Sisi is 3/Gymastics

Balance beam pro

Jump jump jump

Tada!!!!!

Hmm goofing off

Shhh

" OK cousin Lily your cute but seriously gimme back my purse from Grandma

Sadly this is the best picture I could get from a bunch of 3 and unders

Classic




Mmmmm

Post pinata explosion


Whack that thing! Take out all that toddler stress

Still loves the swing just like when she was only a few months *wips tear from eye*

She loves Thomas the train so this is our homemade attemp at a cake. Turned out ok

New Post? Whaaaaat?

Here are sone random pics over the last little.

The random update

Here's a couple thing's I've learned about parenting over the last year

What the heck have we been doing

Well our last post was a long time ago. Since April we have just been doing our thing in Gilroy, and areas around. We have discovered that our favorite beach now is Capitola beach and Sienna's favorite passtime is by far Gilroy Garden's and the kids carousel. Elizabeth is enjoying her work and I am enjoying being a housewife. We had the Deringers down for a visit in May and that was a great time. Tomorrow we are having Tricia, Justin and Hunter for a week and a bit. After they leave a week later we will be in Victoria for a week for a visit and I will be helping at teen camp. We have had fun hanging with our friends here and Sienna really loves hanging with Juliet. We miss all our friends/family and are excited to see them soon. Also we are missing Mom/Grandma up north and hope we can see her sometime soon as well.

This and that, oh ya and some of those too.

Since the last entry weve done a few fun things that perhaps you might like to hear about. If you would not like to hear about them you can skip down to the pictures at the end.....Still there? So weve been hanging out with this really nice couple in the building who have a daughter Sienna's age and a new little 4 week old. They seem really nice and we have a lot in common, she plays tennis and he plays basketball. The one thing he doesn't do is play Halo, so we'll so how close of friends we will actually be. We went on a mom's morning out with the kids to the childrens discovery museum, and yes I went, afterall I am a housewife. It was really fun for the kids and there was tons to do. It was kind of a Science World for little kiddies. We got seasons passes for Gilroy Gardens and have visited there a couple more times. Every time I go to Gilroy Gardens I like it more and more. The park is so more laid back than your normal theme park, there are way less people and it is so nice. It was originally a kind of buchart gardens and the this Bonafante guy incorperated a bunch of attractions in to it. We had our first bbq outside, we are not allowed bbq's so they have bbq pits all over and you use charcoals to cook with. I like to grill this way but sure do miss my propane bbq. We have visited a bunch of parks in the area which are really awsome. Gilroy has earned the most awards in California for it's parks. Other than that we have been just enjoying the spring weather and hanging by the pool. It has been pretty hot here already, the last few days have been in the 90's or 32 degrees. Hope everyone is doing well and we miss all of you. Sienna with her first pair of thongs, sandals that is.

Sienna and Juliet discovering at the Discovery museum

The gurls getting lost in the rock maze

Sienna searching for easter eggs at our Vineyards annual easter egg hunt

Gilly the Garlic at Gilroy Gardens

What have we been up to??

So we've had a busy week with family and fun. Well since our last post we had Elizabeth's parents visit us for a week. It was great to have them here and Elizabeth was sooo happy to have them. The week they came was a pretty nice week weather wise. There were severeal afternoons spent pool side catching some rays and taking a dip. Sienna was sure happy to see G&G, it took her a day but after that she warmed up to them. One of the days we went to Santa Cruz to check out the beach, surf and walk the pier. The highlight of the week for me was my Christmas present from Elizabeth which was tickets to the Warriors Vs Rockets basketball game in Oakland. The Rockets were my favorite team but now I have to cheer for Golden State because we live here. The game went down to the wire and the fans were electric, Elizabeth's Dad was so excited he went streaking across the floor and got tackled by the security.

Of course it was Easter weekend so we went to church, which i won't mention the name of for fear of the pastoral staff catching wind and reading this post. For those that don't know the post I entered about "Football churh" got noticed by the Staff at the church and the whole pastoral staff read it. The pastor told us on the Following Sunday that they were glad we enjoyed it. That was an awkward momment.

Yesterday we bought our Season passes for Gilroy Gardens family theme park and spent a few hours there. It's great for Sienna and would be great for all you family and friends to enjoy if you came down(especially the ones with kiddies) Sienna had fun going on her first mini rollercoaster and got to drive a 67 corvette. Other than that were just having fun doing whatever we want to.

I'm back again

Sorry for the long delay in postages. We have finally got into our house and are settling in quite lovely. We are just loving our new house, there are still a couple of boxes left to unpack but the Kitchen/living room/guest bath are all set up. Our bedroom/ensuite are next on the list. Anyone who saw our Victoria bedroom knows how it was totally neglected but this time we have more room and can be more organized. I personally have been getting great use out of the pool. I tend to spend an hour os so before Elizabeth goes to work laying out catching some rays. Elizabeth likes her new hospital and enjoys the staff a lot. The hospital is well staffed compared to Victoria which creates a good work enviroment. Elizabeth is practicing her Espanol because because one quarter of the patients "No speak English" For a lot of the patients she needs to have a translater present to relay the message. The hospital is small enough that she gets to see all aspects of nursing, there is even some pediatric work which is hard to see. Me and Sienna are having a fun time playing Halo together and watching basketball. I love my time with Sienna she's so funny and makes me laugh all day long. Usually our afternoon consists of going for a long walk/playing in the park and possibly a quick dip in the pool.
We enjoyed having Shane here a couple of weeks ago, and had a good short visit with Ben and Sarah when they were here. Elizabeth got a chance to go to Sarah's baby shower at her parents house which was great. I got to hang out with Ben and some of Sarah's family. I even had my dinner paid for by some 35 year old stranger who turned out to be Sarah's 50 year old Dad(The years have been good to him, and her Mom too) This weekend Elizabeth's parents arrive for spring break(woohoo spring break) Elizabeth is pretty pumped to see her Mommy and Daddy.
We have met a couple in the complex that is about our age and has a girl Sienna's age. They just moved from Arizona for the same reason as us, for the adventure.They are more brave though they just had another baby this week. Anyways my fingers are cramping up so adios amigos. Here are a few pics of our home

Here's a video of Sienna singing and dancing