Fun School Field Trip!!

So much fun for Penny and Cash when we went on Penny's latest class field trip!! We went to the National History Museum! I had never been there so this was super cool for all of us! They have some really awesome displays there!!! So fun!! Penny just loves her class and all her fun little friends!!

Too Big and Too Busy!!!

Busy Busy  Boy!!! Little Cashy just turned 17mons! We can't believe it!! Can't get him to slow down for nothing! Fast on those little feet and such a climber! He's got quite the personality these days! Stubborn, feisty, silly, goofy, wild, pretty much all boy and we are loving every minute! He knows just how to get Penny going too!! Such a stinker!!  Only has 4 teeth- 2 on top and 2 on bottom but it's not stopping him from eating and eating!! He's still Mommy's little piggy! haha! He's talking more too! We all get super excited when he spits out a new word! It's just the best!! He really understands and knows just what your saying to him! He's acting more and mor like a big boy! Where did my baby go!! No more growing.....for the both of you!!!!!

We'll always be best friends forever! They are just so cute together!! Penny is just so sweet to him!! Just love these 2 so much!!  

Sand Dune FUN!!

Right after Christmas we packed up and headed out to the Dunes! We were there for about 5 days!! We came home just before New Year's Eve!! It was a little chilly out there but not cold enough to keep us away from playing!! We had a great sized circle of trailers with our friends and family including both my sisters!! It's always a special treat when they are out there!! We could not keep Penny off of her little quad!! She was having a blast!! She's getting a little to confident if you ask me! haha! She has no fear!! Trying to go up hills, making quick turns, and wanting to go to fast makes mommy a little nervous but it sure makes her daddy Proud!! We can't wait to get back out there again!!

 

The Best Christmas Ever!!

 Oh Christmas morning where do I even start!! This was our first Christmas in our New Home!! We sure do love our home!! So Penny woke up super excited asking "did Santa find our home last night?!" and of course Santa found us!!! She had been worried because we didn't have a chimney and we had just moved if Santa was going to come!!! I told her Santa finds all the GOOD boys and girls with No chimney's and even if they have just moved!!! :) She's getting to big and really is starting to put things together and asks to many questions!! :) haha! She keeps us on our toes for sure!! So first out of the room she noticed the Stockings were stuffed full!!! She said "Santa came!! He found us!!!" haha! Little Cash just followed her around saying "ho! ho! ho!" She ran over to her stocking first and started going through it! We asked her "don't you want to see if Santa brought you Big surprises maybe by the Christmas Tree?" She quickly put down that stocking and grabbed Cash's little hand and they booked it down the hall to the tree!! They were hyped to see what Santa really brought them!!! Penny squealed out in excitement saying "Omg!Omg!" and little Cashy ran straight over to the Razor saying "oooooooooooooh!" Both their eyes were huge!!! They were so excited for their Surprises from Santa!

 They played with their Santa toys for a bit then they went back to their Stockings to go through them then back to their Santa stuff!! So fun!! Then there was a knock at our door and it was my dad and Eryn!! They totally surprised us!! So we worked our way back over to our Christmas tree and opened up Presents!!! We had a blast tearing through these presents! Cash totally was getting it this year opening his presents!! and of course Penny new just what to do with those presents and she even posed after opening every one for a pic!!! She's just the best!!! Well trained with that camera!! My mom would be so proud!!!

So this pic collage and the one right above are from when we opened presents!! It was so fun to have Eryn and my dad there!! My dad is actually the one that took all the fun action shots for these 2 collages!! He was so cute because he sat there and took pics the whole time while we opened presents!! He's just the best!!! He's a well trained picture taker...thanks to my mom! haha! We just had a blast watching Penny and Cashy's reaction as they opened each present!! So fun!! I just love Christmas time!! and I especially Love my sweet babies and the joy they bring to us and to our family!! They just have the sweetest personalities!! They are at the best ages!!! Stop growing!!!

Then is was time to head off to Grandma DeeDee and Grandpa Fadi's for their Amazing Scones!!! Christmas Breakfast at Grandma's is one of our most favorite Christmas Traditions!!! Such a great time together! All of Chad's brother's and his sister were there for the first time in a very long time for Christmas!! Super cool! We did a fun gift exchange with all the siblings and cousins and then it was time to head to the next stop!!!

Last stop for the day back to my house!!! In the pass years we have always gone to my brothers to have dinner and spend the rest of Christmas evening but this year we changed it up and had dinner at my house!! We were headed to the dunes the following day and needed to get things packed for the 5 days we would be out there!!! :) So my dad and Eryn came back over and we had a Surprise knock at the door and it was Eryka and her boys!!! We were so excited! We had no idea she was driving down!! Loved every minute of this!! I put on a pot of my homemade white chicken chili!! So delicious!! There wasn't evan a drop left!! hahah!  I can't say it enough.....I love this time of year!! The Best Christmas Ever!!!!!

 

Christmas Eve!!!

It's been tradition to spend Christmas Eve at Chad's dad's house so of course that's exactly where we were when Christmas Eve came!! Vicki made the most delicious best tasting Lasagna I have ever had!! She is so amazing!!! We kept the evening short....Santa was needing some extra help getting some surprises together before it was Christmas Morning!!

Christmas Fun at Grandpa John and Grandma Janeen's!!

A few days before the Christmas rush we had an enjoyable time over at my dad and Janeen's house for some fun Christmas festivities! Janeen always puts on a great big feast with all the works! and this year Grandma and Grandpa went way over board with so many fun toys for all the kids!! My Penny and Cash had a blast playing with all their cousins!! It's always great fun being with my family!!!

 

 

Penny's Class Christmas Party!

Oh what fun did Penny have at her class Christmas Party!!! Let's just say too much fun! Her class party was at Chucky Cheese! Penny had only been there 1 other time when she was so little that she didn't even remember so walking into Chucky Cheese was so exciting for her! She had a blast!! Little Cash had a blast too! Santa even came and brought them both a present!! Cash still wasn't to sure about sitting up on Santa's lap but Penny sure Loved seeing Santa!!! Penny sure loves her teacher Mrs. McIntyre and sure loves all the little friends she's made at school!! Merry Christmas everyone!

Our Little Performer!!!

Our little Performer was such a Star up on stage as she sang and danced her little Heart out at her Singer's Company Christmas Performance!! Penny....the stage Loves you and so did the Crowd!! You were a hit up there! Just a singing and a moving and a shaking! Someone else that was extremely proud of her was Cashy!! As soon as the music would start he would start clapping and a dancing just a smiling and a staring at big sissy up on stage!! and when the song was over he would look back at me and point up on stage to Penny!! Oh he's just the sweetest! He was so proud of her!! He did this on every song!

Penny is just the best!! When she hits that stage my girl comes to perform! haha! She truly will entertain you!! She sang a solo to the song "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!" and she did amazing!! She also got to introduce another song!! So she had 2 very important tasks and she nailed both!! My star!!! 

She had lots of family that came out to support her!! She was so excited to see them out in the crowd!! That's probably why she put on more of show!! haha We were all so Proud of her up there!! Thanks to all that came! You truly made her feel so special! We love you all and of course we Love our Big Star Performer!! Keep up the great work!! We can't to see you up on stage again!! Love you Penny!!!

 

Our Cashy Boy!!

Another month down! Our little Cash is 16mons old! Oh Boy is on the move! Super fast now!! He's rough and tough! All boy! Loves to wrestle, jump, fall, roll and whatever little wild boys do! haha! He's just the best! Always smiling, laughing and teasing while at it! He Loves cars, trucks, balls, and pretty much what ever Penny is doing! He just loves getting right up in her business! and I have to say she's pretty dang sweet for not pushing, whining and fighting him away! Penny is just the best with him!! He absolutely loves her! He follows her every move! It's really quite crazy how fast they pick up on learning something new from somebody else!! He's still getting in those top 2 front teeth! haha He's still pounding the food! He knows when food is around!! Penny always says "mom Cash has sniffed it out again...he's coming for that food!" haha! She's the best! and it' so true!! He's saying more words and tons of animals sounds! He claps for himself when he says a new word or sound! It's just the best!! He also claps when I'm doing reading a book to him or Penny! He loves Books! He also loves when I start to sing or when Penny sings he will start turning in a circle while trying to sing/hum along with you! He Loves Music!! Little Cash has especially enjoyed this time of year!! He Loves the Christmas lights and the big blow up Santa's, Snowmen ect. out in people's yards!!  He starts a pointing and "ooooing and aughing! My favorite is when he spots a Santa (it can be anywhere...book...picture...blow up kind outside) he will point and say over and over "ho-ho-ho!" Oh my it's so dang cute!! We just can't get enough over here of our Sweet Cashy boy!! He's truly the best!! We love you the most big boy!!

Happy Birthday Zane!

I can't believe my Zaners is 5!!!! Happy Birthday big Boy!! We sure do love you!!! We ate at Macayos for his Birthday and then after we sang to him he put his face in his ice cream!!! Hilarious!! We were not expecting that!! Such a silly boy!!!

Our New Braces Dr....Dr. Ence!

My big sis has done it!!!! She graduated from Orthodontic School!!! She is officially Dr. Ence of Braces!! What an accomplishment! We are all extremely proud of her!! She has always been so driven and focused and by far the smartest one out of all of us!!! :) So we had a fun little adventure for her graduation!! It was just dad, Ryan, Eryka and myself that flew back to Oklahoma for her very special honorary ceremony! Just us kids with good ole dad!! Such a blast!!! We laughed, talked, cried and just completely enjoyed ourselves the whole time! Janeen met us there she had driven from Kentucky so that her and my dad could drive back home with some of Eryn's things!! She's all done in Oklahoma!! She's moving back on home and joining the Ortho Office that I work at!! Griffiths and Simister Orthodontics!! She starts Jan 5, 2015! Braces! Braces! Braces! I can't wait to assist her!!! We are going to have a blast working together chair side!!!

The top 2 collages are from her graduation ceremony! There were 4 to graduate and she was the only girl!! So proud!! So many amazing things were said about her! Her friends in Oklahoma are truly going to miss her!! She is such an amazing person inside and out!! Dr. Ence you're kind of a big deal!!

The next morning we went to breakfast then my dad and Janeen got on their rode to drive back to Vegas! We headed to Dallas, Texas!! We went and saw the Dallas Cowboys Stadium! My honz's favorite team!! So he was a bit jealous that he wasn't with us!! We wanted to go to the six flag magic mountain across the street but they were closed! We were so bummed!! But we got over it pretty quick as we ate a great lunch then headed to see my brother's best friend Ken and his family!! Ken was pretty much my other older brother growing up!! None of us had seen him or his sweet family for many years!! It was awesome seeing them!! We picked right up like no time was lost!! We got to play with their beautiful kids and Kim cooked a delicious dinner and an Amazing desert!! She spoiled us!! The whole trip was so wonderful from start to finish!! We are so excited that Dr. Ence will be back at home to stay!! I can't say it enough that I'm so proud of my big sis!! She truly is such an example in my life!! She will be the Best most Amazing Orthodontist ever!! She is a perfectionist!!! Perfect Straight Teeth at their finest!!! I love you sis!!! and You're kind of a BIG deal!!! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

It was a great Thanksgiving! So much to be thankful for!! This year we went up to Santa Clara, UT to see my side of the family!! Such yummy food and delicious pies!! It was so fun to see my cousins and aunts and uncles!! and so much fun for our kids to play with their little cousins!! We just don't see them enough and we need too!! Such a wonderful time!! All that was missing was Auntie Eryn and she will be graduating from Ortho School in a couple of weeks! So very soon we will have Auntie Eryn with us everyday!! Can't wait!!

The Most Amazing Adventure To Santa!

Oh what an adventure it was to see Santa!! The coolest most amazing Santa experience is at the Fashion Show Mall! Oh my goodness!! The display alone will take your breath away!! It even SNOWS while your waiting in line! Shrek, Donkey and Princess Fiona were there too!! So awesome!! You go through the house to get to the North Pole with Shrek and the gang to get to Santa!! Quite the exciting fun adventure!! The kids were loving it!! Then you get to the door to see Santa....the door opened and Santa said "Well hello Penny it's so good to see you! I'm so happy you came to see me!" Penny was in awe!! She ran right up to him and gave him a Huge HUG and sat right next to him on the couch! Then Santa said "Well there's little Cash...you came to see me too!" Penny is still in awe that Santa knows their names and did not move from his side! Now as for Cash....he wasn't so sure about Santa! We put him up on Santa's lap and he started to cry and cry! He stopped crying as soon as daddy sat next to Santa on the couch but he still did not want to sit on Santa's lap!! haha!! Santa leaned down and asked Penny what she wanted for Christmas and she said the "doc mobile" from Doc McStuffins!! She's been wanting this for a looooooong time! haha! Then Santa whispered in her ear "Do you know what Penny?...YOU are on the Good list so You just may get that Doc Mobile!" She started to giggle and smiled so Big!! That was the most Amazing Sweet Santa I have ever seen!!

As we were walking out Penny said to me with her big eyes and serious voice "mommy that was the Real Santa because he knew my name and he whispered in my ear that I was on the good list!" My heart was bursting with joy!!!  Talk about Christmas Magic happening right before my eyes!! She sure Loves Santa!!! haha! I love this time of year for making memories and traditions!!! This Adventure to Santa is our new tradition!!! Best Santa experience in town!! Can't wait to go back next year! Now lets hope Cash isn't so scared!! haha!  :)

Catch Me If You Can!!

 Catch me if you can is the name of the game for this 15mon boy!! Boy oh boy is he on the move now!! I knew that at any time he was just going to stand right up and take off running!! So yes he has mastered his walking skills... that he is now just a shuffling his feet so fast to a run!! He almost scares us sometimes because we forget he can move that fast and he's right there when you turn around!! There's even been a few times that Penny and I have jumped and screamed out because he was right there!! haha! He just thinks that's the funniest too!! Well along with mastering his walking skills he continues to climb!! This as I've mentioned before in a previous post I'm not used too!! Penny was not a climber!! So this is new to us!! and he especially likes to climb when he gets the chance to go out in the garage!! It's hard to find that little guy sometimes! haha! As these months go by his little personality continues to develop and boy has ha developed quite a Stubborn and very determined one!! If there's something he wants he will let you know! He does not like it when his Fun comes to an end when it's something he's not supposed to be playing with or be into!! He's so head strong that I can't even distract him to change his mind from it! Now Penny was stubborn at this age but I could easily change her mind with a little song or show her something new! haha! So this is going to be fun for me! haha! but on the flip side he's my happy boy! My little tease! Sometimes even a little Shy! Wait...what...we have a Shy child? Yep that's right! If he doesn't know you or hasn't seen you in a while he's definitely shy when seeing you!! He loves to be chased! He waits for you to come get him and then he takes off! haha! He loves his big sissy!! They play so cute together! They wrestle and roll around! They sing together! Oh they just melt my heart! He's been loving Balls...kicking and throwing is what he does over and over smiling and laughing!! He loves books too!! He loves carrying them around, opening and closing them, flipping through the pages acting like he's reading! It's so dang cute! He loves when you read to him...especially when Penny reads to him!! He will just sit still and listen to her!!! The Sweetest!! Penny is so good to him! Truly the best big sister!! But I think hands down Cash's favorite thing right now is his Daddy!!! If he hears or sees daddy it's all over!! He only wants his daddy! It so sweet!! Now of course Daddy is just eating this up and I'm loving it too because mommy gets a little break! haha! He's talking more and somebody got 2 more teeth!! His top 2 front teeth are just breaking through now!! It's just the best to watch him eat using his new little teeth!! He's still mommy's little piggy! He loves to eat! He won't turn anything down! haha! He sure does love his blankey!! He snuggles it, sniffs it, and drags it around everywhere! It just melts my heart!! It just so sweet how much he loves his blankey!! It's been such a busy month with such a busy boy! He has learned so much! Can't wait to see what he will doing the next month!! Getting to big!! Our cheeks hurt from Smiling so BIG!! You make us so Happy little Cashy!!! We sure love you!!

Happy Halloween at the Sand Dunes!

Yes it's that time of year again and the Sand Dune season has officially started!! This was the first time we have gone out for Halloween!! Wow what an experience this is!! There were a ton of people out there! It was a little windy for my liking but the temp was good!! So we enjoyed celebrating everything Halloween all weekend long! We carved pumpkins!

The boys became the "Headless Four wheelers!" Instead of the "Headless Horseman!" lol! Oh my that was hilarious!! Instead of carving their pumpkins to sit in the sand with a candle they wanted to wear their Pumpkins like Helmets! haha! They rode around from camp to camp and people would just stop and stare! It was quite a sight to see! hahaha! Soooo Funny!!!

Once the sun set it was time to get into our Costumes and go Trick or Treating from camp to camp!! WOW! and let me just tell you these people out there go all out!! They decorate more out at the dunes than I would even at my house! It was Awesome!! They made Haunted house, mazes, fog, scary masks, you name it it was out there and it was scary! haha!! Penny half the time didn't want to get out of the truck to go get her candy it was so scary!! haha! What an adventure!!

and of course tons of riding!! This was Cash's 1st experience riding with daddy and he LOVED it!! He did not want to get off! He cried and cried! He just wanted to ride with his daddy all day long! So sweet!!  

 

 

Happy Halloween with Woody and Jesse!!

 Well Howdy Partner and Happy Halloween from the cutest Woody and Jesse ever!! Oh my goodness these 2 just make my heart burst with joy! They are just so dang cute I can barely handle it!! This is all I have ever wanted to do is dress my kids up matching!! haha!!! Penny is such a good sport too! She really wanted to be Elsa but being the sweetest best girl ever she was Jesse just for me!! I love her!! She makes her mommy so happy!! She loved matching her brother!! Once I got them all dressed up into their costumes she thought it was so funny!!! She did get to be Elsa at her school party and she Loved that too! 

Pumpkin Carving Fun!!

It's already been a busy October full of fun fall festivities and these pics are from our Pumpkin Carving night at Uncle Jeff & Auntie K's new house! It's always so fun to get together as a family especially when we are doing fun things!! Penny picked out a spooky spider for her daddy to carve out!! It turned out great! She was so Proud of it too!! :)

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip!!

I'm pretty sure we have hit up every pumpkin patch in town this year!! haha! At Penny's little school they got to go to the Pumpkin Patch for a field trip! It was so awesome! They were only open for Penny's little school! So there was no lines and unlimited riding! They had the cutest little petting zoo that Penny just loved! She just loves animals! She also loves going to school and just loves all her little friends! She wasn't the only one that had a blast at the pumpkin patch....little Cash got to go on his very first ride! The Swings!! He absolutely LOVED it and didn't want to get off!! After the pumpkin patch they got to go as a class to the Grape Street Café to make Pizzas! Penny had so much FUN!!! Such a great day! We just Love Miss McIntyre's class!

More Pumpkin Patch Fun for Us!

Can't get enough of the Pumpkin Patches this year!!! The pumpkin patch at Boca Park is my Favorite by far!! $20 let's little Penny ride all day unlimited!! It's amazing!! She had a blast!!! and the other great part was that it wasn't very busy so she was able to walk on very ride, slide, maze and jumper! She was loving her life!! and for the record Cash is the best baby...he just sat in his stroller and watched her play the whole time! No fussing from this guy! That's how he was down in San Diego to at Sea World and at the Zoo! So pleasant!! Love it!!

Just some fun actions shots of Penny on the rides and of course my sweet little angel in his stroller!! They are the best!!!

 

Our San Diego Get Away!

We love our quick little vacations!! We haven't gone out of town for a while with buying our house and moving so we were ready to go and boy did we have fun!! We always go with my brother's family every year down to Sea World and to the Zoo and this time Chad's brother Jacob's family joined in on the fun along with our bff's the Johnson's! We had a blast together!! All the kids got along and played so good together the whole weekend!! So the pic collage above is from Sea World! We went there as soon as we hit San Diego on Friday!! Cash Loved the shows! He would just sit and stare with a smile on his face then start clapping! So sweet!

On Saturday morning we started our morning off at the Beautiful San Diego Temple!! By far my most favorite temple ever!! We are so blessed to have an eternal family!! 

Then we headed over to the Zoo! Both Penny and Cash loved all the animals! It's so fun to see their excitement of the different animals!!! Such a great weekend! Can't wait to go back again!!