christmas

We flew to utah/idaho for christmas this year. It was our year to be with Jon's family. All that Brooke wanted for Christmas was makeup. this is my happy little girl after she got her make up and had dad do her make up christmas morning.

Jon doing mya's make up on christmas morning.

The night before the kids acted out the nativity. It was cute to see them all dressed up and so excited to play mary and joseph.

brooke getting baby jesus all bundled up

GPA

the day after thanksgiving my grandpa passed away. It was sudden and very unexpected. He had recently moved out to Utah with my parents and was living in assisted living. My girls called him GPA. Before gpa moved we would go over to his house a few times a week to visit and check in on him. He would always light up to see my two little monsters running down the hall asking him for cookies. Gpa always had a cookie jar full of oreos and my kids knew where to go to get a cookie. I have thousands of fond memories of my grandpa and am sorry that he is gone, but glad that he is back with my grandma. we love you gpa.

halloween

well.......... why not post about halloween in February. This year we had fun carving our pumpkins. I free handed my pumpkin and after it was done it looked a lot like the grinch. so i spray painted mine green.
Brooke was set on being a kitty cat and mya wanted to be a dinosaur. Brooke really only wanted to be a cat so that she could wear skin tight clothes. I hope she grows out of this phase.
I really wanted to be a mummy this year. I thought about buying gauze and wrapping myself in it but after i checked the price at the store and saw how much i would need, i went to the next best thing, old shirts and sheets. Jon, as usual, was himself for halloween

mexico

so it has been awhile since i updated my blog so I will fill you in on what we have been up to. In september Jon and I went away for a whole WEEK to mexico without the kids. It was really stressful to get ready, pack, finish redoing our bathroom and make sure things were in order at our house for Jon's mom who had the kids.............THANK YOU CAROL.......i am sure that she will NEVER volunteer to have the kids again. Sorry they are a handful.

In Mexico Jon played a lot of volleyball. They had games twice a day, so that is what he did every morning and afternoon. We also took water aerobic classes, explored mexico, visited the ruins. It was really nice to go away without the kids but by the end we were ready to be home with our babies.
We rented a car for a day and went to see the ruins in Cabo. We climbed up this huge ruin. It was so awesome

Us at the top of the ruin all nice and sweaty from the hike to the top

While we were in Mexico Jon had a birthday........................the BIG 30. We had dinner at the steak house at the resort and enjoyed a nice evening of night life at the resort. Happy birthday to Jon

ok so random note, we have pets. well we have had them for a few months but i always forget to post pictures of them. we have two little turtles, speedy and pokey. they are jon's babies. when he gets home from work he hugs the kids and then feeds his turtles and then i get a hug. i see where i rank in the order of things

jersey shore = a little bit of heaven on earth

I love the jersey shore. My kids love to run in the water and Mya can get as sandy and messy as she wants and it is all OK. I NEED a house right on the beach............is that too much to ask for??mya rolling around in the sand
the girls were so cute. mya would fall down and brooke was right there to help her up. It was nice to see them actually getting along
The kids really wanted to be buried in the sand so we dug a huge hole and buried them nice and deep
my future baywatch lifeguard

van saun park

Jon has been on vacation for the week. We have been doing fun day trips with the kids. We took the girls to Van Saun Park. They love animals.............they certainly do not get that from me.......
The girls loved to feed the birds and to ride on the train. It was a fun morning..............below are random pictures of our day at the park...........

mya pya turns 2

Last weekend mya turned 2. she was so happy to open her presents. She got a new set of blocks. She loves to build towers.........well she loves to knock them down more than she likes to build them. We spent the morning playing with her new toys and then we headed down to the shore for the weekend. We met Aubrey, Casey, and Jack for a fun adventure at the shore. The girls loved to play in the sand and run into the ocean. It was an awesome weekend. We had much fun that we are going back again this weekend. Mya taking a moment to smile before she opened one of her presents

All Mya wanted all day long was cupcakes. We had cupcakes at the hotel. She devoured two of them before anyone could finish their first one.

Mya got to open her presents from grandma and grandpa drussel early because grandpa was going to be gone on her birthday.

It is crazy to think that my little monster is 2. we love you mya!!!!!!!!!!