Tuesday, January 1, 2013

FEBRUARY 2012

February 1st I had a Pampered Chef with the amazing Trudy Maples... I had one with her the year before and I would have had one every year with her if I still lived in Arizona as it was so fun!

Tuesday, Paris came over to work with Katelyn:)

Saturday night was Girls Night at my friend Erin's house!


 Monday was a fun day with my babies!
 They love hiding under the table and playing:)
 Then we went to the park (with baby, of course!)


 We had school, Chick-fil-a playdates, playdate with Asher before his new baby brother was born...


This girl is sooooo sweet when she wakes up from her naps... sooo happy!



 Playing in her room...


 Loves her purse!
 Putting on jewelry!

We spent the weekend playing outside!
 Monday started my program with Cara for my joint pain... it was 2 or 3 months long of therapy and training and unfortunately, it didn't work:(

However, that evening was a Valentine's Day party with our friends at the park:)  Special snacks, games and exchanging our Valentines!


 Valentine's Day pancakes!
 More Valentine's Day parties at school and Valentine's Day evening Brendon and I went to cooking school!



 We even got monogrammed aprons!
The next day was my mom's annual Valentine's Day brunch at one of my favorite spots in Scottsdale.... and I did Katelyn's nails... although getting her to sit still long enough to let them dry has been a challenge (that is why I got her a nail dryer for Christmas!)


Thursday Paris came over to work with Daniel.... and Saturday was Aiden's 2nd Birthday Party.




Sunday... Zander came over for a playdate:)




Monday we had a playdate at Desert Breeze with Nina and her kiddos.





Got the camera out for one of my favorite times of the day... bath time!
 And my cup of joe!



 And ready for the day.... love their playroom!

Lots of playdates this week, working out at the gym... letting Melinda make me SUPER BLONDE!

... and a pedicure!

Saturday we started TBall, had a SUPER CUTE birthday party to attend








and then in the evening went to a birthday party for my friend Leah!

Monday we went to my friend Susan's house then went down the street to my sister-in-law's house as MiMi arrived from South Africa!

Tuesday was our 8th Wedding Anniversary...we celebrated on the weekend when Maggie came and stayed at our house so she could watch the kiddos while we went out:)

Wednesday we took Mimi to the Zoo!












Adios, February!

January 2012

Well, I am going to speed blog the rest of 2012... so I can start fresh for 2013:)

Of course, I am not going to remember details from a year ago but I do keep a fairly detailed calendar of our life so I can reference that:)  Coming off the cruise, we went straight on a Daniel Fast and back to our routine of life... preschool, work, gym and fun playdates!
 Katelyn's hair was so short a year ago:)

That Saturday was my friend Kristi's baby shower!


 Then in the afternoon was my friend Paulina's Baby Shower!


 That evening was also Misti's Going Away Party and the kids had dentist appointments.... Saturday's can be very BUSY!

Monday I watched Zander for the morning then Paris came over to work with Daniel and that evening we went to HOPE Christian for Daniel's Kindergarten information meeting for the 2012-2013 school year (who would have known that he would never attend Kindergarten in Arizona).

Tuesday my little girl apparently had a VERY FUN day playing outside:)

 Oh yeah... she has a brother and can roll in the mud with the best of them... even wearing pink and sparkly shoes!

Wednesday was PICTURE DAY... I try to take the kids to get pictures every six months or so that I can document their growth in these early years when they change so much!  I love looking back at all of my pictures from when I was little so I think they will appreciate it too!

Friday after work, we had a park playdate... 

Saturday our neighbor Rianne came over for some fun backyard playing!


 Sunday... all ready for church!

 Last picture... Katelyn hooking her baby up in her booster seat and apparently feeding her baby some "real food."  All I know about this girl is that she is going to make an amazing babysitter one day then eventually an incredible mommy!  She takes such good care of her babies!
We ended January with park playdates and having friends over for dinner... of course, I had a great helper in the kitchen!



Bye Bye January 2012!