Our Sweet little Valentine!!!

Happy Valentine's!!!! What a fun day!! We surprised Penny with her very own little basket of goody surprises!!! My mom always did this for us when we were little so how could I not do it for my little Penny!! She was so Excited!!! She put it all on!!! So funny!!! Now we are off to go to dinner at our favorite...Macayo's! Yum!!!

Glamis Sand Dunes!

A couple of weekends ago we went to Glamis!!! We go once every year to the Dunes out there!! It's seriously a never ending of dunes! So fun for the boys...to scary for me!!!but little Penny sure loves her rides!!! This pic of her cracks me up with her goggle on! She gets very serious when it's ride time!! haha! as you can see!!! I'm also realizing that i didn't do a very good job of taking very many pics this trip either!! This is all I got!! and you know me I usually take way to many!!! haha! The reason I mention this is because this was our 1st trip in our new Fabulous trailer!! Boy is it Amazing to have your very own space when camping!!! Penny loves her trailer too!!!! So on our next trip which is coming fast I will take pics of our new fun Trailer! We are so Excited!!!!!

Little Miss Busy Body is 18mons!!!

Little Penny has reached 18mons!!!! WOW!!! The time flies by!! She is just as busy as can be!!! There is never a dull moment with our Sweet little Penny!!! She keeps us laughing!! She loves performing!!! Loves the center of attention!! She is just the Best!! This month she has started going to Nursery (at church)...she loves going in but when she realizes her mommy and daddy aren't there oh boy is she a sad sad girl!!! Each week we hope it just gets better cause she still is as scared as can be!!! This really Surprises us cause she is so friendly and loves making new friends but how quickly we have realized she is always with us!! She is just getting so BIG!! She is finally getting some more teeth in!! The ones on top!! You probably can see them in these pics!! So dang cute!!! Just loving those new teeth! It's funny how having those new teeth on top can really change her smile and make her look so big!!! She is just the Joy of our Life!! We love you sweet P!!!!

Happy 97th Birthday Grandma Ence!

Another year has come gone!!! and our Sweet little Grandma Ence is now 97!!! WOW!! Happy 97th Birthday!!! We had a big celebration up in Santa Clara, UT where she lives and all my family!! Grandma is so Amazing!! What a life to live! She just looked so good and was just so happy!! What a trooper!! We love you Grandma!!! We can't wait for your 98th!!!!

Happy New Year 2012!

So for the week between Christmas and New Year's we headed out to the Sand dunes!! This was our 1st trip for the season! The rest of my family and friends have been going out since October so we were so happy and excited to get out there!! and boy did we have a blast! It was so good to just relax and hang!!! Penny loved it too! She kept right up with her little cousins! So fun!! She loved her Ryno rides too!! She kept saying "ry...ry..." wanting and hoping someone would take her on a ride! They sure catch on fast! We just truly had a great time!

Merry! Merry! Christmas 2011!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!! So here's our Wonderful Fun Christmas in one BIG Nutshell!! It was another fun busy holiday!! To kick off the festivities on Friday Christmas eve eve...We went to my Dad & Janeen's for some yummy dinner and present fun for all the grand kids!!

On Christmas Eve! We headed over to Chad's dad and Vicki's new home!! We sat around and ate...and ate...and ate!! We had a great time talking and lauging!...

Then it was off to Nanny Debbie's!! This a tradition to go to Em's mom's house for some amazing food and of course SANTA!!!! Santa comes every year to get us all ready for Christmas morning!! Penny of course wouldn't go near him!! She Screamed out and it wasn't for JOY!! haha! There's always next year!!!

On Christmas morning!! Boy did SANTA find sweet little Penny!!! He spoiled her rotten!!! She was so Surprised of all her New Toys!! She kept "ooooing and ahhhhing"! She has the cutest personality! She is just the BEST!! As soon as she hit the bottom of the stairs she Skipped right on over to all her new Santa toys and jumped on her new 4 wheeler!!! She was just so excited!! Then hopped off that and jumped in her Babies Play Crib with the Baby next to her saying "nigh...nigh!" So Hilarious!! Then she finally realized the Bubblegum Pink Play Kitchen!! Oh my!! Now on to unwrapping presents! She sure has that down! WOW! They learn fast!! She would "ooooh...ahhhh" every time she got the wrapping paper off! Oh! and I got a new purse and Chad got the new 4s Iphone! So We really had the perfect Christmas!!

Now it was time to head to DeeDee's! It's Tradition to have a huge breakfast! The big hit is the Scones!! YUM!! Then it was present time!! Penny opened all of hers and everyone else's!! We couldn't keep her away!!! She Loves Surprises!!! Don't we all!!!

And to end the Amazing day we met up with all my Family at Ryan and Em's! We ate again! Opened more Presents and finished with watching Old Home Videos on the Beta Machine! (that's how old these family videos are...) It's the best to see mom in them! I think this is why we always watch them on Christmas cause we are all together and wish so much that she could be here with us!! So instead of making new ones we watch old ones of her!!! We love you mom and miss you so much...especially around this time of year!!!
So all in all...it was a Fabulous Christmas Nutshell!!! Another Amazing year came and gone so quick!! Can't wait till next year!!!

Sweet Penny is 17mons!!!

Oh my! Oh my! Sweet little Penny is getting so BIG!! She is seriously the Funniest little thing ever!! She just keeps us laughing and smiling everyday!! She is Busy! Busy!! Keeping us on our toes!!! Her personalty is just getting bigger and bigger! She knows just what she wants!! haha! So Happy! Happy!! She loves to Dance, Spin, Twirl, and Pose with a Big Smile!! Oh we just love life with Sweet little Penny!!

Fun! Fun! Christmas Times!!

Christmas this year has been so FUN for us!! Penny loves the Lights...the Christmas tree...the Presents...but not Santa!!!! haha! It's the Craziest because..all of you that know this Little Diva...know that she is not shy!!! She is so Friendly! Loves people!! But when it came to Santa...she said no way!!! I'm not sitting up on his lap..in fact I couldn't even get her off me!! She was clinging and screaming to the top of her lungs!!! Crazy!! So here's the funny part!! If you show her a picture of Santa or read her a book with him in it or just even see him in stores! She loves him!! She even says "Anta!" "Anta!" over and over but when we ask her..."do you want to go see Santa and sit on his lap?..." She shakes her head NO!! Oh she's just the Best!!! Love her little personality!!! So animated!! We love Christmas time and just love little Penny!!!! Can't wait till Christmas morning!!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Zane!!!

On Monday the 12th Eryka's Little Zane turned 2yrs old!! He had a Thomas the Train Birthday Party! He loves loves loves TRAINS!! This is Penny's little bff! They just love each other! They play the Best together!! I just love being with my sister! We love that we have our babies so close together! They will be in the same grade in school too (someday)! Oh so fun!!! Now they just need to move back to Vegas! haha! We love you ZANE!! HAPPY 2nd Birthday!!!

Ps. Yep! I'm pretty sure Penny enjoyed his Birthday Cake more than him!! She wanted to be right down there...in it! So Funny!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Isn't Thanksgiving just the Best time of Year!! We love the Holiday times! We went to see my Grandma and all my family up in Santa Clara, UT! My Grandma is 96yrs old and boy does she still keep up! She'll be 97 in Jan! Every Thanksgiving is our family photo shoot time! So here's just a few of our Fun photos from that day! Enjoy!

Oh! and for some very exciting news my Amazing sister Eryn got excepted to Orthodontic School!! She is off to the University of Oklahoma!!! Go Sooners!! She will graduate from UNLV Dental School in May and then head on out to Oklahoma! She is so the smartest one! We are so Proud of her!! Yeah for Dr. Eryn Ence!

Look who's 16mons!!!

Wow the time really flies! Our sweet little princess is already 16mons!!! She has so much personality! She truly loves life! She just talks up a storm to anything and anyone!! She is just so busy busy!! She definitely keeps us going!! She loves to sing, dance, play dress up, carry her purses, dolls...and the list can go on and on! She is such a girly girl!! and I love it!!!! She says so many words that I can't even believe! It really surprises me how fast they learn and really pick up on things! She will tell you.. She is the "Princess"! Points to herself and everything! (should we be worried...this is a little young...right??? haha!) So all the pics are pics I take through out the month! She loves the camera! When she see me pull it our she starts saying "CHEESE! CHEESE!" and then if I say pose for mommy she knows just what to do! Oh I jut love it and Grandma Penny would just love it too! (you know she was the picture QUEEN) We seriously can't get enough of our Sweet little P! She cracks us up daily! It's the best being mommy and daddy!!

Panaca Fun!!!

Last weekend we headed out of town!! We love getting away for the weekends so we headed to Panaca where Chad's family has a place! It's the best up there! We just relax all weekend long! On the way we came across some snow! This was Penny's first time in it! She wasn't quite sure what to do so she just stood ..frozen in time! She is so FUNNY!! We are just enjoying every moment with our sweet little P!!!

Happy Halloween 2011!!

Oh what FUN Happy Halloween we had!! It's so crazy how little kids just know what to do! Speaking about little Penny of course! We got her in her little cupcake costume...she grabbed a Hot Pink glow stick in one hand and her purple pumpkin basket in the other and she was off! Her little legs were just a moving so fast to keep up with her big cousins! She would go right up to the door say "treat" "treat" and then help herself right into these stranger houses! What! She is way to friendly! haha! By the end of our trick or treating she was dragging her bucket on the ground and still holding onto her glow stick in the other hand! So Funny! We just had such a great time! We love it!
Chance (5 1/2yrs old): he was a Scary Zombie
Maddison (almost 4yrs old): she was a Witch
Mav (2 1/2yrs old): he was a Dragon (he kept taking his costume off...so funny!)
Zane (22mons..almost 2yrs): he was a Zebra
Penny (15mons): she was a Cupcake (she didn't want me to take it off..she loves dressing up!)

Lions, Tigers & Bears..Oh My!!!

Oh my is right! We took our little Penny to the Zoo and Sea World for the very 1st time! Daddy has been working with Penny on all her animal sounds so when it was time to see them...Oh My!! She loved them! She was making all the animal sounds so good! We were so Proud! Penny has also started saying every ones names and it's so sweet to see her little tongue, mouth and lips try to say the names! So busy talking and saying so many words too! If you can believe it her 1st 2 TEETH have finally broke through right down on the bottom!! Wha-hoo! Yeah!! We couldn't be more relieved! She does have TEETH in there!! We are just truly loving life!!!

Happy Happy Penny at 15mons!

Another Fabulous month has come and gone!! Little Penny Cakes is 15mons!!!! WOW!! Where's my little baby! She's is such a big girl and she totally thinks she is too!! She is talking up a storm! It's so amazing! She is now putting all her little words to the actual object! I can tell her to get me something (what ever I'm asking for) and she will bring it to me! WOW!! She is like a little sponge! So SMART!! Can you tell we are very PROUD!! :) She really is just so FUN!! Has so much Personality and so Animated with her expressions! I wonder where she gets that from!!! Oh we just love this little Penny Cakes! She lights up our world!!!
P.S. I know you are all wondering....Still NO TEETH!! We are hoping she has some!!! :)

Oh what a FUN PUMPKIN PATCH!!!

So for Monday Night Family Night we went to a PUMPKIN PATCH!! This was the 1st time for little Penny and both Chad and I! We couldn't believe how many Pumpkins there were! BIG ones...little ones...all different shapes and colors! So FUN!! Penny wasn't so sure of them or the hay but she warmed up a little! (check out some of her faces in these pics) Boy is she animated!!!!! I wonder where she gets that from!!! haha! Well we are just loving the season change and all the FUN Holiday's to come!!! HAPPY HARVEST!!! :)

Our Little Super Star!!!

We have a Little Super Star! On Saturday it was Penny's 1st Pageant! What a Natural! She loved being on stage!! She was waving and saying HI! Blowing big Kisses! Twirling around! Nothing was going to stop her from Performing! It was the best seeing her up there on that big stage!! She didn't want to get off it either!! She competed against 12 other little girls in her division!! and would You believe our little Super Star...Won "Miss Tiny Tot Overall Winner"! Meaning she took 1st place in every category!! Plus to top it all off she got a medal for Personality Plus!! We were so excited for Miss Penny Cakes! She was so happy too! So now we are off to State for Penny to compete there! She is the only one from the competition to go to State and compete against all the other little girls that won overall! We are so PROUD!! State Pageant...Here we come!! Good Luck Sweet Little Penny!!! We LOVE you!
Wow! This totally brings back a ton of memories when me and my sisters used to be in all the pageants growing up! Grandma Penny would be so PROUD!!!

Penny cakes is 14mons!!

WOW! The months are flying by!! Sweet full of life Penny has turned 14mons!! She is a wild child!! So much personality! She loves people!! Loves her purses, dolly's, baby doll stroller and dressing up with bracelets and necklaces! When she hears music a playing she gets her little body moving! She loves to dance and sing! Just talking up a storm too! She says "oooooh!...Pritt!" for oh pretty! So funny she'll say "brathe" for bracelet! Oh and don't even show her a drink with straw..she'll say "I-th" for ICE over and over until you give her some!! She is just the funniest little thing! She still has all the sass in the world!! It's the best being her mom and dad! We just love her happy little self!!
We are still waiting for TEETH!! We are really hoping she has some in there! haha!

We're Going Back to Cali!!!

So for the long amazing holiday weekend (Labor Day) we went down to Newport Beach! We love going to Cali to get away! These pics are some silly ones of miss Penny cakes! Another fabulous weekend!! Life is GOOD!! :)

Gone Fishn!!!

Last weekend we did a little fishn!! So much fun! We were with lots of family and that's the best! Here's a fun collage of pics of our memorable weekend!! We LOVE fishn and we LOVE family times!!