She's Two!

Teagan turned two last week! I can't believe it! We had a small little carnival in her honor. It was a lot of fun. The kids had fun jumping on the couches, blowing bubbles, getting tattoos, crawling through Teagan's Funhouse, getting balloon animals (by courtesy of Lance), throwing bean bags, and eating cupcakes! We had lots of fun carnival food too: sweet potato fries, sliders, caramel apples, pretzels, popcorn, and a few other goodies. It was a fun day for us! We also were able to have two other small parties via web cam with the grandparents. Teagan loves seeing her grandparents and had a good time opening presents with them. Here are a few pictures of our little princess from her special day!

Lorikeets

The past year we have had passes to the San Diego Wild Animal Park and Zoo. We recently went back before they expired to go see one of our favorite exhibits, the Lorikeets.

Lance's favorite part of the whole day was when one of the birds pooped on my leg.
Teagan was a little spooked at first, but then she warmed right up to the birds and wanted to touch them and give them kisses.

Always Learning

I love being a mother. I learn new things everyday. For example, today Teagan taught me that dinosaurs eat peanut butter. I never knew that. I wonder what she will teach me tomorrow.

A Day at the Spa

We had our good friends Melinda and Brooklyn over for a "Spa Day." We started with the girls in the tub with Strawberry Dora bubbles. Brookie wasn't so sure about all the bubbles at first but Teagan helped her get acclimated to them by putting them all over her own head as well as Brookie's arm. Brooklyn brought over Nemo swim diapers that the girls loved and Teagan still talks about (this was 3 weeks ago).
I cut up cucumbers for the girls to put on their eyes, but Teagan ate them before we could do anything with them. She loves the center of cucumbers and ate all the centers out. She tried to share them with us but I realized they all tasted like Johnson's baby lotion from her touching everyone of them, so I decided they were all hers. After the bath, lotion, massage, and cucumbers Melinda and I painted the girls finger and toe nails while they watched a movie. This was the first time I painted Teagan's nails and she being the little diva that she is, loved it!

These two had a lot of fun being pampered by their mommies. Maybe next time they will pamper the mommies.... I know wishful thinking.

Day at Disney

Teagan loves to unlock doors, so when she saw this door outside the Monster's Inc. ride she immediately said "keys please (arm extended towards us until we give her the keys) dank you."
Probably her favorite thing at the whole park was the Firefighter boat that you can climb all over and explore. This is her at the front of the ship.
Teagan loves her pink glasses that her best friend gave her. She even kept them on during the Bugs Life show.
Teagan has become such a daddy's girl lately. She giggles at everything he says or does, but this time I think the ride encouraged this laugh.
Teagan was so excited to go to Disneyland and wear her "Minnie Dress." A big thanks to Yaya and Buda for the tickets and Papa and Grandma for the Minnie Dress, we had a great day!

Thanksgiving 2009!!!

This is a couple of months late, but we had Taylor and Preston down for Thanksgiving. We had a great time. All the boys played in our stake turkey bowl. The day after Thanksgiving we took them to Joshua Tree National Park for the day. We had a great time.

I promise more updates are coming.

Halloween!!!!!!

Little Tea had a great time on Halloween. We let her pick out her costume this year, in my opinion it wasn't quite as good as baby Elvis, but still fun. We weren't sure if she would get the whole trick or treat thing, but she caught on pretty quick.

Pumpkins

A little late in the season, but here is some of the fun we had in October. This was Teagan's and Mommy's Pumpkin inspired by the trash muppets in Elmo's Grouchland. It's Tea's favorite movie and I've seen it way too many times.
Daddy's monster.
On our trash muppet pumpkin Teagan traced her hand on one side and foot on the other for the pumpkin's ears. I don't know why but tracing her feet and hands are one of Tea's favorite things to do.

A Visit from Yaya

Yaya just left our house. We are sad, but we had such a great time with her here. Some of the highlights of the trip were the zoo, Chuck E Cheese, the park, learning to ride a tricycle, and our annual trip to Vegas.

Our trip to Vegas usually includes watching 5-6 lacrosse games and eating lots of food. This year we decided to add a triathlon to our list of activities. I found a sprint tri that would be held at Lake Las Vegas the day we would be in town so I thought it would be perfect for Trevor, Preston, my mom, and myself to do together. I thought I had read on their website that this was a great tri for beginners, but I must of misread that part because the course we encountered was.. well... just check this video out and listen to the girl at the very end describe the course. Had I seen this video before we signed up I'm not sure I would have gone through with it.

It was pretty crazy, but we all finished. Preston did an amazing job and came in first, unfortunately he was disqualified because he missed 3 miles of the bike ride. I must of sensed that he cut some corners and in an effort to help him make up his miles I ended up getting lost and adding several miles to my bike course. Mom took first in her age division and Trevor got the award for the bloodiest face. And we couldn't have done it without our Sherpa, Lance, and the cutest cheerleader ever, Teagan. We all had a great time.

More pictures from our latest adventures coming soon..........

It's Football Time!

Sorry we've been pretty bad about updating our blog, it's that time of year!

Shower Mischief

I usually try and shower before Lance leaves for work and if that doesn't happen I wait until Tea goes down for her nap. On the rare occasion I take my shower while she is awake I always come out to find a surprise. For example last week Little Tea decided to wash her pj's in the toilet. Well today I found her trying to put deodorant all over her body. I can't wait to see what she'll do next time. What does your child do while you are showering?

Fun at My Gym

Michael Phelps Watch Out

Missing Yaya

I LOVE SHOES!!!!!

Sorry I haven't been blogging lately...I have been BUSY!!

Busy riding Uncle Aaron...

Busy sleeping....

Busy cooking with my apron and tennis wrist band...

Busy taking it easy with my dog...

Busy reading my favorite books....

Busy goofing around with the glasses Dad made me...

And busy having fun. I promise to do a better job keeping everyone up to date.

Catching up

We loved having Brooke here with us this week. She is definitely our favorite family member and will be paying for her to come back and visit again. We just don't understand how it's possible for one person to be so awesome. We love her so much. She's the best.

A New Favorite

Thanks Tiff for introducing me to this site. It's a new favorite. If you are a mother, sister, or daughter you need to check it out.

A Fun Day with the Family

Thanks to daytrippingmom and just-spotted we had a fantastic day in Long Beach. We took a guided tour of the tidepools here and then headed over to this festival to watch the pirates and then we ended the day here, touching sting-rays, sharks, and star fish. I love family days!

Coming Soon to a Circus near you ......