Flashback Friday

In 1991 I got to go to Seattle with my grandma to visit my aunt and uncle. We had such a fun time! I got my hair permed and some new outfits to wear!

If your happy and you know it....

Turn the music off down at the bottom of the page first!

Excuse the mess (it get's cleaned up at night) and my voice... but I had to share...
After we taped this, Kira watched it over and over again and sang with herself which was fun too!
Hope you enjoy this as much as I do!

A little update

So my camera has pretty much gone ka-pute!(How do you spell that?) Anyway, I don't feel so bad about it because we got it for a good price and we took our fair share of pictures with it...(Jacob took it to a car show or two so we have gotten our money's worth right there). So I think this will be the last update for a while until we can get outselves a new one or Jacob pulls his monster of a camera out(he usually carrys it with him so I don't always have access to it)

Anyway - I am amazed at how time changes things. Kira is almost 19 months old and in the last 2 weeks or so has picked up on so many fun things!
She says Uh-oh (which I love) and always is sure to point out a dog on the tv(has anyone ever noticed how many dogs there are on tv?). When you tell her that you love her she usually sends you a little kiss with her hands.
She has FINALLY started to point out her nose(she always knew where it was but liked to tease us) and my favorite is that she learned how to say HOORAY in Nursery...you know "If your happy and you know it shout Hooray"
She loves to play with her babies, she hugs them, pats their backs and play pat-a-cake with them...
Being is mom is seriously the hardest thing I have ever done. Some days it seems unbearable but then I have good days and sometimes even good weeks with Kira and I remember how blessed I really am to be given this responsibility. It's an awesome and I pray everyday that I can be the mom that Kira needs me to be. I just hope that I am... Anyway.

So here are some pictures of her the last couple of weeks.


She loves her daddy!

Eatting Cherrios with her fork... don't believe me?

See... I told you!

This is how I pulled her out of the crip the other morning... Still not sure how she managed to pull her arm out of her jammies.

Flashback Friday

For those of you who know me well... I Heart Del Taco. When I moved to California 11 years ago and Taco Bell disappointed me one too many times I switched my loyalty for American Fast Mexican type food to Del Taco. I have many good memories associated with Del Taco.. like going through the drive thru at 11:30pm ('cause the resturant part is closed that late) or so and eatting "Big Fat Chicken Tacos" with Annette at the one on Imperial and La Mirada Blvd. Or hitting that same Del Taco with Korie late at night too when she orders her Macho Nachos and I munch on some fries! We would just sit and talk about all kinds of things but those are the memories that make me smile!
Or stopping at the one on Rosecrans and Euclid in Fullerton on the way to Jacob's while we were dating at eating chicken soft tacos on the way to his house for a night of movie watching.
A more recent Del Taco memory is when Jacob, Kira and I drove up to Las Vegas last year we stopped at a Del Taco (I think it's on Sahara)for lunch before his interview. We had a good time just talking and imagining what life would be like for us up here and Kira was snaking on the tortilla... He got the job (obviously!)and now he calls it "Our Del Taco" which is touching because he's really not very sentimental about things.
Del Taco was also the place(The one on Imperial and Rose in Placentia) that Jacob and I first went to lunch together when he got back from his mission. (I bought because he wasn't working)
Del Taco might be a weird topic for a Flashback Friday but I just wanted to share with Annette, Korie and the rest of the world that I have loved it for a long long time!


by the way... that's me... not Kira... I know it's hard to tell but look at the cup and the couch and you can tell :)
(p.s. when I scanned this picture... I even called it "Tennille loves Del Taco!")

February

February has been a pretty busy month! Kira and I headed down to California so that I could attend my annual Scrapbook Expo with Korie and Sabrina. We were all a little surprised that we only spent about 3 1/2 hours there but as this was our fourth year attending, we pretty much have it down to a science. We know which booths to hit, we know which booths to skip and our budgets were noticeably smaller than past years too so we decided to behave and just enjoy our time together. My haul from the scrapbook expo...


This is a simple piece of metal that I'm planning on making a recipe stand with... details to come on the craft site I contribute to (link here)


These blue squares are acrylic, I'm planning on making something for my bathroom mirror this year.... (again, see craft site)


I really needed cardstock and spend a large portion of my budget on it, but it will be worth it! I also got some patterned paper, but I have learned from Sabrina how to be more economical with it so I don't have to buy so many sheets.


These were all at the dollar place!

While down in California, Kira and I got to visit with lots of family. It was fun to see uncles and aunts and friends too! Kira loves spending time with her cousins and is all smiles whenever she sees Natalie or Kyla. They are good and patient with her and have a good time "taking care" of Kira while they all play!

We got to see GG and Papa Winfrey... they had a little surprise waiting for her ...

Kira's own baby, with a little cradle, lent to her by her Auntie "M". We decided to leave the baby at GGs for our next visit so that Kira will have something to play with!
Also at GGs is my special surprise too! I'm going to take a minute and brag all about it... This rocking chair was my Great-Grandmother's from my mothers side. I had asked my Grandma from my Dad's side (GG) to help with the revamping of the chair. Since then her health has declined a bit and decided to ask someone else to recover it... but she and my mom did a great job with the fabric choice.

The picture really doesn't do it justice though! It's so beautiful I don't want to let Kira near it, even though it was redone with her in mind..

After being in California for a week, Kira had had it and was ready to go home. I really just wanted to go home too for a lot of reasons! You know what they say about how you can never really go home again? Well for the first time in my whole life I don't consider California home to me anymore. I couldn't wait to get back home to Jacob and just be in our own place, let Kira run around and be comfortable again.

I invited my friend Korie back with me, she needed a mini vacation. She drove up with Kira and me on Wednesday. (Kira was a trooper both ways)We spent the rest of the week lounging around the house, eatting out (Cafe Rio) shopping at the mall and our old past time, looking at model homes...(Jacob doesn't like the model home part - or the shopping part either - but in the year Korie and I have been looking at models - probably close to 100 houses - I have only found two that I like, so I keep telling him that it's ok) I did find one that I liked... (click here if you're interested) It's the model called Holden... nothing too fancy, only one living room and over all a good size (not that we are moving anytime soon but one can dream!) Korie left Sunday morning, I hope she had a good time!
On Monday, Jacob got home from work and we went to the Bellagio. The Bellagio, on the strip has a spot that has a beautiful floral display that they change a couple times a year. This display was for Chinese New Year and it was beautiful!









Kira decided she didn't like the music anymore so she kept putting her fingers in her ears!

Misc pictures of Kira this month:


Picture of Kira and Me getting ready for Greek Food on Saturday Night

Kira has decided that it's more fun to feed herself, and of course it's only right but yogurt gets messy

Kira making her "Hi" face in the bath

Just playing with mom

So, if you have gotten to this point, thanks for reading and we will update again soon!

Flashback Friday

This is totally unrelated to Flashback Friday but Kira is currently sitting in her highchair with the cookie I gave her (from last night's enrichment) and she systematically scraped all the frosting off and left the cookie.... she has a serious sweet tooth and at 17 months can split an Oreo in half perfectly! Anyway... onto Flashback Friday...


This is me (duh) and my good friend Natasha at our Junior Prom. I loved my dress!
Anyway, Natasha was an exchange student from Belarus and we got to be friends in German Class... we still email every once in a while.
I don't have a picture from Senior Prom because I didn't go... Junior Prom was such a bust and though I was asked, I didn't want to deal with the dress and shoes etc so I didn't go....

Here is a picture of my friend Rachael and me the night of Senior Prom... I believe there was a Seminary Activity or church dance or something, so they stopped by and we took this picture...
Moving to Ohio was probably the hardest move I ever made but I did gain alot out of that move... without that move I'm not sure where my testimony would be. And I made some good friends there too!
'til next week

No No No No No No NO!

This is the new word around the house. No No No No! It seems to be the answer to everything, even when it turns out Kira wants whatever it is I'm asking about...
Kira is growing more independant every day. She talks a ton... even if we don't always understand what she's saying.
January has been kind of a slow month - relaxing from the Christmas craze and gearing up for Kira and my California trip but here are some pictures from January...



Kira wanted some Cherrios and went after them!!!


Her new camera smile - check out her tiny hand FULL of Cherrios!


Just playing aorund the house!