Josh and I recently shared our 9th Wedding Anniversary on December 29th 2009. To celebrate he took me to a bed and breakfast downtown Sacramento called the Amber House. We enjoyed just being together in our quiet room sharing our dinner by fire as it poured rain like crazy outside. We had some great friends help with taking care of our kiddos, which did not just entail feeding and housing them...it meant driving them to and from school and from dance class...{we went on a weeknight getaway}...and changing Noah's stinky diapers ;) Thanks, Brooke, Melanie and Marcy

I love being married to my best friend and couldn't think of anyone better to share this life with than him. Knowing I will be next to him for eternity brings a smile to my face...I can't wait to see what the next year holds in store for us.

Here are our Wedding Album Memories

Los Angeles LAKERS

Josh and his Dad...

Cheering on the big boys

Lakers win of course...;)

{Lexi and Noah get to know some of their new toys}

Noah and his new firetruck from uncle Jase and auntie Steph

Lexi and her knew cuddly cheetah snuggle kin from G&G Miles

Shoe-elry

By Bluff NY

Jewelry for your shoes
I saw this on Rachael Ray and I had to share...these are so hot! I want some...they just go on to your shoes or ankle and it accessorizes your favorite shoes! Hoping that this style will catch on soon so they will be more accessible to all.

New Beds

{Lexi and her big girl bed}

{Noah and his big boy bed}

It's been an adjustment for Noah but we can tell bed time has been better then when we put him in his 'jail'...He loves sleeping in the room with Lexi...which was the plan all along until he wouldn't go to sleep as a baby in their room so we moved him into the office/now playroom. It is so much better. It just took us a while to get her thanks to Noah...;)

As for Lexi, she absolutley loves her bed and she rarely comes into our room anymore, which is kinda sad but really good, she was getting too old to be doing that and I only allowed it cause she was my baby girl...We're still looking for the perfect bedspread for her bed but we love love love her sheet set and blamket. We are kinda set on this one from The Land of Nod however I feel if I really was set on it I would've ordered it by now but I haven't yet so I'm still searching...and believe me I have looked everywhere...from Target to Macy's from online sites to PBKids...any ideas, let me know...

As for Josh, he says 'you know what happens in this house when there is an extra bed'...;)

{Our New Years Eve}

We didn't really have anthing official planned just that I knew I was going to Trader Joes to pick up some yummy appetizer type foods to have as our dinner with the kids. Josh was going in to work at 2am so I knew we wouldn't be staying up late but I had dinner covered. While I was there I started buying like everything so I called Tami to see what her and the fam was doing and told her my idea...they were in...they ended up bringing some yummy appetizers too and in just about 4 1/2 hours we had a full party spread...they even brought some party poppers. We made our own little countdown with the kids outside around 8pm and then put all the kids down and played the game Ticket to Ride at their house {I won}...It was a fun and spontaneous evening...my favorite kind...

Went to lunch with my friend Felisa and then came back to my house to let the kids finish playing...{they were trying to play at Chevy's but we started to get funny looks} while we were chatting, the kids were taking pictures and I never knew it until I uploaded them to my pc...these were the best ones...not bad.

{Our wonderful Christmas Season}

Some of my Christmas Spreads

I will miss my Christmas Decor...this was our first year hosting a Christmas here in our home and we had my parents here to help us celebrate. Last year we knew this plan and so we took advantage of some after Christmas sales and then had fun putting it all out this year and then of course I bought a few new treasures here and there to finish every little nook and cranny...I am excited to tear it all down and start our new year but I'm sure the house will seem a little bare for a few days...Good thing C comes in Tuesday...maybe then I will take and post pictures of Lexi and Noah's new bedroom...

Christmas Day~Opening Presents

{Some Favorites}

Dalen & Deveon U.S./Dinosaurs fact books, karate sparring gloves~Dal/karate uniform~Dev, remote control trucks, new shoes, clothes, & jammies, robot bugs, Tri-Ominoes, new lego & knex sets and smencils {fruit smelling pencils}, army toys, new games, phinneas and ferb DS game, big coast guard boat, dragon set, & church portfolio's...

Lexis~ cuddly baby dino's, cuddly tiger cub, zhu zhu pet, mini pets, camera, new shoes, lots of dresses, outfits & matching hair prittys, footed jammies as requested, church purse, a 'liv' doll, mermaid barbie, very first polly pocket & a bike...

Noah~wooden fire station, penguin stuffed animal, chunky cars, more thomas trains, mickey car, wonderpets play boat, new shoes, shopping cart...

Noah and his new train roll and train...

...and his little missionaries

Momma's fancy new purse from daddy...he spied me looking at this one day at Macy's and totally surprised me with it Christmas morning along with a beautiful Natori black satin robe...also got some new jewelry from my mom and some Twilight Saga memorabilia from my Dad a sign that says 'everything is better with SPARKLES' from my BF Tami...and I got me my Steve Madden flats and some new clothes & make-up here and there...;)

Josh got some new clothes including his first pair of TR jeans, a comedy book by Stephen Colbert, some handy work done by my dad around the house {which I benefited from too}

Us and our Tree

Loving Grandma & Grandpa Dubois

Thank you to all our family that sent up gifts for Christmas, we truly appreciated it...Hope to see you for reals next Christmas...