...february pics, p.f. changs & a mushroom!

here are a bunch of fun pictures i took in february. enjoy!

yummy...we love spit up on the carpet...thankfully she rarely spits up anymore!

so i have a great story to tell you all. back in december our life group decided to go to p.f. changs for a special birthday dinner to celebrate deAuna and tim. trent made reservations weeks in advance and we decided to bring paige along since the only babysitters we could come up with would be at the dinner festivities. unfortunately when we got there the restaurant informed us that all large parties have to sit on the patio (this is december folks- we are talking cold). of course they failed to mention this when trent made the reservation...not good. the girls were dressed up (a few in dresses) and paige was with us (and only four months old), the metal chairs were so cold that we were borrowing our husbands coats to sit on and of course the heat lamp over us was broken- so that was special too. we had fun- but it was less than ideal. josh decided to call p.f. changs the next day and let them know what had happened. the regional manager apologized and felt so bad about it that he made us reservations to come back and to get a $200 credit towards our bill....sweet. so in february we went back- had an awesome free meal, inside the restaurant and enjoyed another evening with some of our favorite people. now that is good customer service if you ask me!

ashley & adam

tokunbo & tim

this makes pumping worth it!

josh & katrina

trent & deAuna

here is a gross mushroom thing we found in our yard...we have no idea what it is but think it must be in the fungus/fungi category... it was the size of a very large pie. yuck!

merry christmas, life group, elephants on parade, and a visit from the trempers...

Merry Christmas Everyone!

i hope that you all enjoy your holiday...as we celebrate Christ's birth i am reminded of all that i am thankful for. we have been blessed this year with circumstances and blessings that have been perfectly orchestrated by our loving heavenly Father. God prepared a wonderful place for us in fresno and we are grateful for aaron's job, a wonderful new house, great new friends who we have come to love and of course paige (the most wonderful christmas gift of all)! as i look at all of our christmas cards i am reminded that we are fortunate to have many wonderful extended families, great friends from growing up and amazing friends from college, new friends from our time in orange county and now fresno...we love you all. here are some pictures from the past week...we have more to come as my family left yesterday and aaron's family comes tomorrow!

merry christmas and may you be blessed in the new year!

our life group...we love these guys!

trent, deAuna, tim, tokunbo, me & paige, josh, katrina, adam & ashley
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this was our christmas gift exchange and party (unfortunately aaron was working and paige and i had to miss the walk down christmas tree lane...but it was still fun)!

our fun dinner to celebrate tim and deauna's birthdays!

elephants on parade!thank you ailie for my elephant shirt...i can finally wear it!

we love the trempers...so we were thrilled when we all decided to make it a tradition to get together every december for christmas. they agreed to come here for a few nights and boy did we have fun, fun, fun!

elsie (3), matt, carson (10 months), mishawn, me (auntie lala), paige (16 weeks), aaron (uncle a)

pictures with santa...the girls did great!
elsie loved holding paige...she couldn't get enough of her. at one point aaron said "you can hold her-but she is really hungry..." and this is what happened! aaron said elsie was giggling and saying "she is trying to feed from me uncle a..."

we opened presents together...

elsie loved her ballerina princess story (her name was in the book, along with carson & paige and where she lives...very cool!)

all three girls got a bath together...so fun!

elsie helped me make wrapping paper...she did such a great job!