Snow Day!!

Just wanted to make the Montoya's jealous that they live in nice, sunny, 70 degree weather when they could have been here today shoveling 10 inches of snow out of their driveway!! Oh and just so you know - there was maybe an inch or two of snow on the lawn yesterday when we went to sleep! Fun day!!

Pay it Forward!!

"Here's how it works-the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive, at some point during the year, a handmade gift from me. What it will be and when it will arrive is a total surprise! The catch is that you must participate as well-before you leave your comment here, write up a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going. Then come back, let me know you're going to play, and sit back and anticipate the arrival of your gift! Remember that only the first 3 comments will receive a gift from me, so be quick!"It will be fun and it will give me an excuse to make something!!

Pros and Cons

The pros and cons of owning a cabinet shop - Pros - amazing cabinets that don't cost me anything and are designed exactly how I want them (unless Ryan and I disagree on the design then they usually end up his way because I have no control once he starts!) This is Morgan's room that we are slowing but surely finishing. Ryan installed the cabinets yesterday. We did the built in cabinets and desk instead of a closet and I love the way it turned out!
The cons - the shoemaker's kids never have shoes - the builder's home is never quite finished and if I called Ryan to ask for the rest of my knobs, I'm pretty sure my messages would be ignored!!!

Happy Birthday Ashlyn!

Our Ashlyn is five!! It is hard for me to believe - she wanted a pink pony birthday and I tried my best to pull it off for her!
Ashlyn with her little friends for her party! This was her first "real" birthday party and she was loving all the attention!

Christmas 2008!!

We woke up Christmas morning to a trip to Southern California, I'm not sure who was more excited - the parents or the kids, but we had a great time. Here is Ashlyn waiting at the airport Christmas afternoon, it was a long day between storms and trying to fly out, but we finally made it to LA!

We headed to Disneyland for the next three days and had a great time. Here are the girls in front of the castle.

The girls with Snow White! (I think that this was the longest line we stood in the entire 3 days)

On the tea cups!

Ashlyn and Morgan on the Bug Ride at California Adventure!

We spent Monday at Balboa Park in San Diego. It is a great park that we spent all day wandering around and still didn't see everything.
Ryan, Ashlyn, and Maddie!

The girl's favorite day of the entire trip - the beach! We walked down to the beach from Aunt Karen's house and spent all day there. It was about 75 degrees and I thought the water was freezing, but it didn't stop the girls (or Ryan) Maddie's first attempt at jumping a wave by herself!

Morgan, Ryan, and Ashlyn jumping waves.

On New Year's Eve we went to Sea World! Waiting for Shamu at Sea World. It was again great weather and we had such a fun day.
Ryan, Morgan, and Ashlyn playing with the starfish!

The girls with Aunt Karen and Uncle Dee in their backyard. We had so much fun staying with them, the girls are still talking about Big Dee and KiKi!! Thanks so much for letting visit!