About Me

Oslo, Norway
Welcome to my blog! I am a wife and a Mommy of three. We have 2 daughters, Reagan and Hayden and a son, Grasyon. Here I write about our life happenings and try to capture memories the best I can. I hope this helps keep those close to us, in Texas, Iowa, Illinois, and beyond, a little more up to date while we're away. Enjoy!

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Happy 1st Birthday Bradie!


Happy 1st Birthday to one of Reagan's BFF's Bradie! Wish we were there to celebrate your big day. Can't wait to see you in August! We love and miss you!

Dancing/Singing Video

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Cups Lounge

Once Darrin got home from work today we decided to drive to La Jolla for dinner. It seems we never go out to eat, so sometimes just breaking out of the normal routine for dinner is a nice treat. We ended up going to our favorite Mexican restaurant, Mi Casa Su Casa, that place never disappoints. There is never a wait, the service is great, the food is delicious and they have rice & beans with Reagan loves.

After dinner we drove around a little bit looking at the houses, the homes there are beautiful. We drove past the beach, got out for a little bit and then decided to go over and try the cups lounge. We have seen it several times and have always wanted to try it, but we are either too stuffed from dinner or its too crowded. It is the cutest little cupcake "lounge" with tons of wonderful flavored cupcakes and they even have a DJ!


They are also known for their strawberry milk that comes "on tap" and in this cute little glass jug.




Every night they have different flavors to choose from and you can have either a mini or a regular sized cupcake. We decided to get 4 mini ones so we could different flavors. The ones we got were:

Chunky Monkey

Banana-walnut cup filled with chocolate chunks topped with creamy peanut butter frosting

Vanilla Bean (v)

Vanilla cup with creamy vanilla bean frosting

Not-so-Red Velvet

Southern style chocolate buttermilk cup topped with sweet cream cheese frosting

Hoo Hoo

Chocolate cup filled with marshmallow crème topped with chocolate glaze


and they were all SO good!

























Reagan loved it and I can't wait to go back and try different ones!

Friday, June 25, 2010

Flashback Friday/Reagan's First Bikini

The first thing I bought when I found out I was pregnant was this 2 piece pink bikini. I didn't know what we were having yet, but I was out shopping, I saw it and I had to have it. Here I am 2 months pregnant, looking so sick and showing off the swim suit.


And now almost 2 1/2 years later Reagan can wear her first bikini!!



Today Reagan and I house sat for Tache. It was a beautiful day so we just hung out with Nicky in the back yard all afternoon.




Nicky always knows how to make Reagan laugh and Reagan loves being around Nicky. She follows her around where ever she goes, sometimes I think it annoys Nicky but other times she is perfectly fine with it.









"Hi plane"













She also follows Flofy around, "FiFi" and I definitely have to watch her closely. She is getting alot better, she has served alot of time outs at Tache's house for pulling her hair. Now she just likes to chase her around calling her name, "Fifi, Fifi, Fifi!"










We listened to music, one of Reagan's favorite songs came on




and she busted out all her best dance moves.





We had snacks,





and Nicky was teaching Reagan how to swim. Of course, she loved it. She is getting so much better in the water. For the first part of the summer she would cling on to me so tight whenever I would put her in the water, but now she is not near as scared.










All in all it was a GREAT Friday!