Ventura, Ca.

Image overload!
We had lots of fun at the Chatterley family reunion. The camp spot was fab, thanks Felice! Tate just loves Logan and Connor and followed them everywhere. The beach was cold and the kids hated the water, you can see that Tate was crying and running away from it like a shark was after him. Chloe of course combed the beach for leftover goodies that people may have left. She also made some random friends (in the picture) and she was actually nice to them. She is so independent. I think if I let her just go on her own she may survive with her hunting skills and cuteness.
Oh ya, we bought DVD players for the car ride, worth every penny. Thank you Elmo for being so cute, our kids love you!
Not much else to say, we had a great time and now we are off to another trip this weekend. We are going white water rafting and camping in Idaho.

Tate's obsessed with...

bikes, bikes, helicopters, water or anything he can pour on the floor, dogs, bikes, and bikes.
He is actually sitting right next to me whining for water. Make the whining stop! Good thing we love him so much!

Bath pics

I always love bath pics. Here are some recent ones of them, almost 2 years old!
They love to take the cup and pour out the water onto the floor and then go to time out and then watch mommy clean it up, it's a fun little time in our home:) I like to do the 2 minute baths, wash 'em up and get 'em out...

Busy Busy

Well life has been busy in our household lately... We have been playing with the kids a lot outside and they have been worn out lately, not getting good naps and eating too much sugar! My photography business is doing well and I am staying busy while Anthony will be starting Helicopter flight school in a couple of weeks. Back to the classroom for Anthony! The kids are driving me nuts with how messy they are, no seriously they are way messy! We just went to Lagoon yesterday and today we went on a hike (pictures below). Tate is an amazing hiker, he can totally keep up with us, Chloe on the other hand will walk about 5 feet and beg to be carried. After playing soccer yesterday and going to Lagoon I was way too tired to carry her. We are loving summer time and just realizing that we are now starting to do the things we used to do before we had kids. We used to go hiking all the time. It just really helps me ground myself and appreciate the beauty all around me instead of focusing on the messes my kids make in the kitchen or everyday life. Well, that's all for now, I need some R&R and then it's back to work tomorrow!

Welcome Bella

Just a quick post to welcome Bella Grace to Nikki's family. She is so adorable. I love holding and loving on babies, they are so pure and beautiful. Bella is just so sweet.

This is her...

pick me up cause I am too lazy to walk anywhere cry!

Happy Father's Day

to the best daddy ever!

Here are some pictures of Anth and the kids tonight, so sweet. They love their daddy, every time he comes home from work I just love how their little faces light up.

This dress...

I was able to borrow this dress from a client and I am a little obsessed. I took Chloe out to get some pictures and she just is so busy at this age, but I did get this photo that I love, just being a little girl. I love her so much. I put her to bed tonight and she was screaming so I held her in my arms and sang Feelin' Groovy (the only song that came to my head!) and she just stared at me and then we right to bed after that. She is just growing up so fast.

the kids outside getting into crap.

the title explains this one.

I was trying to get some of Tate but there was no way he was letting me when there is crap to be found.
They have been such a handful this past week, by 4pm I am so wasted!

chloe

okay I realize I need to post more pictures of tate so I am breaking out the suspenders and going to do a session with him this week. for now here are some more pics of chloe.

this is us...

I have been behind on all the happenings in our lives. Life has been really good and busy. In the middle of sick kids, ER visits, weddings, poop on the floor, and whining we are still all alive. We took the kids out for a over zealous day a few weeks ago and went to the zoo and to the REAL game. They loved the monkey's and the elephants at the zoo and of course chloe was trying to eat any leftover candy off the ground. At the soccer game Tate kept crying because everyone was screaming and he was pretty out of it, but once and a while would point and say "ball".

Last weekend we went river rafting in Moab with the family and it was fun but tiring. Watching 2 year olds in a non contained space makes me want to scream. They had so much fun with their cousins just getting dirty. We got some nice rapids and finished the day trip in 3 hours! Last time it was more like 5 or 6.

chloe and tate have been so fun lately, they talk to eachother a lot now. They always great eachother when they come in the room, "Hi, Tate!" Tate can't really say Chloe yet so he calls her tay tay too.

We went and played soccer this morning. I seriously only played for 30 minutes and I am so exhasted, I could lay in bed all day. It's kinda sad. Everyone is sleeping right now, kind of peaceful. Off to California tomorrow for another rafting trip.

Bye for now!