lil bit of summer in january!

it was a nice, mild, warm, sunnny day in ...january!

and since it was MLK we decided to enjoy the day at the beach with some skating and some surf and some good food!

bear was SO excited to go to the beach today

and so excited to skate!

bear followin the mama
bear hitchin a ride on mama's board

bear hitchin a ride on papa's board

bear skatin...

climbing the sand!

bear catchin a wave!?

papa n bear

beach bum bear

i think thats papa on the very far left

bear and papa

cant forget to stop and grab a bite at taco surf

bear knocked out right away! he had a blast!

so thankful for a fun family beach day!

updates

booo so ive been a bad blogger lately.

guess im not gonna get all the pix posted from christmas, etc.

but i will say that one of my favorite gifts i got was the "30day shred" with jillian michaels.

best gift i got tony- an 8ft board that bear and i will be able to enjoy too & also that i got him the "right" quiksilver tees and he doesnt have to exchange them!

bear got a bunch of cool things especially from all the fam.

he loves all his new Cars toddler bedding and quilted blanket that great nana made him.

bear talks more than ever- and in loooong complete sentences. it cracks me some of the things he says. a fav lately:

papa was tucking him in bed and bear said to him, "taylor and peyton are my sisters. i love them."

also he said this:

while putting jammies on bear i said, "do you love me?" and he responded with, "no. i love peyton and i love taylor!" and i said, "what about me?" and he said, "ok. calm down!"

and he's recalling lots of memories and talking about them saying, "remember when......"

so cute

he's also bee very naughty lately.

he isnt listening right away and ends up on time-out and/or getting a spank!

when bear and peyton are together they are TROUBLE!

he's still in preschool and enjoying it.

mama's still working. feeling very blessed. love the school i work at.

i also started the 30day shred. im on week 2 day 2 and i feel great!

annnnnd i love that a bunch of friends are joining in on the 30day shred trend! =)

pretty same old otherwise =)

a little bit of christmas... more to come=)

this holiday season was filled with lots of fun and blessings!

we spent christmas eve at TWO family parties just like every year.

first we had dinner with the shipcott crew and then we had the traditional party-til-midnite with my side of the family- which consisted of my dads "entertainment" with magic, a puppet (which bear was afraid of), some singing, white elephant, and the big gift exchange at midnight!

then on christmas morning the mason family opened gifts

then headed over to tonys parents house for brunch and more gifts then back again later for dinner-tamales and posole!

the martinez family got bear a learning drum set.

bear was super duper happy and absolutely loves it!

and bear also loves this:

he got spoiled with all new Cars bedding and pillows, jammies and even a homemade "rag" quilt from great nana lynda!
there was soooo much that we all got spoiled with and we are so thankful!

(hopefully i get around to posting more pix from the parties!)

christmas card 2010

(dont mind the crookedness of my scanning!)

Merry Christmas!

Love the Mason's

sliding head first

took bear to the park this afternoon

and he thoroughly enjoyed himself going head first down all the tunnel slides!

then he had some lunch and he biked while i skated

then headed home for his nap!

more christmas cookie exchange pix

borrowed these pix from yoli!

yup- that good!

see, told ya i was in the "baker" category!
erin (sarah's co-worker), sarah, nikki, me

all the ladies!

great night of fellowship, fun and cookies!

oh christmas!

we got our christmas tree up early! we had fun decorating the tree together and putting up lights around the house! yay to the blue theme again =)

mama also went to the christmas cookie exchange at church.

she "competed" in the "bakers" category and took 3rd place in taste!

(thanks nicole for a great recipe!)

chocolate chip hazelnut toffee cookies:

mama also made the cookie tier. it was 3 layers of a festive blue snowflake platter stacked on christmas martini glasses and hot glued together =)

turkey 2010

so much to be thankful for

like these little kiddos....

we spent lunch with mama's side of the family then

headed over to uncle erik's for dinner for papa's side of the family.

~gobble-gobble~

peyton peyton X2

this little monkey turned two!

celebrated with a little family party complete with several diff cpk pizzas, salads and yess- their red velvet cake! yum!

~happy birthday~

first-time bowling!

today we got to hang out with the Knicks for lunch at a hawaiian bbq place. here's bear and hannie trying to hold hands! they're betrothed to one another tee hee hee!

bear LOVED his first time bowling! he even bowled a 67! we all had a great time!

disney fun!

We all decided to spend some midweek time at DisneyLand this week!

Gpa & Gma took bear around lunch time and then papa, mama and auntie jessie all met them afterwards. (thank you auntie jessie and her friend for letting us in!)

bear was able to enjoy time with the grandparents and mama & papa were able to ride lots of big kid rides with super short lines!

bear loved the rides and he loved meeting the characters too!

we also stayed for the fireworks show and the snow-falling on Main Street!

Bear also got spoiled with his own Woody toy with the string in the back!

Cant wait to go back again and hang out in California Adventure =)

crayons

while i was getting dressed this morning bear was in his room playing....

the funny things he does:

wow i have been super bad at updating the blog lately.... we are here and doing well! everything is pretty much same-old! bears still in preschool tues/thurs and mama still works in the mornings while papa works full-time! just today baby reagan had eye surgery to remove the cataract in her left eye. it went well... praying for full recovery, etc, among all her other health concerns!

happy halloween 2010

bear had gotten sick on thursday... and thankfully he had gotten better in time to enjoy this little holiday....

he was so excited to wear his costume. i actually let him wear it to target this morning since him and i skipped church just to make sure he wasnt still sick or get anyone else sick....

tada- here's Woody-Bear!

he got to trick-or-treat for the first time at grandma and grandpa's.

then they took him to a few of the houses around the neighborhood...
then we headed to our churches annual harvest fest to play some games and enjoy some candy and to hang out with some friends!
here's little bumble bee hannie (his betrothed! ha!) and her mama- nicole.
bear wouldnt take a pic with them when i asked, but when aunite nicole asked he was more than delighted! plus he was super facinated by her wings!
he did find Jessie and Buzz at the Harvest Fest and he was soo excited!
there was a food booth, game and candy booths, a huge slide and a candy apple walk area
annnd- they had a "photo booth!"
they took group shots and printed our pix right then and there!
good times at ccpv's harvest fest!

tada! meet reagan grace!

little martinez #3 came a little early

at 36 weeks and 3 days...

reagan grace came in at 4lbs 3 oz today

here's mama's first time holding and cuddling her little munchkin!

please keep them in your prayers.... grace will be in NICU for awhile as their monitor her health.

5 year anny!

here's some pix from our little 5 year anny getaway ...

(sorry pix got outta order a little!)

here's our beautiful sunset and just to the right is doheny state beach...

we enjoyed the sunset and cruisin on our skates...
the view from our room....

the resort we were blessed to stay in...

the spacious living area...

awhhh more sunsets...

just enjoying my ride! we wanted to catch a sunset dinner for our anny.....

we found this quaint little place called The Cliffs that over looked the beach and the ocean...

we had a great time celebrating our 5 year anny this weekend. it was our first time leaving the bear.... and for TWO nights! he had a great time with the grandparents and we had a great time at a friends beach timeshare in the capistrano/dana point area! it was such a blessing!

but happy 5 year anny to us!

biking cousins

these past few weeks have just been busy...

with bear being in school...

and with mama working more....

it was nice to have a day off to hang out with bear and peyton.

here they are...

they both kept on down the stairs and around and up the driveway and back down again...

on their bikes

then pushing their lions in shopping carts and lil strollers

they have so much fun together!

happy birthday mom!

here's the birthday mom with her grandkids!

here we all are:

tay, peyton, jino, chris, ches, dad, mom, bear, tony, me and rossy

tonight we celebrated my mom's birthday. it was actually on tuesday though!

anyhow we took her out to Uncle Tims Thai Restaurant in West Covina!

great food and great company, but it's definitely still crazy with a bear and even crazier- a bear with his crazy cousin peyton! ha!

skaaaaattte!

after running some errands and looking for an empty parking we ended up at the Finkbiner Skate Park! well, we actually skated around it then we tried to go in. we made it in and went on a couple little hills, but we were in the way. so we headed back out and bear looked longingly at the skaters. he was mesmerized and wante dto skate like them!

he's definitely getting better! he can pump and push but cant quite get both feet on so that he can cruise.... soon bear soon!
we love to skate together!
good job bear!

la county fair madness! =)

so i must say- our Labor Day was quite laborious!

we decided to venture off to the fair with some family and friends..... and so did a billion other people! the street to get into any parking lot was so backed up that we ended up going back onto the freeway and looping around and north of the fair and we walked... and walked... and walked!

thankfully we got and and our friends got us the $1 tickets!

we ate and walked around a bit more into a few exhibits...

like this dinosaur one- rarr! bear liked it but was also scared. he kept wanting to go back in!

bear, papa and uncle russ
the pirate area!
there was music playing out here and bear LOVED it and kept dancing by the speakers

bear and noah

bear bear

hmmph-- guess us girls forgot to take a pic the whole afternoon!

oh well!

good times with the maese's and the martinez'