Beth & Jeff's wedding

Rehearsal dinner at El Cholo:Flower girls waiting to walk down the aisle:

Halloween

Lily and Penny wore costumes that their Nana made them for Halloween this year. These photos were taken on a visit to the pumpkin patch with Grandma Nan and Grandpa Denny. For Halloween evening we met up with some friends in El Segundo for some soup and a walk down their Main Street extravaganza.

Painting

Penny may have put the paint in her mouth before putting it on the paper...
... and those sponges never really were used...
....but they (along with some friends) turned out some great artwork!

Tea party

I was either making or cleaning up breakfast when I noticed that my girls were having a little tea party. A first of many to come. So darn precious!

Rocking

Ball pit at pumpkin festival

Lily insisted on going in the ball pit with the big kids at the pumpkin festival. She REALLY enjoyed watching everyone jump around her - this photo only captures half the smile she had while in the pit.

Forrest Gump

Strollers!

Since Lily enjoyed playing with Hadley's stroller so much while we were in Oregon, Nana bought the girls their own for taking on walks here in LA. Since then, a day has not passed (literally) where we have not taken them out for a spin around the block.

Hadley's boots

Lily brought Penny a little souvenir from PDX - cousin Hadley's hand-me-down coveted pink cowboy boots!

Some more pics from Portland

Returning home from Oregon

Lily and I went to Oregon to surprise Uncle Nate for his birthday. More photos from the visit to come, but here's little Miss pushing her suitcase through LAX on the way home to see Penny.

Soaking in the last bit of summer

A randomly warm weekend in October brought us to the park via bike for a picnic dinner.

Big girl swings!

Special treat

Lily may have been too sick to go to the family Rosh Hashanah party, but not too sick to have a special treat with Grammie. Her first Pinkberry.

Activity Table

I have been looking for some sort of activity table for the girls to draw at. Turns out that everything is either WAY too big or way too expensive. However, I'm also on an organization kick and we recently put in official shelving in our master closet which meant the random media stand came out. Viola! A perfect activity table when coupled with two little step stools.

The Musicers

Back in May, we took the girls up to Northern California for just over a week. Our first stop was to visit Aaron's long time friend, Jason, and his family. We hiked in a massive park just blocks from their home, shared a few great meals, and watched the kids play. It was a great visit and we hope to go back again soon!

Penny's a jokester even at a young age

{slap on hand}

I've been a terrible blogger and I intend on making it up to you. Keep your eyes out for MANY new posts over the next several days!

Swingset in the backyard

Grammie and Papa Ron bought the girls a swing set and it has gotten a LOT of use. They both love it, but Lily especially likes to swing. She gets so giggly when we grab her leg mid-swing and pull her to a stop but then crank her up even higher and let go again.

Happy Easter!

Happy Passover!

Green breakfast

Avocado and green scrambled eggs made with spinach soup. Yum!

Zimmer Museum

To kick off Passover festivities we took Lily and Penny to the Zimmer Children's Museum. The absolute favorite stop was the magnet board at the 'school' - even over the toddler bounce room. The girls could have stayed there for hours. We also spent a fair amount of time in the 'market' buying produce.

Outside

These two sweethearts love being outside. If someone is itching to go out they will find a sweater, carry it to you and repeatedly say 'out' while waving their hand as if saying 'goodbye.' It's adorable.

Cousin Gavin gets baptised

Wearing the Drews family gown as seen here.

The Park with Nana

Nana came to visit at the beginning of April and we spent some of our easy downtime at the park.