Dear to my Heart

Day 18: Drink

2012-02-19T01:08:00.001-07:00

All I've had is water. Just in case I catch this stomach bug going around

Day 17: Time...

2012-02-19T01:07:00.001-07:00

...to stop crying

Day 16: Something New

2012-02-16T20:49:00.001-07:00

Day 15: Phone

2012-02-15T23:22:00.001-07:00

I thought this one was weird, but this is a phone screen shot.

Day 14: Heart

2012-02-14T22:46:00.001-07:00

This was our breakfast today.

Day 13: Blue

2012-02-13T16:44:00.001-07:00

Day 12: Inside Your Closet

2012-02-13T16:43:00.001-07:00

My current closet is a suitcase, and as you can see, not many clothes are inside

Day 11: Makes You Happy

2012-02-11T22:13:00.001-07:00

Day 10: Self Portrait

2012-02-10T22:41:00.001-07:00

This is at the end of a very long day! Don't judge me

Day 9: Front Door

2012-02-09T22:00:00.000-07:00

Home sweet home!

Don't Blink

2012-02-08T20:47:00.001-07:00

Today we were playing in the rain and I noticed on the sidewalk were little footprints. It was so cute, I had to take a picture. Well, a few minutes later I looked back and they were gone. How similar is that to life? One minute we are enjoying something wonderful but we get sidetracked and then we notice it's gone. As I approach Lindsey's first birthday I feel so differently than with Whitney's first birthday. When Whitney was a baby I was constantly...
And that's as far as I got.
Ty returned home shortly after I started blogging so I took a break. He went and put in a load of laundry while I was finishing packing. I was trying to stuff our winter coats into the luggage and I needed to sit/lay on the bag in order for Ty to be able to zip it up. We turned around and saw our lovely angel had poured out almost 3/4 of a Costco size liquid tide. I guess I should count our blessings and that most of it was on the kitchen floor. Here was our attempt at saving as much as we could:
It's the sweet ones who are trouble! Another life lesson...don't trust anyone! haha
Luckily, we got most of it back into the container and our house smells very fresh when you walk in the door!
And while we were cleaning, our almost 3-year-old decided to sneak into our bedroom and draw all over herself.

Oh what a night! I am grateful for little precious moments. My kids are awesome, even if sometimes they test me. :-)

Day 8: Sun

2012-02-08T13:47:00.001-07:00

If you can't tell, that's out the window of an airplane :-)

Day 7: Button

2012-02-07T15:39:00.001-07:00

I actually came across these while I was packing today!

Day 6: Dinner

2012-02-06T21:47:00.001-07:00

I didn't do day 5 because at 10 am I was in church and forgot to take a picture of the building! But here is today's pic

Day 4: A Stranger

2012-02-04T20:08:00.002-07:00

A Surfer!

Day 3: Hands

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Day 2: Words

2012-02-04T10:57:00.001-07:00

My current read

February Photo a Day Challenge

2012-02-04T10:55:00.001-07:00

I'm finally getting around to posting the first few days of these!
Day 1: Your View Today (my view is the same everyday)

Singing (squealing) in the rain

2012-01-30T13:33:00.000-07:00

Earlier this week we had a nice break from the sun and got rain. I opened all the shutters and windows and enjoyed my favorite weather. Whitney asked to go outside so I opened the door and let them run free. They were so funny, they loved it so much. There was a lot of running and screaming and squealing.
Look close at this first picture at Whitney's face. She is totally screaming:

Here's Whit skipping:
Here is Lindsey when she first ventured out into the rain. She went slow at first but then had no problems after that.
That's our adventure in the rain!

My Surprisingly Great Birthday (and a long post to talk about it)

2012-01-27T12:49:00.011-07:00

So, yesterday was my birthday. I will be honest, part of me was dreading my birthday. (no, not because of age. I'm still young and don't mind getting older right now) I usually love my birthday. It's my special day and I make sure everyone treats me so. But this year, it would be my first time away from my family. Besides missions, it's the first time anyone has been away from home on their birthday. I was so depressed thinking I'd be alone on my birthday. Whitney accidentally spilled the beans on what I was getting from them so that didn't help that there was no anticipation for the day. Well, before my birthday I got a couple packages so that made me excited and I looked forward to opening them. Then I got a couple cards, more things to make me anticipate the day. Well, midnight came and I was in a great mood and decided to enjoy my birthday no matter what!
Ty made me pancakes (of course I put peanut butter on them) before he had to go to school, so that was awesome. Then he left and I started to get ready for the day. I got a surprise knock at the door and got this:
an edible arrangement from my sweet and awesome mom. I was really excited. It just made me feel so special. I was very grateful for everyone's generosity on my day. Ty came home later with flowers and other gifts to spoil me. As much as I hated not having a get together with family, it was still great to be able to open gifts via skype so people could still see me. Here's my loot:
(not pictured are the two airline tickets that my mom paid for for me to come visit in a couple weeks :-)

After gift opening we packed up and headed to the beach. We hadn't been to the beach closest to us so it was so much fun to go and explore. The girls had never been on the sand so that was a new experience for them. Pictures do no justice for how pretty it is. The waves were incredible and people were even surfing, so that was fun to watch. Here are tons of pictures:

After the first tide came in far enough to get her feet wet, she pretty much hated it. But I did get her to venture back out a couple times. She didn't want me to pull up her hair before we left, which I instantly regretted once we got there. I guess I will know better next time.
Lindsey would have run right into the water if I would have let her. She loved picking up rocks and shells and walking everywhere.

It was 70+ degrees and the water was cold, so that felt really good. There was not a cloud to be seen.
Next time I will not wear pants!!!

She is showing off a rock that she picked up:
I love these beach front houses. I would leave my windows open at all hours of the day to hear the waves.
After the beach we went to my annual birthday dinner at Olive Garden. Then we headed back to the beach to watch the sunset. I loved it. I could've stayed out there forever.
Here is the Oceanside Pier. I guess it's the pier that is in Top Gun. Cool factoid for you. :-)

We returned home and I was grateful I could get on face time and talk to my sister, Jen, and her whole fam. Then I skyped with my sister, Wendy, and got to open my gift from her. Luckily my mom has group skype and so I got to talk with my sisters, Wendy and Ash, my brother, Matt, and my parents. Even if I'm looking through the computer screen, I still love being able to talk with my family. Nothing has changed. We still try to talk over one another, laugh a lot, and enjoy the conversation(s). My brother, David, who doesn't have skype (yet) called me earlier and made me laugh during dinner. I'm so grateful for technology and that I can "spend time" with my loved ones, even they aren't here with me.
Of course we finished off the night with Birthday Cake. I know it's huge and we still have about 7/8 of it left. We will probably give most of it away today, or freeze it.
Thanks to everyone for making my birthday absolutely awesome!

Never Enjoy Peace and Quiet...

2012-01-23T17:00:00.008-07:00

...Unless you know your children are fast asleep in their beds!!!

On Saturday early afternoon, Ty and I were just relaxing on the couch, watching a movie, enjoying some peace in the house. Until we saw this:
Whitney had emptied out all of Lindsey's clothes from her dresser. She put them all in one of her toy bins. (yes the toys that belong in there were all dumped out) Luckily we were in good moods and had a good laugh.
She is a great helper folding clothes when I'm doing laundry. But I think she got a little carried away this time. At least they were folded when we put them back in the drawers. Sadly, I think she enjoyed putting them back in the drawers so I don't know if she learned not to do it again.
On Sunday, I had gotten Whitney a snack and then once again we were just lounging after church. Then I looked over toward the kitchen and saw this:
Messer #2 had gotten into the snack Whitney had and got it all over her. She is such a stink, but is such a cutie.
She had to get the last scraps out of the container before I put the camera down and took it from her. :-)
No matter what messes we clean up, or how frustrated we sometimes get...Moments like these make you forget:

This is when you can truly enjoy peace and quiet.

Differences

2012-01-18T12:26:00.003-07:00

Well, now that we have been here for a little bit of time, I wanted to make a list of the biggest differences between life in Utah and life here in Southern California (remember we have not been here that long, these are mostly observations):
-I've never seen so many luxury cars. They are everywhere. And most of the other cars look nice/clean. I guess that's what happens when there isn't salt on the road for 6+months of the year.
-The weather here is weird. Much too warm, I still can't believe it's January here. But I'm not going to lie, I love wearing flip flops. I definitely like hearing that it snowed in Utah while I have my ceiling fan on and windows open.
-I feel like an individual here. There are so many different kinds of people and nothing to conform to, it's actually very liberating.
-Not having laundry in our apartment is a pain, and expensive. It is a necessity, so hopefully I will get used to it and have a good system.
-It's not so humid that I can't straighten my hair, but my skin is softer and the girls eczema is pretty much non-existent.
-I love the beach, but miss the mountains.
There are so many differences, but these stick out to me the most. We are doing well and already have planned our first trip home to visit family so that gives me something to look forward to. Everyday is different for my emotions. One day I love it here and feel very accomplished, other days I am unmotivated and feel really down. The girls are doing great and growing fast. Hope you all are doing well!

San Diego Zoo

2012-01-11T12:49:00.003-07:00

For Christmas my mom got us memberships to the San Diego Zoo. It includes access to the Zoo and the Safari Park. Ty is still looking for a job so he has some extra time. We decided to use that time to hit both places this last week.
First we went to the Zoo in San Diego:
(Don't worry, these aren't real animals, I know you were probably wondering haha)
Look closely at the picture below, you may see that this lion has sprouted an extra knee! :-)

One of Ty's favorite animals is the rhino, so he was excited to see them so close:

This was the main reason I wanted to go to the San Diego Zoo. The Pandas!! The exhibit is cool and the pandas were walking around everywhere!!! I was so excited. It was just about closing time so they were trying to take the pandas inside. I'll make sure we can watch them longer the next time we go. Every time I think of pandas I can't help but think of my sister, Wendy. (And Annie feeding them on their way to school haha, love you Wend)
Seeing a peacock walking around made me feel like I was back at the Hogle Zoo.
One other really cool part at the zoo was the koala exhibit. They look so soft and fluffy! I kept asking Ty if I could take one home, but he wouldn't budge.
This park is a lot more spacious than the zoo. The animals are more spread out. You can take a tram ride through the African animals and many of them are all in one enclosure. It's much more of a natural habitat for them I guess.
I don't know about you, but every time I have ever seen a lion, it has been sleeping. I was so shocked when I walked around the corner and saw this lion standing up, eating. It was so awesome!! Definitely one of the highlights of this zoo.

Here's Lindsey very interested in the animals while we were on the tram:
This park is very spacious and pretty:

Here was my absolute favorite part of the Safari Park, the gorilla exhibit. They have the CUTEST baby gorilla there. The gorillas were very active and walking around. The one in this picture was actually beating his chest!! It was so much fun and I can't go back to watch them longer:

I hope you all are doing well. If you want to come enjoy these zoos, come on down! (I get in for free so I'm willing to go whenever haha) What is your favorite animal to see at the zoo?

The Beach

2012-01-09T13:38:00.005-07:00

So I said earlier that my sister came with me to help move us down here. On her last day here we decided to let her out of our apartment so she could see a pretty part of Southern California. I had never seen the Pacific Ocean so I thought we could do that on our way to the airport.
Here are some pics of the gorgeous ocean:

Here's just a cute picture I wanted to include :-)

A Move to Bring in the New Year

2012-01-06T19:21:00.007-07:00

So, as most of you know, we spent New Years Weekend moving from Utah to southern California. My sister, Wendy, and Ty's brother, Brian, sacrificed and drove down to help us. It was such a blessing that they came! But it also made it very sad when they left. Here are some pics of our journey. (some are out of order but I'm too lazy to switch them)
Ty pulled out about an hour before we did:

Uncle David keeping Linds asleep while I got ready to go:Zoom in on your computer and you can see that this is the welcome to California sign. We almost missed it:
I had no idea that all of this part of California was so mountainous. (not quite sure that is a word) But it made for a pretty drive in:
Here are the awesome missionaries/priesthood from our ward that had the truck unloaded in about a half hour. They were awesome:
Here's Whitney seeing the apartment for the first time. She tells me all the time that she loves our new home:
Here's Lindsey enjoying the new space:
Out of order, but it was surreal to see these signs for the first time, it made it real that we were here.We partied it up with take-out from Chili's on New Years Eve. (Wendy and I may have fallen asleep shortly after this and missed ringing in the new year at midnight, but we won't dwell on that :-)
I love putting up decorations in bathrooms, not quite sure why, but I do:
Doesn't she know we are trying to put things away, not take them out?!
Here the girls' room was clean for 5 seconds:
The boys putting together the dining room table:
All-in-all it has been a pretty smooth move. I still need to get a few things and unpack some boxes. The master bedroom is the last thing I need to do. I'm procrastinating mainly because I don't know what to do with all of my clothes. I have way too many and I'm not sure where to put them all! Also, the calendar tells me one thing to wear and the weather tells me another. I can't bring myself to open the summer clothes box and wear those clothes in January. But the 60-80 degree weather makes me want to. I'm putting it off as long as I can. If I wear summer clothes in winter, what am I going to do when it really gets hot during summer? Well, sorry for the rambling...Happy Weekend!

Merry Christmas

2012-01-05T14:27:00.001-07:00

So I know that I am delayed, but I thought I would finally post about Christmas. It was fun and fast and full of family! Here's just a few pics of our little fam:
Decorating the tree, this is Lindsey's contribution:

Since it is probably the only time we will be decorating a tree with Pap Pap, we let him and Whit put the star on the tree
Here is Christmas morning. Uncle David helped open presents, I absolutely love this picture and how she is looking at him:
Here's the girls playing with toys later:

I hope you had a great holiday season, filled with love and good food and good times! Merry Christmas!!!

Serenity

2012-01-04T22:25:00.005-07:00

Today we went on a little adventure down to San Diego. My mom got us a membership to the San Diego Zoo, so we went there (pics later) and on our way home we stopped to see the temple for the first time. To say it is beautiful does do it justice. I've never felt like this looking at a temple before. We stopped to look at the grounds and here are some pics:

This is an oxymoron if I've ever seen one. It's January and there are beautiful bright flowers all over the ground and also there's Christmas lights! I don't know if I'll ever get used to it.

It was so neat, as we walked on the grounds I just felt this peace come over me. I've been very stressed with the move and we are surrounded by very populated cities and everything seems so fast moving. I loved to just sit and soak in the serenity and the spirit. I hope we can soon find a babysitter or at least tag team so we can go do some work there. I hope you can all take some time in your day to slow down and clear your mind, feel the peace and serenity.

Sunset Over the Pacific

2012-01-02T19:54:00.001-07:00

Today I saw the Pacific ocean for the first time (I'll post more on that later), but I was on a high from that. I had to then drop off my sister Wendy at the airport. After that it hit me like a ton of bricks and I was so sad. On our way home the sun was setting and I couldn't help comparing it to my situation here in California. Part of it is so beautiful and exciting. It's vast and open. On the other side, it is dark and scary and so lonely. It's neverending. I'm hoping today is the end of this downward spiral and now that the goodbyes are over, things will get easier. I'm so grateful for our safety and the blessings we have already received! Thanks for everyone's support and love. Hopefully this aching pain will gradually dull and I can always look at the silver lining of things to come! Wish us luck, and I hope you are all doing well!

We made it

2011-12-31T14:05:00.001-07:00

Well, sorry for the blog vacation, but I've been a little occupied to say the least. After a long drive we made it safely to our new apartment in California. We don't have internet yet so I just wanted to write a short post to say we' re here and we're adjusting. Happy New Year

Thanksgiving at Grandma's

2011-11-25T22:18:00.007-07:00

I hope you all had a great Turkey Day yesterday! We rotate every year, and this we were with Ty's family. It is always fun to get away and make the 2 hour drive to Grandma's house. It was a fun day and there ended up being about 42 extended family members who came. Here are some pics from the day:

Whit got a new Christmas book for Thanksgiving:
Whit and her cousin Desmond just sat down before dinner and started playing at their table:
Ty and Tami preparing dessert:
My two little cuties. They were being weird so you just get a bunch of random pictures:
Family Picture:

We are lucky she didn't get pushed off the chair!
Here's everyone eating:

She got a little tired of being so far away from everyone:
The kids got to make gingerbread houses after dinner. It was a nice distraction while the adults got to talk and check out Black Friday ads:
Whit just wanted to eat the icing:

I hope you all had a great day. I love being surrounded by family, even if it isn't my original family. I love a holiday that involves chocolate satin pie, family and most importantly, gratitude. What do you love most about Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving

2011-11-21T21:43:00.002-07:00

Where has November gone?! I swear Halloween was last week. I love the holiday season, and I'm super excited for Thanksgiving this week. I decided that I will list a few of the things I'm grateful for today:
-An aunt who reprimanded me that I don't blog enough which prompted this post. (Love you Aunt Kathy. :-)
-A roof over our head.
-A healthy family.
-I get to see my sister tomorrow!
-Our car.
-The holiday season.
-My laptop.
-College Football.
-New furnace at my parents' house.
-Food, especially junk food.
-Wendy's response to my tweet.
-Season 7 of House my awesome Hubby just got me.
-Having the most important Christmas shopping done.
-Costco

It's totally random but this is how I'm feeling today. I'm grateful for so so much more, but I need to get two little ones ready for bed. I hope that you all have a fantastic holiday and feel grateful and love from others. :-)

Too Many Farewells

2011-11-02T08:22:00.002-06:00

As most of you know these last couple months have been pretty difficult. I had three siblings move out of state within 2 months of each other. Well, the farewells keep coming and don't look to be stopping anytime soon. On Sunday we handed over the keys to the tenant of our condo. I was really looking forward to moving out of the condos, but when the time came I was pretty sad. I started thinking of all the memories we have there. It is the first home we bought together. We brought our babies home there. Just so many things. But it is for the best. Our lives are always changing and sometimes it's easier than other times. I don't really have any other option than to adapt to everything that happens. I know I can be as happy as I let myself. So here's to good luck to the changes that are happening and still coming!

I cried when I washed the little hand/fingerprints off the sliding glass door. (kinda hard to see in the picture)
Our last picture in the condo. I know we are dressed like bums but we had been cleaning.
Sayonara Condo! Ty is nothing but happy for the changes.
We came home to this, my two little cuties asleep with Mum Mum and Pap Pap in their bed. It was just too precious so I had to take a pic. It made me feel relieved that everything will turn out okay and we can make fun memories no matter where we are.

Halloween Fun

2011-10-31T19:45:00.006-06:00

On Sunday my sister and I decided to do a Halloween dessert. We made candy corn sugar cookie bars.
Aren't they cute?!
My awesome BIL is modeling this one for me.
We took Nemo and Cinderella to Carl's Jr and got their free fries for being in costume. I also tried my first Western Bacon Burger. I'm sold!
Sorry this picture is out of order but we went to my niece and nephew's Halloween parade this morning. Don't you love my little Nemo and Squirt the sea turtle?
This was Whit's first trick or treating experience. She was a little terrified of people dressed up but I think she had fun going to the few houses we did.
This awesome lady in our ward also gave Whit a pumpkin from her garden, so she was pretty excited to go to her house.
Thanks to the barking dog we got candy over the fence. :-)
We had such a fun day today, Whit was so awesome. I love Halloween! How was your holiday?

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-29T18:55:00.004-06:00

This morning we moved to my Mom and Dad's and tonight we went to their neighborhood trunk or treat. Whit was super excited! And she makes a very cute Nemo I think. :-)
Lindsey was squirt the sea turtle from Finding Nemo:

Hunting for candy with the cousins:

Here's my parents and all the grandkids. For their trunk they dressed up as Penn State tailgaters heehee:
Overall it has been a very long day, but that post will need to wait! I love this holiday, although I don't love dressing up. It's probably because of the time of year and of course the candy. :-) Hope you all have a very sweet and spook-filled Halloween!

Little Girl

2011-10-13T20:32:00.002-06:00

Well, I realized it's been forever since I posted anything about my not so little baby. She turned 8 months old on Monday. She has two teeth and is currently getting more. She is the sweetest little girl, and loves to cuddle with her mommy. She knows how to wave, but wont do it on command. She loves to clap and dance to music, or any rhythm for that matter! She is cruising all over the furniture and crawling everywhere! I am enjoying every stage that she goes through, although I forgot how much they get into everything at this age! Lindsey loves to play with her sister and will give anyone and everyone a smile. She is the opposite of Whit in many ways, so everyday is an adventure. As you can see in the picture, her costume came in the mail today so we were trying it on. :-) My favorite thing about her is that she can make me smile no matter what.

What made you smile today?

Crazy 36 hours!

2011-10-12T20:09:00.003-06:00

***Caution: Long Post***

Well, things have been in a whirlwind around here. Ty wants to go to school out of state in January, so the biggest dilemma is renting our condo. We thought with the economy so bad right now and houses going for so cheap, that it would take awhile to get someone to rent. Since sometimes I'm not very motivated, I made a goal to get the condo posted on the classifieds by the end of this week. Something came over me and I decided to be uber productive yesterday. I totally cleaned the whole place, took pictures, and posted the condo. I felt very accomplished. Well, we got our first call within hours of posting it! She made an appointment to come visit tonight.

I had lots of plans to finish deep cleaning today, and get everything else done and then go get my flu shot at Ty's work (free clinic through insurance). Well, Ty missed his ride this morning, so I had to pack up the girlies and take him to work at 6:30 (very early for me who normally gets out of bed between 8-9). So the bug that bit me yesterday couldn't wake up so early this morning and all I got accomplished before flu shots was getting myself ready and keeping the monsters from destroying my clean house. I got my shot and to avoid having to drive to Ty's work 3 times in one day, I decided to kill time in town and run errands. The girls took a nap and then we went shopping and we found this awesome find at a goodwill store and Whit got a riding horse:

I had more hour to kill and one more store to hit. I was just driving down the road the light turned yellow and I decided to go through the light. Well, bad decision because this happened:

An 18 year-old in a pick-up turned left at the same and hit my front fender. I'm fine and so are the girls. The kid thought it was my fault and I thought it was his, so we called the cops and an officer came to give the kid a citation. (I knew I was right) Hopefully everything will get sorted out quickly with the insurance so I can get my baby fixed. (the car, not Linds :-)

Well, as crazy as the afternoon was, we still had an appointment to show the condo so we cautiously drove home and finished up cleaning. Well, it turns out that the potential renter's mom is in our ward! Everything went great and she is ready to move in the first of November! How is it possible to feel relieved and super stressed at the same time?!

I may have a breakdown soon, okay I will have a breakdown soon but everything will go fine. I'm grateful for little things that make me feel a little better. Like my sister's post, a loving husband, and helpful parents. I feel very blessed that no one was injured to day and one major stress of moving is taken care of. I know we have a long way to go, but I just need a good night's rest to get a recharge. :-) What a day!

Meal Planning

2011-10-10T16:35:00.002-06:00

I've been planning all day for a major shopping trip and here are our meals for the next two weeks. I'm not sure when we are going to have what but this is what I have to choose from:

-Meatball Sandwiches
-Chicken pasta primavera
-Crunchy onion chicken and twice baked potatoes
-Hamburger Helper or Velveeta skillet dinner
-Taco Soup
-Chicken broccoli casserole
-Cold cut hoagies
-Manicotti
-Pancakes/eggs/bacon
-Chicken alfredo

So...what's for dinner at your house?

Headband

2011-10-05T12:03:00.003-06:00

So this time I tried a "headband" It was actually super easy. Don't look too closely because it isn't perfectly straight. :-) I really liked this because I have a real problem with Whit's bangs getting in her face and I don't love cutting them, and this works well no matter how short the hair is. At first I tried it with a side ponytail, but because her hair isn't that long it started falling out in the back. I decided to leave it down and curly. I think you could do anything with it though. I'm really liking this new adventure, and Whit does really great being my guinea pig. :-)
Here it is from the top:
Here it is from the front with the ponytail:
Here it is with her hair curly (sorry about the tv in the background):

Welcome Fall!

2011-10-05T11:23:00.002-06:00

This is the view from our balcony this morning! I'm very excited to see the overcast weather and below 70 degrees for the temperature! I love this weather and I open my windows just so I have an excuse to put a hoodie on. I'm just trying to enjoy this 3 seconds of fall before it turns to winter and snows tonight. :-)

First Attempt

2011-10-03T21:27:00.005-06:00

So I decided to try this hairdo from the blog I posted about yesterday. I took these pictures after we had been out for a few hours. It was right before bedtime, so it was a little difficult for the 2 year old to hold still. :-) It took a little bit of time to get it done, but luckily we have a personal dvd player to keep her attention while I did it. I know it isn't close to perfect, but I'm a work in progress! Let me know if you try any new hairdos for your little girls! Sidenote to my sister Jen: you better keep your girls away from me, because with how much hair they have, I will definitely be trying new things when I see them. heehee

Here is the front:

Here is the back:She threw herself onto her bed face down and it was a good position to see the back again haha:And this is the first picture I took with her looking like a monster and I had to post it because she makes me laugh:

Hairdos

2011-10-01T15:25:00.002-06:00

So, now that Whit is getting more hair, I enjoy trying new things. I decided since I'm not creative at all I would search for some online. Well, I found this blog and there are some way cute ideas! I definitely recommend if you have a little girl to go and check it out. Her little girl has quite a bit of hair, but she says you can simplify them to make them work for different types of hair. Go check it out!

Where has Autumn gone?

2011-09-28T13:00:00.002-06:00

Dear Autumn,
Your start date has come an gone. I have missed you for months and months. Please come back to us. I want to be able to leave my windows open and feel comfortable. I want to wear a hoodie and not sweat. I would like to see you turn the leaves yellow, orange and red. I want to have the sky stay gray while I relax during a football game. If you could please push summer out of the way so I can stop turning on my air conditioning, I would really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Jess
xoxo

New Toy

2011-09-23T10:08:00.003-06:00

Thankfully, I finally have a computer again! No more surfing on my 4" phone screen. :-) I'm really excited and just trying to figure everything out, but hopefully I will be posting more and they will be better pictures because I will be using my real camera, instead of my phone!

One more thing...

2011-09-01T22:17:00.001-06:00

No bake peanut butter cookies to celebrate the Wynn. Hee hee