tonight while she sleeps.. .she's 6

The thought of having my little girl turn 7 is almost unreal. I remember vividly the day she was born, the birth I remember the best. Was it because she was my 1st born? Was it because she was the little baby girl I always dreamed of having??? I am not sure why but I am so happy that she came to me and has allowed me to be her mother. So as I went to her room tonight to sneak a peak of her while she was still... still 6, I was taken back at how amazing it is to be a mom and how quickly time flies. Enjoy your moments as a mom... because tonight while she sleeps she's 6 but tomorrow she'll be 7. Before I know it she'll be too cool to kiss me all the time, too old to hold me hand, too big to want to sleep with me when Scott's out of town, and too big and cool to love that I am her mom. Before I know it.. she'll be a mom and I can only hope she loves being a mom as much as I do.
I love you Kali.

summer part 2

after our fun time in Seattle we came home re-grouped, cleaned clothes, melted in the Arizona heat and then headed up to 2 weeks of fun in McCall Idaho... This is therapy to anyone... this picture explains it all!


I will have to post the lake pictures later. For now these are the pictures from the 'Garden'.. it's a magical place where we go to take beautiful family pictures...



enjoy for now... until next time!

Summer is gone where did the time fly???

Let us take a little walk down memory lane... this summer was loaded with lots of fun!
In June we went camping
July we went to Seattle.. ok a few times!! I was so happy to get out of the heat and we had a blast...
The weather was perfect 85/90
here are a lot of highlights from the trip..



The world's LARGEST AND LONGEST slip n' slide

Some family friends have a beautiful house and gorgeous property, they made this cool slip n' slide and the kids were hooked... who am I kidding we were all hooked.. I even went on it a time or too (pregnant) something Dr Beck needs to know nothing about & sorry baby if you have anything wrong with you. The key to speed was lots & lots & LOTS of baby shampoo! Essentially you would put about a bottle of soap on your self a little water and off you go!

it was so so fun but Brig thought NOT SO MUCH... he was happy to sit in the grass



or on gramma's lap



or his favorite thing in the world...


pick his belly button.


Jetty Island










Dumbo and his magic feather.. I love you Drew and I love your ears











Downtown Seattle










Since I lived in Washington for 9 years I get really excited to show the kids culture, beautiful sights and GREEN!!! Scott grew up there so between the 2 of us its like 2 little kids in a candy store as we drive into Downtown. It is so beautiful there... all year round but I prefer to visit in the summer. The Arizona heat has made us both too whimpy although we miss Scott's family terribly we'll stick to our long visits in the summer.

The next post will be more vacationing but for now I must go snuggle with my babies!

Funny memories

Brig is seriously my weirdest baby! I just looked through my pictures and almost forgot about his crazy fall asleep anywhere spell...





You might think I was neglecting him... I am not sure what he was up to or trying to get but he fell asleep right there and when he woke up he acted like he was in the worst pain ever! It was hard not to laugh but I just couldn't help it. His forehead was even a little red from having it rest on the WALL.. funny funny boy!







This was another afternoon I believe in the same week! While he was eating his lunch I was cleaning the kitchen and turned around to this.. he even moved his plate aside so he could lay his cute little head down.... can you guess what he had for lunch?

He is actually sleeping right now.. but he's in his BED taking his nap this time