Memorial weekend!

With our move and setting up and all that that entails, things have been very busy lately so this past weekend we decided to just relax a little. We had a great time hanging out, seeing new places, being together.

Hope your weekend was perfectly enjoyable for you!


The cutest little boys ever!
Handsome husband and Conner being cool.

Mr Cute.

Something I made to start off the weekend. :)

More happy birthdays!

Happy birthday Luca and Kathy!! We love you! We are SOOOOO happy that we will be seeing you, Luca, very soon! We hope it works out to see you, Kathy, sometime. But we pray and hope that you had a terrific, awesome, relaxing and enjoyable day and we hope this upcoming year will be more wonderful and happy than you've enjoyed yet!

With love from this side of the world!

Happy birthday Danni!

I love you! I'm so blessed to have a sister like you in my life. I hope that - despite the odds - this year brings you happiness, good times and treats you well. You are an amazing person, one I admire a lot and you deserve the best! Hope you are able to enjoy, relax and celebrate your special day! Love you sis!! xx

Sand, sand...and more sand!

My kids found a love for sand! They played at a park for about an hour today in the sand, even people around me were amazed. So was I. (Here's hoping this love lasts at least a few park trips.) It was pretty nice. There are some pretty great parks here and every one I have been to so far has both a wood-chip park and then a sand area with little diggers that kids can sit and play on. You can imagine Conner's joy!

Here are some pix from today of them.

At the Zoo!

We went to check out the Oakland Zoo yesterday and here are some pix. It's small, much smaller than the SD Zoo or Wild Animal Park, but the nice thing is that though there are tons of variety in animals, there are quite a few of each one and they are very close so you can see them very clearly, almost touch them. So it's nice and feels very low maintenance, which works for me with them both being so young. They also have quite a nice play area for kids, so it's very nice. Conner really enjoyed being so close to the animals.

We got to see giraffes, otters, alligators (one of which was really close and did a big yawn which totally scared little Conner :( ), goats, tigers, monkeys, an anaconda, macaws and there are more animals we didn't see yet.

Here are a few pix to enjoy!

Happy 2nd birthday to our little man!

Happy birthday baby! It's hard to believe that just two years ago, the most precious little guy came into our lives, changing us forever. It was, by far, the best change we could of asked for! Conner, you are the world's most precious little boy. It's been a joy being your mama and dada every step of the way. Every day with you is better than before, you give us so much to look forward to. Thank you for coming into our lives, choosing us and making us parents. We couldn't be happier, more proud or love you more!

Sea World fun!

We took the kids to Sea World over this past weekend and had the best of times. Conner just LOVED watching Shamu's show, watching the dolphins, holding the starfish, the aquarium and the skylift. Trevor loved watching the sharks swim over his head and playing in the kids playground and the dolphins.

Here's a few pix.

Starting a new adventure.

As of tomorrow, we'll be on our way to starting a new adventure. We'll be sad to be leaving dear friends and family and the place we've called home since becoming a family...but we're excited to be moving towards the new and look forward to the new adventures that await.

Thanks for your prayers that our move goes smoothly and for our settling in. More later...