Here's Ella's newest cousin Baby Reagan. Reagan was born in December, and is absolutely adorable! We had so much fun seeing her smile while we were in Utah over Valentine's Day. -This one takes a second to load, but is totally worth it...
Friday, February 22, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
She's pointing to her Mommy!
We went to the San Diego Wild Animal Park for President's Day. Ella loves the Zoo, and especially the carousel. I think we rode it about 6 times, and I would have gone again, but Daddy was getting sick of going round and round (Barf). Not me, I'm with Ella and could twirl forever.
It was so fun to watch Ella on the ride and see her looking for me, and it couldn't have been more perfect timing for me to capture this moment of Ella finding her Mommy. (I know I'm an excellent photographer...Ha!) love this picture of Ella.
Whether we are in a school play, playing sports, or simply riding the carousel, we want the people we love to see us and experience part of our joy with them. Fortunately for us, Ella shares these special moments with us everyday, and I crave every minute of it. I love that such a simple thing like going round and round can bring such happiness to her.
It was so fun to watch Ella on the ride and see her looking for me, and it couldn't have been more perfect timing for me to capture this moment of Ella finding her Mommy. (I know I'm an excellent photographer...Ha!) love this picture of Ella.
Whether we are in a school play, playing sports, or simply riding the carousel, we want the people we love to see us and experience part of our joy with them. Fortunately for us, Ella shares these special moments with us everyday, and I crave every minute of it. I love that such a simple thing like going round and round can bring such happiness to her.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Crazy Vreeken Kids over Christmas
I'm the oldest of 7 kids, and we don't all get to be together that often, so over Christmas I relished every moment I had with my siblings. Being the oldest I have always felt a little disconnected as I "left just as they were getting interesting..." (-To quote Papa and Indiana Jones!!)
Christmas Eve we wanted to take some pictures for our brother Luke who is on his mission to Argentina, and what can I say, we got a little crazy! I couldn't pick my favorites as each one brings up a vivid memory of the "poses" we struck. Let's see, there was "Magnum" and "Cold Steel" "Fish Face" "Something Smells" -just to name a few.
Oh, and then Mark had to go and bite my arm -mind you this is when I was in the middle of the 3rd Twlight series book, Ellipse, so I was rather sensitive of Mark pulling an "Edward Cullen" move on my arm! There, I'm so excited. Edward Cullen's name has finally graced my blog....
Well, most of you won't understand these pictures, but for those of you: Mom, Amie, James, Mark, Chelsea, & Kevin who were there and shared this Freakin' Vreeken moment -This one's for you....
Christmas Eve we wanted to take some pictures for our brother Luke who is on his mission to Argentina, and what can I say, we got a little crazy! I couldn't pick my favorites as each one brings up a vivid memory of the "poses" we struck. Let's see, there was "Magnum" and "Cold Steel" "Fish Face" "Something Smells" -just to name a few.
Oh, and then Mark had to go and bite my arm -mind you this is when I was in the middle of the 3rd Twlight series book, Ellipse, so I was rather sensitive of Mark pulling an "Edward Cullen" move on my arm! There, I'm so excited. Edward Cullen's name has finally graced my blog....
Well, most of you won't understand these pictures, but for those of you: Mom, Amie, James, Mark, Chelsea, & Kevin who were there and shared this Freakin' Vreeken moment -This one's for you....
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Pictures of our new house
We moved into our house in Oceanside the week before Thanksgiving, and I had wanted to put a photo montage of our home together for our family that live out of State so they could see our pad. -We have room, so come on over for a visit!
I absolutely love living in Southern California! Most of these pictures were taken in December! I love that we can be in our backyard year-round and that in the middle of "Winter," we have Oranges on our trees! We have lots of fruit trees in the backyard: Orange, Lemon, Tangerine, & Apple. I'm going to plant some Strawberries and a Herb Garden too.
For those of you who have already been to our house or have seen pictures of it, there's a little surprise at the end of it just for you!
I absolutely love living in Southern California! Most of these pictures were taken in December! I love that we can be in our backyard year-round and that in the middle of "Winter," we have Oranges on our trees! We have lots of fruit trees in the backyard: Orange, Lemon, Tangerine, & Apple. I'm going to plant some Strawberries and a Herb Garden too.
For those of you who have already been to our house or have seen pictures of it, there's a little surprise at the end of it just for you!
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Super Bowl Party 2008!!
Look at all that food!
We had some of our friends come over to our house on Sunday for the Big Game and got out all our fun Football themed stuff.
I made chili, a football "kick off cake" and lime Jello that looked like a football field. We had great food, good friends, and a fun game too. Ella slept through most of the game too, so I actually got to watch some of it!! Here are a few pictures I managed to take before we dug in...
Sisters Audition for American Idol!
My sister Amie and I auditioned for American Idol when they were in San Diego in June 2007. We had such a great time waiting in line together, being part of the crowd, and getting an inside view of the audition process (and unfortunately how unfair it is!!) -No golden tickets for us -we didn't even get to see Randy, Paula, or Simon; but we made some great memories, and took a bunch of great pictures.
Our sign was so cool, one of the pictures AI took of us with our sign was posted as the lead photo on MSN.com leading up to the Season Premier!! It was fun to have friends call saying they saw our picture on the internet. That same photo was picked up in the LA Times the Sunday before the Season started, with our great photo!
So I guess we are famous! -Even if no one but our friends know who we are... :)
Our sign was so cool, one of the pictures AI took of us with our sign was posted as the lead photo on MSN.com leading up to the Season Premier!! It was fun to have friends call saying they saw our picture on the internet. That same photo was picked up in the LA Times the Sunday before the Season started, with our great photo!
So I guess we are famous! -Even if no one but our friends know who we are... :)
4th of July Photo Montage with Brandon's Family
Here's a link to my onetruemedia site where you can view a video slide show of Brandon's family and our trip last 4th of July.
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