A perfect tea party for Tae.......

My baby girl turned one and I cant believe it has already been a year. I feel like she was just born but I feel like she has been with me forever too. She is my angel and always will be. She is the sweetest girl in the world and has been the easiest and I mean EASIEST baby, but I'm sad to say now that she is one she has decided to have an opinion about things. I guess it had to happen sometime........ Tae has the best little personality, she loves to try to do whatever Jax does. She LOVES her monkey. Pink and white frosted animal cookies and grapes are her favorite treats. She is about to walk ANY second. She took 4 steps yesterday. But she can crawl crazy fast so i guess why walk?? She is always talking but her only real words so far are mama, dada, jax (my favorite), doggie, papa, bye bye, nana, uh-oh, baba and baby. She loves to try to sing to her lullabies, she loves baths, swimming, elmo, swinging and she is obsessed with shoes. Her eyes are magical and her little voice is my favorite thing in the whole world...........

So we had the perfect little tea party for Tae in the backyard. As you all know I love to throw parties so of coarse I had to go all out for my baby girls first birthday! We had cupcakes and cookies. And the yummiest donuts in the world from Beyond Glaze. Tae had the most perfect birthday cake made by Nat. I made the tissue paper balls, and found all the tea cups and saucers at DI and some were from Cree that she had gotten from a hotel. The tablecloths Suzi bought for me at a consignment store in St. George. It turned out perfect but the best part was all the close friends and family we had to share it with. Tae loved it!

Around here....

I have been crazy busy with house/yard projects this spring. So here are some of the pics of what I have accomplished so far that I promised you all. There is still more to do but for now I am taking a break for the summer and you will find me on the boat........Our yard was completely dead when we moved in so we have been needing to landscape it forever and I FINALLY got it together and started this year. Thanks to tips from Anne and some help from the Nursery down the street this is what I did. I don't know how I feel about this yard business. For me it is way overwhelming and expensive but when it is done it is so nice to have the beautiful flowers, trees and plants. The problem is that is never done cuz you have to constantly maintain. I seriously don't know how people do this!

I have NO idea what am doing but hopefully each year it will get better............

P.S.- Ignore the weeds. I took this before we weeded!

My favorite project was the patio. I had a blast combining all my favorite things I found and now its totally me. Obviously there is still more I want to do but we are loving lounging outside on the warm quiet nights or enjoying Sunday morning breakfast in the sun. Its the best.......

Blake got this play set for Jax and He loves it! And I love it cuz he plays out there for hours!

Here are our dinky trees we are so proud of that we planted. Yes Seattle, we have to PLANT trees. I thought they were so cool until I went back to Seattle and realized they are sticks. But someday they will be big. Hopefully........

Blake planted these little trees around the rock wall and I planted these rock plants which are growing quite nicely. I am hoping they will get big enough to catch all the mud and dirt and keep it from falling.

Here is my little garden I am SO proud of. Thanks to Wade I learned what to plant and how to do it. I hope I did it right..... I guess we will see. In this little one I planted 5 different kinds of tomatoes, peppers, basil, sage and oregano. And in other corners of the yard I planted lettuce, spinach, zucchini, squash, cantaloupe, watermelon, strawberries, raspberries and cucumbers.

I'll let you know how it goes.........

I painted the little bathroom by the kitchen

Put this little bench and table in my entry way

And I never showed you the picture that I found for Tae's room at the street fair in Palm Springs! I am OBSESSED with it and it goes perfectly in her little room.

I painted my bar stools that I was sick of and got chair pads. (they used to just be black.)

And I finally got these glasses and pitchers with the blue rims. I have been in love with them since the 7th grade. Lame I know...... but they make me feel like I am on vacation...........

Sooooo after posting all these pics of what I have been doing I think I just realized I am kind of into blue right now. It took looking at these pics for me to realize that!!!!

Some Oldies.........

I have been scanning some old pics to make a book for my mom and I have found SO many old pics I LOVE. I love pictures so much because they capture some of the best moments of your life and can take you back to memories you may have forgotten.

I couldn't post them all but here are some of my favorites or ones that triggered some of my best memories so far..............

We grew up going to clam beach in Humboldt county.

I have sooooo many memories there.

I loved when Papa, Uncle Roger and my Dad would go fishing and clean the fish in Papa's backyard

This camping trip is probably my first memory. I have so many flashbacks of this camping trip and sleeping in the back of the bronco with my mom and dad.

I have always LOVED my dolls......obviously

I remember how happy I was when Jen was born.

I remember singing King of the Road, Alice's restaurant and Puff the Magic Dragon with my Dad while he played his guitar.

I have countless memories with Jess and Lee in Grandma and Papa's backyard.

Me and my basketball hoop.

Anyone who knows Blake and his OBSESSION with Larry Bird will know this shows we were destined for each other.

So many Easter eggs hunts together in Grandma and Papa's backyard.

LOVE the shorts Dad!

My BOMBSHELL of a mom.

I always set up my dolls to have TV parties with me.

Just another day at Clam Beach.

Jen was always my partner in crime

Oscar and Cookie Monster for Halloween. Hilarious.

My mom taught jazzersize and we loved to do her tapes in front of our little tv.

The first time I went to Disneyland and felt the magic. I remember this sooooooo well. I was so happy and this is the day my obsession with Disneyland started!

Just look at my face.

One of my most vivid memories was waiting to go to Disneyland in the hotel.

I just couldn't even wait!

Inseparable sisters