Saturday, January 16, 2016

November 2015

Random pictures of November 2015! 
Recently Aubrey wants to do everything on her own. Brushing her hair, teeth, tries to get dress, and eating. This is what most days look like with yogurt all over her face! 

Aubrey had a special play date in November. Sofia came over to play while her mom and sister were at an appointment. When Sofia got there Aubrey was still asleep. When it was time for Aubrey to wake up she got a special surprise. 
Aubrey wanted to show her all of her toys and how everything worked! Sofia mainly just stood back and watched! 

We had some park dates! 
Mutual activities

On November 6th, Rodan+Fields had a GoNaked day, where everyone was encouraged to go make up free, take a selfie, and post it to social media. With every post, R+F donated money to a charity called BuildOn. 

My makeup free face! I actually haven't worn foundation in over a year! I only wear eye make up now! Thanks to Rodan+Fields Products! 

Aubrey is finally starting to get some hair! I mainly notice it during bath time or when I dry her hair and make it all crazy! She loves looking at herself in the mirror. 
Crazy Hair, Don't Care! 

We went on a Family Date night to Red Lobster. Aubrey and Brad had fun checking out the lobsters in the tank. Aubrey loves animals of all kind. Anything that moves keeps her attention! 
My delicious dinner! Coconut shrimp and mango shrimp skewers! Thank you to the Colecks for the gift card! We loved our night out! 

It is amazing to see Aubrey grow. We are really starting to see how much she understands. One night we were getting ready for bed and I turned to Aubrey and said, "Should we go swimming tomorrow?" and then before we knew it she was running out of her room with her swim suit, swim diaper, and 2 pool rings. She was so excited and was sad when she had to go to bed instead of going to the pool. We had fun the next day though! 

More bath time fun with her growing hair! 

On November 11th aubrey went to her first birthday party! She was ecstatic! Macy is a sweet friend of hers and she was turning 4! We had a fun party at the park! 
Macy's little sister Aly is Aubrey's age! They have so much fun together!
Aubrey loved her princess crown!
So fun to have so many young girls in our ward!
Aubrey loving the swings! We had a fun time! Thank you to the Sheffields! 

I have to take a minute and brag about my wonderful husband! Back in June we both had physicals and blood work done. We were both told to get in better shape and focus on our cholesterol levels. Brad has lost 35 pounds and his cholesterol went down by 60. His doctor was amazed!! We celebrated his weight loss by getting him a new suit for church. He is so handsome! 

More park dates with friends! We love this Fall weather! It is so nice out! This is Aubrey with her friend Lily. I have met a cute group of girls here in town. We call ourselves the K Mom group because all 5 of our names start with K's! 

Aubrey dressing up with her swim gear! She brings her goggles to me and wants me to put them on her! 
We have been so blessed living where we do. There are so many families who donate us baby items, clothes, etc. Since this toy shelf is in the background I just wanted to write this in here... A sweet single mom in our ward gave this awesome toy bin to us! It is perfect in Aubrey's room! We love it! Thank you Eileen!

Aubrey cuddling with Dad during the adult session of Stake Conference.

Aubrey loving and eating her favorite yogurt!

My sweet friend Kristine was preparing to have her baby so Aubrey and I went over to help her put together her nursery and organize all her fun things she received at her shower. We took a brake to play outside and play with their dog Ricki! 
Kristine and Aubrey
Ricki showing us all of her tricks!

Aubrey is starting to find joy in fashion. She LOVES shoes! She recently discovered that she could walk in my shoes. She is pretty talented to be walking in heels!
So pretty Aubrey! 
On Sundays we have been making treats! Aubrey loves to stand on a chair to "help" which normally results to her just eating chocolate chips!
 I love our bonding time! Aubrey is also showing off her apron that Mimi bought her at a craft fair when we were visiting Spokane! 

In November we all go our flu shots! Aubrey loves her pediatrician office! They have cool fossils like at Papa's house!
She was loving this rubber glove balloon I made her while we were waiting for the nurse to come in! 
Thankfully I learned a few tricks of working at the dentist office! Aubrey needs to be entertained at all times! 

We had a wonderful month! More to come is the highlights from my Birthday and Thanksgiving!

Friday, January 15, 2016

Halloween 2015 and LA Temple Trip!!

Halloween 2015 was a big success! Aubrey's dreams came true when she got to dress up as Tinker Bell! "Tink!!" The Tinker Bell movies have been her favorites for months now. She says "Watch TINK" like 20,000 times a day!  
We went to our ward Trunk-or-Treat the night before Halloween! 
I had fun making the costume and she was a pretty good model of it, if I do say so myself! 
I dressed up as Wendy. 
And Brad was Peter Pan! I decorated the car with stars so it looked like we were all flying off to Neverland! We had a blast! 
A couple of Aubrey's friends were fairies too! 




We had a chili and cornbread dinner. After we ate, we played carnival games! 


A couple of our favorite missionaries dressed up as well!
 Elder Culpepper and Elder Burke! 

Aubrey was obsessed with this ghost! Especially when it lit up!

Aubrey got more candy than we knew what to do with!  It is now 4 months later and I think we still have a few pieces left! We had a wonderful night!

On October 31, we went to the temple for a youth temple trip. Brad is now the Young Mens president in our ward, so he got to take some of the young men down to the LA temple. Aubrey and I decided to go for the day as well but we walked around the visitors center while they were in the temple.

We watched Meet the Mormons. It is a great movie and it is also on Netflix if you want to watch it. I highly recommend it!
We then went to the Christ statue! Aubrey loved it! 

She kept saying Jesus, "Jese" It is so sweet to see the spirit in her eyes. 

There is a special spirit there. I just feel my Saviors Love, and I know he is near. 


Aubrey loves water! Probably more than she loves me.... lol just kidding! But she wanted to check out the fountains in front of the temple. 

She was being so reverent by folding her arms.  

And then would clap out of excitement!


We walked around the temple and touched the doors. I hope she is excited to go inside someday!


One of my favorite quotes about going to the temple is when Thomas S. Monson said, "Remember that this day you touched the temple. One day you will go inside!" I hope I can always teach Aubrey the importance of temples and I hope she will realize how much it will bless her life! This is one of my favorite pictures of her! 

We had a great time! 


Later that night we got our costumes on again and went to a few neighbors houses for trick-or-treating. We had a fun time! It is nice having Halloween in California because you don't have to wear a coat! You don't have to worry about covering your costume up! lol

I have to share these cute pictures of our nieces and nephews too in their costumes! 

Shae was Minnie Mouse and Annie was Fancy Nancy.
Grant was a Navy Seal

Quinn was Princess Sofia and Layton was a mermaid. 
Nolan was a Cowboy
Zoey was a Horsey Girl
Brexton was a Jedi, Maci was Ariel, and Brian was a Spider! 

So Fun! I love Halloween! It is even more fun with kids, because we get to be kids again too!