New Friends

We visited the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park with some new friends this week. Daddy became good friends with a man named Mike during his deployment. Our family stayed with them and I got to know their girls, Julia and Emma. We all became fast friends! Their mommy, Christine, also came but their brother had to go to school that day. I couldn't stop talking about Julia on our way home and can't wait to play with her again.

Daddy's Home!!

Countdown to Daddy

We've started the official countdown to the day daddy returns. Mommy and I made this lovely sign out on the back porch this afternoon. The puffy stickers were especially exciting because I picked them out myself. I have numbers ready to put up every day when we wake up. Don't get too excited, despite what the picture shows, it's definitely more than one day.

10 Years Later

Mommy and Daddy had their 10 year anniversary today. This was a picture of them on their honeymoon in Cancun, Mexico. Mommy is convinced that she hasn't aged a day, I am happy to agree with her. The flowers are ones that daddy sent to celebrate their day. He is always so thoughtful! We had fun arranging them and enjoying the wonderful scent in the air.

Rain, Rain Go Away

You may have heard about all the rain we've been getting. We're now on our fourth storm in as many days. The clouds parted and the sun peeked through enough yesterday to produce a beautiful rainbow. It was a full arch but we could only get this much in the frame. It was an unexpected treat amongst all the dreary weather. Needless to say, it lasted five minutes, the clouds filled in and it started raining again!

First Beach Day 2010

As a southern California girl, I must always be ready for a trip to the beach. I recently got a new suit, cover-up and hat so I was so excited to try them out. The weather was beautiful today so we made our way to the beach. It was as fun as I remembered!

Happy Birthday Max!

Mommy and I threw Max a birthday party today, he turned 10! I included a picture of him when he was just a puppy. It's obvious why that face was hard to resist, despite his naughty puppy ways!

During his party he kept his hat on long enough for a picture and we put a candle in his bone before we sang to him. I had to take care of blowing that out. I picked out all his gifts and he is so excited about all of them. You can see his big smile in the last picture before digging into his rawhide bone.

Happy Birthday 'Brother'!!

More Christmas

Although these are not necessarily in order, you can see what fun I was having in each. Before we left Colorado I had two rounds on the carousel at the mall. The first on a purple horse and the second on the pink one I chose.

Yesterday, we met up with great Aunt JoAnn and Uncle Jim who were in town visiting cousin Michael, his wife Amy and cousin Jimmy. We had fun with them at the Thousand Oaks mall. I talked grandpa into a cup of ice cream after lunch. If you look closely you can see the chocolate on the tip of my nose.

Mommy went to get some errands done today so grandma and I made a playhouse. Half my toys ended up in there in addition to half the canned foods in the pantry. I thought it would be fun to run a grocery store out of my newly acquired space.

Merry Christmas

Wishing you the Merriest Christmas! Say a prayer for our troops who are so far from home during this season and a special mention for daddy to return safely and quickly to us in the new year.

Winter Wonderland

We had an uneventful flight to Colorado except for the many trips to the potty at 35,000 feet and my constant wiggling around. I decided I didn't want much to do with all the toys mommy brought but had more fun looking over the seat at the girl behind me, opening and closing the window covering and pulling the tray table up and down. Two hours of fun for mommy!

Just as we were driving into Colorado Springs it started to snow and didn't stop until morning. I was very excited to make snow angels and throw snowballs at Piet, Grandma and Grandpa's defenseless puppy. We tried to sled down the hill in the front yard but didn't get much traction.

Later in the day we went to a Simpich Marionette Christmas show in Old Colorado City. The show was an hour and a half and I lasted for about 20 minutes. Mommy and I excused ourselves and headed to a coffee shop and local gallery to wait until the show was over. That's where I got my new favorite friend, the lamb.

I'm excited to see what today brings. This morning started out great with some time on Grandpa's lap!