We're Back!!

OK, so I know I have been completely MIA for the last...well...SEVERAL months. I know it's been forever! Well, I have been very very busy to say the least. Working 2 jobs and trying to maintain a household, let alone be a good mother and wife has not been an easy task for me. It was def something that I thought would come more natural to me or at least flow alittle bit better than it has. Well, in any case, I had some inspiration from an old friend from college The Pinckney Family Blog and decided to jump back into it. Since it has been quite some time...there are tons of photos and updates so instead of just boring you with all the details...I will upload some recent photos of what's been happening in our lives and then from there simply start fresh. For family...if you would like all of our recent photos..I have them uploaded to snapfish and I can email you them all if you would like. Just let me know. OK well that's it for today. I'll be working on getting pics up in the next day or so so until then...ttyl.

Oh by the way...I must mention...in case you didn't know already...it SNOWED in Sacramento yesterday. Yep, I know it sounds too good to be true but it totally did!! It was awesome!! :-)

New pics

So it's been quite awhile since my last blog...I know, I know....but I must admit that things have been sooo crazy around our household!!! I guess just the fact that it is summer is reason enough because with summer comes tons of fun stuff....like going boating, swimming, BBQ'ing. All the fun stuff that fills up our nights and weekends :-) And, since so much has gone on, I think it would take forever to write about...So I think I will just share some recent photos that I've taken over the last couple of weeks. And since I am at least acknowledging the fact that I am slacking on this blog...I am hoping you will cut me some slack ;-) I will def try to keep on it as there is alot of stuff coming up these next couple of months including the big 1ST BIRTHDAY for my Addi girl!! As well as other birthdays, parties, and events. So....I hope everyone is having an amazing summer and we'll talk soon.... xoxo

Gpa Kruse & Gma Cheryl took Addi to her very first
River Cats game and make it extra special!! Check
out the scoreboard!! So cool huh!!?!?!





On June 19th our 2 best friends, Dave and Katie,
had their engagement party...they will be getting
married June 19th, 2010. Dan, Addi, and I are all
in the wedding and we are so honored that they choose
us to share in their special day...this day has been
a long time coming and we are sooo excited and
happy for them!!

Kate and I

The Bride and her Bridesmaids

Such a cool idea for a cake!!

Dan and Big Dave

The girls...


Friends xoxo

Meggy and I

Part of the "quadpod"..missing Meggy

Soon to be Mr. and Mrs. Greenly!!! YAY!!


Some new pics of Addi girl...which btw...now has 2
bottom teeth!!! It is soo freakin' cute when she
smiles and you can see her little teeth! Adoreable!!

My Baby girl!!

Her 2 bottom teeth!!


Raspberries!!!

Silly girl!!

Sooo beautiful!!

Her and that tupae!! Haha too funny!


And I had to throw this one in there...this is what happens
when Momma says "No"...total meltdown! ;-)

sad, sad, sad...

So I'm sure most of you have heard all of the news but I just wanted to say how sad it is that 2 great entertainments icons have passed on. The beautiful Farah Fawcett and pop icon Michael Jackson have died...AND on the same day. Crazy! I have been listening to the radio for the past few days and it's interesting to say the least at the response of the public to both of these deaths. We first heard about Farrah dying, which we all knew was a matter of time really, such a sad story. Cancer must be such a slow and painful death, one I hope that I never have to endure. I watched her story on 20/20 and it was inspiring...her courage, faith, and hope, and the shrill will to continue living. It was absolutely amazing and really an inspiration. I think that sometimes, not always, but a lot of the time, we take for granted the simple pleasures of life...like our health and well-being and being able to do the simple things. Farrah has such a struggle these last 3 years and while its sad that she is gone, I almost feel a sense of relief for her and her family, that she is no longer trapped in her own body and now free of pain and suffering. If that makes sense...

Then in the same day, as a shock to all, pop icon Michael Jackson died from cardiac arrest!!! The news was crazy to say the least. Every media outlet from radio to web had update after update about his status, and unfortunately he ending up passing away. I think what's more sad than his actual death is that people are calling the radio stations saying that they are glad he is dead and one less child molester out there and so on. So sad. Whether or not he did the things he did or was crazy or whatever...which we all know he def had a screw loose up there...he was still a pop icon that changed the way we listened to pop music and changed the way we felt inside when we listened to his music. Now I will admit that I was not a fan when he started getting alittle cooky, starting I guess in the 90's or so, but I always loved his music. The 80's were the best by far with Thriller, Billy Jean, Man in the Mirror, and Beat it. It's funny cause we were just at the River Cats game last night with family and of course they were playing all of his old school songs and we were all rocking out :-) At that moment none of us were thinking about all the allegations or weird stunts he pulled, we were thinking of what an amazing artist he was and remembered how much we loved his music and how it made us feel when we listened to it. You all know what I am talking about...cause every time you hear Thriller you know you wanna bust a move too!! haha!

I guess my whole point to this post is that I feel bad that Farrah's death is being over shadowed by Michael Jackson's death and I feel sad that people are so quick to judge someone that they never even knew. That people are willing to remember someone for the negatives that happened in their life instead of the positives and the great things that they have given to us. Now, I am certainly not saying that Michael Jackson didn't do anything wrong...who knows really...but I do know that regardless of his personal actions, he was a POP ICON and he gave us GREAT music that I'm sure my children and even their children will continue to listen to in the years and decades to come. I hope that when I die people will remember me for the person I was inside and for the positive aspects of my life, instead of the things I did wrong and the negative things. I am hope that people do not speak ill of me after my death.

So, I guess I just wanted to say a few positive things in light of all the negative and remember these two icons for the positive things that they brought to our lifetime.

Thank you Farrah for making millions of young boys fantasies come to life and for giving us the feathered hair do...it will always live on!! ;-)

And MJ...thank you for all your amazing music. We will continue to listen to it for years to come!! You are a pop icon that will always be remembered for your amazing talents and of course for your famous "moonwalk".

And in memory of these two icons....
The BEAUTIFUL Farrah Fawcett

My favorite MJ song of all time....ENJOY!!


Photo of Farrah Fawcett can be found at Photobucket
Man in the Mirror music video can be found on You Tube

Santa Cruz Vacation

Hey everyone!! So like always it's been awhile since my last post. Life just kinda gets away from me sometimes and I forget to update my blog. I always say i'll do it later today, which turns into tomorrow, which then turns into days or weeks later. Lame I know :-) Anyways...

So as you all know we went to fabulous Santa Cruz for about 5 days with the Smith's, Morena's, and Grahams. And we had a BLAST!!! It was the best time. The house that Gma & Gpa Morena picked out for us was amazing....it was 3 stories, had a balcony on the top floor, the top floor was all windows looking out to the ocean, and was literally across the street from the beach. The beach was the front yard!! Plus we had the bottom floor to ourselves, our own private little suite!! It was just perfect! And speaking of perfect...the weather was so perfect we couldn't believe how perfect it was...sunny the whole week, well except the night we did our family pictures (haha!) but overall it was so nice. We also had some amazing dinners!! Oh man...I am a HUGE fish fan so eating at these fabulous resturants next to the ocean was heaven for me! It was so nice to just relax and have fun with family. Addi was able to roam around and just play to her little hearts content, we had Dad's famous margaritas...which if you read one of my previous posts you know that I am now a big fan of margaritas :-), put together puzzles, and walked along the beach. It was a blast! Enough said. So, here are some pics from our vacation...Enjoy!

There's lots of pics so keep scrolling!!

The beach house...(It's the one in the middle)

Getting ready for a morning walk in her new stroller

Addi and Mommy

Playing on the beach...


Feeling the cold ocean water...not too sure about it....

Def did not like the freezing cold ocean on her feet :-)

Daddy and his baby girl

OUR FAMILIY! Santa Cruz 2009

Having fun!!

Feeling sand for the first time...

Favorite pic!! Looking out at the ocean...

Reading by the ocean :-)

Getting all cleaned up for dinner at Roy's!!

Mommy and Daddy

My little family...with a gorgeous view!!

My handsome hubby and his mini-me ;-)

My little love bug

GG's and Addi girl on their 50th Anniversary!!

Playing with rice at dinner at Roy's

ooohhhh...weird...rice....

HAHA!! She got 2 pieces of rice stuck to her lip and it
looked like she had buck teeth...soooo funny!!

Some more random photos...







Pics from Addi's first trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium
with Mommy, Daddy, and Gpa Smith
Monterey Bay is behind us

STARFISH!!

Daddy and Addi at the Kelp forest

Touch pool

Mommy and Addi girl checkin stuff out...

Seahorses...such amazing creatures!

She LOVED them!!

A fake sea otter...but she loved it anyways :-)

Daddy and Addi by the Orca...such a fun time!!


Info on the aquarium can be found here

Info on the fabulous food we had at Roy's