My 31st Birthday !

So my birthday is coming up this Wednesday and my friends and I celebrated this last Friday. We got a hotel room downtown at the El Dorado and had some fun times with dinner and drinks. Calista, Elizabeth and Felicia are so much fun to hang out with. As moms we don't get the chance to go out as much as we would like to. So when we do we need to make sure we live it up ! After dinner we went to Rum Bouillons and had some drinks while listening to the dueling piano guys. They are so much fun to listen to. At times pretty grotesck and dirty. Thanks girls for a great night !!!

Taylor's 3rd Birthday !

So I know it's out of order but our princess turned 3 on October 19th. She is such a big girl. She always wants to do things on her own and help mommy around the house. She wanted her birthday party at Boomtown so...Boomtown it was ! She had so much fun. We had lots of our friends there as well and my parents and Jenn and the girls. We had fun riding the merry go round, the wagon wheel, the rodeo rider and all the games. We also had yummy food and of course cake and ice cream ! I took Taylor to get her pictures that morning and they turned out so cute.

Halloween Fun 2009

So Halloween was lots of fun this year. We went to many activities leading up to the actual night of Trick or Treating. It actually worked out great that I was off because of my back injury. Some of the places we went to were the pumkin patch, Borders to read halloween stories and trick or treat, a local library to trick or treat around the stores in the shopping center. We also went to Scheels and decorated Halloween cookies and rode the ferris wheel one evening. On Friday night we went downtown by the river and trick or treated at the stores downtown then to circus circus for some games and more candy ! Then finally on Halloween night we went to the new Legends outlet mall and went trick or treating around the stores and then went to some houses nearby. The girls had lots of fun and decided to switch costumes halfway through the week. Here are some pictures of our fun week !!
Emilie won a drawing and got a halloween CD. She was so excited.

Emilie and her friend Kadie trick or treating around the stores.

Taylor at the bookstore eatting her cookie they passed out

Taylor out and about to get some candy

The girls ready for more candy !

The girls all dressed up before going to the library. Emilie is Sleeping Beauty and Taylor is Mariposa.

Me and my girls

Costume change: Pocahontas

Costume change: Belle

Trick or Treating by the River

Me and Elizabeth at Circu Circus. These are our costumes

Me and Dan

Me and my little munchkin

Emilie on her pony ride at the pumpkin patch

Taylor on her first pony ride

Emilie and Daddy trick or treating

It's been a long time....

So i was noticing yet again how long it's been since I've gotten on here to write what's been going on. So since July there has been so much. Taylor is still doing awesome with the cortisone shot. She still has no issues with running around , jumping and keeping up with Emilie and her friends. It's been 3 months since the shots and hopefully it'll keep working. Taylor is also finally potty trained and before her 3rd birthday !!! It's great to have a diaper free house ! Emilie is doing great. She's going to preschool 2 days a week and loves it. While she's in preschool I get some Taylor time. We go to gymboree and play or run errands. I've been working full time and Dan is still enjoying being a stay at home dad with the girls. Two weeks ago was an eventful week. I was leaving work in the morning after being on call and walking across a 4 way stop sign and a lady didn't see me until it was too late and she hit me. I turned when I heard a car coming fast and saw her but when she hit me I flew a few feet and landed on my tailbone and then hit my head. So to make a long story short, I went to the ER and then went home later that day. The police were called but didn't cite her because it was "private property ". In the meantime I have been off work(which has been awesome), I've had lots of Dr's appts and I will be getting a lawyer. I've also got news from her insurance company that they have found her at fault. I will keep everyone posted with what happens. Also, in August while we were camping my dad fell off the sea doo and broke some ribs. While he was in the ER they didn't do a CT scan and a few days later he was slurring his words and forgetting lots of important things. He went to the ER after alot of pursuading and ended up having a brain bleed. Because it was so deep in the brain they couldn't operate. He was in the hospital for a week while he recouperated. And while they were doing the CT scan they found a meningioma. It's usually non cancerous but they'll have to operate in the near future. So...beside those 2 incidences we're doing great and enjoying our familys ! So here are a few pics of everyone ! Enjoy
Dan, Andrew, Whitney and me at Meelahs 1st b'day party
My best friend Elizabeth and I out for a girls night out !
Emilie and Grandma
me and Taylor at Meelah's party
Taylor being a great hostess

Emilie eatting a chocolate covered marshmellow after the fair
Emilie and Papa hanging out in their pool
Jenn has a friend that's a photograpger and took our picture for Grandparents Day !



The girls after a day at Discovery Kingdom
Dan and the girls on their 1st elephant ride !
playing in the tide pools in San Francisco
me and the girls in the hotel waiting for daddy to be ready
Hangin out in the pool on an awesome summer day
Emilie, TAylor and Loie at the beach during our camping trip
me and the girls after a sea doo ride. Notice one is sleeping :)
Taylor taking a nap in Tahoe