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We found this awesome park about 20 mins from our house. The playground is on an island and has little houses with playgrounds built inside. The kids loved it!

Love Phoebe's expression! Ha!



The sad part about this photo is that because it was being taken, the photographer forgot to catch what was coming down the slide! He was not very happy. Oops...



Clara, Lena, Phoebe and Max in the pool!

Sweet Max:)
Phoebe let me straighten her hair! About 6 hours later it was back to ringlets though!


Eating ice cream from a mini tea cup while bathing in the sink. Not a regular occurrence, i assure you.
Mommy's shoes!

She's so into shoes these days.

Happy birthday, Max-Man!

Forgot i had a few photos still on our camera that weren't lost! Max turned ONE on March 2nd, and we celebrated three times - once with a family breakfast, once with a few of our Rosemead friends, and once with Phoebe's friends, who are by default, Max's friends. I didn't know this when i decided to do a Cat In The Hat theme, that is was actually Dr. Seuss day! Max was so cute when we would sing happy birthday to him because he became very bashful. He's turn away and just look at us out of the corner of his eye until we were done. Happy belated birthday, big boy! We love you so much and you are so thankful for your life!





Little party favors i made for the little girls who came to his celebration.

They're sunglasses pouches! (Not Cat In The Hat related at all, obviously.)






I think this picture of the pizza is upside down.. oh well.
We'll just say Phoebe decorated the cake.;)






The girls playing "School" under the table.


The girls stylin' their shades! (Max had gone to bed long ago at this point.) These are Phoebe's bestest friends, by the way. They go to preschool together. Penny, Phoebe, Lena and Clara (she's Max's buddy who is 4 months older.)

So sad

Our computer crashed a few days ago! Our hard drive has been replaced but as of now, we have lost all our pictures (from our wedding, Phoebe's birth/life, Max's birth/first year - all of them!) Our old hard drive is being worked on, so hopefully they can be recovered. We're praying hard that they'll be salvaged!

It's too quiet back there...

So this afternoon i was chatting it up with my mom on the phone for about 20 mins and she asked what the kids were up to. I told her lately they have been doing so well playing together and keeping one another entertained. "Like right now, they're playing quietly in their room together! It's GREAT! I can really see myself getting used to this stage of parenting!" I was abruptly interrupted with screams, so i promptly said goodbye and went to investigate. When i opened the closet door i found THIS. What you can't see in the photo, is the small piles of poop in different areas of the closet, smeared on important papers (taken out of the filing cabinet), and smeared on the wall. Phoebe was completely naked, and Max was just hanging out, toddling around like nothing was wrong. I don't know why they were screaming. I'm glad they did, i can't imagine what else they would have gotten into if i hadn't come in when i did. Sigh.

Birthday fun

It was my birthday last Sunday and i had such a GREAT weekend, thanks to my wonderful husband and amazing friends! I have to take this chance to brag about Levi and what he did for me on my bday. I woke up and he made great breakfast, then he stayed home and with the kids for several hours so i could go to Venice Beach with friends. When i came home the house was spotless and he'd made food and set up for our Superbowl party. We had people over and hung out into the evening, then after the party he drove 45 minutes one way to pick up a couch i had bought on Craigslist! He had a paper he had to turn in the next morning and couldn't get it done that day (for some weird reason!!), so he woke up at 5am the next day to complete it. WOW. I have such a great guy. He made me feel so loved.

Jess, me and Dorothy being cool. (We're missing Dustin-Leigh!)

We bought the same sunglasses there at Venice

Can't leave the beach without a handstand picture!

Out on the pier

Beautiful coastline!


Watching the Superbowl




Dustin-Leigh and I almost share the same birthday - her's was the day before mine, so we
went bowling then out for Boba smoothies!

Happy Birthday, my Love! :)

I just wanted to wish a Happy Birthday to my lovely wife and best friend, Sarah! I am blessed and challenged daily by your loving character, kindness, sweetness, and cheerful spirit. I love you!

wedding cake

I made a little cake topper for a friend of mine who had an adorable casual wedding reception in a barn this past weekend. So here are some pics! It was very time-consuming but i had so much fun with it. While i was making it I thought i wanted really wanted to get into the business cause i was having so much fun, but after it was all completed, i realized no, i definitely don't want to do cake-decorating for a career.:)

Almost walking!

Our little man is so close to walking! He's gets very excited when he takes a couple steps and laughs at himself, then falls down. So cute.