Cheerios

We were at Chic-Fil-A one afternoon with Josh and fed Liev some cheerios. Most of them ended up on the floor, some in his mouth and he was saving just one for later... Yummy!

Joseph

I took Rease on a mommy-daughter date to see one of my favorite plays - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Hale Center Theatre. She loved it and we had a fun time just the two of us.

How do you eat your apples?

This is total Rhen. Doesn't eat the crust on her sandwiches and apparantly won't eat the peels of her apples.

Smart girl - she eats only the good part!

Mouthful?

We love the suckers from the Pizza Factory - these delicious kind that you see stuck in Rhen's mouth. Rhen apparantly wanted to try two kinds at once - she had a mouthful.

Swimming Lessons

This summer we put Rease in swimming lessons. She was so excited to learn how to swim without her lifejacket. She did two sessions of lessons this year and did an awesome job. She had only one other girl in her class so they got a lot of one on one time with their instructor.

Looking good in that suit girlfriend!

Candid Shots

Rease got ahold of the camera without me knowing and took some pictures of us in the car. I didn't see them until later but this is her view from the backseat of the van...

And smiling because she's so cute! (even with that boogery nose!)

Discovery Gateway

My friend Andrea came to town from Hawaii and we got together at the Discovery Gateway and let the kids play while we had some time to catch up. We only get to see each other once a year when she is here seeing her family, so it's always fun to get together!

Rease and Rhen likes these little puzzle things.

We took a minute and went outside to see the helicopter.

Rease did not want to be taking this picture, she just wanted to go back to the helicopter and play in it. She loved sitting inside and pretending to drive.

And being a passenger.

We played for a long time by the water. Of course, my kids are always wanting to play in the water no matter where it is.

Baby Liev spent the day in the carseat. There were bubbles floating around and one landed on his hand. He couldn't figure out how to get it but also couldn't keep his eyes off it.

Rease loves playing house, so this little house was perfect for her and her imagination.

And Rhen would not let these flowers go.

This is our best attempt at a picture with everyone. Liev and Andrea's baby Madison are not in the picture, but it was hard enough getting these girls to stop playing for a minute to snap a picture.

Anyway, it was a fun day together and also nice to be with old friends!

Josh Groban

My birthday present this year was tickets to see Josh Groban! For those of you who know me know that Josh Groban is one of my Hollywood crushes - mainly because his voice is amazing and I can listen to him all day long. My Josh knows this about me and knew that a perfect gift for me would be tickets to his concert and a great dinner before. So Saturday night we got a sitter and headed to one of our favorite restaurants, the Five Alls, before the concert. It was delicious as always and when we were leaving I wanted to get a picture of us in front of the restaurant. I was trying to get the sign in the picture with us but kept cutting it off just a little bit...

I took this picture and said, "Oh good I got it." Josh looked then and said, "No you didn't! Did you not notice that half my face it cut out of the picture?" I guess I didn't notice that honey, I was too busy looking at the sign!

So he took the camera and with his slightly longer arms he was able to get everything in the picture - including both of us!
The concert was, can I say, amazing! Josh Groban was a great entertainer. We were sitting straight on with the stage about 15 rows up. The cool thing was there was a smaller stage in the middle of the floor that was really close to us and he did a lot from that small stage.

We had a great night!

Together with my Josh and my Hollywood Josh - what could be better?

Office Retreat 2011

Every year for our office retreat we take a day and go boating as an office. Pat has a boat along with dad's and Kilee's parents have jetskis so with everything together we have a day's worth of activities. We had a great day this year and the weather was perfect.

Hayley and I took a break to read while the others were out on the boats.

Grammie brought up this bucket of beads for the kids to play with and Rhen made an awesome necklace. Baby Liev was as cute as could be. He is learning how to smack his lips and that is what he is attempting in this picture. I love this sweet little boy.

For lunch - a 6 foot sub. It was the most enormous sandwich I've ever seen!

Fun day in the sun!

Bridezilla?

Rhen tries so hard to be independant these days. One of the phrases I hear most often is "I'll do it myself." That goes for putting on her clothes, strapping her shoes on, eating, getting in the car, etc. Changing into princess clothes is a daily occurence for the girls and that is also a time that Rhen has to "do it myself." I couldn't help laughing at the picture of her with her veil on that she can never get quite right. If its out of her face, she's happy - but doesn't she look a little bit like a crazy bride?

You go Miss Independant Princess!