Oh Hey Guys! | Our Life Lately

Hi there!

We're still alive. It's been a long time since I've been on here. Whoops! But we've just been living life ya know? I have about a million pictures I've wanted to post on here and just noticed I have a bunch of posts that never got published from forever ago. So I apologize in advance for the flood that you may see.

Here's some photos from Mother's Day in Tahoe. Enjoy!

On our way to Tahoe!

Brunch in Tahoe

So happy my brother could make it for brunch with us.

I didn't bring a swim suit for Rowe because I figured it'd be too cold but she wanted to swim any way so I stripped her down to her skivvies and she had a great time!

My Mom with almost all her kids and Grandkids

My Dad was there too!

Tahoe was beautiful. It was a great Mother's Day! Can't wait to be back in the area this weekend for Father's Day.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day today with friends and family.

We are headed up to Reno, to spend a few days with family and also to celebrate my birthday a little early.

I'm excited to spend the time with them, to be surrounded by the people I love and to share this with Roweyn. I get so excited about sharing the holidays with her and she's still a little young to really understand it but I can tell she's understanding it more this year and to see how excited she gets about it just melts my heart!

Fall 2012 Family Photos

Mid October we had our family photos in Truckee and Donner Lake here in California,  taken by what I think as some of the best photographers in our area, Lemaire Photography. We had our photos done by them last year and I knew as soon as I saw the results, we'd have our photos done by them yearly for as long as we could. If you missed our photos from last year check them out here, here, here and here. :) We got a lot last year, haha I couldn't help it!

Here they are. :)

Amazing right?

I sure think so!

We also have them all in black and white too.

Did I say how much I love Lemaire Photography? haha

They are based out of Sparks, Nv but travel to surrounding areas which is awesome. I wasn't really sure what direction I wanted to go in for our photos, so we chatted and brainstormed and we came up with doing some urban shots in Old Town Truckee and then headed over to Donner Lake for our Forest and Lake photos with the Teepee that they MADE! Danny captured Roweyn & me perfectly. Roweyn was a little shy of the camera at first, but warmed up to Danny quickly and he was able to get the best shots of her.

I can't wait to decorate my house with all these wonderful photos!

Bishop Farm Pumpkin Patch

We got to go to our favorite pumpkin patch over the weekend!
The last time I took Roweyn she was only around 9 months old,
so it was a very different experience and so much fun!

Waiting for the show to start.

Thumbs up!

How tall are we??

We visited the petting zoo, went on a train ride, played on the playground and trains,
ate lunch and took a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins!

Can't wait to do it again next year!

Stuff Roweyn Says

The other night in the kitchen...

Roweyn: "I don't want to have gas!"

Nana: "What is gas Roweyn?"

Roweyn: "Fart!....I fart every day!"

Me: *dead*

Roweyn's Ramblings Wk. 73

I can't believe July has ended & it's now August! Summer is going by way too fast!

Celebrating her Auntie Tayelor's 12th Birthday by having a Birthday Lunch.

Roweyn's first time Kayaking.

She loved it!

Best Friends at the River.

These girls are on their 3rd Summer together.

Headed off to a babyshower with a Pinterest Inspired Updo.

Our Trip to Orange County Pt. 3 & 4th of July

Our last few days in Orange County were spent at the beach.

The weather was a little cooler & overcast 

but we still made sure to enjoy every minute of it!

Riding a sideways elevator down to the beach!

That was a first for both of us!

The Family being tourists in Laguna Beach.

This girl loving the playground at the beach in Laguna.

Swinging at the beach in Laguna.

We spend 4th of July hanging out at Laguna Beach.

Sadly it was chilly & overcast all day.

So we spent our day in sweaters playing in the sand

and trying to stay warm.

We still enjoyed eating yummy grilled corn among other tasty food 

our lovely host & friends made for us.

Showing me sea shells.

A Yarn Bombed Tree!!

Orange County was a blast!

It's definitely one of my favorite areas.

I would love to live there some day.

The weather is my favorite and would be totally

Our Trip to Orange County Pt. 2 | San Diego Zoo

On our fifth day in Orange County we took a trip down to the San Diego Zoo!!

I hadn't been there since I was 10 years old so it was pretty fun to be able to share it with Roweyn like we were both there for the first time.

Visiting the Giraffes!

Not sure what Roweyn was staring at...

We got to feed the Giraffes too which was lots of fun!

Hanging out with the baby Jaguars.

The group of us!

This is a picture of a picture. haha

Roweyn just hanging out on a lion.

This is just a small look into our entire day.

We took a 30 minute tour of the entire zoo.

Went on the sky tram to get a look at the whole zoo from above.

We visited the Elephants, Pandas, Monkeys, Orangutans, Gorillas, 

Hippos, Polar Bears, the real Lions, and pretty much every other animal that was there!

Roweyn had a blast and so did I.

I had fun seeing all the animals but my favorite part was watching

Roweyn get excited about every animal she saw or every activity she liked.

I can't wait to take her back again when she is older & hopefully visit the Safari Park too!

Our Trip to Orange County Pt. 1

At the end of June we headed down to Orange County in our car

for a mini vacation and to visit our friends. 

Pretty much one of my least favorite things is riding in a car for more than a few hours. But it wasn't that bad, even with a toddler and 11 year old in the car!

We made it in about 9 hours including going through LA so we made really good time.

Roweyn still happy as can be rear facing in her car seat at 2.5 years.

She had her baby under her blanket with her and she was nursing her baby.

This was while we were going through the grapevine.

The beach at San Clemente!

This was the first ocean beach Roweyn had been to, 

two years before when she was only 7 months old.

It was fun to return to the same beach to make new memories.

Flying over the waves.

Pondering where she wants to make a sand castle.

And photo bombed by my sister.

Being tourists at The Grove.

Treasure Beach in Laguna.

Such a beautiful resort and beach!

Climbing in giant holes.

I think she saw a boat or a helicopter

so she was way too busy to look at the camera.

Secrets with Nana.

Hangin at the San Clemente State Beach.

She loves her Mama.

The first four days were a blast! But just the start of our trip.

Lots more photos to come. 

Including our trip to the San Diego Zoo,

more beach time and 4th of July!