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Lily grew out of her gymnastics leotard so we went to the store for a new one. First she tried on a childrens 12/14 but it was way to tight on her shoulders. Then the sales lady had her try on an adult XS… still to small. Can you believe Lily wears a womans size [...]

You know how some people complain about snoring? I don’t. If someone is snoring that means they are asleep and I can do anything that I want, as long as I am not disturbing them. As I type this Lily is sleeping in the chair next to me. She has the cutest snore of anyone [...]

I have been telling Lily for a few weeks that we need to go through everything in her room and figure out what she needs and doesn’t need. Lily has a hard time getting rid of things but if I go in her room with a box and talk about each thing then it makes [...]

I took Lily to her dentist appointment today and I am proud to say that she has no cavities. Actually Lily has never had a cavity in her entire life!   They did talk to me about orthodontics though. Sometime in the next year we need to start her on Phase 1 which will straighten [...]

Although her volleyball season is quite over yet Lily’s team had their end of season party today after their game. The coach said something about each player as she handed out their trophys. I was so proud when she said Lily was by far one of her best servers. Serving is a huge thing in [...]

Lily had a 1/2 day of school today so at 11:45 I was sitting at the school waiting to pick her up and wondering what we should do today. All of the sudden it came to me… we are going on a bike ride. Not just any ride, we are gonna go off roading. We [...]

Although I didn’t actually see her in her costume here are a few pictures that Lily’s dad took on Halloween night. This is Lily and her cousin Adeline at her grandmas house.  

For Lily’s birthday last year I took her to get her ears pierced. She wore her earrings for a few months but then one day her ears became a little bit infected. I took her earrings out to medicate them and let them rest. I am sure you can guess what happened next. Yup. About [...]

When JP is out of town the evenings around here are different than if he was here. Since he is California again Lily and I don’t really have anywhere we have to be between when school gets out and when it is time for bed. Lately on Wednesdays when he’s not here I let Lily [...]

Lily started a new season of Volleyball today through the YMCA, their team name is Volleypops. I definitely think this is her sport. Here is an action shot from during the game. Do you see the ball? Do you see Lily? I put the arrows on there just incase you don’t. I am always so [...]

Have you thought about your Halloween costume for this year yet? I have been thinking about mine for awhile and Lily has been thinking about hers too. Very soon you will start to see lots of pictures of us preparing for Halloween. For a few months Lily has been saying that she wants to be [...]

When I was a kid I was pretty lucky to have lots of kids to play with. Not including my brothers and sisters there were lots of kids in the neighborhood. Sure we had video games and television but it seems like we played outside a lot. We had so much to do at all times. We could [...]

JP and Lily took me out for my birthday dinner to Chama Gaucha. Chama Gaucha is our ultimate favorite Brazilian Steakhouse! Sooo good! Can you believe we didn’t bring a camera with us? All of the pictures in the restaurant were taken with my iPhone. Lily say CHEESE. Posing with one of the meat guys. [...]

This morning I didn’t get out of bed until I finished reading “The Help”. Every once in awhile I pick up a book that I can’t stop reading and this is one of them. Once I got to the end of the book I didn’t want it to be over. The movie has been out in theaters for a couple [...]

It is no secret that the Mariner’s are having about as good of a season as Seattle is a summer. But regardless of that how could a trip to Seattle be complete without a baseball game? Here are 4 of the 13 tickets that got my group into tonights game.! Even JP’s parents Marlene and Bob joined [...]

This morning Lily and I woke up bright and early, packed her lunch, and headed out to drop her off for another fun day of camp. When we got there they said they couldn’t find her name on the list. I was totally confused until they told me that the camp she was sign up for was [...]

I told you earlier about the experiment I did with Lily today. There were a total of 58 pictures on the camera when I picked her up. I admit that I took a few of them first thing this morning. Here is Lily at SeaWorld this morning when we were waiting for the counselors to [...]

When I picked up Lily from SeaWold day camp yesterday my first questions was what they do all day. She looked at me with the biggest smile and said “Mom, I did so many cool things that I don’t even remember what I did… we walk around all day doing fun stuff… did you know [...]

As I was laying in bed thinking about what to do today I decided I wanted to go on an adventure. I grabbed my laptop and went to www.roadsideamerica.com to plan a day trip. I picked four odd roadside attractions in and around San Antonio and mapped them out. Our total trip was to 72 miles round [...]

This morning we headed to the airport for our direct flight from Detroit, MI to San Antonio, TX. We must have been all vacationed out because the only pictures taken all day were taken on the airplane. Lily being silly! We both say CHEESE! Lily’s best duck face!

Today was one of our favorite days of our vacation so far. We took so many great photos that I have decided to break this up into two postings. We covered a lot of ground today and explored the greater NW portion of Michigan. When we woke up this morning the first thing Lily said [...]

In the last few days I have discovered that it is kinda cool to take a picture of our reflection. I am not sure why I have never thought to do this before?? These picture were taken in the window of a vacant building in downtown Manistee, MI.

Check out the map below. We put in a solid 8+ hour day today of being a tourist and driving really far! Lily slept for the first couple hours of our trip while we went from St Ignace, MI to Paradise, MI. Right before we drove into Paradise I saw Lake Superior. Sure she was sleeping [...]

When we were starting packing up to head out this morning it started raining. The rain pretty much lasted ALL DAY LONG. With the exception of a few breaks.. and I mean a few like 3 or 4 that lasted for a couple minutes. We decided that was not gonna stop us from seeing all [...]

I remember the first time I ever rode in a convertible car. Needless to say I was so excited. I imagined it would be just like in the movies when they are flying down the freeway without a care in the world. Well if you have ever rode in a convertible you know that I [...]

Lily hasn’t gotten a new pair of flip flops since last summer so most of hers and pretty beat up. She has been asking for a new pair for a few weeks now. Today we had a couple hours to kill between when I picked her up and volleyball practice so we headed to the [...]

Yesterday we took Stephanie and David to the airport and they headed back to Seattle. Amanda has decided to stay a little longer and spend some time making decisions. I haven’t taken many pictures in the last two days but when I looked back at the photos from this weekend I realize just how much I [...]

We went to a production today at Lily’s school. I can’t remember the exact title of it but it was a mix of three different Dr. Seuss stories and they sang and danced to music. Pretty cute if you ask me! Do you see Lily? See how much taller she is than the other kids? That’s [...]

We have gotten some quotes from landscapers to do our backyard because it is so big and crazy. There are leaves and pollen all over the place. There are also way overgrown trees and plants that need to be trimmed back. Well two quotes from landscapers later we have decided that we should keep the $1,500 and do it ourselves. [...]

Lily had her very first volleyball game of her entire life today. She played through theYMCA on a purple team named “Crush”. Here is a picture of her that I snapped while they were warming up. Here she is on her very first serve. It’s so cute because since they are so small they serve [...]

For a few years now Lily has had an interest in volleyball but she has always been to young to be on an organized team. I have spent lots of time bumping the ball back and forth with her. She come a long way since the first bump. About a month ago I read on the [...]

We leave for vacation early tomorrow morning so today was packing day. Here is my bed with lots of mine and Lily’s clean clothing on it. Someone is very excited to be packing! Lily thought if she tried hard enough she could squish it all down. All done!

Today when we got home from work/school JP was already there. He had already started dinner and was out working on the pool. Not to shabby, eh? It took maybe 5 minutes for Lily’s friend Cameron to show up. As soon as they walked out in the backyard I handed them brooms and put them [...]

On the way to school this morning Lily told me that her Dad was meeting her at the school this morning to give her her bike so she could participate in the Bike Rodeo today. The Bike Rodeo you ask? I didn’t really know what it was until I asked around a little bit. I [...]

About an hour before I got off of work today I got a phone call from the nurse at Lily’s school telling me that she had a fever. So I immediately left work and headed to her school. When I finally got her home I took her temperature and Lily was on fire! We have two [...]

In true Lily form she woke me up at 6:30am to tell me that she was hungry. The hotel restaurant doesn’t open until 7:00am so I told her we could go for a walk on the beach. It was super foggy when we woke up but to quote JP “Even the worst day at the [...]

Lily wore hanging earrings for the first time in her life today. Every time we go into a store that has earrings she always wants to get the big ol hoops but I keep telling her she has to wait until she gets older. We got her the pair she wore for Valentine’s Day this [...]

We have never liked a shopping mall as much as we like La Cantera. Since me and Lily are always on our own on Wednesday evenings we headed over to La Cantera after work.  My goal was to find the perfect pair of shorts to wear on our trip this weekend. I tried on shorts at [...]

We went out to dinner today and as I was sitting across the table listening to Lily go on and on about this and that I started to wonder what it will be like when she gets older. As of right now she sits there with a smile on her face and eats her dinner [...]

I know it is hard to tell in the pictures that I publish but Lily is growing like a weed. She stands at about 54″ tall and it seems like she is getting taller by the day. Lately she has been expressing her awareness of it and it is not in a positive way. She [...]

There are only 13 shopping days left until Valentine’s Day! At work the employee club is going to be starting the Valentine pre-sale tomorrow through Friday. For just $2.00 you can send your favorite co-worker a heart shapped mylar balloon, a valentine and a piece of chocolate. Not to bad, right? Well today I had [...]

We had another beautiful day here in San Antonio today so JP and I headed outside to get some stuff done.  For obvious reasons we haven’t paid any attention to the pool for the last few months and it needs a little bit of help. While JP tried to get the prime back in the pump and [...]

There are days when I really really enjoy being a mom. Sometimes Lily is in this great mood and everything is perfect and she is the perfect most amazing daughter ever. Today was one of them. When we were at the grocery store today I told Lily I didn’t feel like cooking dinner so she told me [...]

Lily are I are always on our own on Wednesdays because JP drives up to Austin for work and doesn’t usually get back home until late. A couple weeks ago Lily told me that she needed a couple more pairs of jeans and for the first time ever she was brand specific. I have a Levi’s girl on [...]

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This morning on my drive to work it was wet and cloudy. Since I don’t smoke anymore (234 days and counting) I don’t really have a reason to go outside during the course of my day. So about 8.5 hours later I walked outside and it was sunny and 73º! I was so excited! I drove straight to [...]

I had a 1/2 day off of work today and as I headed home this afternoon I was trying to decide what I wanted to do. I decided that today I would do something I have been putting off for a long time… Lily’s bedroom. Since JP is out of town for a couple days I [...]

I am sitting in the living room waiting patiently as JP hooks up some of the electronic stuff. I am hungry and thinking about putting the tamales in the steamer. Last year we decided our Christmas Eve tradition would be to eat mexican tamales for dinner on Christmas Eve. Here I am sitting in the big [...]