Snow Fun

This weekend we rented a cabin up in lake arrowhead and spent the weekend having fun with the girls. We were able to walk to the village from our location. The girls had a blast on the trails and made up stories about our journey to and from the village. Audrey's imagination is going crazy these days.








Ice cream in the village was a treat!








Olivia and Audrey were so excited to see the snow!








This is the best shot of Joe and Audrey.


Olivia was ready for round 2 of snow play after we pulled onto the Snow Tubing Park.


The girls has fun at the park. They both took turns riding with joe and myself. As the day progressed the Olivia and then Audrey decided to ride by themselves.


Olivia, her big grin and a huge chunk of snow!

Location:Lake Arrowhead, California

Christmas Vacation

 My parents came over last Saturday and the 6 of us celebrated Christmas.  

We had a lovely afternoon.  Audrey and Olivia had a blast.

 Olivia loves being silly with Grandma and Grandpa

Everyone was having fun! 

 After Christmas dinner the girls went home with my parents for the night.  Joe and I cleaned up and put away Christmas 2012.  A few days later we hosted brunch for our close friends to celebrate the new year!

 Sami is a new friend of Olivia's.  Her older sister Paola is classmates with Audrey.

 Eli, Ashley, Audrey and Olivia had fun in the fort.

 Ashley and Audrey...they are the big girls now

 I am pretty sure Olivia has a rock in her mouth in this pic

 The kids discovered our back back yard.  

Joe closed the gate but Audrey was determined to get back in.

In the wild behind the garage!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Christmas 2012

Here are a few pictures that I took Christmas morning in San Diego.

Christmas fun with Cousins!

Theresa, Izzy and Maggie stopped by this week for a quick hello. The girls had lunch, exchanged gifts and had some play time before they had to leave.  The girls had not been together since November 2011.  We wish all of our family lived closer.

 Izzy & Audrey

Izzy, Audrey, Maggie and Olivia

Audrey is requesting another play date with Izzy & Maggie and is looking forward to taking a trip to their house with Bailey.

Family Photos at Descanso Gardens

 The Ward version of American Gothic

Happy Thanksgiving!

The girls rocked thanksgiving this year with the Romo family.
Happy Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for this year!

Location:Creighton Ave,Los Angeles,United States

Back to school time!

The past two months have flown by! Audrey is now settled in kindergarten and Olivia is a full time student at celebration kids. Our family had a hard time adjusting to Audrey's new schedule. Olivia was very sad and depressed that she could not attend Audrey's new school. She missed her sister when she was not home and gave Joe and I a terrible time when she was home with us on Tuesday and Thursdays. We decided to put Olivia in preschool 5 days a week and she started her new schedule last week. Olivia is now in heaven and Joe and I are much happier too.



Olivia is growing up. She enjoyed her gymnastics class at the YMCA and is asking for more!



Audrey is also loving gymnastics. It is helping her with her balance and coordination and making her core stronger at the same time.



I am sure you heard, I am coaching Audrey's soccer team this year. I have a great group of 10 girls. I have been focusing on team building and sportsmanship.



Go purple lightening flowers!

Audrey made her first goal during our game last week. It was a very proud mama moment! She is keeping count now and has 4 this season so far.



We have met some great families at Aldama Elementry. The second week in we got together at the local farmers market for dinner.

We are doing well, everything is now falling into place once again. I hope to have more time to share our memories here!