The Builder

Macy loves to play with her princesses and blocks. The blocks she is playing with were my mom's when she was a baby. I have so many memories playing with them at Macy's age with my cousins Jimmy & Lisa. Super cool to have something that has been passed down for generations :)

Travel Town

Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving is all about spending time with family and we put the miles on the truck to do so...and it was worth it. We had great visits with both sides of the family. Castillo's in Seal Beach and Ostermann's in Camarillo and Palm Dessert to see Grandma.

October....how i love theeee!

This month went by too fast to even comprehend. So many adventures. Lots of work and lots of changes.

All month Macy thought Halloween was "today" and all she wanted to be was a bunny. It started off as a "pink, blue, white and yellow" bunny. We compromised and I made her her favorite color, pink! It was so much fun to make and I really can't wait for all the costume projects that are ahead of us...right up my alley!

Remy could not decide what to be so I took them to a Halloween store and out of all the great costumes Remy decided on the Pink Unicorn. Had I known she wanted to wear a stuffed animal I would have pulled out one of the thousands we have in the garage. I could not say no to the sweet little face and she was a Unicorn riding Cowgirl! She can pull off just about anything she wears :)  She even had a small speaking part in the class Halloween Performance...a star is born! She loves the spot light :)

The girls have changed so much in the last few months. They are getting easier in public, less fears of me having to take them anywhere solo, Papa is much more brave than I am.  They are good with detail and listen fairly well for three year olds. I cherish our nights around the dinner table and get to hear all about their friends and what they are learning in school. They amaze me dailey!

The month ended with a little nip & tuck for mamma. Finally getting the ol'bod back and can't wait for the reveal over the Holidays! The recovery has been hard but Mike has been a true partner and has been amazing. The girls have also been truly wonderful and keeping their distance as to not hurt mommy. I am so blessed!

We started the month off with a great trip with all our neighbors to the LA County Fair. I have not been since I was a child and it was the best time! We got there early and hit all the rides with no lines and were out of there by 1pm and it was the last day so it was not busy, just an FYI for next year! Oh and don't try and eat a turkey leg or a hot dog by yourself....never in my life have I ever seen a hot dog that could feed a family of four and then we wonder why we have such a obesity issue in the states! WOW ;)

We managed to get out to the Terra Rejada Family Farms on the HOTTEST day of the year....record temps for this time of year!!!! We met a few friends out there but all the kids went in different directions and we never got a chance to visit, next year friends :) 

Getting caught up after a long, long summer!!!!

We had such a full summer that the blog fell behind. We had so much fun this summer with friends and family! We visited Palm Dessert, Cabo, Tahoe, Mammoth, the beach, Santa Barbara, the beach and many more places. I have put together a few of the pics and hopefully more to come as I get more time, so many great pictures that NEED to be shared! And I promise to be more on top of this blog, it is so important to me to document our lives for Macy and Remy! Also a big "I Love You" to my wonderful husband, five years and still going strong! I will be showing off my new ring as I see you :)

Mammoth Lakes - Camping

Grandpa's Birthday

Leo Carillo - 5th Anniversary Celebration

Tahoe - with Nana & Grandpa

Beach Day

Happy Birthday Papa!

When I asked Mike who he wanted to spend his birthday with he replied 

"My Mom and Dad" :) 

We had a great time at one of Mikes favorite places...C&O in Marina Del Rey. 

It was super yummy and the girls loved seeing their Nana and Grandpa :) 

A great visit with cousin Tyler!

Tyler is on her way to Washington DC! It was great to get a visit in with her before she leaves and we hope to visit her while she is there. Good luck Ty!

Remy was a little tired and took a snooze while Macy did what she loves best.....eat ice cream, YUMMY :)

Unattended toolbox = Art!

Macy and Remy always seem to have their little hands where they should not be...especially papa's toolbox :) but the creation is pretty darn amazing!

Happy Birthday Pops!

A little last minute get together but Mamasita pulled off a nice surprise for Pops. Happy Birthday ol'man...oops did I just say that? hehehe

All the cousins are growing up fast and love being together. And lets not forget the amazing veggies from pop's garden!!!!! YUMMY :)

iphone 4...we are in love

the girls can not get enough of our new phones and neither can we!

Welcome Levi Jacob Roberts

Jennifer and Ken welcomed the newest addition to their family, Levi. They adopted him June 8th. He was only three weeks old, domestic adoption and perfectly healthy :) They are so blessed and can not be happier! We all are just in love with that little face!!!

Fathers Day Weekend

A long over due visit with cousins, Aiden and Aubry. Macy and Remy had a blast playing with their cousins and friends this weekend. A dear friend London turned two, Jeremy and family joined us for a BBQ, Grandma Suzanne bunked in the spare room on the air mattress, Jenn, Bruce and Aiden took over the couch and living room. Macy and Remy shared their bed with Aubry. A full house and loved every minute. Thanks everyone for making this weekend a super special one. Wishing I wasn't having so many problems with my camera...I did not get enough pics of everyone. I did take some funny video but still can't figure out how to post it.

Papa got some much needed beach time this weekend. The weather was beautiful and the crowds were small. Macy and I combed the beaches for more shells and Remy and Papa explored the tide pools. Sunday the girls and I took Papa out for an amazing sushi dinner and then we went and crashed our neighbors house for a few hours. The perfect kind of Sunday. Happy Fathers Day to the man of my dreams and the best papa ever! We love you!!!

Leaves, Butterflies, Shells?

Here is an art project I did from some really cool shells we found at the beach. Papa will hang these in the playhouse. Love my weekend art projects :)

Birthday weekend continued...

A long over due visit with Grandma, Aunty Linda, Lisa and Shawna. Such a great day at the beach and lots of fun surprises like the amazing sea shells :) We got to have Grandma stay with us in the front unit for a few nights and loved every minute!!!! Everyday since Macy and Remy refer to the front unit as "Grandmas Place", too cute!!!

Playhouse Finished!

Papa had it finished just before the girls party. He was putting down sod a day before with Uncle Bruce. Wow, it looks amazing!!! Thanks Papa and Uncle Bruce for pulling off a miracle :)

Macy & Remy turn 3!

It was an amazing weekend filled with friends and family. Thanks everyone for making the girls 3rd birthday celebration so memorable. We truly are blessed in so many ways :)

Cabo 2010

OMG, what an amazing vacation and we owe it all to Grandma Kay and Grandpa :) We missed you guys so much and were so happy too get a few days pool side with you :)

Pictures are always the true tail on how your vacation went and as you can see we had a blast!

We were able to take our good friend Jesse with us this year to help out with the girls and it was a BIG help! Despite the girls giving her a hard time and only wanting mama Jesse was a true sport and such a pleasure to have with us :) Thanks Jesse!!!!

Papa Bear was a true social butterfly, he met several couples to hang with and had such a pleasure to hang with Jeff and family....can't wait for next year :)

Tadpoles

The girls had a great time learning to swim.

Macy was all smiles but was impossible to get her to put her head under water.

Remy was a natural in the water with a little help from papa.

Check out LA Surf and Swim, really great staff!

lasurfandswim.com

Great Visit!!!!

Another great visit with Marty and his son Hershel. The girls had so much fun....we had some great laughs and can't wait to another visit!!!!!

Lunch

The first lunch in the playhouse. The perfect lighting for a Sunday lunch :) 

Nice Moves Macy

Macy is loving her dance class and has some new, great moves! 

Lets Eat Cake

Papa woke up to the girls having breakfast, cake.

Macy always knows where the cake is and they got themselves 

all set up while I was at work and papa was sleeping :) 

Luv'n early morning visits from Grandpa...

Garden Planted

Nothing gets you in the summer spirit like a garden! All planted now I just need to remember to water it :) 

Thanks Papa for getting me all ready to plant...again you made my job easy!!!! 

Occupational Hazards!

You guessed it Mike was bit by a pit bull showing a house. 14 stitches later and a little bit shy of dogs his ego recovered and so did his leg. The unfortunate thing in all this is the owner of the dog never called to see how Mike was doing. Who does that!!!!!

Sorry Papa :( But we are so happy that is all that happened!

The Playhouse

As you can see Papa and Grandpa put a lot of muscle in this playhouse! My part was easy :)

We were able to use some windows Papa found in the ally for the skylights and we used all left over paint I had collected over the years with my mural work. Some of our neighbors had some given us some used 2x4's from a commercial shoot.  The chandelier was bought at Ikea for $20 and after a few additions thanks to Grandma we have an amazing center piece! Even though we saved by using some recycled materials we might have been better off buying a pre-fabricated house....but what fun is that!!!!! A labor of love and worth every minute of it to see Macy and Remy's faces light up the closer we get to being finished.

Great job Papa and thanks Pops for all your hard work...the first few days of construction Pops had a really, really bad cold but it didn't slow him down. You rock Pops!!!!

Stay tuned for more updates and just a little side note about the doors. See the picture of Remy with her hand on the door...well that was minutes after she had pulled the whole door frame down. Papa is not sure exactly how she did it but knowing Remy she was probably swinging/hanging off it :) Papa made sure that door is never going anywhere again!!! 

Easter Weekend

I love Easter weekend...lot's of friends and family, we needed one more day this year to celebrate with everyone :)

Friday Mike and I kept the girls in school so we could do some work on the playhouse and get the garden planted. I have about ten varieties of tomatoes. We also planted zucinni, peppers, onions, cilantro...i will be ready for salsa!

Saturday we headed to Woodland Hills for a BBQ at Lucas and Ryder's house. Mike and I got "space" jealous! Remy had so much fun running from one side of the yard to the other...no matter what her mission she ran it :) Macy loved all the toys and was happy hanging out doing what she loves the best..reading and eating :)

Sunday we headed to Pop's and Nana's house for their traditional feast! It was so much fun getting all the cousins together, everyone is growing so fast!!!!

silly girls!

Macy, loves comfort!

Remy, loves the spotlight!

Hanging with BFF's

While Mike was in Vancouver for the Olympics I took advantage of some much needed visits with friends and family. Donna went with us to Disneyland and we also made a trip up North to visit Jenn, Grandma and Grandpa...we also got a surprise visit from the newest member of the family, Gunner...so cute!!!! Such a great weekend :)

2010 Winter Olympics

Mike and his best friend Andrew had a great time checking out all the sights at this years Winter Olympics in Vancouver. It was cold and rainy but that didn't stop them from having an amazing adventure :)

In good company...

We always look forward to our yearly visit with Uncle Jim and Aunt Judy. The bonus is extra time with grandma and grandpa and the 80+ weather we had today! wow, it was beautiful!!!!

Its a start...

Despite colds grandpa and papa got a good start on the girls new playhouse. We are so excited for them to have their very own special place to entertain their friends. Check back for updates :)

ART

Having fun with Papa

It is always a challenge to get a great picture of Macy and Remy together. But during some of those moments I sometimes get a really, really great picture of Papa and the girls!!!! This one melts my heart :)

and those dresses and hats from nana are just too darn cute!!!!

What better way to spend a sick day...

A quick run to the fabric store and we had enough fabric for three tutu's. The girls had fun picking their own colors and flowers. Remy was feeling better than Macy and was able to give me some cute shots of her new tutu :) We are ready for Spring....Super sweet!

Another Sick Weekend :(

Poor little Macy has it bad. The worst cough we have had in a long time :( 

From the Belly Archives...

After seeing all the belly pics of Octo-mom in the new Star magazine  I could not resist posting my BIG'O belly for all the see. I can't remember being that big! OUCH :)

New Favorite Place...The Skirball Museum

Papa is a brave man! He loves his solo adventures with Macy and Remy. He took them to the Skirball and had lots of fun. This was the girls second time there and they just can't get enough!

Such a cool place!

Wonder Twins!

Super cute T-shirts by my friend Mandy. She designed them with our girls in mind!

Check out her stuff online @ www.cafepress.com/mooja

Time with family

Mikes God Mother was in town for a visit and he had the perfect opportunity to visit. I unfortunately was not able to make it but by the looks of the pictures everyone had a great time!

Spending time with friends...

2010 is going to be a year that we make more time for our friends. It seems to have been a bad pattern in 2009, because nobody seemed to have time for much of anything but everyone wanted to find time. I am so excited to have more days like this one. I had my best friend over in the am and some of my other close friends over for the afternoon! A perfectly spent day :)