one year old. two birthday parties.

birthday in palm springs with the fam.

loves her new baby

wants her new baby

ellie's cake, that me and josh ate. hey, i'm the reason she had her birthday. don't i deserve it. actually we didn't get a chance to have her eat it, in a high chair and it was to good to let it go to waste so we just planned on having her eat her own cake on her actual birthday.

OCTOBER 2nd. Ellie's first birthday.

first a nap with dad. ( i could not get her to sleep for the life of me)

she woke up really happy though.

and a little lunch with the fam.
that night we had a little party at my sister, jessica's house.
she did a lot better opening presents this time around.

"these are mine, sydney"

still no high chair but we had to let her do it. she just kept licking it because she wasn't to sure about it. she ended up loving it though.

it's been a crazy year but really fun and we are so glad she was apart of it.

Yo Gabba Gabba

our good friend matt fackrell wrote and directed an episode for yo gabba gabba asked sydney if she wanted to be in it. of course she was so excited to do it.

the cutest outfit!!

on set, getting ready to dance.

this isn't a good picture but she is in the sound studio recording, "my name is sydney. i like to dance."

a little movie star treatment. she had such a fun day.
thanks matt!
(episode might now air til the summer)

P.S.- i love you

it's totally OCD but I have to blog everything that i missed before i blog what's going on now. so sorry. this was our last few weeks in Palm Springs. soaking up the sun and having fun with family before we took off to utah. sydney and her cousin mckenna love each other like sisters. jacob is the sweetest little guy. and my cousin emz is the best. we had so much fun with them.

my grandparents love my girls so much and we are really going to miss seeing them so often.


my dad and i took the tram and did a long hike around the mountain. this was when all the fires were going on so it was really smokey.

and i got to watch my littlest sis, Niki, play highschool volleyball. she is far left. i can't believe she is already in high school! we are going to miss alot of people that i don't have pictures of but know we love you.


we also got to say good bye to some good friends in pasadena. so sad.

i'm so glad we were able to stop by and visit rebecca and her new baby tate. he is so cute!
flash forward to 16 years old. scary!

jumper...in sachia's house. is she not the coolest mom ever?

Ellie thought she was so cool on coopers four wheeler.
LOVE YOU ALL AND MISS YOU.

WE'RE ALIVE!!

So I am finally making a new post because I hear people are sick of seeing the same thing when they run by my blog. An update is much in need though.
As you can only imagine, owning a car dealership in L.A. in this wonderful economy wasn't the best thing, so Josh started to get crafty and looked else where to take care of us. He got a new job as a Regional Manager of a marking company called Incite Marketing.
In September we moved up to Orem, Utah. Yes, I know what you are thinking. But I am actually loving it. We just moved into really cool mid-century home complete with pink bathroom and green kitchen counter. It sounds horrible but it's so cute and right up our ally. I will put pictures up later. Anyways, the house is on over 3 acres and has the most amazing view of Provo, the mountains, and the temple. We have more room then we have ever had and have plenty of room for guests so come visit us!! This is one of the wonderful things about Utah. Basements and cheap living. We miss all our friends and family in Palm Springs and Pasadena ALOT. Luckily two of my sisters are here and we have some great friends who are making the move much easier.Sydney is in kindergarten and couldn't possibly love it more. She has already made alot of new friends and can't wait to go to school everyday. Ellie is ONE!!! and walking....but she is so much fun. One of my best friends Paulette took pictures of her right before we left Palm Springs. Here is the link. She is amazing!!

http://www.pauletteblomquistphotography.com/Professional/Ellie/6359074_XvZaE#656752829_yP2jK

As you can see she has taking alot of pictures for me. Next time I will put some pictures up of her little birthday.

Growing up and having fun.

Trying new things. She will finally put food in her mouth without gagging! She doesn't love baby food but will take 3 to 4 bites, every other day. She loves the puffs and baby mum mums. She has tried brown rice and grapes and loves them. That is the extent of her diet, besides breast milk. I don't think she will ever stop nursing. She is still supre chunky though.

Ellie's friend Wyatt. They are like a week apart.

Crawling. My life is over.

Sydney's doing a cooking show.

I totally would have bought her this hair thing if it wasn't 20 bucks. So cute.

Kicking it at Bubba Gumps.

These are the famous Beignets from Cafe Du Monde. It's the french doughnut. Pretty much a scone, or fried dough covered with powdered sugar. They are so good though.

Bright flash. She loves her uncle Adam.

July 4th

On july 3rd all the wives went to scope out the town to find the best place to watch the firework show. We ended up taking the fairy from downtown New Orleans to the otherside of the Mississippi and watching it in a more family friendly area. These are some pictures my friend, Kristen took that day. It was warm but a beautiful night.

Us, Kaylee, Wyatt, Brooke, Kristen, and Alyssa

Fireworks from the barge on the Mississippi. Such a neat experience!

New Orleans

They finally got all the licensing all done for Louisiana so the office moved on over to New Orleans. I never thought I would ever visit, let alone LIVE here but I actually love it. (not at first) These are just some pics from a day walking around downtown. There is so much to do here!
After I took all these pictures with the masks, I saw a sign that said No Pictures with Masks. OOPS.