denim over denim

I'm kind of a sucker for big pretty ruffles and anything denim/chambray...so you can imagine my excitement when I found this awesome top for a very discounted price! What I like best about this top is that it can really go with any bottoms that I own; blue, black, white or colored denim. Yay for clothes that have an endless options! 

My hair is a totally different story (#bighairdon'tcare). Its in a big top knot bun...which I probably haven't done since the seventh grade and I'm not sure if I can repeat (i have thick hair and get head aches if I have it up for too long). Today was a no hair wash day and I wanted to have it up...just to show off those big ruffle sleeves. :)

Anyways, I hope you like the new direction this blog is heading and have a great week! I'll be busy trying to figure out how to make a princess cake for a special little girl who will be turning 4 this week!!! 

shopping for the littles

i've been on a little shopping frenzy these days buying things for the girls and for me ;) i always love to splurge a little for the girls and get them really nice things once in a while, but overall i am a mixer. I like to mix high and low price items together. I promise you some of the very best things I have ever purchased for my daughters have come from thrift stores (that one time i scored a original made in Italy Missoni knit dress for Sophia for $10.00!) 

But...with summer pretty much here in California and a lot of popsicle drips and outdoor play in our future, I like to buy a lot of inexpensive and playful dresses for them that they can have fun in. 

Old Navy is having a sale right now and I scored some super cute dresses for both the girls yesterday! 

Darling, right?! 

With that all said... go and have a fantastic weekend! 

a new direction

i know its been quite quiet on this blog around here and it isn't because i've decided to completely abandon it and enjoy this nice hot weather here (well, partially) but its because i've been thinking a lot about this blog ever since i read this blog entry. 

i have really loved sharing many many photos of my children and family with you all, but i think its time to limit some personal things that i do share....for the sake of safety. Yes, I will still share some of the things that happen over in our little family...but I want to make sure things are kept to a minimum especially as my girls are growing older. 

So...with all that said I will be continuing this blog but with somewhat of a new direction ;) 

happy mama's day!

Happy Mother's Day!

To all the unconditionally loving, hardworking, self-sacrificing mama's out there, have the most wonderful Mother's day!!! 

Hope you get to do something special for yourself because you truly truly deserve it. 

I am hoping for just a little more sleep from these two girls ;) 

a mini celebration during lunch break

A couple a weeks ago, we finally found out that Mike got his customs brokerage license! We waited almost 2 years since he passed his test to receive this, so we were nearly thrilled!!! I'm so proud of my hubby!! 

He picked up his license and then we went to go celebrate with some good lunch and a random bike ride ;) 

Sophia loved every bit of it! She kept asking us to pedal faster...boy were our legs sore the next day! Zaylee fell asleep towards the end of the bike ride, ha!

It was a beautiful view as we were riding along the beach. We saw this guy with his metal detector and it reminded us of our good ol' trip to SB. ;)

With all the calories we burned from biking...we treated ourselves to some ice cream. 

We had so much fun biking with our girls and hope to become more of a biking family soon. 

Santa Barbara Part 3

Happy Friday everyone! Its been quite a looong week for me and I am thrilled that its Friday and that its finally the month of May! Although I love April with all its birthdays and anniversaries, I always walk away from it full on cake and quite exhausted. We do have one very special birthday to celebrate this month, but its only one birthday and I'm pretty okay with that.

In the meantime...here is the final part of our Santa Barbara trip that I wanted to share with you all. We always make a trip up to San Ysidro Ranch (another place we stayed at during our honeymoon and its also the same place that President Kennedy honeymooned too;)

Its basically a piece of heaven on earth. The whole place is incredibly lush and just purely breathtaking. Every year we come up to have a anniversary dinner at the Plowing Angel restaurant. It was so special to bring the girls this year and have them walk around the grounds with us before dinner. We walked through the magical gardens, picked from their citrus trees and took in this hidden gem. 

^ our little cottage where we stayed at 5 years ago! ^ 

^ i just love this photo! Sophia just ran right into his arms for a hug. Truly a daddy's girl! ^

Isn't this place pure magic?!

some big news and some things we did...

Happy Monday everyone! 

Here are a few things we did this weekend.

Well...I wanted to start off by sharing some big news for our family! 

Over the weekend we went to visit the dirt grounds of where our new house will be built! We are moving! (well, technically not for a while) I am beyond excited and so grateful for this new chapter for us. Its been such a long journey to get to this place and I'll share more on that next time. But, for now...here is a little picture of our dirt lot that we love so much! ;) 

I got to have breakfast with the bestie! And we always wear matching outfits unplanned! Its been like this since high school! ha! I guess great minds think a like :) We are going to start planning un-matching outfits now before we hang out. 

 This girl has been walking everywhere this weekend! And when you need to walk across the room and only have two hands, you use your mouth for help ;) 

The best part of the weekend was spent at our local city's carnival!

We ate food trucks and one yummy funnel cake covered in vanilla ice cream, chocolate, strawberries and bananas. Sophia kept insisting that something smelled but no one else could smell it. lol. that's why she is plugging her nose. 

Games are by far our favorite part of the carnival. Sophia wanted to play every game! Thankfully many of these booths are "everyone win" type of game booths. She was a bit confused when she had to walk away from some game booths empty handed ;)

I'm kind of an undefeated "whack a mole!" game winner ;) 

i won this doll for her ;) 

Sophia felt brave enough to challenge me at the "whack a mole" and beat me! I guess she is the new undefeated champion. ;) 

She won a doll for Zaylee!

And what's a carnival without going on some rides! Luckily she just made the height requirement...her gracious hat helped!:) Poor girl's got her parent's short genes. 

i heard giggles the whole time they were spinning 

Zaylee playing with some more of the prizes we won

And a weekend is never complete without a family run to Costco! 

Have a wonderful week! Make it a great day!