Newport Beach...aahh

Yesturday and today we relaxed from parks and decided to partake of the sweet escapes that newport had to offer.  We have a marriott time share so for this trip we are staying in the newport coast villas in corona del mar...cute little town.  We are just a few miles from balboa island/park and all the awesomeness of the coast.
We headed to balboa island for lunch and ate at the cute little italian restraunt called Ciao.  It was yummy!  Then of course we had to get the famouse frozen banana and balboa bar from a little ice cream shop.  Funny story with that...so Allisandria had her cute ice cream cone and was lovin everyminute of that cotton candy flavor. She was running on the side walk when Splat!  Classic...ice cream scoop fell to the ground.  She turned, looked confused as we are laughing.  As this happened a cute little old lady, her husband, and all their riches were walking by...the lady was absolutely heart broken.  She wanted to buy her a new ice cream.  I assured her that it was unneccessary that allisandria was fine...she wasn't even crying, she immediatley started eating the cone which is her favorite part.  The lady said " I am a grandma, let me please."  I still refused...what a weird situation.  She walked on and I thought she had left when a few minute later she appeared with money she tried shoving in my hand.  We argued for a minute and she pulled the grandma card on me again even worse than the first time.  I knew I had to take it or I think she really would have gone and bought allisandria a new ice cream.  I thanked her and she said "no, thank you".  What a tragedy in her eyes.  I bet her grandkids get her for all she's worth.
After that we went to the beach to play in the sand and throw the frisbee.  Turned out to be the warmest day we have had since we started our trip and the wind was pretty much non existant.  Awesome.  We left just as the birds flew in to catch the crabs and the wind made an appearance.  Enjoy the picks.!


Xoxo, Tricia

California trip day 1,2, and 3

Thanksgiving day, me and mu family were so excited to come on our california trip. We are here now and are of course having a wonderful time. We invited our good friends to come along with us to enjoy disney and our time share.  With that, we left thanksgiving morning, we ate traditional thanksgiving dinner at the hotel.  It was amazing.  I have never eaten out before on thanksgiving, and I must say it was nice.  No preparation, no mess. But sadly, no leftovers.
On friday morning we ventured out to hollywood to the chinese theater on hollywood blvd.  Walked the stars, took pictures and enjoyed a little shoe shopping.  After that we heads to santa monica pier and walked along and rode the faris wheel.  Allisandria loooooved that part. It reminded her of charlottes webb.  She thought that was pretty cool.
Saturday we woke up with excitement for our first day of disney.  Marideth was also celebrating her birthday so it wa extra special. Of course I balled when we were in line first thing in the park to see pluto.  Christmas was everywhere, I was with my family and friends, what a magical moment.  We ended up getting rained out and with two small children we couldn't wait the storm. It was pretty cold and I wasn't very prepared as I should have been.  We left. Today the rain was gone, but wind took its place. It was fine for a while, but it ended our day quickly. Although we still had tons of fun. The park was way less crowded than yesterday so that always makes things more awesome.  Allisandria was able to ride way more rides today. She even liked the matterhorn. We were able to do some one on one time while everyone else did some other things.  I was excited,  she was excited to ride the carousel. Then while riding that I saw the the pinnochio ride was way short so we did that too. She thought that was pretty neat just the two of us but was of course excited to meet up with everyone and tell them of her adventures.  Its a small world was awesome.  All decked out in christmas, they added some traditional christmas songs in their theme song. It was awesome.  Bells really liked that one too. With the winds getting rather obnoxious, half of us decided to depart and head back to the resort. Much needed for the girls who were cold and exhausted.  Tomorrow the nelson family leaves and we are having a day of relaxation at the resort before we hit up sea world on tuesday.  Pictures will be posted after our trip. My phone camera is not clear anymore for some reason.  Loves! Happy holidays.


Xoxo, Tricia

mom and dad

my parents came last weekend. This is the only picture i got though...sweet right? Dad always takes a picture like this with Bella...sssshhh don't tell Pia.

Bella 8 mo.

Clapping,  "dadadada",  shaking her head and rolling over...is she cute?...I think so.


Xoxo, Tricia

The lion

Seriously...she's good!


Xoxo, Tricia

Artist in the making

My sweet allisandria has become quite the artist.  She began by drawing circles then that turned into attempting triangle s, then that turned into adding eyes.  Now she draws full faces with eyes, ears, mouth and nose.  She even draws fish, and monkey s, tries lions and does squiggly lines for the mane.  She is amazing me every day as she adds little details here and there. I remember drawing bicycles for my niece when she was too in her little doodle pad. She too then started drawing them. Now I am doing it with Pia. I wonder if she will become a sketch artist like myself. ..this makes me want to sit down with her more and draw. Tonight she even actually colored the eyes and mouth of a ghost I dew her....inside the lines....oh the little things that make us proud to know our children are developing. Good job Pia!


Xoxo, Tricia

Mac Donald Pumpkin Patch

Today was a great day...can you see why?I love being a mom, when I can do these fun things...It is so magical when you see your kids face light up with happiness and excitement...makes all the hard stuff soooo worth it!

She wasn't loving the hay at first...it itched...I didn't even think about that...next time we are wearing jeans!

Our horse, "PJ" was rockin. She wanted the black one. She didn't hesitate one bit to get up on that pony! She was "Yee Haw"in and "Giddyup"in and singing "riding the range" from backyardigains! Oh that sweet little girl.

The crew: Tommy, Colin, Ada, Allisandria and Bobby. These kids are such good pals!

What a fun little adventure, down the freeway and thru the cactus to this sweet little pumpkin patch we go. For $7 you get unlimited hayride, horse rides, gunny sack races, horse shoe games, and more. Plus if you brought canned food you got a $1 off! Awesome!!!

I have never been to a pumpkin patch before..that I can remember...sorry mom and dad if you took me...I just don't remember. So this experience was one that i have been wanting to do as my child has come to a more understanding of Holidays this past year. My sweet friends invited me along for the ride...and it was a great one.

This was a workin ranch. Petting zoo, little western town....the people even totally sounded like true cowboys and cowgirls. I loooved every second.

Dave wasn't able to make it with us this time...but because it was so cheap....we are coming again this week or next, and getting pumpkins to take home and to take pictures of the rest of the stuff we didn't have a chance to do! Love this little place!!!

The park is back

With the weather finally dropping, we have found ourselves back at the park!   Oh it is so nice...still a little warm out but at least it is barable for a couple hours without the sweat.  We have been a few times in the past week.  Allisandria never forgot about the swings...she remembered them as soon as we pulled up.  She loves to "go so high".  I just need to teach her how to pump her legs now.
Bella is quite content sitting in the stroller chewing on her toys.  She hollers every now and then for a little attention but I think she really likes to get out in the fresh air too!  I loooove seeing the perfect smile on Pia's face when she is having so much fun...I am so glad that weather permits.  It is getting so beautiful out.  We even open the windows at night and in the mornings!  Now I can take the dogs on walks without them burning their paws.  Awesome!


Xoxo, Tricia

Pias new haircut

Sooo cute right?


Xoxo, Tricia

Feeding time

The only time she really fusses is when she is really hungry and really tired.  Even then it isn't that bad, just a few screams here and there.  But this time I wanted it on video of what she does when she sees the bottle coming.  She lays herself down on the pillow to take the bottle.


Xoxo, Tricia

Good Things to remember

1. Bella-now getting her top front teeth...8 months old...crap my baby is growing up
2. Bella- Rolling over from back to tummy, but did go back to her back yesturday...8mo. (Allisandria was crawling already...)
3. Allisandria, as you all know, loves my girlfriends. She recently asked me this:
"Mommy go doctor."
me- "Why? I don't need to go to the Dr."
Pia- "Mommy go to the doctor, I go to Marideth's house."

She loves Marideth so much she wishes I had to go to the Dr. so she could babysit...Appearantly Marideth doesn't know the word "NO" at her house...her cupboards are fully stocked.

Todays storm...awesome!

Got some awesome footage...sorry the sound is kindy of crackily.


Xoxo, Tricia

It's Wet

We saw this rainbow appear right before our eyes. I dont' think I ever have seen a rainbow so bright. Usually I catch in on it's way out. I was really excited. unfortunately the camera didn't quite catch its brightness.

There is nothing like an Arizona Rain Storm. Definately a piece of art and something pretty to look at instead of the blue skies all the time (which I really love to wake up to 99% of the time)

He ventured out about 2 feet...came right back in the garage.

They are not quite sure of what to think of the rain. I kept their leeshes off cause I knew they wouldn't venture alone out in the rain.

Bo just stuck his neck as far out as he could with out getting wet to take a little sniff of the wet stuff. Little does he know that the chances of ust living in the NW again are pretty high...

"It's wet"

I wish I could say that I just love the rain, in all reality I don't. Growing up in the NW kind of tainted that for me. Luckily though, living AZ has restored the beauty in a rainy day. Yesturday started out cooler..only got to the mid 90's, by the after noon around 4 pm the skies were blackened with with low, rainfilled clouds. Then suddenly, like someone dumped gallons of water from my roof to the ground, it started raining,,,which lead to thunder and lightening. Allisandria instantly knew that it was time...time to go outside and enjoy the show. This is what we captured.