Mexico

This was a wonderful trip that we were able to go on thanks to my parents for the resort and my in-laws for taking our two precious girls and keeping them safe and happy while we were off enjoying some adult time!

Here we are sorta bright-eyed and ready to roll!

 View while sunbathing/snorkeling :) I found some amazing sea glass as always at this beach.  Chilanno is the beach we have snorkeled at on each trip and it never disappoints with beautiful sea life or beach finds.  I also found three shark teeth on this trip which was pretty amazing to me, after I found the first one I was just amazed and was telling Brian about it while we were chilling on our towels and I look over and found not one but two right near our set-up! :)

 Cabo Wabo!  The guy in the middle is seriously the BEST violinist I have ever heard!!!

 Love palm trees!

 Bri on one of our many beach walks

 view on my first morning beach run!!!

 Baja Brewing Company!  OMG, the best food, pizza, wings (these had the most interesting and tasty sauce I have EVER had on wings,  I am not kidding when I tell you that I thought about drinking it :))

 Two love birds with the famous arch in the background on a boat tour about to get dropped off on Lovers beach!

 Me and Bri on the booze cruise!



A slightly better booze cruise shot...something about the dark and iphone flash do not mix well!  Oh well I kinda like the effect anyways! it's is almost like the old movies when they were shooting the leading lady!

 about to enjoy a lovely beach run! one of my favorite vaca activities!

We loved this all-inclusive hotel...this is where we will stay if we ever return (we have been here three times already, so changing up the resort seems like a fine idea at this point) 

Lovers beach!! Pacific side 

Sea lions, resting on the rocks, love the blue water 

 Pacific Ocean looking back at the arch! 

 The gang on a fun little boat tour with beach drop off at Lovers beach and snorkel gear for the boys!

Okay I know what you are thinking...a food pic (just wait their is another one :))  I kid you not this the one of the best places you could EVER eat Mi Ensalada in San Jose Del Cabo....Freaking DELICIOUS.  We ate here at least three times and I would have happily ate breakfast here every day :) This is Cinnamon French Toast with strawberries and the best papaya I have ever had!!! 

 Okay this was equally delicious Mexican scramble with beans and potatoes!   They served it with fresh made tortillas!  Ok now I am having withdrawals...I miss this place. Even their coffee was to die for...

 Me and Lindsey enjoying our boat tour!!!

Brian enjoying the boat tour too!  I sure do love him!  Thanks for a wonderful trip babe!  You spoil me!!!

Kelti is 2!!!!

Kelti loves her new toy!!!  Not sure what animal he is, but we call him Rowdy!



At two years old you can do so much.  You are such a joy and blessing to our lives.  Kelti you bring laughter and excitement to everyday.  You love with all your heart and you are just the sweetest girl. 

You Can:

• talk so well.  I am so impressed by the quality of your sentences and speech for a two year old.
• sing.  This is such a cute thing to see and hear.
• jump...sorta...you so want to be like your big sister, you try really hard even though you don't really make it off the ground. 
• run, really fast...most of the time you move faster than Ashlyn, sorry Ash it is true though!
• count to ten, I think this is a pretty amazing accomplishment for a two year old and you started doing it before you were two!
• dance like no other...you love to move and groove, anytime a song comes on you start to groove!!
• crack jokes, I swear it is so funny to talk to you sometimes because you have a wonderful sense of humor.  You really do crack us up on a daily basis.  you also laugh at adult humor (most of the time before the grown-ups laugh)

At your check up:

• you are 70% for height
• you are 30% for weight....all that dancing, running and chasing after you sister makes you one skinny girl
• as always the dr. was very impressed by you, how well you talk, your fine and gross motor skills and basically everything about you...he also commented on how beautiful you are.  I have to say that I agree 100% :)

Kelti you have a very defined personality and know what you like and what you don't and there isn't much room to try and change you mind.  I love this about you, but it also poses many challenges for us.

Kelti turned two on December 15, 2011.  We had a family celebration that day and a party big party, as Kelti would call it, on the 17th.  It was tons of fun seeing everyone and we are very thankful to everyone for coming and celebrating our special little girl!

Ready to open her present from Mommy and Daddy

Awww!  Princess stuff!

Playing with the new castle

Kelti and Aunt Coco

 Jackson and Sean celebrating in style! 

 Uncle Matt, Kelti and Aunt Coco!  Ready to Partay!

Grammie Pam, Kelti and Papa Bob 

Uncle Matt and  Kelti having a tickle party!

                                                   Ashlyn, Kelti and Olivia aka Kelti's baby!

Three super cute girls! 

Me and my sweet Kelti Bean!

Ashlyn, Kelti and Daddy playing with Kelti's new princess jewel fishing game...Thank you Devine Family!!

She got one!!

 The decorations and food...turned out super cute, especially since I only had three days to get this party ready with the trip to Mexico the week before!!

Owl Cookies, Owl nuts and a super cute birthday pic in a cute little frame!

Owl cupcakes on a homemade cake stand...made of two wood rounds and a vintage mercury glass candle stick! 



Our hunt for the best christmas tree!

This past weekend (Friday really) we headed out to Bowen Christmas Tree Farm.  We had a wonderful time trekking through the farm to find our tree.  We were very happy to get a nice sunny day! One thing that was very apparent to me is my complete lack of the ability to make a decision...  Every three seconds I think I said "ooo I like that one, let's get it"  I think that in the end we found the perfect tree for us.  :)  We are estimating it at around 12 feet.  So happy that I had Brian there to help steer us in the right direction!   They also had a great roaring fire going, cider or tea to sip on, and the cutest little store where they sell only handmade local items!  I found a few new treasures to add to our collection. :)

Here it is with the girls giving their approval

 Here is Kelti amazed that Brian is cutting our tree down!

 Starting to go!

 Timber!!!!

 Ashlyn is very excited about the whole deal of getting the tree, bringing it home, setting it up and now she is jumping at the chance to decorate it!

And now through the magic of the Internet........

Here it is in all it's glory!! :)

Ashlyn helped decorate most the tree! We had a wonderful time listening to Christmas music and talking about all the ornaments as we went...it was really fun telling Ashlyn about them and what they mean to me and Bri. :)

 The table by the front door got a little Christmas love too!

 My sweet helper! I think she did a fabulous job for her first time being a little Christmas helper! :)

Hope that the joy of the Christmas season is reaching you and yours!



Happy Halloween!

So this is super late, but better late than never right?  I am sure that you will love the cute costumes that the girls wore for Halloween.  Once again we had a fun, but packed day. We started off by having a Halloween party with Ashlyn's preschool class. 

 Bean intent on decorating her cookie!

 I think this is such a sweet picture...She is so aware of prayer now! 

 Perfectly decorated cookie!

Me and my two sweet girls!

Later in the day, right after Kelti's nap we got her costume on, picked Ashlyn up and headed into Brian's office to do some trick-or-treating there.  Seemed like everyone really enjoyed the girls and the their trick-or-treating. 

 Cinderella and Ariel! Enjoying the pumpkin cookies daddy gave them!

 Here's a smile from Ash, but obviously Kelti loved her cookie too much to smile :)

Here is a great Ash smile!  Love her!

After they filled their little buckets at daddy's work the three of us girls headed to the Country Village.  They were able to once again fill their buckets!!  (Yeah, more candy for mommy and daddy to sneak!! :) ) They had lots of fun going around and seeing all the kiddos and grown-ups dressed up for Halloween. 

 Ready to hit up all the Country Village stores!

Kelti carried this Snickers bar with her the entire time, she didn't ask to eat it, but she needed to hold onto it while we were trekking around.

We headed home to eat some dinner and go out in our neighborhood with daddy.  Once we all had some healthy food in our tummies we headed out and once again.....filled the buckets...and of course we didn't even go to all the houses in the hood, but when multiple neighbors give out full size bars it is not too hard to fill the buckets.  A couple of my favorite parts from the evening. 1.  Ashlyn remembering how it worked last year and "teaching" Kelti all the rules.  2. Kelti (as always) being the most polite little girl saying trick-or-treat, nice and clear (with a huge smile) and then taking the candy and turning in a circle in the attempt to get it in her bucket....this was sooo adorable! :)  After all the candy gathering and sorting both girls only ate one piece of candy.....that is some good self control......maybe I could learn from them???

 Daddy is a great trick-or-treating buddy!

 Look, look, look another snickers bar...hmm again she carried it the whole time!

Also in this pic you can sorta see that she is holding her bucket in the crook of her arm, this is largely why she was turning in circles to put her loot in the bucket, she couldn't reach very well!

A momma picture too!

Here are a few of our decorations too!

 Front door with my cute signage and spider webs the girls made.

 Drilled pumpkin.  I got this idea from pinterest, but I totally went small on the drill holes, next year, I will go BIG! 

Another pinterest idea, I think these turned out great! The girls loved them and we got lots of compliments on how cute they were from trick-or-treaters!

 Some more decorations, from pinterest! Love me some Pinterest :)

Close up!

 

Oh, and I already have the costumes for next year...Thank you day after sales! :-)  Ashlyn requested to be a witch and Kelti chose a flying horse costume!  I think they will both be happy with their costumes next year! :)