My Valentines

Had to put in a couple of random shots of Sophie, she wasn't as into the fun Valentine festivites as her sister. But I leave her alone for a couple of minutes and she has found new "blocks" to play with. Guess she raided the cupboards but what an impressive tower!

Bella loved Valentines! She learned to cute out hearts all by herself! I was so proud of her, i said she should be a professional heart cutter when she grows up! They make good money right?

Love you all and hope you had a good V-day!

Been Awhile!

Hi friends and family! Haven't been to into blogging lately have i.;)
But i still have read all of yours...
Too hard to play catch up for the past oh 5 months, so let's just start from this Month. January.
Had great fun at Christmas in Utah, Bella had a Birthday, and Sophie is just as Crazy as ever!

Full house, grandma's homemade stockings(Don't know why i took a pic of the back when the front of them are beautiful)

Sophia's favorite Christmas present! Go Figure.

Random family at the Salt Lake Temple. Sooooo Cold.

Utah Snow

Cousin Alyssa and a very happy Bella

Bella's 4 year old Tinkerbell Birthday Party. Sadly,we all had the stomach flu the days before.

She really wanted to do a Pinata(they loved wacking ol' Tinkerbell)

Back in Cali at the Beach

We went on a beautiful hike on New Years!

Funny Pic of Soph in Daddy's hat.

BIG preschool

Bella started "Big"Preschool a few weeks ago and is loving it and so am i! A couple days a week, for a couple of hours is nice...

Last year Bella did Joy school with some little friends and their moms. It got her used to being away from home and doing basic preschool stuff. SO now she calls this the REAL thing, the Big girl preschool! She loves her teachers and wanted me to post a couple of cute pics of the first day! I love that she jumps out of the car and gives me a hug and kiss and runs in to school without a second look back:)

First one sitting down reading, she was such a big girl!

Bye, Bye, July!

Wow, i haven't blogged in a whole month. Hmm, don't think i have the energy to blog about all the fun stuff we did the past month but I will tell you we went to Utah for 2 weeks! Wow huh! So here are some details about that little vaca...

I got to see my entire family at some point during the trip and it has been at least a year since that happened. Kim and her kids came out from Mississippi and even Lee stopped by for a day on his way back to New Jersey. Of course we hit Lagoon...

Here is Bella with her cousin Alyssa( who is now also Bella's Idol)

Bella and her cousin Andrew
Alyssa and Bella. When we got home from our trip she actually she told me she wanted to be Alyssa when she grew up. Cute!
Me trying to not let Sophie drown herself. She loved this pool in Bountiful and was hard to catch!
The adults got to got to dinner one night! Here is me and my Pops.




Oh, and these pics are out of order but here is our little fourth of July before we went to Utah. Our friends had a fun pancake b-fast at their house.
And look these are the fireworks right out side our little house.

Bella kept sayin she was a little bit scared but once she realized they weren't going to fall on her. She was up dancin with every BOOM!
Sophie obviously was not scared(will she ever be?)

Till next time...have a great August everybody!

Go Sophie, It's your B-day!

Go Sophie its your Birthday! We're gonna party like its your Birthday! (Does anyone else remember this song from way back when??) Except it dosen't say Sophie its says"Shortie"
Anyway, my little girl turned ONE on the 20th of June! Finally getting around to post a couple of pics!
Can I just say that she is such a riot! She is a daredevil to say the least...she will walk right off our bed and just laugh when she lands on her face. So really it is a small miracle that she made it to her first birthday!!
She is also beautiful and smiles all the time! The girl has 6 teeth with two more coming in! They are major chompers. She is also loud, likes to wrestle her big sister, and has the biggest blue eyes ever!! She is not into cuddling right now. It prohibits her new walking freedom. She will walk away from me at the park and never look back. Kinda sad huh?
Just a couple of facts about my walking almost running ONE year old Sophia. Her are some pics from her day.

I made a Ladybug birthday cake, I was kinda proud of myself because i can't even make pancakes.

Happy Girl!

I don't think this was on the birthday but it looks like they are singing Happy Birthday!

I love you little Bug!

A bit of Everything

Bella finished her first season of Tot Soccer! I know maybe it was too early for her to play but when Mommy loves soccer what do you expect! She might not be as into it as I hoped but that's cool. I think it was more fun for me getting up early Sat. morning, going to the soccer fields, watching all the games. Just like the good old days! I loved watching Bella run after the ball or so I thought until she tells me " I was pretending to be a flying Pony today". It really was a crack up having kids run the wrong way, stop to pick up flowers, etc. So who knows if she will ever do it again but here are a few photos.

Doing a midfield dance!

Daddy and Sophie cheering her on.
Just look for the one with RED Hair!
Bella ready for kick off standing next to Oshyn(#10)

Also here is Part Two of Sophia's walking video...

She is a walker/runner, I am not kidding! The girl just loves to walk and fall and will always get back up smiling. So here is a better video of her walking.