Look Whooos Turning One!

We had a great time celebrating Dax's first birthday! I still can't believe my baby is one!

The birthday boy with his owl necktie! Thanks Jen Gray:)

The amazing cake that Anne made!

The cake/cupcake table!



One of the many things that Auntie Summer made for the party was this banner!

More decor by Summer

Dax's First Birthday part 2!

The owl Banner that auntie Summer made! We love her!

She also made these table runners for the table outside!

The bounce house

Dax loved opening his presents:)

Gabe finished off the cake before bed!

Happy Fall!

It is Fall in our house! Today's weather is making me so thankful for the change of seasons! I know we don't experience it very drastically in our lovely state of California, but when the weather gets cooler and the leaves change color it reminds me of how amazing our God is!
One of my favorite things about the Fall is decorating!! Growing up, my mom always made our house a home! In the Fall our home was filled with warm decor and wonderful smelling candles! So, every year, I look forward to getting out the special decor my mom has given me over the years and going to Michaels to buy yummy candles!
Happy Fall!

Homeschooling Adventure!

We are officially a homeschooling family. I never would have thought that I would be a homeschooling mom! But this is what the Lord has orchestrated for our family for this year and I am so thankful that He did! Not because it is easy, because it is not. And not because we hate the public school system, because we don't. We simply think it is what is best for our family right now. One of the best things about this homeschooling adventure is the support from our local charter school! Valley Oaks Charter School provides Reese the opportunity to go to school one day a week to take Enrichment classes! This quarter Reese is taking Creepy Crawlers, Campfire Circle, Music and Farm Warriors! Her school is equipped with a farm that has goats, sheep, horses, turkeys, chickens and (her favorite) rabbits. She has wonderful teachers and gets to be in class with many of her friends from church.We are soo thankful for the school and for the privilege of homeschooling her.

Reese's first day of Enrichment classes! She was so excited to go to "real" school and use her princess backpack that her daddy bought her!

In line at Valley Oaks with Jaden and Luke! I am so excited to share all the ways we learn and grow as a family through this experience! Stay tuned:)

Our Summer at the Beach

This summer we spent alot of time at the beach! Gabe was training for US nationals and we decided to rent a place in Orange County so that the family could join him on his training trips! We made many fun memories and got to spend time with dear friends! I am so thankful for the time we had as a family and the many ways God grew us while traveling every week with three children! It was quite an adventure..



Now we are home and I am determined to keep up with my blog. I love reading so many of your blogs and am inspired to keep my own! I cant believe the last time I blogged was when Dax was two weeks old! He is now 11 months:) We have started homeschooling Reese for Kindergarten..so I am sure I will have plenty to blog about that:) I will post more pics of our summer at the beach! hope to see you back here soon:)

Baby Dax ~ 2 weeks!

Saturday morning..just hanging out at home:)

Introducing Daxton James!

Dax's Baby Shower II

My girlfriends in Valencia threw me a wonderful shower at Mimi's cafe! Which gave some of my out of town friends a chance to celebrate Dax's upcoming arrival! Thank you for such a wonderful afternoon! I love you all!

Becky's adorable diaper cake made a beautiful centerpiece!

Dax's Baby Shower

Anne and Jen hosted a beautiful shower for me on Saturday! It was so wonderful to be with friends and church family to celebrate the upcoming arrival of Dax! This beautiful cake was made by Jen and Anne and not only was it beautiful it was delicious too!
I love these girls so much. They made it such a special day!

My beautiful sister in law who is due in Feb with another Woodward boy:) I am so thankful for her. She got me a gorgeous necklace with charms that say my kids names! so special>
Thank you all for a wonderful shower! I am sooo blessed!

Friends!

This is one of my favorite all time pictures! These are children of our very good friends that we are privileged to fellowship with at Grace Bible Church! They joined us this year at the Lake when we went up to visit my parents. It was so fun and we feel so blessed to have such wonderful friends:)

Dax's room!

This weekend Jen and Anne (two of my dear friends) painted my sons room for me! For those of you who don't know... I hate to paint! and these two knew it! So they did it for me! What a blessing. I am so thankful for them! love you girls:)

It Has Been Way Too Long!

Soo sorry for the long neglected blog! Wow, it has been awhile!
Here is a quick look at our Summer:) Enjoy
The Huge Waterslide in our backyard! This was fun, but it broke on 4th of July and we took it back:)
Both kids swam alot this summer and improved so much!
Trips to Pismo were a great break! This time we went with the Karrers:)

Fun Pics!!

Flying Hudson!


He is sooo happy!!

This is their favorite game:)

A sweet moment!! Right after this she picked him up

by the neck and he screamed for help:)

Fight On!!

It has been so long since I have blogged I do not know where to start! USC football is in full swing so here are some pics from the two games we have been to so far! We love going to games and we love watching the Trojans win:)

USC vs. Ohio state! Big game!!





Auntie Summer watched the kids all day so that Gabe and I could spend the day in Santa Monica before the game!! We love Auntie Summer!! Thanks Sum!


The Grays joined us at the game!! They are such wonderful friends and we had a great time!!





Hudson fell asleep like this on the way over to the game!

Fun family day! Gabe swam in the alumni relays and got to see some old friends from his college swimming days and then we headed over and watched the game!