Sharing the Love

Fashion Show Fall 2009

Modeling some new authentic Mexican dresses!

Fair Games

Wade loves to play carnival games and win stuff for Presley. This was the first time in his life ever winning the "big" stuffed animal. Usually to win the "big" stuffed animal prize, the game is more challenging and based on pure luck. Well he got lucky and won Presley a huge Giraffe. Wade was so proud that you can tell he was showing off his winnings. Picture to prove it.

Monkey!!

Breaking Down Walls

I've recently started to notice that I can be very emotional. I'm writing it on here because it makes me feel better to get it out of my head. So here it goes:

Presley, the first time I held you in my arms and looked into your beautiful eyes; I knew that you made my heart vulnerable. I've noticed that I cry when I hear or read about a child being killed or hurt. I cry when I read a parents grief about losing a child to a medical condition. I cry when I hear on the news about a child being killed by their own parents or stranger. I cry when I see an innocent child being born into a life where they are set to fail from the beginning. I've never really cried about anything. This is all new to me. When I hear of these terrible things I feel like I've been punched in the stomach. I cry because I'm a mother now, and I couldn't imagine not coming home to you. When I hear and see these stories I think about you. I fear of losing you. Just because I cry it doesn't mean I'm not strong. It only means I'm stronger because I will do EVERYTHING & ANYTHING to protect you.

Wade, I know when you look over at me and see me crying it's hard to see this. It's hard to see the girl you met who never cried, cry. The moment when we looked into each other’s eyes and said “I do." I knew that I could take down part of that wall that I've spent most of my life creating. Feeling sad isn't new to me. It's feeling sad and showing it, that's new to me. I'm still your tough girl, and I can still take jokes. I know you may think it's silly when I cry over someone I don't know, but truth is I may not know them but I do know it could happen to anyone. I couldn't imagine not coming home to you or Presley. You both define the person I am today, a mother & wife. You both are my life and this is a new beginning for me. When I cry, please lend me your shoulder. When I laugh, please laugh with me. When I'm angry, please talk to me. I've let part of this wall down for you. If you must know I've never let this wall down for anyone.

Photo By: Von Rieter Photographica

Boys Beware!

Recently my mom was cleaning out her garage and she handed me a huge bin of old toys that I used to play with. Inside I found barbies, purses, Polly pockets (which are still to small for her-I put those away) and the collection to my old doll house. I took them out because I felt that Presley was old enough to play with them. Of course I took all the small parts off the barbies like the shoes, and other accessories they may of had on.
As we had our "family day" (wades day off), we hung out at home and tried to get things done. Presley came out holding the Ken doll and Wade looked at me as if I brought a weapon into the house for her to play with. As the day went on she continued to play with Ken and then it happened. She sat next to Wade on the couch and gave Ken a kiss and a hug right in front of him. He about wanted to kill Ken as if he were a real person. Shortly after this was the last of Ken that we saw. I asked Wade later where Ken went? And he said "Ken went on a permanent vacation." I can't imagine what he's going to do to the first guy who takes Presley on a date.

Last photo of Ken that was taken:

Football Season 2009

Here we go yet another year of football. Wade is recruiting Presley into being a Raider fan.
now 2009:


Then 2008:

Hello My Name Is: Berra

He may look big but he's a puppy! Not even a year old yet. He's a sweetheart, and he's potty trained (thank god!)

I have my week cut out for me. We told my sister and Jake that we would dog sit while they went to Seattle for a few days. Wade has been wanting a dog for a while so we will see how this goes. Wish me luck. I'll be busy with a 1 year old and a puppy!

Peach Anyone?

I was cooking dinner and I just happen to have the camera sitting on the counter when this happened. I "thought" Presley was watching her movie so I went to surprise her with a little snack until dinner was ready because she was being so good. As I walked out of the kitchen I was stopped because I saw Presley on top of the table eating a peach from the fruit bowl. It surprised me that she even knew there was food up there! I grabbed the camera to catch her in action and as you can see she was quite proud of her accomplishment.

Coffee + Mommy= Bliss

She's Growing up

Lately I've really been noticing how much Presley is growing up. She's independent, has her own personality and has no problem stating her opinion. She has things she loves now and things she doesn't like. She expresses to me when she doesn't want to do something or if she needs something. I know it may sound silly, but honestly it's amazing to see her own personality shine through. Just recently we noticed that she loves Tigger (from Winnie the pooh) and we thought it was just a little phase but we were wrong. She has this stuffed animal of him that she takes everywhere with her and who accompanies her to bed. She gives him kisses, hugs, and will even sit him right next to her when she eats. This was all on her own. She never owned anything Tigger and we never made a big stink about him. You would think the more toys we had of a certain character she would learn to love them, but that wasn't the case. It was love at first sight for her and I find it remarkable that she has that type of thinking. She will now take my hand and pull me around to show me something or to take her to do something. She changes every single day as she discovers new things and learns every minute. She will now watch a cartoon movie and laugh when something funny happens. As before she wouldn't even sit. She gets on rides at Disneyland and greets the characters as if they knew each other for years. It's amazing to watch. She is the coolest kid ever.

Road Trip

My first road trip with Presley is coming up and I'm a little nervous on how it's going to turn out. I'm being very optimistic about it, so to prepare myself I went shopping and bought her a few new suprises to keep her busy. If you don't already know this, kids get over things rather quickly. I'm also planning to pack food for the road because if you know me, you would know that I'm not a fan of "fast food." Luckily I just bought a insulated bag from Trader Joes that was only $6.00 and it holds probably around 20lbs of food. Pretty darn good deal if you ask me. I invested in this bag because as I mentioned before, I'm not a fan of fast food. I pack food wherever we go and I save $$ and my husband likes it. Now, getting back to my road trip "planning", I'm hoping that my planning ahead system that I've created will work out for all of us and for our 4 hour trip. With that being said I will keep updating on our progression to see if it was blissful journey or a crappy one.

Presley and Wades Video

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Hardcore Bike Crew!

This is how we roll the streets. We're pretty bad ass haha.