well...more like 32, but who is really counting? Bring on another year!
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Sunday, February 7, 2016
Monday, January 25, 2016
18 month check
Fiercely independent. Curious. Best facial expressions. Always happy. Loves her puppy, baby doll, and blankie.
Darren had his 3 year check-up at the same time so here are his stats for journaling purposes:
{weight: 23 lbs 1 ounce 57 percentile
height: 30 3/4" 18 percentile
head: 18.70" 82 percentile}
Darren had his 3 year check-up at the same time so here are his stats for journaling purposes:
Weight: 31 pounds 40 percentile
Height: 37 1/2" 45 percentile
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Happy 34th!
It is true. Life gets sweeter over time and growing older with my love is just too fun! We celebrated Tim's birthday this year in true California style for my true California boy. Breakfast at Ruby's on Huntington Pier and shopping at the one and only store he will shop at only once a year. Truly!
We continued to celebrate throughout the day some more for dinner at an Argentine restaurant called, Villa Roma. There is a restaurant side to the place and a more casual cafe/store on the other side. We ate in the cafe part where it felt more authentic being surrounded by Argentines and genuine products from Argentina. (Tim lived in Argentina for 2 years and has many fond memories of the people and food there. This wasn't our first time here but it had been awhile.)
Tim ordered the popular Argentine "Vacio" dish while the rest of us had empanadas and pizza. And we had to try the popular pastry called, "Facturas". We ate it as a dessert although it is typically a breakfast pastry, but whatev! It was good!
We continued to celebrate throughout the day some more for dinner at an Argentine restaurant called, Villa Roma. There is a restaurant side to the place and a more casual cafe/store on the other side. We ate in the cafe part where it felt more authentic being surrounded by Argentines and genuine products from Argentina. (Tim lived in Argentina for 2 years and has many fond memories of the people and food there. This wasn't our first time here but it had been awhile.)
Tim ordered the popular Argentine "Vacio" dish while the rest of us had empanadas and pizza. And we had to try the popular pastry called, "Facturas". We ate it as a dessert although it is typically a breakfast pastry, but whatev! It was good!
Happy 34th Tim! We love you so much!
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Tijuana, Mexico
The newly built LDS temple in Tijuana was open to all visitors during Thanksgiving week but unfortunately, because we were out of town, we couldn't make it down to walk through it. So we decided to make a quick trip across the border to at least enjoy the temple grounds and get a quick cultural experience. And it did not disappoint!
The temple was brilliantly white shining under the Mexican sun. The architecture was GORGEOUS. Beautiful. Stunning, really. And I can only imagine just how beautiful it must be on the inside!
We packed a lunch that we ate as we sat and let the kids run around and explore the beauty around them. We spent a good couple hours doing the simplest yet fun activity as a family.
Once it was time to go we made sure to turn off the tv in the car just as we did while entering Mexico so our kids can look out the window, observe, and explore the new surroundings. Tim and I find it very important for our kids to see and learn just how different we live than most of the world. Especially third world countries as Mexico. We always take special care whenever we travel with our littles to leave an open discussion with any questions they may have. I can't recommend doing this with your kids enough! There is so much good to learn from the world. And we love the conversations we end up having with our kids.
While waiting in the long line of cars to cross the border there were vendors walking in between all the cars selling all sorts of items from fireworks, to hats, to toys, to popcorn, to ice-cream, but what caught our eye the most was the churros....
It was waaayyy good. Just 5 bucks for 3 rather large bags, I might add. We couldn't even finish them all.
Tim tried to get a LA Dodgers poncho, but the vendor wanted more than we were willing to pay. ;) Bargaining is always such a good time in Mexico. haha
{Me and my forever husband}
We packed a lunch that we ate as we sat and let the kids run around and explore the beauty around them. We spent a good couple hours doing the simplest yet fun activity as a family.
Once it was time to go we made sure to turn off the tv in the car just as we did while entering Mexico so our kids can look out the window, observe, and explore the new surroundings. Tim and I find it very important for our kids to see and learn just how different we live than most of the world. Especially third world countries as Mexico. We always take special care whenever we travel with our littles to leave an open discussion with any questions they may have. I can't recommend doing this with your kids enough! There is so much good to learn from the world. And we love the conversations we end up having with our kids.
While waiting in the long line of cars to cross the border there were vendors walking in between all the cars selling all sorts of items from fireworks, to hats, to toys, to popcorn, to ice-cream, but what caught our eye the most was the churros....
It was waaayyy good. Just 5 bucks for 3 rather large bags, I might add. We couldn't even finish them all.
Tim tried to get a LA Dodgers poncho, but the vendor wanted more than we were willing to pay. ;) Bargaining is always such a good time in Mexico. haha
Adios, Tijuana!
Monday, December 28, 2015
A desert Christmas
While on a hike with Tim around the local area behind the house I decided to take advantage of the desert scenery on Christmas morning to snap a few pictures of the absolute loves of my life.
(Insert heart eye emoji 4x here...haha)
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The desert is quite pretty in the winter months. Unusual and even colorful plant life can be found up and around the hills. When I mentioned this to Tim during our hike he sarcastically said, "Who are you??" I have never been one to comment on the beauty of nature. Or hike.
Only Tim would think to climb a cactus. I guess it helped in showing just how massive the cactus are right in the backyard hills. Like I said, it was quite pretty though!
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