The Olsens

Happy Valentine's Day!

2012-02-14T21:42:00.000-08:00

We laughed tonight about how different our Valentine's Day was this year compared to last year!

Valentines Day 2011:

Valentines Day 2012:

How wonderfully different it was!

My Dad has always given flowers to the three girls in his life (Mom, sister, and myself), and Joey got to start that same tradition this year! (Thanks for the beautiful flowers this year Dad-I haven't taken a picture yet).

What lucky girls we are!

Rainy Monday

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This is how I started my rainy Monday. It was wonderful.

Waking up...

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Waking up is hard to do!

And watching Kayleigh stretch her little arms and legs is one of my favorite things to do.

Enjoy!

One Month!

2012-02-06T21:26:00.000-08:00

I can't believe our little Kayleigh is over 1 month old! She is such a sweet little one and we are so in love with her already, can't wait to continue watching this girl grow!

I may be over a week late in posting her 1 month pictures, but here they are! (Don't worry, the pictures were taken closer to her actual one month birthday-Thanks Nancy for the cute stickers!)

At 1 month Kayleigh...

-Is spoiling us by sleeping about 6 hour stretches each night.

-Has started to give more and more precious smiles.

-Is packing on the pounds and growing up too quick! I am already packing away her newborn and some of her 0-3 month clothes.

-Working hard to hold her head up on her own and pushing off the ground or our chests to look around.

-Tracking moving things.

-Has an endless amount of cuddles.

-Loves being outside.

-Is immediately put to sleep as soon as the vacuum cleaner is turned on.

-Makes us the proudest Mom and Dad in the world!

Update

2012-02-01T17:06:00.000-08:00

Now that I am finally feeling better from illness once again (got the stomach flu and the bacterial infection has returned- I guess I don't have much luck with this recovery!), I am back to uploading pictures!

Hanging out on her Daddy's shoulder (one of her favorite places to be) at the park.

Some family cuddle time at the park.

Little sleeper.

Hanging out with her cousins.

So thoughtful while she sleeps.

Katie came to meet her!

Hanging out with her friend Cordy Roy the Croc... she loves him!

The Olsen family came to visit and we were all able to be together to celebrate Joey's Grandma's 89th birthday!!

Here is Kayleigh hanging out with her Grandpa...I guess being tickled makes her go cross-eyed as well!

I love this picture because with everything going on around her, Kayleigh is so focused on her Daddy taking the picture from across the room.

Hanging out with Auntie Jo.

The whole fam

Kayleigh with her Grandma and Great-Grandma!

A generation picture :)

Will upload her 1 month (already!?!) pictures soon.

Out & About

2012-01-24T21:23:00.000-08:00

Now that we are healthy, we have been loving taking Kayleigh out and enjoying life together as a little family of three!

Our first night "out" going to dinner at Counter Burger (pretty sure Kayleigh is in the middle of a sneeze here).

Kayleigh slept through most of dinner, with a few quick wake up and stretch moments. So sweet!

Love this face!

She loves going for walks, especially being cuddled close to someone.

Looking a little concerned about something...maybe trying to get her eyes focused :)

Got to meet Peter and Maddie!

Had a VERY special day meeting her Great-Grandma (Joey's Grandma) for the first time!

They enjoyed chatting and holding hands most of the visit.

Even made it out to La Tolteca (Our favorite mexican restaurant in Azusa)!

Enjoying a walk in the stroller on a cold day.

Do I HAVE to wake up Mom?

And I will leave you with this sweet smile...

More to come soon!

First bath and Daddy's Girl

2012-01-19T19:38:00.000-08:00

Kayleigh's umbilical cord stub finally fell off yesterday, so she got to have her first bath last night! She seemed to enjoy it and was so precious (as always)!

First of all, look at how freaking cute (and cross-eyed) she is!

Hanging out in the kitchen sink enjoying her first real bath.

She loved the water coming out of the faucet.

This little girl loves her Daddy! Whenever she hears his voice she tries to turn her head to find where he is. She loves cuddling up against his chest and his singing or humming can put her to sleep at any time of the day.

Watching Joey become a Dad has been one of my favorite parts of our marriage so far. I knew that he would be an amazing father, but watching him so easily fall into that role has been so special to me!

Some of my favorite things that I wont want to forget from these first few weeks:

-On our first night home alone with Kayleigh, Joey slept with his head at the foot of our bed so that he could be closer to her and make sure that she was breathing and comfortable all night long.

-On our second night home alone with her I woke him up out of a deep sleep because she was making some strange noises (I may be a little overprotective as well) and he tried to get up so quickly that he immediately fell out of bed, but jumped right to his feet and rushed to her bed.

-I love listening to him singing Jim Croce, Iron and Wine, and James Taylor to our sweet girl while she stares up at him.

-When he hums to Kayleigh to put her to sleep, he rotates between the wedding march (which makes me cry), the graduation march (which also makes me cry...she can't grow up!), or Star Wars.

This little girl already has him wrapped around her little finger, and I am so looking forward to watching their relationship grow.

More pictures!

2012-01-16T20:31:00.000-08:00

I have been down and out for the past week and now that I am finally beginning to feel like a real person again I am back to blogging! I ended up with an awful bacterial infection from all of the antibiotics I received during labor and surgery, so it was a rough week for us!

Thankfully, I have a wonderfully amazing mother who dropped everything and flew down here to help us out for the week. We were very sad to see her go today, but SO thankful for the help that she gave us while I was so sick! (THANKS MOM!!!!!)

Here are more pictures of sweet Kayleigh!!

Cousin Cooper came over to visit

Matt and Heather brought lunch and wonderful company!

My Daddy dressed me today, can you tell? :)

Such a happy baby!

Just relaxing.

In her new "I love Daddy" shirt (Thanks Dave and Kim)!

On their way out on a walk!

Finally feeling better and SO happy to be able to cuddle with my sweet baby girl.

Love this sweet thing!

Family picture!

So cuddly with her Grandma!

Looking forward to the rest of our visitors this week (and hopefully to continuing to feel better)!!

Not so sure...

2012-01-15T15:35:00.001-08:00

Kayleigh wasn't sure how she felt about her bath last night. I love this picture!

Home and visitors

2012-01-11T20:01:00.000-08:00

Here are some highlights from Kayleigh's first week at home!

Quality time with her cousins :)

Myles loves her!

Grandma and Grandpa Baker with all their grandkids.

Cuddled up with Dad in the K'tan ready to go for a walk!

First (sponge) bath!

Snuggling with Grandma before she had to go home.

Meeting Andy and Kateigh!

Just relaxing.

Full and Happy!

Absolutely LOVE this one!

She almost always has her legs like this! Our little froggy.

First trip to the pediatrician! Just hanging out with Dad waiting for the doctor.

Sweet sleep smiles.

Enjoying being outside.

Trying out the new stroller!

Starting to enjoy her relaxing (sponge) baths.

Stretching out.

Meeting Pete and Holly for the first time.

More to come when I am feeling a little better!

The name and first days

2012-01-06T21:02:00.000-08:00

A quick explanation of her name: "Kay" is my middle name, as well as the middle name of my Mom and my Aunt, and the name most people called my Grandma (my Dad's Mom) . "Leigh" is my sister's middle name. So we combined those two to create her first name.

Kayleigh's middle name is "Renee," which is Joey's Mom's name . It is also the first name of one of my cousins, and is another cousin's middle name.

This little girl has quite the family name! :)

Here are some pictures of Kayleigh's first few days of life in the hospital. I'm guessing from this point on most blog posts will be picture heavy!

My very last belly shot on our way to the hospital early Tuesday morning.

Joey ready for surgery (with Shannon as moral support)

Ready to go!

Finally had our girl in our arms.

Our VERY alert baby just a few minutes after she was born!

Kayleigh meeting Grandma and Grandpa Baker for the first time.

Already so in love with her!

One of my favorite cross-eyed burping pictures.

Kayleigh (with Grandma and Grandpa Baker) meeting cousin Cooper on her first day of life.

Shannon bringing the cousins a little closer.

Precious.

Right after she ate.

Look at those sweet cheeks (she has pillows attached to her face!).

Hanging with Auntie Shannon.

Cuddle time with Mom

Meeting Grandma Olsen for the first time.

Grandpa Olsen meeting Kayleigh for the first time.

Meeting Uncle Kevin for the first time.

First time in her carseat getting ready to head home!

And we are out of there!

Our first car ride as a new family on the way home from the hospital.

She was pretty content in her carseat for the ride.

Many more pictures to come soon (We are so thankful that we recently purchased iphones and take about a million pictures a day with them)!

The big day

2012-01-03T19:49:00.000-08:00

Joey asked me if he could write a blog about the day that Kayleigh was born, so here it is!

The "before" picture

Very early in the morning on 12/27/2011 Lindsey’s pregnancy was induced due to sweet Kayleigh just not wanting to leave the comfort of Mom’s womb. Lindsey and I have been married for about two and a half years and have been together for over six. I know how strong Lindsey is, but her strength and courage was exemplified throughout the entire labor process. Lindsey was in labor for roughly twenty-three hours and pushed for over three hours. In the end, Kayleigh’s head was just too big to come into this world naturally and Lindsey was beyond exhausted.

At approximately 5:00am on 12/28/11 Lindsey was prepped for a C-section and at 5:21am our beautiful Kayleigh Renee Olsen was born. It was surreal and that is the only word I can use to describe this event. For those of you with children I imagine you know what I am talking about and for those of you without, I cannot wait for this moment for you!

I remember hearing that first cry from our little girl and my heart leapt for joy and I couldn’t help but cry. I walked over to Kayleigh and cut her chord thus breaking the life support given from Lindsey and now Kayleigh was on her own and with us. I held Kayleigh’s hand and could not stop talking to her. The most amazing realization was that Kayleigh knew my voice! She still cried but was comforted by my voice. I followed Kayleigh into the nursery and watched her get her be weighed and get her first bath. I had a few minutes alone with Kayleigh at this point and this is where I felt my whole life change. Kayleigh was looking up at me and I know her life depended on me and I would be her Father forever. I knew the responsibilities and excitement that lay ahead and I had a wide range of emotions. Kayleigh grabbed my fingers and we had our moment. It was truly a blessing to have our little girl in the world.

I am extremely proud of Lindsey and Kayleigh for both working so hard and for so long. I am thankful that both my beautiful wife and daughter are safe and healthy. I could not have done this without the support of my family and Lindsey’s family, a special thank you to all of you.

We were blessed with a great OB and family and friends who helped carry us throughout this pregnancy. Thank you for all of your prayers, thoughts, and good wishes. Thank you especially to our parents who shaped us and helped make us who we are today. A large circle of people who will love her so well surrounds Kayleigh and we cannot wait for all of you to meet her in the coming months. Lindsey and I could not be more in love with our sweet little girl. My favorite experience being home so far has been seeing our family and friends interact with Kayleigh.

Here is to the next chapter in our lives, not only as husband and wife but also as a father and mother, comforter and role model, lover and disciplinarian. Our prayer is that God continues to give us direction, patience and many days to spend as our family.

She is here!

2011-12-29T04:03:00.001-08:00

Our sweet little Kayleigh Renee Olsen was born on December 28th at 5:21 am. She weighed in at 8 lbs 10 oz and is 22 and 1/4 inches long!
We are absolutely in love with her!

Due Date!

2011-12-19T21:13:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow (December 20th) is officially our little girl's Due Date!

We will see if she decides to arrive or wants to spend a little more time staying warm and cozy.

First of all, here is a great comparison between me at 10 weeks and 40 weeks! Its a little shocking to see these two side by side, but it simply reminds me what an amazing miracle pregnancy is!

Here are a few pictures of our nursery and some last (hopefully) belly shots.

Thanks for your continued thoughts and prayers as we move closer and closer to meeting our baby girl!

The MOST wonderful time of the year!

2011-12-14T13:02:00.000-08:00

This Christmas season is especially wonderful for us!!!

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our little girl, while trying to be patient and allow her to come when she is ready. Her due date is LESS than 1 week away (December 20th)!!!

Not working has given my plenty of time to make Christmas treats and relax, so I am trying to enjoy that.

Joey's last day of work is tomorrow and we are SO thankful that he has a job which allows him to take over a month off to enjoy time with our new little family!

He is being wonderful and helping prepare our house for the newest family member.

And taking care of his very pregnant wife by rubbing my feet every night! I knew that he was an amazing man when I married him :).

And...here is a belly shot from last week in front of our cute little Christmas tree!

Thanksgiving

2011-11-28T12:48:00.000-08:00

We had Thanksgiving in Pasadena this year with the Baker side of the family.

We decided to have our German thanksgiving meal on Thursday night...

Cheese buttons, bratwurst, and sauerkraut. It was wonderful.

The final product. SO GOOD!

On Friday we spent the day together creating our wonderful feast.

Cooper spent his day being cute.

Such a good Turkey!

Our table of goodness.

This is how my Mom enjoyed her Thanksgiving dinner :)

This is the face that I got when I asked for a smile...

The final product:

And for our after dinner entertainment...

And for a final picture of the sweetness of my nephews.

This was (hopefully) our last holiday without our sweet little girl. Come on baby!!!!!

It's official!

2011-11-23T17:05:00.000-08:00

I am a free woman!!!

Last Friday was my last day of work until after my maternity leave!

For now my days will be filled with sleeping, eating, watching tv, organizing the baby room, and playing with this sweet little boy!

We have intense conversations...

He thinks I'm pretty funny.

I am running out of room on my lap for this little one. Can't wait to his little cousin is here to play with him!

Having maternity leave at the same time as my sister is pretty great. We decided we enjoy hanging out all day and still getting paid for it :).

And....ONLY 4 MORE WEEKS...

until my due date! YAY!!!!

Thankful

2011-11-14T16:20:00.000-08:00

During this season of Thanks, we have a TON to be thankful for in the Olsen house. All of the love and support that have been shown to our little family while we prepare for our baby girl's arrival has given us so many things (and people) to be thankful for.

Baby girl Olsen has already been so spoiled!

Mari and Shannon threw me a wonderful shower this weekend. Had such a great time celebrating with our friends and family in Pasadena.

To start off the weekend of fun, Courtney drove down from San Luis Obispo to join in the festivities.

I was so happy to have her crafty help to put up the tree in our little one's room.

Here we are with the final product!

The shower on Saturday was wonderful. Super cute, relaxing, and full of people I love.

Its hard to take pictures of your own shower...here are the few that were captured with my camera. Sad I didn't get a group shot this time around!

Playing the (super hard) game.

Thanks sister!

This lovely lady did such an amazing job putting everything together for the shower.

THANK YOU MARI!!!!

Another thing to be thankful for in this season of my life: my beloved college roommates.

Not too much as changed over the years... :)

2005

2006

2007

2009

2010

2011

Its probably a good thing I didn't have a digital camera before our junior year of college....

Thank you to everyone who has been so supportive already during this time in our lives.

Seriously?!?!?

2011-11-01T18:17:00.000-07:00

I think that Halloween was the scariest it has ever been for Joey (and myself) this year.

We attended our first childbirth class last night. It seemed like such a fun class at the beginning and we often ended up laughing so hard that we were unable to perform the breathing exercises along with the rest of our class. Little did we know that the giggling and fun was about to end...

We watched a few birth videos to finish off our first class session.

OH MY GOSH!!!!!

I am pretty sure that Joey was making this face the entire time...

And I was feeling like this...

Now, I know that we have all seen the miracle of life videos in high school health classes, but it was nothing compared to this! And...now I am less than 2 months away from actually doing this!

Like our birth class instructor reminded us at the end of class...

"Putting a baby in is the fun part, getting him or her out is not going to be nearly as fun."

So much Love!

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This baby girl already has so much love surrounding her!

I had an AMAZING baby shower up in Dublin this weekend. Audrey, Renee, and Joanna all worked so hard to make it wonderful, and they did a great job!

Here are a few pictures of the day from my camera (thanks for a taking a few pictures for me Mom!).

Audrey knows me well :)

The three of us have been taking these pictures for 16 years now!!

Love my Mamma

Bethany thought the game was to guess how big my belly was while we were hugging :)

This man is going to be a wonderful father

Such a great and loving group of women.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!! I can't say it enough!!!

Finally!

2011-10-19T10:06:00.000-07:00

My dream has come true...

Ice cream, cereal, trail mix, bowls of anything can now rest right on my belly. The perfect distance from my mouth...this is great!

And....we attended a beautiful, gorgeous, amazingly fun wedding on Sunday. Had so much fun celebrating Matt and Heather!

Loved it! Congrats to the Castles!

The Rashidians!

2011-10-14T19:08:00.000-07:00

Joey and I spent last weekend celebrating the marriage of Armen and Leah Rashidian! (Armen and Joey were roommates at APU).

Let the rehearsing begin...

Here comes the beautiful bride!

The wedding was beautiful, but from where I was sitting the sun did not allow for many great pictures of the ceremony.

So I borrowed a few from the photographer...

Steve came all the way from Germany for this wedding! Dedicated friend.

I love this one.

Had a good time with these ones this weekend!

Congrats to Armen and Leah!

Fall is here!

2011-10-09T17:16:00.000-07:00

The colder and rainy weather that we had this past week was a great reminder that fall is finally here! We were very happy to be eating homemade roasted tomato soup and grilled cheese again.

Shan and I decided to continue our weekly pictures together...so here are the updates!

And more of Cooper...he is just so sweet!

Joey and I just got back this afternoon from a weekend celebrating the beautiful wedding of Armen and Leah...will post pictures later this week. Off to relax a little before our work week begins again!

Dates

2011-10-03T16:11:00.000-07:00

Joey and I have been enjoying our date nights out just the two of us.

We are realizing that very soon these nights will no longer be spontaneous, so we are enjoying as many as we possibly can before we have a 3rd member of our party!

More Cooper

2011-09-25T21:26:00.000-07:00

In between going to a wedding, running errands, and trying to relax, we have been spending our weekend making plenty of time to go see Cooper and his parents in the hospital. They are hoping to come home tomorrow!

Here are some more pictures of the sweet little one and his fam.

Meeting his Uncle for the first time.

Family picture time!

Myles sneaking in a little poke

Cooper rests perfectly on his little cousin. She kicked him a few times today while I was holding him :)

It started hitting me today that I am next!!! Ever since I got pregnant, we knew that Shannon would be having her baby first, so it always felt a little far a way for me. But now that we are LESS THAN 3 months away from our due date, its becoming more of a reality!

Cant wait!

He is here!

2011-09-23T21:41:00.000-07:00

Our new nephew, Cooper William Lewis, was born today!

He is an adorable "little" boy. Weighed in at 8lbs 14 oz, and 21 inches long.

Myles was VERY excited for us to come see "his baby cooper" and asked us "Do you want to pet him? He is really nice!"

Cooper even got Myles a big brother present...his very own ukulele. He serenaded his new baby brother with the ABC's.

Papa enjoying time with his newest grandchild

I LOVE him!

So happy to have this sweet addition to the family!

Birthday Boy!

2011-09-20T21:09:00.000-07:00

Although we most celebrated this last weekend, we thankfully had the chance to go out tonight to celebrate Joey's actual birthday!

A very happy boy with his mexican food and margarita.

I am SO thankful that we got to celebrate this wonderfully amazing man and that I get to call him my husband!

Belly Buddies (most likely the final one)

2011-09-16T15:30:00.000-07:00

Shannon and I took our final belly buddy shot last night!!!

Her c-section is scheduled for next friday, so we have taken our final weekly shot. Cant wait to meet our new nephew!!

And, here is a picture taken on Labor day of the two of us with our wonderful cousin Heidi.

Grace's birthday

2011-09-07T16:56:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we got to spend a day with the Higerd crew in Dana Point to celebrate Grace's first birthday.

Look at this sweet face!

My husband is absolutely wonderful and spent a lot of the party being pulled around by the little girls and playing ping pong or checking out stuffed animals.

Grace wasnt sure about her cupcake

I love this one.

The weekend made us thankful once again that the Higerd family has moved back to our side of the country so we can spend time with them.

The rest of our time in Dublin

2011-09-05T10:19:00.000-07:00

Max and I became even better friends on the way home from his visit to the vet.

He needed a resting place for his tongue and thought my leg would be perfect!

The rest of the weekend was spent hanging out with the family (we are awful at remembering to take pictures) and seeing friends.

We got to stop by and see Maddie's new classroom on the day before her kids came for the first day of school!

Those kids of hers are pretty lucky.

And, it was back to school for me this week as well! We started work last Monday and our kids started on Wednesday. Other than being completely exhausted after a day of teaching and gradually watching my feet/ankles swell throughout the day, it seems to be going well so far!

Thankful for our 3 day weekend and the relaxing and sleeping in that was much needed.

Birthday and vacation bliss

2011-08-25T10:36:00.000-07:00

Birthday celebrations began on Thursday night with family dinner at the Lewis house. Because I had made Myles' birthday cake, he made mine...and of course helped me blow out the candles.

So sweet!

On friday my amazing husband took the day off work so that he could spend my birthday with me.

It was a wonderful day...sleeping in, a late and leisurely breakfast, seeing Bridesmaids, a little shopping, and dinner with the Williams at my favorite little french restaurant in Pasadena.

The best birthday breakfast company ever!

On Saturday I hopped on a plane to fly up and spend 4 days with my Mom. Love you Mom- thanks for a great start to my vacation!

And floated in the pool...

While I were there, Mom showed me pictures of how HUGE I was when I was born. Check this out...

How in the world did I fit in her stomach?

It's starting to make a little more sense to me why I am feeling so large!

Joey picked me up on Wednesday and drove us over to Dublin for the rest of the week and weekend! Looking forward to our relaxing vacation to continue!

Growing!

2011-08-18T21:44:00.000-07:00

Here are the updated belly shots from this week!

Myles wanted us to take a picture of his Dad and Uncle holding the sign he made for them.

A look into the future

2011-08-16T12:00:00.000-07:00

The Dunlop family spent the last weekend here in Pasadena with us and it was absolutely glorious!

Food truck dinners, picnic at the park, naps, movies, playing Lord of the Rings card game (its obvious who enjoyed this activity- at the same the others enjoyed a movie), pedicures, making a family dinner together at home, Starbucks runs to look for Josh Lyman, a Peets and bagel breakfast enjoying the beautiful morning weather, lounging on the couch, building forts, and spending quality time with our amazing friends and beautiful goddaughter.

Can't wait till we live close and this is a not so much a monthly thing, but a weekly thing!!

Shower time!

2011-08-10T11:20:00.000-07:00

For these two...

Last weekend my Mom came into town to help us throw a Shower/Baby celebration for Shannon and Kevin.

Because I am currently unable to do much, Mom and Joey had A LOT to do this weekend (thank you, thank you, thank you)!

The boys creating their play doh babies

Jenny had the winning baby (picture taken by Myles)!

We love our Mom!

It was a fun day/weekend with family in town!

Looking forward to the Dunlop family arriving tomorrow for their LA vacation weekend!!!!

It's a... (round two)

2011-08-01T09:20:00.000-07:00

GIRL!!!!!

There was no way that I was going to wait two more months to find out. On Friday we went to an ultrasound center to have a gender determination ultrasound, and little baby GIRL Olsen was cooperating this time.

(sorry for the bad picture quality. I took a picture of the ultrasound picture...scanner isn't working right)

SO happy to know what our sweet little Christmas present will be!

It's a....

2011-07-28T13:39:00.000-07:00

Mystery.

Little Baby Olsen was being a little difficult today and had its feet in/by its mouth, refusing to show us what it is!

We were SO excited to find out what we are having, but that will have to wait. Possibly for 2 whole months!!!! I am planning on trying to convince the doctor that another ultrasound is needed before then, but we will see.

And, I am currently researching outside options to get myself another ultrasound sometime soon :)

Here is our sweet little one with his/her feet in its face!

Go Jojo Go!

2011-07-23T11:26:00.000-07:00

Last night we got to celebrate Joanna's graduation! She actually finished in February and has been working at a hospital in Oakland as a Respiratory Therapist for over 3 months now, but the school only does a few graduations a year, so she came back down for it!

Family.

I love this one

Congrats Joanna!

Big Blue

2011-07-20T19:23:00.000-07:00

This is a big year for the Olsens.

Growing a baby, and buying a brand new car!

I sold Patty the Passat today, and although it was sad to see it go, this blue beauty is wonderful. I have fallen in love already!

Take us back there...

2011-07-18T15:13:00.000-07:00

We just returned from an AMAZING 1st annual vacation with the Dunlop family in Tahoe.

Here is our week of fun in pictures...

First stop: Chris and Annie's wedding!

So glad to see this new philly resident again!

Second stop: My parent's house in Rocklin for a swim in the pool and a day of relaxing and lounging (Thanks mamma)

3rd Stop: TAHOE!!!!!!

Tahoe House for breakfast the first day

The boys in the freezing pool water with the little one who has them both wrapped around her little finger!

She loves him!

Just spending a little bonding time with my new friend Nordy

King's Beach day!

Ruby's first encounter with a pine cone

Truckee River

How cute is she?

BEST breakfast! Fire Sign cafe...so good!

Being inspired at Inspiration Point

The girls at Emerald Bay

Belly bump picture!

Such a great week with our wonderful friends. We cannot wait for next year's trip!

Vacation

2011-07-09T11:00:00.000-07:00

We can't wait to take off for the week!!!

First stop: Annie and Chris' wedding! Hooray! Cant wait to celebrate with our friends.

And then headed up to TAHOE for the rest of the week!

This...

And some of this...

And lots of this!

Can't wait!!!!

Cousin update!

2011-07-07T21:26:00.000-07:00

Here are the growing cousins!

And of course we cant forget Myles and his uncle

2 years!

2011-06-28T11:06:00.000-07:00

This weekend we celebrated our two year anniversary!

Can't believe it has already been two years since this day

We headed up to Lake Arrowhead for a quick getaway and had a great time.

The beautiful lake

This is what happens when you are pregnant, at a higher altitude, and have walked up a hill.

Ready for our anniversary dinner!

Our breakfast on the porch of our room with a beautiful view.

We took baby on his/her first hike before we left town on Monday.

Looking forward to many many more years to come with my love!

Belly Buddies

2011-06-23T20:29:00.000-07:00

Here are the pictures of the cousins growing :)

The boys couldn't be left out

It's true!!!

2011-06-02T21:26:00.000-07:00

Here we go!!!

We are starting this crazy journey of becoming parents for the first time.

Little Baby Olsen's due date is December 22nd, 2011!

Birthday Boy!

2011-05-18T20:00:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we had a great time celebrating Myles 3rd birthday!

We are lucky to have such a sweet little nephew, and are thankful to have lived so close to him for the first three years of his life!

My Mom and I were in charge of making Myles birthday cake again this year. This time he requested a dump truck cake, but it needed to be pink, so we had to get creative.

Happy birthday sweet little boy. We love you!

The sky is falling!

2011-05-15T12:13:00.000-07:00

ON ME!

On friday (the 13th), my students couldn't stop talking about it. I laughed and told them we had nothing to worry about, but maybe I should have listened to them...

My Mom and i took little Myles to the park just down the street from my house on Friday afternoon, and as we were walking along the sidewalk we were suddenly hit.

My glasses flew off my face and broke, we were covered in dirt, i thought my face was bleeding, and had a really sharp pain in my shoulder. Thankfully Mom and Myles were both fine, just shocked.

Once I figured out we were all okay (kind of), I realized that one of my biggest fears living in Pasadena had come true!

We had been hit by a large palm tree branch that fell from a 50-60 ft tree above us!

The heavy end of the branch hit me first on the shoulder...I am currently still in a sling and unable to move my arm without pain. Hoping its just a bad bruise, but heading to the doc tomorrow to make sure.

Here is a picture of the awful thing that got me (mom went back later to pick it up and bring it home).

On a better note, Myles 3rd birthday party was super fun!

Will post pictures later, typing with one hand is hard.

*UPDATE: Went to the doctor today, thinks I may have torn something in my shoulder. Referred me to an orthopedic surgeon, and is requiring me to take 2 days off work to rest and see if it heals at all.

Birthday girl!

2011-05-09T14:30:00.000-07:00

Happy 1st birthday to Ruby! Thanks for letting us come spend the weekend with you to celebrate! We love you lots!

We are in the middle of birthday celebrations for some of the sweet little people in our lives. Looking forward to celebrating Myles turning 3 this weekend!

Dedication

2011-05-04T20:57:00.000-07:00

We were lucky to be up north for Ruby's dedication last weekend. It was a good weekend to start celebrating this sweet little girl.

Happy first birthday Ruby! Cant wait to sing to you in person tomorrow!!!!

Richland

2011-04-21T16:55:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Joey and I met my Mom and Dad up in Richland, WA to spend the weekend checking out where my Dad spends some of his time.

Sadly, he got pretty sick when we got there, so we had to settle for large pictures of him while we enjoy our games of dominos and airborne.

On Saturday, Dad was feeling better so we drove to Walla Walla.

Cute husband!

The downtown area

Amazing food at the french restaurant my dad loves.

Duck Pizza

We enjoyed the races that were going on while we were in town.

The fam walking through Whitman College.

Watching the races.

Had a good view and stayed warm.

Here is a video my dad took of the racers as they flew past us.

Thanks for a good weekend Mom and Dad!

A boy and his uncle

2011-04-03T12:15:00.000-07:00

This little boy loves his Uncle.

I still get a little love too, but Myles sure does love his Uncle (who wouldnt?).

Cant wait for the next little niece/nephew for us to love and spoil to arrive in the fall!! :)

One more day

2011-03-31T22:01:00.000-07:00

Until...

Our plan for the weekend. CAN'T WAIT!!!!

Quick trip

2011-03-28T22:48:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we made a quick trip up to the Bay area to celebrate Jim's birthday.

We were able to enjoy a morning with the wonderful Cognatos. Love these two...

Headed out to McCovey's for Jim's birthday dinner.

And thankfully we were able to stop by and spend some time with sweet little Ruby on our way back down south.

How cute is she?

Had a great weekend relaxing and enjoying our time with the family.

And finally, here is a sweet little video for you...

Enjoy!

The Sand Man

2011-03-23T16:25:00.000-07:00

So I have this sweet little 1st grader who I see twice a week first thing in the morning and she is always keeping me entertained!

She daily talks about "The Sand Man," coming to her house...

I finally asked her what she was talking about and she explained that the Sand Man comes to her house while she is sleeping and puts sand in her eyes, so when she wakes up every morning she has sand in the corner of her eyes. Sometimes she forgets to get it out until she comes to school :)

This same student sometimes walks away in the middle of an activity towards the playground area. When I call her name and remind her we are still doing PE, she tells me that sometimes her body just takes her somewhere and there is nothing she can do about it.

And finally, this sweet little girl dressed up for Dr. Seuss Day a few weeks ago...

As Scooby Doo.

I didn't ask questions...just enjoyed it :)

Although we did have to stop playing with the jump rope (her favorite) because her tail kept getting in the way.

Just a little bit of my day!

RUBYLAND

2011-03-07T10:44:00.000-08:00

Joey and I were lucky enough to spend a weekend in Rubyland a few weeks ago. It was pretty wonderful.

We felt a lot like this...

We got the chance to go watch Josh play rugby (mostly from the car in the rain:) )

What a sweet little face

And we each got our cuddle time in!

Had a great dinner with some pretty wonderful people.

Audrey and I became crafty for a day and made some cute little leggings for the sweet little Ruby

We are so thankful to have such good friends.

What a sweet little family they are.

Already anxious to get back up there again!

Valentine's day getaway

2011-02-13T15:15:00.000-08:00

We spent our Valentine's Day getaway weekend in San Diego and had an amazing time!

On Friday, we stopped at my family's favorite mexican restaurant (Nati's) in Ocean Beach and had a great lunch.

The beautiful view from our room at the Hyatt right on the water.

We spent the evening watching the sunset at the great bar on the 40th floor of our hotel.

Enjoying our drinks while watching the sun disappear

We enjoyed Saturday right outside our hotel watching the air show on the water.

I was too distracted watching everything to actually get many pictures of the planes going by, but got this awesome picture of the Sun. "It really is a star!!"

Blue Angels opening up the air show

We met up with Dan on Saturday, and he took us to his office at SDSU. So professional.

The boys in Dan's office

Joey thought he ordered a regular sized margarita :)

Great food + Margaritas + Wonderful friends = a great end to our weekend away.

Its hard to think about going back to work tomorrow, but thankfully its a short week and then we get to head up north to see this sweet little face...

And spend the weekend with her parents of course. Cant wait!!!

2011-02-08T15:53:00.000-08:00

Joey was excited to make his family's favorite appetizer for the super bowl party on Sunday.

Grandma would be proud :)

Bacon wrapped water chestnuts

Yum

The spread for the game....so good!

We are SO looking forward to our short work week and our Friday getaway to San Diego.

YES PLEASE!!!

88!

2011-01-30T14:17:00.000-08:00

This weekend we got to celebrate Grandma Olivier's 88th Birthday with Joey's family!

Isnt she beautiful?

Grandma with her three kids

The whole fam together to celebrate

It was great to be able to celebrate this amazing woman with the entire family. Happy Birthday Grandma!

...

We have also be enjoying our disneyland passes once again. After taking a three year break from passes we decided we were ready again. And thankfully we have great friends to enjoy it with!

So great!

2011-01-25T22:45:00.000-08:00

My old high school teachers are pretty wonderful. What other high school teachers would spend their spare time learning a dance to participate in a flash mob during break to entertain their kids?

Check it out right here: RHS FLASH MOB

Oh Rocklin High, you spoiled me.

Finally!

2011-01-21T15:39:00.000-08:00

We MOVED!!! ...about 20 ft. from our old apartment to our new place.

Here are a few previews from right after we moved in. Still a lot more organizing and some rearranging to do, but we are slowly getting there.

From the front door:

From the Kitchen:

The Kitchen from the eating area:

Other than the move and organizing...

We had a great time at the Warriors game with Joanna in the beginning of January.

We had a great day spent with some good friends from out of town.

And a wonderful day hiking in the canyon right near our house on an 85 degree day with the Bradshaws, who recently moved here. We love having them here!

Looking forward to another Warriors game this weekend and an Iron and Wine concert next week.

Busy Month for us!

Soaking it up

2011-01-05T11:17:00.000-08:00

I am trying to relax as much as I can as I soak up my last three days of Christmas vacation. Before break started I was bummed that I had to work on the 23rd, but now I am stoked! Good choice Pasadena School District!

Christmas and New Years were great! We had a great time in Grants Pass, OR with my extended family and then had a wonderful week with my family back in Rocklin.

The whole fam

The girl cousins with the amazing earrings that Uncle Dennis made for us from our favorite lamp from our grandparents that was made for them by our Aunt.

Myles was pretty excited that he got Lips and Lotion in his stocking!

We went to the Folsom zoo on Christmas eve day.

Cute parents

New Years Day we had good friends over for the day to celebrate. The Baker/Hays girls have been friends for over 20 years now. Its always good to be back together again!

The Dunlops came up on New Years day to join the party and stayed the night in Rocklin with us. We just love that Ruby girl.

Off to relax again!!

Merry Christmas

2010-12-24T10:00:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Hope you are all enjoying Christmas with family and friends.

Love,

Joey and Lindsey

New Camera...

2010-12-20T08:00:00.000-08:00

Equals lots of Blog updates (hopefully)!!

Yesterday made the rainy drive down to Capistrano Beach to visit the Higerd family.

The girls have gotten SO big since we last saw them and we loved meeting the newest addition to the Higerd clan.

Caroline still has Joey wrapped around her little finger. We watched from inside the warm house while the two of them played outside in the rain and mud.

A perfect mixture of her parents...cute orange toenail polish and muddy feet.

Annabelle preferred cuddling with her Dad inside.

Mari...how did I end up without a picture with you in it?

Can't wait for these guys to move out here in a few months so we can spend a lot more time with them.

It's Here!

2010-12-18T23:07:00.000-08:00

CHRISTMAS week!

And the Olsens are starting the week off right.

Schmitke/Baker family Chocolate/White chocolate/Pistachio/Cranberry Bark.

And the Olsen family English Toffee (my first attempt this year, but I think it came out pretty well!)

We both work through Thursday and are hoping this week flies by so we can get up to Oregon with the family!

Happy Christmas week to you!

hot hot hot!

2010-12-13T14:28:00.000-08:00

I had to take this picture yesterday on our way to visit Joey's grandma.

90 degrees in the middle of December!?!?!

Enjoying wearing shorts, t-shirts, and flip flops for a few days before the cold hits again.

"Lazy Boy Lifts" and a prayer request

2010-12-08T22:32:00.000-08:00

Today was a good one. I had a good day at work, came home and got a lot done around the house, and I decided I would get a good workout in before Joey came home. I popped in my workout dvd and did the warm up/stretching activities, when I reached around for our remote so I could turn the volume up and...

To the floor I fell....and stayed. Awful back spasms and pain that I haven't felt in years.

Thank God that my sister lives so close. I was able to crawl over to the door to unlock it so she could come in and feed me motrin, make me a bed of ice, and keep me company while I was helpless on the floor until Joey got home from work.

After almost three hours on the floor (I refused Joey's offers to take pictures for our blog), I finally made it up to an upright position. I have become SO incredibly thankful for the "Lazy-Boy Lift" chairs that we inherited from Joey's grandparents! I dont have to sit down or stand it, I just back right in and it does the work for me. SO great!!!

Enough about me :)

More importantly,

My dear friends Clint and Haley are going to meet their baby boy tomorrow for the first time. PLEASE keep them in your prayers! Haley's c-section is at 7 in the morning. Check out their blog to learn more about their little family.

Meet Philippe

2010-12-04T22:38:00.000-08:00

Our cute little Christmas tree.

He is a little bit lopsided but I guess thats what you get when you buy a tree that is still wrapped up in the rope. We decided to take the risk and love our "special" tree.

Our Christmas shopping is done. Christmas music is on. Christmas candles are lit.

Christmas here we come!

Our little chef

2010-12-02T21:51:00.000-08:00

Myles came over tonight to help me make our pizza for dinner. He definitely took control and made us a great meal!

And he was pretty precious while doing it. We are thankful we have such a cute little nephew.

Thanksgiving

2010-11-28T21:06:00.000-08:00

We spent Thanksgiving weekend this year with Joey's family in up in Dublin. We had a great weekend and are still feeling full from all of the amazing food!

The Dunlops joined us for thanksgiving day, and the family (including max) enjoyed having Ruby around for her first thanksgiving.

Ruby checking out the wine before dinner.

Max checking out Ruby

Ruby is a little more comfortable with her Uncle by her side.

Max giving her a check to make sure she is okay.

Ruby and Max have become a lot more comfortable with each other.

Time for a little relaxing with her new friend.

Jim and Renee with their amazing turkey!

Dinner time.

Ruby enjoyed her first thanksgiving dinner...I promise. She really did!

On friday evening we had the chance to go out wine tasting thelp celebrate Annie and Chris' engagement. Congrats to the two of you!

Its here!

2010-11-21T22:18:00.000-08:00

I love the holiday season. So glad that its here

again!

We had a thanksgiving feast with friends tonight and it was amazing!

Pete carving the perfect Turkey that Holly made.

Our wonderful hosts. Thanks Berrys!

Holly and her sweet 8 week old niece

Our entertainment for the evening... The Berry's and their nieces and nephew put on a play for us. Precious!

We are both looking forward to Wed. night when we hop on a plane and head up to spend thanksgiving with the Olsens in Dublin!

Hope the next few days go fast.

What would I do without her?

2010-11-20T00:16:00.000-08:00

Family crescent roll recipe + 9 (or more) phone calls later + Over 1 hour of video chatting + Kitchen Aid

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!

Thanks Mom! Don't know what I would do without you!!!!

The best yet!

2010-11-16T19:24:00.000-08:00

We just made the best ice cream creation yet. Its wonderful.

Vanilla homemade ice cream with crushed dark chocolate covered Peppermint Joe Joe's. I told Joey we might have to buy a ton of these and keep them in the freezer so whenever we crave this new favorite we will have it available.

SO GOOD!!

We want more!

2010-11-06T18:54:00.000-07:00

These people have been a big part of our lives for the past five months.

We (yes both of us) have shed many tears, laughed a lot, and felt like we have learned exactly what it would be like to work in the white house while we watched the 7 seasons of the West Wing.

We will miss our political friends greatly.

I just cant get enough...

2010-10-26T15:51:00.000-07:00

Of this cute little thing!!!

How precious is she?

We had a great weekend with the Dunlop family. We ate. We shopped. We napped. We Kayaked. We blew raspberries. We relaxed.

Found out that these great friends were around and got to have breakfast. So fun!

The boys in their kayaking gear.

Relaxing with this cute one.

Family time!

Pumpkin patch

This corn maze was really hard.

Great weekend. Great friends.

Taking it back....

2010-10-20T15:45:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I love the rain (usually when I am at home on the couch in sweats). Recently I have been a little tired of teaching in the rain. The kids are crazy, I end up doing PE in hallways or any empty classroom I can find, and I am getting a little tired of being stuck inside!

But, today was WONDERFUL! I explained to both my high school and middle school classes that we were having a "Take it back" to Elementary school day. They were a little hesitant at first, but once we started they absolutely loved it and asked to play again tomorrow....

Think Red Light-Green Light, Duck-Duck-Goose, Red Rover, Follow the leader, and tag.

I wanted to take pictures because they were having so much fun, but I am pretty sure its not legal to put them online.

Only one more day of work for us this week before time with family on Friday and then a quick getaway weekend. Hope we get to see some sun!

Palm Springs

2010-10-11T15:00:00.000-07:00

This weekend in Palm Springs with Andy and Kateigh was a wonderful little getaway. We drove down on Saturday morning and spent the afternoon shopping at the best outlet mall ever, on the way to our hotel.

We went to the Mavericks vs. Suns preseason outdoor game on Saturday evening and had a great time!

We enjoyed our Sunday relaxing at the pool before heading home. It was a great way to spend a quick weekend away.

Thank you Williams!!!

Fun Fridays

2010-10-08T23:21:00.000-07:00

I love my job. I get to have "fun fridays" at the end of every week. My kids love fridays and it makes that last day of the week so much easier!

Today consisted of playing on the playground and with a parachute with my first two elementary school classes, a vote in my high school class for a game of "bucket baseball", a vote in my middle school class for some "krazy kickball" (a class favorite), and ending my day with this...

Well...it looks a lot better when its blown up, but we had the huge air mat out for my last elementary school class to play with (sorry for the awful picture quality, it was taken on my phone).

Joey had his own "Fun Friday." He had today off, and from what I can tell he spent most of his (very much deserved) day playing this...

AND...

We are off to Palm Springs this weekend with the newlywed Williams and are very much looking forward to the weekend. Outlet shopping, swimming, games, good friends, and a preseason Mavericks vs. Suns game (hot dogs, nachos, and licorice ropes here we come!).

Enjoy your weekend!

Lucky

2010-10-04T11:30:00.000-07:00

Looks like a sweatpants and sweatshirt kind of day.

And that is exactly what I wore to work today (plus a rain jacket and tennis shoes).

I call myself LUCKY!!!

Williams wedding

2010-09-27T14:58:00.000-07:00

This weekend we attended the beautiful wedding of our friends Andy and Kateigh.

Joey was in the wedding as a groomsman, and I got to take part in the festivities as the wedding coordinator for the ceremony. Everything went smoothly and it was an absolutely gorgeous!

Once everything was set up it looked like it was straight out of a magazine. Beautiful (just like the bride and groom)!

Here are a few pictures from the event.

Birthday Boy

2010-09-20T21:41:00.000-07:00

My wonderful husband turned 25 today!

He celebrated with working about 11 hours. Birthdays just aren't as fun when you grow up.

Birthday Beer and a new ipod

Summer of LOVE

2010-09-17T16:48:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we attended weddings number 8 and 9 for our wedding season! LOTS of love this summer! Quick picture catch up from weddings 4-9.

#4- Lisa and Jeremy's backyard wedding in Granite Bay

#5- Audrey and Patrick's wedding in Forest Hill

#6- Scott and Ingrid's wedding at a great farm in Fremont

#7- Chris and Amanda's wedding in San Luis Obispo

#8- Aaron and Sarah's wedding at a beautiful park in Richmond

#9- Katie and Marks wedding at Roaring Camp in Santa Cruz

We have loved attending each and every one of these weddings. It is a continuous reminder that a marriage is a celebration of the love, and we are thankful to be able to witness so many reminders this summer!

Looking forward to one more wedding celebration next weekend when Andy and Kateigh tie the knot! CANT WAIT!!!

"I 'washed' my hands"

2010-07-22T15:28:00.000-07:00

Today was my last day of teaching summer school to the wonderful little ones that I have been teaching since March. In honor of that, let me share a little story with you.

Yesterday I went to the park with all of the special ed classes (all my kids) for a bbq. One of my students needed to go to the bathroom, so I walked him over to the bathroom and stood right outside. After a while I hear the toilet flush and then he doesn't come out of the stall for a few minutes, so I yell to him to see if he needs help, and he says yes. I walk in to open the stall door and see that his hands are soaking wet and he claims "washed my hands!"

Apparently, this precious little boy washes his hands in the toilet after he flushes, because the water looks clean?!?!?! UGH!!!!! I made him wash his hands three times with soap and water immediately.

Now this little guy really likes to hold hands, so my mind wanders to all of the times during the year that he held my hand while walking to and from class, and the times I have been standing with his teacher and aides waiting for the class to use the restroom and he always comes out with his hands dripping wet telling us "Washed my hands!"

Just a little reminder of the importance of hand sanitizer!

ONE year!

2010-06-30T18:08:00.000-07:00

We celebrated our one year wedding anniversary this past weekend and it was WONDERFUL!

We started the weekend up in the bay area celebrate Adriane's amazing life and recovery as well as Travis and Adriane renewing their vows. The celebration was perfect and we had a great time!

We headed off to Monterey on Sunday morning (with stop for lunch and ice cream in Campbell with the Dunlop family).

We stayed at a great little cottage that was perfect for the two of us! Here are some cute pictures...

The front door/patio area:

The view of our bedroom/family room:

The kitchen:

We went to the Chart House for dinner on our actual anniversary and enjoyed a great meal right on the water. The restaurant had printed Happy 1st Anniversary and the date on our menus, and we had a wonderful waiter who took very good care of us. It was perfect...

Enjoying the area before dinner:

The View from our table...we spotted a few otters and seals during our meal:

On Monday we enjoyed the tickets that came with the cottage to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and spent a few hours there

We headed to Carmel for the evening to walk around and check out the cute little town and the beautiful beach.

We decided that a dinner back at the cottage sounded best, so off to pick up an amazing pizza for a quiet evening in.

On Tuesday we decided to drive back down the coast. It was a beautiful drive and we stopped a few times to check out the views...and the Elephant Seals! Yay!

For a wonderful end to our trip, we stopped in San Luis Obispo to visit some of our wonderful friends. Hung out with Courtney and met her boyfriend (definitely approved), and had dinner with the Ainsworths (almost!) and the Heads.

It was a great end to our long weekend away.

Can't wait for the rest of our lives together, this first year has been amazing!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for...

2010-06-21T23:09:00.000-07:00

PEACOCKS!!!! (And Ice cream)

First of all...

Seriously, Buy this.

Its absolutely wonderful. We just got the white one, but it comes in other cute colors and makes the most wonderful ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet, sorbet, and slushies.

So far we have made blueberry ice cream, oatmeal chocolate chip cookie ice cream, lemon sorbet (which I am eating as I write this) as well as coke slushies. Next up on the list...Lime sherbet, and margaritas.
Come to Pasadena and we will make you whatever your heart desires. Do it! We will!

And moving on to the Peacocks...

My mom was in town this weekend, and Joey had Friday off, so the three of us took Myles to the LA Arboretum. We had a great time spending the morning exploring the arboretum and Myles had a great time yelling "peacock" and searching for them the whole time.

The problem came when we would find a peacock and Myles would begin screaming louder than ever and immediately demand to be picked up by the closest adult. He became a little cautious at times, which Nammy (Grandma) did not mind at all...

It was a love/hate relationship that he just couldn't seem to figure out! If you have ever been to the Arboretum you would know that there are peacocks EVERYWHERE! Myles would see one from a distance, get real excited screaming "PEACOCK!!!!" and running towards it, but as soon as he would get somewhat close, it became a hysterical screaming/crying fit until he was in someone's arms and he felt that he was a safe distance away. Precious little boy he is.

Oh the Joy...

2010-06-15T10:16:00.000-07:00

...Of apartment living.

So as of right now we are living in a construction zone. They have decided to put in some fire sprinklers, and since we live downstairs they cannot go through the attic, so we have quite a few holes cut in our ceiling!

Here are a few pictures of the current state of our home...

Our living room. The storage area for many of our things (the large pile on the right is a lot of our clothes from our closet covered in comforters and plastic)

Our bedroom. They had to move our bed because those wonderful holes were right on top of our bed.

The beautiful new orange pipes that run through our hallway.

Closet.

Kitchen.

Its not too bad, but just inconvenient for now. I am at the library because the construction crew is currently at my house cutting more holes in our ceiling. Wonderful! They say we will hopefully have the holes filled after the inspection in about two weeks. Oh well! At least it helps get us outdoors!

Love. Love. Love.

2010-06-13T17:37:00.000-07:00

This weekend was one of our many trips up the 5 for the summer.

On Saturday the wonderful Dunlop family made the trip up to Dublin to spend the day with us and we fell even more in love with their precious little one.

She is such a sweet little one and we loved spending more time with her!

She sure does love her Mom!

Check out that neck workout. She is getting stronger!

Little Ruby enjoyed relaxing on Joey's lap and stretching out. Look at those big beautiful eyes!

The wedding was beautiful and we had a great time! Sadly I forgot I had my camera with me until the end of the evening, so I missed pictures of the beautiful bride and groom!

It was great seeing a lot of friends that miss living down here!

The madness begins...

2010-05-27T20:28:00.000-07:00

After putting all of our events on the calendar for the rest of the summer (through September) I realized that we have....

1 trip to San Jose to meet the newest edition to the Dunlop family

7 weddings- 3 in rocklin-ish, 2 in dublin-ish, 1 in San Luis Obispo, 1 in Alta Dena.

1 other celebration in dublin

1 anniversary trip to Monterey!! Woo woo!

2 bachelor parties (Joey)

1 girls weekend in San Jose with the Dunlop ladies

1 trip to Santa Barbara

This means six weekends in Pasadena between right now and September!

AHHHHHHHHH!

It is going to be an amazingly fun and packed summer and we are looking forward to it, but i am pretty sure that we will need some time to recover at the end of it all.

Congratulations!

2010-05-04T22:02:00.001-07:00

CONGRATULATIONS to Audrey and Josh!

We are SO happy that your daughter has arrived beautiful and healthy. Perfect! Cannot wait to meet her.

PRESSURE!

2010-04-27T15:50:00.001-07:00

Each time I look at friends blogs (which I always am so anxious for them to update), i feel pressure as our blog moves to the bottom of their list of blogs because it has been so long since an update :) Oops.

Here is my quick update in pictures of the past month and a half or so...

We headed up to Dublin at the end of February to attend a friend's wedding and had a great time!

Even found a new favorite stop for our many trips up and down the 5. Wonderful Mexican Food. (Thanks Jim and Renee for finding it for us!)

We discovered a new wine bar (the Wine Detective) with our friend Peter that is about three blocks from our house and has a great way of doing their wine tasting. We will definitely be

returning here at some point. Yum.

We took pictures with Myles...

We took a quick road trip with Andy and Kateigh up to Sonora for Erin and Jeremy's beautiful wedding!

We went to the Warriors game at the Staple Center and sat really close to the court! So fun!!!!

Took more cute pictures with Myles...

Went to Santa Cruz for Audrey and Josh's Baby shower. Good food. Good wine. Good friends.

Took Easter pictures with Myles.

Went on a date....

Went to another Warriors game at the Staple Center with Joanna.

Hung out with Myles (and mom) during Spring break.

More to come soon. I promise...

From Fairytales to Coolio...

2010-02-23T17:00:00.000-08:00

The rest of our Rocklin weekend was busy and wonderful! We went to fairytale town on Friday morning and Myles had a great time! There are a ton of slides and animals, so he was a happy boy (Shannon has most of the pictures on her camera).

Myles was also a big fan of the sheep, and they seemed to enjoy him too!

The rest of the boys arrived on Friday evening and we happily met them for garlic chips at Pizzeria Classico. It was a great meal (as always) and a wonderful little family reunion.

Saturday we spent the morning at the cement slides again (videos have already been posted), and then spent the afternoon visiting friends, napping, and shopping.
On Saturday night we went to chinese food to celebrate Mom's birthday and came home for Lemon Meringue. Yum.

Sunday after church and some wonderful rolled tacos the five of us Southern Californians headed out on a family road trip back to Pasadena.
Myles was once again a great traveler and even enjoyed some of his Mom's favorite music!

We had a great time this weekend with the family and are looking forward to next weekend when we drive up to Dublin for some wedding fun and spending time with Joey's parents, friends, and Max!

Off to the races (again)!!!!

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We must have been inspired by the Olympics, although no one braved going down "skeleton" style. On Saturday we packed up the wax paper, carpet squares, and towels for another day at the cement slides.
Since we had such a good time at the slides earlier in the week (see blog below) we wanted to bring the boys back for a few races. We started off slow for the day, but as we added more and more wax to the slide on our way down it became a lot faster! (Shannon was covered in Band-Aids after our experience this time).

The Lewis race...

Myles and his "Nammy" going down together a little slower...

The Olsens race down...

Sisters...and part of the reason for Shannon's Band-Aids...

Brothers...

Shannon and Dad...

Good thing they both had help at the bottom! The last run of the day could have been disastrous without it. We had a great time, so I thought I would share the videos. An update of the rest of our weekend will come soon. I'm starting to enjoy blogging again.