The girl's first boat ride!

During our trip to San Diego to visit Brandon's family we took a ferry ride to Cornado Island. It was the first time both girls had been on a moving boat. So it was really exciting for them (and for mom) Amber loved it. She laughed and giggled the whole way because of the wind. She kept lifting her arms up to feel the wind blowing. It was pretty cute. Peyton liked it too but was a little scared at first. She held on to Auntie B's arm very tightly but had a smile on her face the whole ride.





Cute video of Amber and Mimi blowing in the wind! :)

A Tribute to My Mom

Today is my mom's birthday. I won't post her age on here but it is a good one and it ends in a 0 :). I stayed up all night making this video for her. The goal was to make her cry but while putting it together it made me cry! Whenever I see pictures of my childhood or think about the memories I always get choked up because I realize how very blessed I was to be born into this family. When I think of me as a little girl I get warm fuzzies. :) My childhood was just that good! Don't get me wrong we had our fair share of trials, for example I lost all four of my grandparents in the span of two years. But even during that time I have good memories because everything we did my mom was sure to make it fun! She went out of her way to make us feel safe, secure and loved! My only wish is that I will be half the mom my Mom was. I also hope that I look as good as she does when I get to her age. My mom is beautiful and anyone will say so! (Even my guy friends in highschool thought so! :) ) So this is a tribute to my mom! She deserves it for all the warm fuzzy memories our family has. I hope this video captures a glimpse of my mom's heart, because it is big! :) I love you mom!

"The Girls"

Anybody who knows me at all knows that I have a group of friends in my life whom call themselves "The Girls". We have been "The Girls" for over a decade now starting when we all met freshman year of college. (Lindsay and I have been friends since high school) I feel so lucky to have these girls in my life. Not everyone has friendships like this and I don't take for granted that these friends have been there to see me grow up. They knew me before marriage and kids and I love that they never let me forget who I am. Through the years life has taken us all in different directions but we have still kept our friendship alive. Last year ALOT of big changes happened to all of us. I had a 2nd baby and moved to santa cruz and Jes moved to Nashville. I am not going to lie there were days that I was sad because I doubted that our friendship would last through the changes but last week we got the oportunity to meet up again in good old LA and had a few days to spend together. All my fears where gone the moment we all group hugged and started off again like we had never left eachother. I could cry just thinking about how special these girls are to me. I picture the four of us as old ladies and still meeting up somewhere in this world to group hug and continue on like we had never left. I love you girls more than you will ever know! Can't wait until 5th annual GGW 2009!

The 1st Annual Strawberry Day!

Gizdich ranch is a farm here in Santa Cruz that you can go and pick your own seasonal fruit. The Marchassault's had gone and told us how much fun it was so they were kind enough to go again with us. It was a delicious day all around. here are some fun pics of our strawberry adventure.

The Dad's took it upon themselves to carry the babies they did not apreciate us wives calling them "cute" but we could not help ourselves, don't you agree?
Caleb and Peyton LOVED running through the fields and picking strwaberries they even ate a few right off the bush...shhhhh don't tell :)
My pretty strawberry girl. Yes I put this dress on her because I knew how cute the pictures would be in it. hey atleast I admit it! :)


this pretty much sums up their relationship....awwww black mail for the jr high years!
this is a picture that peyton drew of the strawberry fields. When I asked her about it she told me they were sad strawberries. I asked her why they where sad she said because they lost their mommy and daddy. I was confused by this until I told my friend sarah about what she said. She thinks in Peyton's head we ate the mommy and daddy strawberry's and left the babies still in the field. Makes sense? what do you think?
that night we decided to have a strawberry feast back at our house so the kids played while we made dinner.

Strawbwrry margaritas, strawberry salsa over grilled chicken and strawberry salad. Yum! And of course we did not forget dessert!
Such a wonderful day with good friends and strawberrys nothing could be sweeter. We had such a good day we decided to make it a tradition. hopefully there will be several more strawberry days in the years to come with us and the Marchassaults!

Father's Day and Dedication

On Father's Day we had are two girls dedicated before the church. We never had Peyton dedicated so it was special to do both girls together. Even though Brandon and I dedicated our girls to the lord the moment they were born it is always special to do it publicly and in front of a body of Christ knowing that we have accountability and support from others. During the dedication our pastor presented us with a red rose bush. the bush represents new life because it was full of new little rose buds and the red of the rose represents the blood of Christ over this new life. I am trying really hard not to kill the bush! So far I am doing good with it :) Praise God for my family and all the blessings he has given me. I dedicate these little ones to you Lord and promise to raise them to the best of my ability to grow into Women of God that will change this world! Amen