drum roll please…

i hope to never forget…

play time on the patio, in jammies.
{love those santa gifts!}


anywhere you take myla,
she’s going to build a fort…
luckily, this pool provided the space and privacy needed to do so—


{santa brought water bugs = endless hours of fun!}


beautiful kenna with the tweeners favorite choice of beverage,
a virgin-miami-vice.

and every time my iced tea arrived with the splenda tucked under the lime..

{i was smiling}


{water guns from santa,

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blogger deleted kiana’s old blog, since she hadn’t posted anything in over six months.
bummer.
actually, big bummer, because i loved all her little-girl-posts.
that-whole-blogger-deletes-your-blog-thing-is-crap!
{if you ask me.}
so, while we’ve had some free time here in mexico,
miss twelve asked me to help her get a new “more mature” blog design.
i designed a custom header for her, and she’s got the ball rolling… {here}

{go check it out, and leave her a comment, she loves those comments just like her momma!}

i copied this picture from her blog,

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turning eleven, myla-style…

December 30, 2010

on the morning of myla’s birthday,
we had just a couple hours to spend with the bland family before they had to leave for the airport to return home…
{we’re very sad they are gone…}
and in that time, the kids all attacked myla with silly string on the beach –
she was a great sport about it, actually, loved it—


myla was determined to be super-lazy, she found a little cabanna all for herself, and set-up towels for her, kj, and sela – they had some serious itouch time, hidden out, together—


the two beach-side activity directors here put together a little kids sand soccer game for myla.

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my moosey is basking in sunny celebrations for her birthday here in cabo… today.
her requests: she wants to play sand soccer on the beach all day.
then dinner at “the office” which is where the party is at, here in cabo.
earlier this month, we celebrated pink-panther style…take a gander:

{the first invitation i’ve designed in illustrator…ta-da!}

{we played this theme song as the guest arrived, and during pizza time}



moosey has always been a pink panther movie fan.

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christmas day.

December 28, 2010

we had a beautiful christmas here in cabo. we shared the day with good friends, delicious food, and the pacific ocean. i’ve found what i like most about christmas here, it’s that it’s not over. if we were home, i would have already gotten a crazy cleaning bug to take down the tree, super-clean the house and move on…

but here.

oh, we love here.

here, the christmas tree lights are still a-glow, we’re still whistling christmas tunes, and each morning still feels like christmas morning with the toy blizzard that appears.

the season continues.

plus, we know that white stuff will still be there, for months,

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christmas eve…

December 27, 2010

we had enchiladas, clam chowder, mexican steak and cheese quesadillas…

patio-style.


after a beautiful day at the beach,
we visited the bland family to give them their christmas eve gifts…

keeping with this new tradition,
cabo xmas 2010 pro look shorts!


the adorable bland familia—


our familia—

{please note: when i’m truly on vacation there is no make-up and very little effort to do my hair!}

kj’s shorts were mis-sized just a little,
so he put them on for a picture but wore his other christmas jammies all night.

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