Happy Spring!

We're Pregnant!!

David and I are so excited to announce that we are pregnant!! We had our first baby appointment last Wednesday and saw our new little person for the first time. We were amazed to see this miniature baby moving around like crazy. I think the baby was having a party because the movement was amazing as we watched the arms move up and down, kicking, turning from side to side and putting on quite the show for us. I was mostly taken by the little fingers. I couldn't believe how small the little hands were.

The baby measured at 12 weeks, and we have a due date of September 27th!!

These pictures do not do justice to the little miracle we saw, we are so excited!!

I will blog again as soon as I find my battery charger for my camera. It is so painful having new photos and not being able to view them until I can remember where in the world I placed that thing :(

I can't get enough time at the beach, and Happy B-day Dad!

We spend as much time at the beach as possible. Yesterday, the cold water felt great on my toes. It was such a hot day!

The tide was the lowest I have ever seen so David climbed into new crevasses that are usually covered by the water ...


...and came up with "Patrick." He tried to name him Ted, but I knew who he really was.


He was so excited but we knew that he had to go home to SpongeBob.


David took this photo of a big starfish nestled in with some sea urchins. I love the blue colors in this photo.

It was a much needed warm day.
I love taking pictures of this guy looking at the unusually low tide.

LOVE HIM

We ended the day watching a beautiful sunset



Most important, I want to say Happy Birthday Dad! I love this picture because it reminds me of the great times we had cutting down our own Christmas Tree in the mountains. You have always been such a fun dad. We all love you!!

(My Dad holding Jackie approx. 18 years ago)

Happy New Year!

Can I doubt that it will be a great new year when it starts out like this?


I promise that John is only drinking Sparkling Cider, or all of us for that matter.


I love having my cousins, Sarah and Ari around

Sarah and Dan


Here is Ari and Jeremy setting up the fun game we played


We didn't have fireworks, but we made our own noise!


Punch drunk and full of fun, Happy New Year Everyone !!

Christmas

This is a little look at somethings we did for the Holidays
Getting ready for Christmas brunch

Jackie and I sat by the fire a lot

It was Audrey's First Christmas and oh so fun!

We opened some presentsMy big confession is that I started reading the Twilight books. I was not going to touch them because they didn't sound like something I would like, but I'm finishing the third book tonight. This is back on Thanksgiving when it all started.

My mom and John my brother

Jackie looking so festive

and of course a work Christmas Party

December 18, 2004

Four years ago David and I were married in the LA Temple

I married him because he is a good man with a wonderfully loving heart...

...and mostly because I loved him and knew that would never stop

To celebrate our anniversary we stayed local at a Laguna Beach Hotel and yes, did my favorite thing which is looking at the water, tide pools and sitting on the rocks. Here are some pictures from our 4 year celebration.

We had hot chocolate to keep us warm

Beautiful background and beautifully clear water

We had the beach almost all to ourselves and loved every minute together.

Love you David

2008 Family Pictures

Kellie thank you again!!

Here is one of our family pictures of the girls! I'm so lucky to have such wonderful and beautiful sister in-laws and niece!! I will get copies of the other pictures and will post some more soon :)

Clockwise starting at the top (Me, Amy, Audrey, Sarah and Rachel)

Photos

We had family pictures taken by Kyle's sister Kellie a few days back, which I am very excited to see. Thank you Kellie!!

I couldn't resist getting our own camera out to get a few pictures of Audrey after the photo session.

If I had a Christmas wish, I think it would be to keep Audrey - she is just so adorable.

Here I am with my guy!

and beautiful Audrey again!