Easter

The morning of Easter began with the girls checkin' out what the Easter Bunny left for them in their baskets.  Of course with the busyness of the Girls' Birthday I forgot to get their baskets which were in their room. I snuck inside their room and took them without them noticing.    

Then we headed outside for the girls to find eggs.  

 ... Adisyn was so cute!!!!
She would find an egg and jump up and down and say "me find it, me find it!"

Then we headed to Freestone Park where we had planned a picnic.  Little did we know that was a popular idea.  It was so packed we couldn't even find a spot in the shade.  So we headed to my Mom's house.

Brock is super busy and into EVERYTHING.  Boys are definitively different than girls.  

Uncle DJ hid the eggs for the girls over and over... it was cute to see. 

After we left my Mom's house the girls were beat!!  Ava didn't even open her eyes getting her out of the car.  We layed them down for a nap and we (Shawn and I) made our way to the traditional Easter celebration at the park.  The "park" is a grassy area in between Shawn's Grandparents and his Aunt. Once the girls woke up we all four headed over.  The girls had a blast jumping on the trampoline.  Its always so nice to spend quality time with family just sitting around.  LOVE IT!!!  Once we got home the girls were so dirty.  Bath time was a priority. 

The girls insisted their Easter balloons needed a bath too.

Cheers to a Fabulous Easter!!!!

Zero Three!!

Ava Renee and Adisyn Rose...

Ava Renee: 4lbs 4oz
17" long
Born @ 12:37pm April 9, 2009
Adisyn Rose: 3lbs 9oz
16" long
Born @ 12:38 April 9, 2009

NEWBORN...

 

ONE YEAR...

TWO YEARS...

THREE YEARS...


The time had finally come.  The celebration of the girls' Birthday.  We had a great turn out and the girls had a ton of fun!  We decided to rent a bounce castle.  After lots of research I found a company with very reasonable prices.  Through all the craziness with the house that is one thing I was good at planning.

The Pink Castle

Remi... being the weird dog that he is had to be apart of the action as well.  we had to keep kicking him out!

This is my last minute attempt of a Candy Bar (idea from Pinterest)

Since we had the candy bar, which we knew the girls would prefer over cake.  WE had to sing and have them blow out their candles. 

Ava taking a minute to relax

Adisyn showing Daddy how old she is

presents, presents, and more presents

Ava was so adorable.  She had to show everyone what she was getting.  This photo she's showing off her coloring book. 

The girls got a baby alive.  They loved it!

The newest chefs to the family!

We are so very fortunate to have such amazing family and friends.  We Love You All!!!

Art Festival

Shawn and I thought it would be fun to get out of the house for a bit and head to Tempe Arts Festival. Neither of us have ever been but we do plan on going back.  We didn't know what to expect at first, but we actually had a great time.  We took the girls with us and they did so good!  They're people watchers too.

This was one of the coolest things to see there.  This lady was on stilts and she had a Chinese dragon puppet with her.   This was the best photo I could get without standing there forever. 

Mill Ave. 

All the walking around we got hungry.  We stopped by this little place called fuzzy's.  Wasn't the most amazing food, but extremely affordable.  Our lunch including drinks was twenty bucks.  They had Hefeweizen San Tan in a very generous glass for $3.  

I love the times and memories we share together.  

TWENTY NINE!!!

Can't believe my birthday has already come and gone!  I had planned to go on a hot air balloon ride, which I have been wanting to do for so long.  With trying to save for the house plans changed a little bit.  Saturday (St. Patrick's Day) my Mom watched the girls so Shawn and I could go to Molly and Shaun's Wedding.  The girls ended up staying the night which was nice in the morning to sleep in 'till 9!  On my Birthday we woke up and took our time getting ready.  We headed to Brunchie's for breakfast.  Love that place!  Afterwards we went to my Mom's and hung our for a little bit and then headed home.  The girls napped while Shawn and I enjoyed the rain.  Even though I would have loved to take the girls to the park or hike or something outside, the rain was okay.  For dinner we headed to Fat Willy's for some drinks and pizza.  I enjoyed just talking with Shawn.  It was a great Birthday, but I can't help but to think about our plans for the BIG 3-0!

I did get a few gifts that I have had my eyes on.  This is my new Breville juice fountain.  I love it!!  I am trying to incorporate healthier eating habits for both myself and my girls.  Hoping this will help even more.  

Our first creation: 3 carrots, two apples, and ginger. 

I also got the girls a little something too.  This thing is AWESOME!  I love taking this contraption out of the freezer pouring in homemade juice and in 7 minutes... Popsicle.  This will come in handy during the hot summer days. 

They love them!!


Yesterday after getting out of the shower I found the girls in the bathroom doing this...

putting on mascara

Adisyn holding up the evidence

We got cleaned up and headed to run some errands.  The girls insisted on wearing their boots with their pretty dress.  They got at least a dozen of comments.  So cute.  Daddy bought them some chips so they had cheezy hands as well.  I love them too much.  

Summer is Approaching

Yesterday Shawn and I decided we needed some time for ourselves.We had the most amazing Day!
It started by getting a couples massage.  It was so relaxing and refreshing.  We would like to have a monthly routine of massages.  This was the first "couples" massage we ever had, highly recommended.  After our massage we headed to Scottsdale for lunch.  We made our way to Bungalow's.  They have a great patio and bloody mary buffet on the weekends.  The food was so delicious!  The bad thing: if your're a beer drinker (like us) they don't have any draft beers only bottled with not the greatest selection.  However, great food and will be back someday.  After lunch we made our way to Salt River Fields for our first spring training game of the season.

Beautiful stadium!!

 Once we got there it was already packed!  We finally found a spot at left field, which is my favorite spot.  (Parra plays LF) The first inning was already to a close but the players were just standing around.  We had NO idea what was going on.  After anxiously waiting for about 20 minutes we found out that there was a massive bee swarm that needed attention to protect the players and fans.  It took about 45-60 minutes to get everything cleared and the game started again.

We had so much fun nonetheless.  It is a perfect people watcher location.  We really just enjoyed each others company, but let me tell you it was HOT!!!!  We quickly realized summer is coming fast.  We ended up staying until the beginning ninth inning and wanted to beat the rest of the crowd out of the stadium.  By the time we left the score was 11-1 Giants.  Let's hope even though this game doesn't matter that it is not a reflection of the season to come.

Shawn's Rally cap

Hot!!!
By the time we made it home, we had a delicious steak dinner and headed to bed early.






Today the girls tried on their new bathing suits and did not want to take them off.  We went outside and ate lunch on the patio and enjoyed a few otter pops.  

Cute pic of Ava