister for graduating from college this past summer and giving us the opportunity to see the First Lady in person!!! Thanks for being the best sister and such a cool aunt to the kids. We love you!!!

Love at the library

Hanging on cars...

Out for a ride

The things Gizmo has to endure with this girl. I don't know how he tolerates it...

Special treat

We don't get this picture very often...

Who's the cuter bunny?

Easter weekend 2012

You know you'll have a good weekend coming up at the beach when you see this..

We had another amazing Easter at the beach. This time, we mixed it up and stayed at the Lefferts' house. The kids had a blast! Lots of playing, egg dyeing, cookie decorating and hangout with friends.

It's a duck!

One of the perks being a mom-helper in Aden's Kinder class and having such an awesome teacher who lets me bring K with me! Little miss watched the ducks hatch out of their eggs! First time I've seen one also, and we were so excited! It was such a cool day.

She's a bike rider...

I think Kadence just watches Aden do everything first, then she jumps in, raring to go. I don't even know how she learned to pedal and control a bike, but one day, she asked Darin if she can ride her bike, and he was as shocked as I was that she can actually ride a bike!

Pretty

I know I'm biased, but she is just adorable.

Spring Break Treat

The kids and I met Nancy & Alex at Slappycakes for breakfast the Monday of Spring break week. The kids loved it so much. It was especially fun because my sister got to join us!

The chef

Reading to the dog

Kadence loves our friends' dog Brinkley. So much that she had to read to her while Brinkley's in the kennel.

Quiet time

I used to get nervous when it gets really quiet at our house and it's not nap time. Usually it means that someone is getting into something. But now that the kids are a bit bigger, they are a lot more "responsible". This is a glimpse of how it is at our house on a daily basis...when it's quiet, they're usually doing this:

We're still working on not putting any stamps on the face...

Birthday Girl

Kadence turned 3 last February. We did the usual gathering with our favorite friends. She had a blast and still talks about her birthday. It's amazing how much she's grown and how fast it flew by. She's so petite, I still think of her as our baby. But she reminds us everyday that she's now a big girl. I just wish I can slow down time a little...

Darin & Aden decorating the cake

Putting finishing touches

Kadence and her Kaia

Busy Bees

I can't believe how long it's been since I posted on this blog. It's not due to lack of material...it's just the time. We are sooooo busy. There's so much to catch up on. In the past 4 months, we've done a birthday party for the little miss, had lots of get-togethers, beach trips, oh, and remodeled our entire kitchen. That took most of our time. There's also work, work and more work. I am so busy on a daily basis that my head hurts thinking about it. I constantly feel like I don't accomplish anything. But, the good news is summer is almost here. The bad news? Summer is almost here. It'll only get crazier.

I will sporadically post updates and catch-ups on what we've been up to, so stay tuned!

Xmas cookies 2011

Another favorite xmas tradition with my very talented sister! This year, my sister is gracious enough to watch the kids for me while I go to a work meeting. While I was gone, she started decorating cookies with the kids and took some very amazing pictures.

I was able to join in on the fun when I got back and we all had such fun time decorating the cookies! I'm just glad that my sister has the patience and such creative talents to do this with us. We had so much fun. Can't wait to do it again next xmas!

Xmas outtakes

You never know what you'll get when you try to get these kids to pose for pictures. Here are some that didn't make the cut on our xmas cards, but I thought were so cute, I had to share:

 

Gingerbread Houses

We spent an evening with Dane & Caitlin during the holidays and decorated gingerbread houses! Actually, Darin & Aden and Dane & Kadence had a Gingerbread throwdown, while Caitlin & I watched them make a mess. We had so much fun and looking forward to making this as one of our xmas traditions with them. The kids loved it!

With all the fun and excitement (and drinks) I totally forgot to take a picture of the finish products. Let's just say that Caitlin & I voted a tie - it's not about the quality of the work, it's how much fun we had doing it! 

Xmas Tree 2011

I'm doing a bit of a catch up from the crazy few months we've had. We had the best time getting our christmas tree, the kids were so excited and had the funnest time celebrating one of our favorite traditions. We had the best weather for it also. My favorite moment is in the truck, as we are heading to the tree farm, the kids were belting out christmas songs at the top of their lungs. Very fond memories that I hope to remember forever.

We were joined by great friedns who made the entire experience funner. The kids had so much fun running around and playing together.





6-year old cake

Aden requested an airport/airplane cake for his birthday. So what did my husband create? An aircraft carrier cake. It was awesome and delicious! It was a hit.