tana bday

happy birthday tana lynn 3 years old... seriously, party of the year... everyone had so much fun especially when dora came to play.. i was so happy because stella kinda got over dora and has been into the princess until dora came back into her life.. she was her number one fan for sure... she followed her around the whole party and stared at her in amazement.. since then she has asked for dora to come over everyday... we love you tana so much.....

disneyland

jereme and i took the kids to disneyland on a friday night and it was so crowded i couldn't breathe... i am so use to going during the week when no one is there. we struggled to get through the crowds to the princess area.. it was worth it, stella got her face painted and it was very exciting for her... we didn't get to see bell and jasmine considering the wait was 2 hours, who would ever wait that long? then we met up with the rest of my family and ate at the pizza place in downtown disney and it was such a fun night...

hives

this is what happens when your daughter is allergic to amoxicillian... we were so sad for her, it was terrible..

grandma great

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stella and drake love their great grandma so much.. she has such a special bond with them and we love her so much....

my babies

my favorite time of the night.. all clean after their baths, in their pj's and ready for bed....

pebble beach

jereme and i had an amazing time in pebble beach.. we left the kids with oma and and a very needed time away with eachother. we love it at the lodge, our room was over looking the ocean. such a beautiful hotel and the spa was one of my favorites.. we went to bed each night with a crackling fire and woke up to beautiful sunny sky's.. carmel is my new favorite lunch/shopping place, but i definitely did not get enough time there so i will have to go back very soon. until next year...

cousins

stella loves all of her cousins so much...

my little monkey

seriously how cute are these little ladies... we went to abbey's birthday party at ladera ranch dance academy and the little girls had a blast.. i can't wait to start stella in dance class just for the outfits alone.

BEWARE OLD NEWS

k so it has been awhile but today i finally have some time to blog about our fun holidays.. this is for you gls....

boop

miss you megs....

do my kids look alike

having fun at irvine spectrum on the train.. stella and drake were both pooped after a long fun day of shopping and playing...

navy or nash

look at that cute little belly.. we really haven't seen zana at all while she is pregos... i am so excited to see her at the end of feb and see how much her belly has grown.. is it navy or nash inside there? we will have to wait until july to find out, it's going to be a surprise...

merry christmas

this was drake's first christmas and he didn't miss anything.. stella was so excited this year and she got lot's of presents from santa... we always spend the night at my mom's with my sister and her family and my grandma.. we have so much fun together and look forward to it every year..

knotts berry farm

we all bundled up this year, it was so cold... our family really loves being together, can't you tell...

pancake house

our favorite place to eat is the pancake house... we took a couple years off, but i think we are back.. this is such a great way to start off christmas eve and then head to the berry farm...

i am on a blogger break

big boys

so drake is 2 and 1/2 months older than cooper blaine but you would never know because they are almost the same size... drake is 15lbs and cooper is 14lbs.... all i know is cooper must be getting some good milkies from his momma...gotta love it..

sisters

SERIOUSLY could we look any more different?

cold

here we are on a sunday night just enjoying the cold weather... all we were missing was a cup of hot coco...

santa clause

drake and stella love santa clause, can't you tell....

thursday fun day

stella and tana went to the mall to do some christmas shopping...

stopped by to say hello to santa and let him know what they wanted for christmas... stella wants a puppy(stuffed one with a leash) and tana wants patches(her baby doll she lost)....

and then have a fabulous lunch at hot dog on a stick... corn dogs, french fries, and lemonade, it doesn't get any better than that.. by the way tana did not take off her hat the rest of the day... what a fun day, until next time girls...

adult dinner

every year we have a adult christmas dinner to get the holidays started... the dinner was fabulous and the company was even better... until next year brothers and sisters..

isn't she beautiful...

zana and ren came down from arizona to party with the shepard family...

arizona

so we had a fun weekend up in arizona with stella's auntie nana and uncle ren.. we went up with my parents for a pre thanksgiving because zana had to work and i was spending the holiday with my in laws, so we celebrated early with our parents in az.. my mom outdid herself, there is nothing better than your moms cooking and of course her famous chocolate chip cookies.. we love arizona, i am craving a diet coke with fresh lime from sonic (they bring it to your car).... we went there everyday and i am going through with drawls.. ca needs one asap... the weather was great, it just started to cool down a bit.. so ren took jereme duck hunting for the first time and stella walked in the house with a dead duck and of course i freaked out, we are not hunters like the knights.... they also went golfing and we did some shoping, had some great food, and of course saw twilight(loved it). zana had a lot to be grateful this year because she is pregnant (we think we her little girl navy due in july) and they just bought their first home... we are so excited for their family... thanks for such a fun trip.... love you both and see you soon...