Mini Vacation and 4th Anniversary Celebration!

This past weekend we took a much needed mini vacation to Palm Springs. It was for our 4th anniversary celebration! We had such a great time and it was so fun to go and be tourists where we use to live. Here are some of the fun things we did -

We started it all out by going to a great Mexican restaurant called las Casuelas with the whole family to celebrate Jason's Birthday. It was all so yummy and the company was great!

After eating Grandpa took Brookie out on the patio for some dancing!

Then we walked around downtown Palm Springs and got yogurt. We just had to stop and take a photo with Lucy though. I really do love Lucy!

Then we tied lots of fun hats on with Aunt Vicki in this silly hat store.

The only one she wanted to wear was this hat. It says I love daddy on it. She really is a daddy's girl!

The next morning we took Brooke to her first buffet, where she would only eat bananas and olives. Hey. I'm just glad she ate anything. Now a days, I'm happy if she eats candy!

We spoiled Brookie and let her eat Cheetos's on the hotel room bed, while watching cartoon's. She was quite content to do so!

Later that night Jason and I went to our favorite steak place. Kobe's Japanese Steak House. It was sooooo delicious, and so fun to go out with my hubby on a date!

After we ate we decided to do a little reminiscing, so we hiked up the hill where Jason took me on our first real date, and where he later proposed to me. It is basically where I fell in love with him after hours of talking up on the hill.

Here we are in the middle of the climb.

Jason decided to do a little role playing while up there.

And I joined in.

Of course we did a lot of kissing up there too!!

It was a lot of fun and it was a great way to remember all the years we have been together, and all the fun we have had!

Oh Jim you make me laugh!!!

For Jason's Birthday I surprised him (or at least tried to) by getting him tickets to his favorite comedian Jim Gaffigan. We went to Pechanga Casino down in Temecula and had awesome seats. It was such a fun night, and if you haven't seen Jim you need to watch his stuff on You tube. He is the best!! Here is one one of our favorite bits from the night that we saw him.

Happy Birthday Jason!!!

Today is my sweet husband's 26th birthday! Happy Birthday Jason!

I don't even know where to begin writing this post because I am so overcome with emotions when I think of the man that you are, and the blessing that you are in my life. I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for being such an amazing husband, boyfriend, friend, and father! Every year it seems as though I think "well he just can't get any better." But you always exceed my expectations of the person that you are. You just seem to keep getting better and better with time even though you were perfect to start out with! How do you do that?? You always brighten my day, and you make me happier than anyone else in the world! You are loving, thoughtful, selfless, spiritual, handsome, kind, compassionate, silly, fun, funny, hilarious, and even funnier (the list could go on forever)! You are my best friend and you always make Brooke and I so happy. Watching you become a father and seeing how sweet and gentle you are with Brooke has made me love and appreciate you even more. She is one lucky baby to have a dad as great as you. I will be forever grateful that the Lord brought you to me. I am also so grateful for your mom, for bringing you into this world 26 years ago! You are one of the greatest gifts I have received in this life and I am so thankful that I get to share this journey with you. I love you so much and I pray that this new birthday year is filled with many blessings and good times! Happy Birthday Sweetie! I can't wait for our date tonight!!XOXOXO

I've been seriously slacking...

After my last blog entry and re-commitment to start being better about posting I have totally let the ball drop again. It's not that I have been overly busy lately I have just been putting it off every day a little more, and all of a sudden a month went by! So in a new commitment to start documenting our life again, I am indeed ready to post again. 

In my lack of motivation I totally missed Brooke's 16 month post so since she is almost 17 months I will just let this one count for both! 

First off let me just start by saying that I have the cutest baby ever! Now that we got that out of the way, let me just say that I have the smartest baby ever! No seriously!! :)

Brooke has really started to show us all that she knows lately. She can say just about any word. She can count to 6 (with a little help). She is very obedient and listens and does what we ask her too (most of the time).  She can identify just about every body part. She can tell you if you are a boy or girl (although she sometimes gets confused and calls daddy a "Gurl"). She lets us know if she has gone poo poo and needs to be changed. She loves to read books and can identify and do the sounds of most animals in them. Some of the animals have no name though and are just a sound such as "moo' she never will say cow. She is starting to understand and identify shapes and can tell you if it's a circle, oval, or star. She folds her arms for prayers (something that we have been working on for a really long time!) She is communicating much better now and for the most part can tell us or help us to understand what she wants. She is at such a fun age right now and she is such a sweet baby. All I can do everyday is thank my Heavenly Father for allowing me to have such a sweet blessing in my life. 

In addition to all this new learning, Brooke is also turing into a little girl. 

She loves shoes and has started to walk in mommies shoes. She is actually quite a pro at this!

She loves to walk around in mommies "purls" and shoes. She also loves to carry around her baby doll while doing this.

I didn't want to paint her toes until she was old enough to enjoy it. My niece came and stayed with us for a week, and while I was painting her toes Brooke seemed so interested in it that I decided we could give it a try. She did great holding still, and loves the color on her toes.  All three of us did the same color!!

Here she is doing her favorite thing. She loves to read and point out all the animals, balloons, etc..

What can I say other than I love her to pieces and think she is so awesome! I just wish she wouldn't grow up so quick all the time:(!!