Too cute not to post

My Daddy

Sleeping Beauty

"Coley"

Boys just chewing the fat-What are they laughing about????

Peaches and Cream

Peaches are on their way out of season but if you can get a ripe one I encourage this yummy treat-cut them up and top with some fresh whip cream and cinnamon-a little bit of heaven.

You had me at Tempura

Friday night Steve and I were able to have a date night!!! I can count on one hand how many times that has happened in the past couple years. So, we were very excited. We ate at a really great Japanese Restaurant; we sat on the patio and it was so heavenly. I had brought my camera and the whole evening we were just taking picts trying to figure out which setting is best for which shot.- Our meals were deliscious. Of course, Steve ordered the sushi platter. I, however, ordered a combo meal that came with tempura and that's all that really mattered.

Beautiful Boys

My cousin, Shayna, has two little boys, Wyatt and Weston. They are absolotely gorgeous and I can't resist taking pictures of them.

Special Picts

I just love these pictures I have of Steve kissing each one of our babies when they were born, they are such a treasure to me. So, I ordered this lettering to go above them and I just love it. The other picts are of both sides of our family.

Picts from this past week

Christine Elise

My Lukie boy

Playdough time

Livy and her ponytails

Life has been real slow-in a good way. School is starting in a few weeks and I'm despartely holding on to these last summer days. I'm hoping to get a lot done when Steve is in South Carolina next week. These are a few picts from this past week.

Special pictures from the week

Avery and Livy at Carpinteria Beach

Our puppies will be leaving soon-trust me I'm ready-but it has been fun having them. In the evening after dinner we'll go out back and play with them. They're so fun to take pictures of. I'm also trying desperately to figure out how to use my new camera to it's fullest potential-I think my brain is full and refuses to learn new information; I'm still trying, though.

Blessings

We had a wonderful date-night with the Mills tonight. We went to this little Italian restaurant. It was great but what was greater was getting to chat with Steve and Danelle; I think we could talk all night and still have stuff to talk about. We like a lot of the same things and think the same way about a lot-which means we can help each other with kids stuff, etc. Our oldest girls are best friends which is such a blessing. I'm so grateful to God for them and their family.

I don't have a picture of the Steve and Danelle but I do have this beautiful picture of their youngest, Katie, that I just love and could not pass up; and of course the girls holding the puppies.

Should I be concerned?

Olivia woke up from her nap insisting on watching Nacho Libre. What happened to Barny and The Wiggles?

One reason I love having boys.....

Finding random "tin foil monsters" around the house.

Lukie's green thumb part 2

This is Luke in front of his garden. He thought it would be fun to grow giant pumpkins-well, the plant is starting to take over; I'm going to have my very own pumpkin patch pretty soon (just what I wanted.) He also has some tomotoes, zucchini and a couple other things. I hope he always loves it this much.

I miss my brother.....

I'm missing my brother and his family today. He's a sushi chef/surfer/dad in Kuaii-very cool. He and his wife have three beautiful girls. I miss them so much that it feels like a hole in my heart sometimes. The last time we were there was when I was pregnant with Olivia-it's been way to long. These are some picts from our trip a couple years ago along with one of all the kids at my brother's sushi bar.

I can only draw stick figures

This is a common sight in our house-the kids love to draw and thankfully Steve is an amazing artist. Somehow I missed out on that talent.

My afternoon coffee drink........

Could this be part of the reason I can't shed those last 15 pounds? hmmmmm.....

Christine's pride and joy.

Summer Lovin

We're loving summer; last night we went swimming with family for Paige's 17th B'day. It's always so great to see my family, and an extra bonus-we got to see Jodi and Brant!! To all my family, I love You.......

A picture I love

Livy's Sleeping Place

Just a picture of Livy in her bed-the thing I love is the quilt hanging on the wall that my friend, Kathleen, made for me. It's so adorable and it helped me choose the colors for the girls room. Oh, and I had to throw in recent pictures of the puppies and the hummingbird.