Wow! Another year has come and gone! I can't believe how fast 2011 went! This year we found out we are expecting baby #3 in February and we are all so very excited! We will be naming her Shelby. Samantha 2011: Celebrated her 8th Birthday Started 3rd grade Star...

Christmas 2011 was an absolute blast! The girls had such a wonderful time visiting with friends and family and had a lot of fun playing together. It's crazy that this will be our last Christmas as a fmaily of four! Next year we will have another daughter crawling aroun...

Since September the kids (and parents) from Lake Arrowhead Classical Ballet Company & School of Dance have been very busy with the 2011 production of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker". Gust performers include: Tatiana Berenova Sugar Plum Fairy, Ramon Thielen Cavalier, El...

The girls Christmas dresses came today so we finally did a few pics for our Christmas Card. ...

Tonight was Trunk or Treat at our Elementary School. The girls had so much fun seeing their friends and running around having fun! Samantha just cracked us up all night long and made the night so much fun. We also did pumkin carving the other night! ...

awww.... I can't believe how big my baby is getting! Last week (9.20.11) Sarah lost her 3rd tooth. She had a tooth on bottom that was growing in and pushing her tooth out so I yanked the loose tooth so she could eat! Even Daddy was at school that day and got to see her loose...

Today marked the start of the 2011-2012 school year. The girls were so excited to start school! Sarah is in the 1st grade and Samantha is in 3rd. They both had a lot of fun and just adore their teachers! Sam and Sarah with Grandma (she is a teacher at their school) ...

The 2nd week of August we headed out to newport Beach to stay at the Beach House. It's something the family does every summer and we have a blast! Here are just a few of my favorite photos. ...

As a kid I always looked forward to swimming at my GG's pool. Seeing my Grandma was always the highlight of any vacation or Holiday. When she passed away a few weeks after Samantha was born a huge part of my life was gone and a person who meant so much to my family grew h...

The weather is beautiful up in Lake Arrowhead. The breeze makes being out in the sun bearable.  We took the girls to LAE's playground so the girls could run around and stretch their legs. ...

I can not believe that my baby has finished Kindergarten and will be going into 1st grade in the fall! Sarah also has her Spring Showcase for Ballet this month. ...

Mrs. A (Sarah's Kinder teacher.. aka grandma)  has been working on the Alpha Friend's Circus since the day school started last August. The kids have been practicing the songs all year long and throughout the year we have done some serious costume shopping! Sarah was Q...