Lovely ladies

Meet just of few of my favorite ladies.... (i have more, and yes you know who you are)

Yes, she is totally posing, and yes she does this ALL the time :)

Such a sweet smile...i luv you tuppy!

Beach Babes

My girls LOVE going to the beach...well at least Ella does. Chloe for some reason, was not a fan of walking on the sand this day. The weather was absolutely gorgeous so we headed to the shore to do a little seashell searching. Grandma has a special jar at her house just for those special shells and rocks the girls find. Lucky for us, Auntie J was in town (we miss her a lot when she is working up north) along with her man Wade. I of course wasted no time and snapped away, I literally could have taken pictures all afternoon. I think my dad thought I was a little crazy...but I love it!!

Papa kept encouraging "timid" Chloe

♥ Ella was showing me how to make a heart ♥

Meet the cute couple....Wade and J

J...you are absolutely adorable!!

dinner 4 2

My hubby spoiled me this year for Valentine's day. One of my gifts was a facial...something I had been wishin for. I headed out the door before the girls bedtime and got to just kick back and relax. Needless to say, I am hooked! It was amazing. Barth was hoping we could have a peacful dinner together, so he ordered up some sushi to-go and we had an awesome dinner by candlelight, just us two with our girls snoozing away upstairs...I love u Barth!!

Playdate at the Park

Simone and I took the kiddos to the park this weekend. The girls could have spent hours there, going down the slides, climbing up the ladders, soaring through the sky in their swings...what a perfect way to enjoy the afternoon.

back 2 life...back 2 reality

Yes, all good things must come to an end...even vacations. As always, the time went way too fast and we are already looking forward to the Parks' visit to cali...yep, that's right, it is YOUR turn :)
We are blessed in the fact that the girls love to travel and the entire process it entails, from the rides to the airport, to the crazy TSA routine, to the airplane rides, and even that expensive airport food. Here's to our next vacation...whenever that may be!

...and the best part...a surprise warm welcome home and roses from my daddy

cRaZY Cruisers

Our time up in the great northwest came with it's clouds and drizzly days, however the girls were itchin to get outside...the wet weather decided to give them a break, and they wasted no time to take full advantage of this highly unusal situation. Poppa and Pink Gramma have some pretty sweet rides...Ella & Nova proved to be quite the crazy drivers. Nonetheless, it made for some pretty cute pictures....   

Chloe decided to steer clear of the girls....

work it....work it....

this one is just for YOU tawna....

...our version of a photo shoot. what happens when you are having way too much fun cleaning up the kitchen. luv u & miss u a ton already!!

Bells Bells Bells

During our trip to the northwest I got to pay a little visit to the Bell residence. Andrea (a.k.a AZ) is a friend from my college years and she has two adorable girls...Kyla and Heidi. Thank you so much for letting me "pop" in last minute...It was so fun visiting with you girls and seeing your beautiful home!!

This was heidi's crazy face

our attempt at getting kyla to take a pic of az & i....so cute

Andrea and her beautiful girls

p.s. thanks for the picture heidi...it travelled all the way to California with me :)

A Northwest Valentine's day

Happy ♥ day!! What better way to spend the day, than with people you love?!  

my hubby had these sent to WA...talk about romantic!!

Everybody needs a little pink on ♥ day

Love this camera

Even daddy wore pink for the occasion

Thanks auntie t for an awesome dinner...and dessert!!

Me with my chopped hair...did it just for u babe :)