Party pics

I'm 2!


The cake. A tower of butterscotch and chocolate cream cheese brownies.


Opening presents.


House for sale- comes with toddlers! Just kidding.

Getting a hug from her friend, Oliver.

Lia loves to party. She had so much fun playing with her friends. She dug right into her birthday cake (brownie). She dug right into her presents. She was so pretty in her purple birthday dress. She shouted 'happy birthday' all day long!

We had a small party with friends. Good weather, great food, it was perfect. Thanks everyone for coming and making Lia's 2nd birthday a wonderful and memorable event.

Happy Anniversary

Paul and I recently celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary! We have a couple of dates lined up but on the actual day we stayed at home and had a very nice dinner as a family.
Sometimes it seems like we've known each other forever and other times it seems like we just got married yesterday. Paul, you are my best friend and I love you so much. I love what you bring to our family as a person, husband and Daddy. You are very supportive and loving and you make me laugh all the time. Here's to many more happy anniversaries.

Happy Father's Day

We went camping in the mountains over the weekend. It was so relaxing and peaceful being out in nature. Because of the wet spring and great snowfall in the mountains, the trees were really green and there were wildflowers everywhere. It was very beautiful. The weather was pretty cool (frigid at night) but that just meant no bugs (and our Babe sleeping in my sleeping bag with me)! Lia had so much fun playing in the dirt. Her and Monkey were very helpful on our walks to get sticks for the fire. Lia had her first marshmallow this weekend and Monkey learned pretty quickly that he should be under the table when Lia was eating. A fair amount of food fell off the picnic table!! We cooked some great food and just relaxed and enjoyed each other's company. It was so nice to get away for a couple of days. Happy Father's Day, Paul! We love you!

What we've been up to lately

It took a while to get hair but now, look at those curls!


This picture just makes me laugh.

Opening some early birthday presents from Aunt Michelle.

All smiles!

There are all the girls (couldn't get anyone to look at the camera)!

We met my cousin Sara, hubby Carlos and girls Olivia, Isabel and Alessandra at the pool. The kids had so much fun in the water. It was great to see you guys.

Alessandra, you are growing up so fast. I can't believe you're almost one! What a great smile, Isabel! And you were having too much fun swimming to stay in the picture, Olivia!

Reading a book with my favorite Aunt!

Girl Time Rocks!

Aunt Michelle

Dear Chelle,

We had so much fun with you. Thanks for coming out last minute to have a girl's weekend. Thank you for reading me books and playing alot with me and Monkey. Thanks for taking my Mommy to the movies. Thanks for the early birthday presents, I love them so much! Thanks for cooking me yummy food and for all the cuddles and hugs and kisses. I had so much fun with you, I didn't want you to leave. Can't wait to see you at the beach in a couple of months. It will be here before we know it. We love you!

Take me out to the ball game!

Don't worry Dad, I'll drive. You got insurance, right?
Dancing to the music.

I've never seen Lia more serious about eating. I thought I would be sharing my hotdog with her but once she got a hold of it you couldn't pry that thing out of her hands!

Well, at least she ate an apple with the hotdog. Her dinner wasn't entirely unhealthy!!

She still had room for french fries!

We went to a baseball game over the holiday weekend. It was Lia's first game but it won't be the last. She had so much fun and was a hoot to watch. She ate the entire time!! She even bummed nachos and cracker jacks from the people sitting around us. And when it was time to clap and cheer she would look around frantically to find somewhere to put her food so she had both hands to clap. She danced to the music and just had a great time. Paul and I did too! We met my cousin Sara and her family there which was an awesome surprise. It was nice to catch up with you guys!

Then we had Paul's cousin Ethan and his girlfriend over for dinner on sunday. It was a nice, relaxing, FUN Memorial Day weekend. We hope you all had a good weekend and are enjoying the beginning of summer.

Happy Birthday Paul!

Happy Birthday, Honey! We love you, Daddy!

Paul, You are an amazing man and an incredible father. You fill our home with love, laughter, security, good food, and fun times. We hope you had a good birthday. Here's to the best year yet.