We got Snow again!

WOOO!! We also got to witness it falling this time and man did it fall hard! Thank you Miss Heather Case for correcting me about my last winter post. It is my favorite SEASON! But it is true that in California winter barely lasts a month. Here are some wintery pictures for your viewing pleasure!

Again Dillan was not too fond of the snow and wanted to ride in his favorite swing at the park.

Until next time. =]

Let There be Snow!

Winter is my absolute favorite month. What can i say i LOVE cold weather. Living in California we don't get cold weather that often, so last night when it was 30 something degrees and i had to drive home in snow...i must say i was rejoicing! I didn't however rejoice about the people driving like idiots and like they haven't seen snow before in their lives...lets just keep it at that.

The snow didn't fall long but my boys loved seeing it. Aiden woke up this morning and was bummed to look outside to only frost on a few blades of grass. But i made his day better =]

We went to a park that was at a slightly higher elevation than our house. It was pretty nice being the only ones there to use the snow soaked playground =]

My camera shy child. As soon as he sees me pull out the camera he always turns the other way. I stuck him in the swing and refused to push him until he said cheese. This was the outcome.

I wish it would snow more often and we didn't get so jipped on our winters. The boys had fun though. We even got interviewed by the Press Enterprise about the snow! Until next time =]

Valentine's Day/Bunnies

This Valentine's Day was pretty relaxed for this little family. I had the day off so i got to spend it with 2 of my main men. No cute pictures of my little boys they did not want to co-operate with me but i did put them in red nonetheless! My husband surprised me on his way home from work with lilies(one of my favorite flowers...not a fan of roses) and lobster tails. The lobster tails were raw of course so i googled how to cook them and they turned out like this!

The only other time we had even tried lobster was at Sizzler. Probably not the best choice to even eat lobster there but it was pretty darn good. I have to say though that the one's i made were way better! So sayanara Sizzler from now on I'm making mine!

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We added 2 new members to our family today. We have been contemplating on getting some sort of pet for our kids and we couldn't come up with an answer. We have experience with owning a fish tank so we would know what to expect with getting another one. But fish tanks these days are quite expensive. Then we thought about getting a gecko because it would be low maintenance and frankly we don't have time to care for a dog or cat. We also had the thought of getting a hamster since we had owned one before. The one we had owned before somehow got out of her cage and was loose in Cody's Dad's house for a couple days. After he caught her and locked her back up she then barricaded herself and practically committed hamster suicide.

So as we were scoping out all the possibilities we came across the bunnies. We talked with the people that worked the store and they are very low maintenance. We would be able to have the cage outside and cleaning out the cage once a week would be no problem. The bunnies they had were also very people friendly so we thought we would give it a shot(plus they gave us a good deal). So meet Murphy and Looloo Bunny. We don't know if they really are a girl and a boy and we wont know for quite some time. They are too young at the moment to tell the gender. But needless to say they are pretty darn cute.

Murphy a bit camera shy =]

Looloo Bunny

The boys and their bunnies. They do love them!

Aiden loving on Loo

I will try to keep you updated if we find out which bunny is a boy and which is a girl. For all we know they could be the same gender! Until next time!

Pictures

Here are some photos from the holidays and what we have been doing recently! I am so behind so only photos and short notes about everything! I hope you enjoy =]

One of my favorite ornaments.

The star on our tree.

Items from my mantle.

More of the mantle.

The wreath i made for this holiday season...i love it!

Christmas at Nana's house. They are admiring the gift i made them in this picture.

Christmas at Grandma Nisha's and Grandpa Harold's House.

Christmas morning at our house. The boys enjoying their presents. Daddy and Aiden are also in the tent that Dillan is crawling into.

Aiden giving me the sink eye because he couldn't open his present. Daddy bought foil lined wrapping paper that wouldn't even rip.

Dillan Christmas morning. Love his big brown eyes!

Recently we went to the park with my brother and his girlfriend for a picnic. It was alot of fun and the kids had a blast!!

Aiden's signature face. He gets it from his favorite movie The Nightmare Before Christmas.

I love these boys!

Aiden picked an orange on our walk around the park.

A couple days ago our toilet had plugged and overflowed our bathroom. After much plungering i was done and had come to the conclusion that something was flushed by one of the boys. I interrogated Aiden and got absolutely nothing from him. Since Dillan isn't old enough to tell me anything except he is hungry or needs a diaper change, i figured it was him. My dad came by to give it a look and he had to move the toilet outside to get whatever it was that was jammed inside of it, out. I heard him laughing outside and i knew he had gotten it out. Low and behold it was a half eaten apple. I knew it was Dillan all along!

My little rugrat Dillan also got into some more trouble this morning. He brought the powdered sugar from this morning's french toast down from the counter and all of the floor and himself. Ofcourse Aiden was right there next to him. It made for some cute pictures and one sticky floor!

Until next time!

2011 In Review

So 2011 has been such an eventful year. I can not wait for all the exciting things that 2012 brings. So here is a quick update on the family. Christmas was awesome as usual. Its so great to see all the family members and be able to celebrate the birth of our savior. I am still a working mom. It is so hard sometimes but i know it will be worth it in the long run. It is also nice that i work at the same place as my husband, easier transport wise and we get to take lunches together...who wouldn't want that?! We have been going back and forth about weather or not to move. We absolutely love Calimesa and the seclusion it has. Also seeing the cows on the hill in front of a sunrise is pretty awesome too! But we would like to be closer to both of our families and would love to move back to Redlands. But as of right now we are staying put!

The boys are doing amazing. Aiden is now a sunbeam and it is so cute to see him during primary. We are the teachers for valiant 9 so we watch his every move! Dillan is supposed to be in the nursery but he is in the transitioning phase of clinging to mommy and actually going into the nursery. They spend their time with both grandparents while me and Cody are at work. We know that they are in good hands.

The husband also got me a spiffy new camera which is currently my 2nd love..but shh don't tell Cody that!

Life is flying by so fast i wish it would stop so that i can catch up with all the things that are happening. I hope to have some more updated photos for your viewing pleasure soon! So until next time! =]