off to a good start..

 The New Year is starting off great! Heather's bff turned 5 and we got to celebrate with all their friends and then we were invited to another friends ranch to play with the horses =) Heather LOVES horses but has never been to keen on riding.. well that all changed. We are so proud of our little one for facing the challenge like a champ! Our friend Laura's little one who is 3 has grown up around horses and showed H the ropes.. next thing you know they are both up on the horse and taking turns in the arena =)

having some fun while Daddy works on the truck 

they are both ready to go

Heather keeps her own tool box in one of the drawers in Kev's small tool box 

dont worry Daddy.. I got this one =) 

someone was patiently waiting for a treat

how low can you go? This was such a fun bday party!! Zoe and Heather went under the limbo stick together

the kids tried to pull Ryan (Zoe's dad) into the bouncy house

Here she is.. way up on top of Georgie girl. Georgie is an amazingly gentle loving horse

ready to go =) 

Eden and Heather off to find more animals on the ranch to play with 

Adventures are in full force for the new year! what a great way to start the new year 

random fun

just some fun stuff :) 

Heather and her pup =) 

look into my eyes.. you are getting sleepy.. very very sleepy

trying out a feature on my little camera.. 

cousins having some fun

Heather wanted to take my quad for a ride... with the way she's growing it wont be to long before she ride it! yikes!! 

Hannah Holiday Fun

started the Christmas Fun with brunch at Aunt Mary and Uncle Toad's

its always fun to get together and enjoy some good quality family fun! 

found some silly monkeys in a tree...

Heather was looking for Daniel and didnt know he was hiding around the corner =) 

small little break..

I was going to take a picture of my niece and her son when this little cutie jumped in

pooped out! 

they just love playing with trees...

Kevin was playing tag w/ the kiddos

a few of the Hannah Family (Kev's Dad side) 

Heather and her Great Grandpa Jerry 

my beautiful nieces

even Uncle Toad played some tag w/ the kiddos

hope you all have a beautiful and wonderful Christmas! 

We had a great visit with the man in red again this year :) 

at first Heather didnt want to take the picture so we had to scope him out from upstairs then.. it was ON!! she was so excited to go see him!! and we got lucky to because no one was in line =) 

Heather ran right up, jumped on his lap and they chatted for a few minutes

Heather asked if her friends made the good list, asked if they could have what they wanted too and then told him what she would really really really like =) 

what a treat to hang out with Santa!!! 

2012 was a good year for Santa too.. she was really into seeing him

It wasnt always like that though...

there isnt a picture w/ Santa for 2011.. we just said Hi, smiled and went on =) 

2010 = classic!

yes, there must always be that one picture.. priceless!!! the funny thing is that her shirt says I believe in Santa.. I guess that's only from a distance LOL 

2009 she had her pic w/ Santa and pretty much was in different to the man in red I dont have that picture handy but here is our little family for our first Christmas :) 

Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!!! 

My obsessions ...

I have to admit Im totally obsessed with taking pics of my daughter, our pup and the sky.. I just cant help myself! They make me smile and I just want to capture every minute of it since they all change so much so quickly!

my pup is very serious about her log! 

girl on a mission.. she found the perfect shovel for finding treasure!

Im in love with sunsets! 

just amazing

pure happiness!! she loves her plasma car! 

the neighbors were trimming their tree so the pup got a stick (a HUGE one) and the kiddos played soccer .. I cherish the moments when you and just look at your loves having fun with out a care in the world! life is good! 

super crazy the past few weekends between heading to Havasu to see our friends from Germany, Dad visiting and all the fun! As long as fun is in the mix we are happy =) life is good when you can enjoy w/ friends and family

my photog friend was teaching me how to use some features on my camera.. I've been having some fun learning :) 

my pup just loves her logs! balls dont last so she likes her ropes and logs.. good exercise too for her 

I laugh when my mother in law says she's fat.. really? where?? she's playing with birdies.. she just wants to play but for some reason they fly away...

taking care of her thirsty pup..

ready for a road trip

we love AZ! 

and Cali too! =) 

when Kev was a wee little tot he wore this vest from his Dad's trucking co... its now Heather's and she is so excited to wear Daddy's vest (even if its a bit big, but she'll enjoy it just as much as he did) 

love, laughter and a great life..

Happy Halloween

Heather wanted to be Hot Lava Girl this year for Halloween! 

she was not going to change her mind and thankfully she gave me enough notice so I could make her costume... because if you didnt know Hot Lava Girl costumes are not available in stores.. anywhere!!! My creative juices and some research via google.. I was able to create a personalized and unique hot lava girl costume for my little adventurer. (Hot Lava Girl is from the movie.. adventures of shark boy and lava girl) Heather used her lava powers to melt the hearts of the candy givers and got some extra m&m's :) 

Halloween morning they have a trick or treat stroll through the village and Heather even wore her pink wig....

which surprised me because the night before she decided she didnt want to wear the wig so I had to do the last minute store run and get some lava colored gel... its actually really cool stuff and easy to apply and is washable! No pink hands for days or pink smears :) 

2 of our little pumpkins :) 

we are ready for some serious trick or treating now

thankfully there were plenty of treats and no one had to be tricked with hot lava powers 

Halloween is so much fun to dress up and be silly and even some of the scarier houses we visited didnt seem to phase our little adventurer