Happy Father's Day....Sweetheart, we love you

Daddy's Big helper...................................

Cody's Father's Day Card..... the front.................

............And the inside...How funny is that and so true

The Full Soprano's Collection on DVD and Artie Lang's CD

This Father's day was low key. We went to Brick Oven with Cody's family for Blayne's Father's Day and Sunday we went to the Gateway to do a little shopping and had lunch at Cody's favorite restaurant, California Pizza Kitchen. I had to share the card that Ally and I picked out for Cody. I thought it was fricken' hilarious, I couldn't stop laughing in the store. I am all about the funny sarcastic cards. So family beware. He He He. Ally and the boys are so lucky to have Cody for a father. And of course I feel like the luckiest woman in the world, he is my best friend and a wonderful husband. We love you daddy......

Our California Trip.......

Me and my big Brother Alex

Cody and I with Dannica and Alex

Ally and Daddy checking out the shark exhibit

Watching the Sea Lions and Seals play and basking in the sun

Getting ready to watch the Seal/Sea Lion show......

Cousin Tyler and Sierra playing with Ally and Liam

Ally going for a ride on Liam's bike...... Ally, Alex, Liam and Cody playing in the fountain at the San Diego Fair Too much walking I guess.... the boys taking a minute to get their feet massaged

Ally and daddy petting a goat at the fair....... She had a blast

Momma had to check out this smoked sausage... which took 3 people to eat it all Ally and Liam getting a little R&R......

Ally is obsessed with talking on the phone...she uses a real

phone to the garden hose as a phone. It is the funniest thing

Our family went on a family vacation to California to see my brother and his family again this summer. We had such a blast, we went to the San Diego Fair which was huge. Great food or I should say fried food. It was just Alex and Dannica and Cody and I and Liam and Ally. We spent all day trying to check everything out. Ally and Liam had a ball looking at all the animals and eating yummy treats. We also went to Sea world, which happened to be Cody and my and Ally's first time. The weather for both events was perfect. It was close to the beach so we got the nice breeze. I think Ally's favorite thing at Sea world was the Shamu show. She loved all the fish and the whales and sharks. There wasn't enough time in the day to see everything, but we tried to see as much as possible. Thank you Alexander and Dannica for your hospitality and for showing us such a wonderful time. We had so much fun and can't wait to do it again. Ally had so much fun with all the kids and their two dogs, Lex and Mo. Thank you again. We love you guys

Mother's Day......

Momma and Ally...........................

Pat with one of her Mother's Day gifts.

Ally making friends with Brinkley... She loves to share

Austin, Cody and Ally......

Talk about Bed-Head... The girls in the morning

This past week we had a little visitor, Austin... Skye's daughter come stay with us for a couple of days. The girls got a long great, it was so fun to have her here.

Saturday we went to BrickOven for lunch for Pat's Mother's day. It Kellie made Pat a quilt with all the grand kids' hand prints on it. It turned out really nice. Then we went over to Blayne and Pat's house and Ally got a chance to play a little more with the cousins. She had a ball outside. She loves to share her treats with Kramer and Newman and Brinkley made a new friend, because Ally shared all of her treats with him. She loves dogs and really took a liking to Brinkley.

I just want to say for the record, that I am the luckiest mother. I have such a wonderful family with Kramer and Newman and Ally and Cody, And of course extended family. I hope that all of you have a wonderful Mother's day.

Finally the sun comes out....and we play.....

Our new Infiniti FX35.... We love it....

Ohhhhhh....pretty............. Our new family car

Ally and Kramer playing..... can you tell they like to play together?

Ally, Daddy and Kramer taking advantage of the nice day

Ally and Daddy reading.... Cody reading??? What?

Ummm.. Perfect fit..MTV Cribs Checkout the fridge.. It comes with a baby....Who-Knew.......................

Well this past week had been an eventful one. We turned in our old Infiniti and got a bigger one, because I need a little bit more room. We love it, it is so fun to drive and our whole family i.e. the boys and us can ride together and it is not too big. We have also been trying to take advantage of the sunny warm days. Ally loves the out doors and tries to go out whenever she can. Ally loves to read books, so she and Daddy sat together for a little while reading their books. It is not often you catch Cody with a book so I had to get a picture. Cody and I caught Ally in the fridge the other day, it was such a funny sight to us that I had to post the evidence.

Happy Easter... Ally-Pooh

Ally and her candy necklace

Ally checking out her Easter Basket

Ally's Easter Egg hunt......

This kid isn't spoiled is she.... Ally's Easter gifts and Kramer and Newman's Easter Bunnies

Ally helping herself to an Easter Egg(s)

Ally with Grandma and Brinkley

Ally's Easter gifts from Grandma and Grandpa....

Brittany, Boston and Logan

Dustin, Kellie and Ally...

This Easter Cody, Ally and I went down to Blayne and Pat's house for an Easter Egg hunt and pizza Saturday. Ally had her own Easter basket and she won some neat toys. It was great to see everyone. Brittany and baby Boston were able to make it, along with the boys and Jared. It was so nice to see the baby. He is such a doll.

Easter morning came and Cody had all of Ally's treats and toys all spread out for Ally to play with. I couldn't tell who was more excited, Cody or Ally. We did have a little Easter Egg hunt for her too which was fun. We also dyed eggs, well I did and Ally watched. Cody and I have always wanted to do fun things like that for holidays and now we have a great excuse to act like kids again. It is nice to be able to start family traditions with Ally and Kramer and Newman. The boys weren't left out...they got little white chocolate Easter Bunnies and played with Ally's toys.

Our Dallas Vacation...

Ally taking advantage of the beautiful weather in the pool

Cody and I with Aiden, Chase, Markelle and Ember at the Dallas Arts Festival

Caleen and Ally hanging out.....

Caleen, Ally and Ember playing outside.. Ally trying to get the bubbles

Just one of the girls..... Ally making herself at home in Ember's room....

Ally playing with Ember and her friend

Cody at the Texas Motor Speedway......................

Bret having way too much fun.... at the races....

This past week Cody, Ally and I took a trip to Dallas to visit Bret and Caleen and their family. Here are some pictures of our trip. Thank you so much Christensen family for the great vacation, we had so much fun with you guys. We did a little swimming and we got a chance to go to the Arts Festival in downtown Dallas. Which was fun, lots of different things to look at. I think that Ally had a great time. She was able to roam around their house (supervised of course) and play with Chewy and Otis (their dogs). It is nice now that she is walking/running. She just seems so grown up and independent now that she can just walk out of a room. Kinda sad. Oh well. All the kids had a great time with her and just loved to play with her. It was nice to see her interact with other kids so well. She is so fascinated by them and loves to watch them whenever we are out and about. Cody and his older brother Bret got tickets to the Texas Motor Speed Way for NASCAR. Talk about redneck heaven. They had a lot of fun and came back slightly deaf from the noise, but well worth it I guess. I am down with just watching NASCAR at home with cold beer, my own bathroom, and a great view of the cars. But how can you turn down actually going to an event like that. Well I am going to stop rambling on, I think I am just trying to compensate for my lack of blogging...So by all means enjoy.................

What Ally has been up to....

She never ceases to amaze me, she is absolutely beautiful...maybe I am a little bias

"Look Mommy at what I can do..."

Taking advantage of the warm weather with her favorite toy

"Hmmmm...I wonder if I can fit...OH CRAP mommy caught me."

Ally's first Chocolate chip and M&M pancakes.. She loves to share..

Ally playing/teasing Kramer with treats. What a pair...

I am sorry to all that I haven't posted for awhile. We have been a little busy. Here are some of Ally's latest activities. We have been trying to take advantage of the warm weather. Ally is growing so fast. She is now walking a little here and there and all over the place. I swear sometimes she gets these looks and is thinking "why the hell am I walking when you are perfectly able to carry me! Ummmm Hellllooo...." Just kidding. She does get the most fascinating looks on her face. But she is such a character and very entertaining. We are so very lucky. This past week she was able to see the newest little edition to the Christensen Clan. Little Boston Heal, who I have to say is so adorable!! Both baby and mom are doing well I have to report. Congrats Brittany, Jared, Brock, Logan and Dallin. OK well enjoy. Love to all our friends and family, and sorry I have been slacking.