Grandma's House

We are here... finally. What a long flight. It's 8:30 am and we just got to my mom's house. I did not sleep at all on the plane, I am so tired! The nice gentleman next to Rob on the plane offered to move back a seat to the empty seat giving rob his seat and the empty next to him so Kadin could sleep in it. That made things easier. The boys slept for about 3 1/2 hours then were cranky the rest of the hour flight. We got out rental car then drove an hour to Melbourne where my mom and step dad are now living, they recently moved to this new house back in November so this is the first time I have seen or been to it.



Kitchen

Pool Area

Off to Florida!

We are on our way to Florida for 11 days. I am so excited and can't wait to see my family.

Here we are just boarded our flight getting ready for take off.
We are flying at night so the boys can sleep, hopefully it will be easier on us.

Tristan's 2nd Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Tristan's 2nd birthday at his school. I did the Cars theme, made confetti cupcakes, brought Little Ceasers pizza and had a pull string pinyata. Rob was able to come home from work early and join me. It was a lot of fun and Tristan's class mates enjoyed the mini birthday party.

Party Bags

Pinyata

Gathering the candy

More Tutu's

I am on a roll! I love making these tutu's. I made some for Tristan's classroom. The little girls love to play dress up but have no tutu's so I made some for them. They absoutly loved them. I even got some orders from the teachers to make some for their daughters.

Pale yellow and turquoise

White and turquoise

Pale yellow and pink

Green and purple

Memorial Day

Today we set up the pool and bounce house and had some friends over. It was a gloomy day but the sun did come out eventually. We ordered pizza and I made yummy brownies. Thanks everyone for celebrating Memorial Day with us!

Jessie and Adrian (Bear)

Miss Lilly

Sir Tristan

TuTu's

Since Monick showed me how to make tutu's I have been making them like crazy. Here are my first ones I made for my family and friends back in Florida. They are so cute, makes me wish I had a girl to dress up. Looks like I found a new hobby. Thanks Monick!

Apple green and Lavander

Hot pink and black

Light pink and peach

Mulit color lavander, light pink, peach and Apple green

March of Dimes Walk-a-thon

Today Tristan's school had a March of Dimes walk-a thon. I went to take some pictures and had a great time. The kids all made classroom signs with hand prints and foot prints.They walked through the play yards and classrooms and made about 3 laps. They even decorated the baby cribs and pushed the babies in them. Tristan raised $150.00 dollars. Thank you everyone for your help and donations.

The Ballanger's

Today I had the opportunity to photograph Holly, Nicholas and baby Karly. Karly was 1 month old today and very hungry so I was not able to get many shots of her. We are planning another photo shoot soon so look back for some more photos of the Ballanger's.

On my way over I stopped to pick up dinner for the family, lasagna, garlic bread, fruit and salad. I even picked up a ball for Nicholas, which he loved playing with.

Nicholas with his new ball

Mommy and Karly

Karly napping

Karly sitting on mommy's lap

Moms Night Out

Tonight I went out with the ladies. Monick met me at my house then we drove over to Brandie's house to pick her and Jill up. We went down town Long Beach to Wasabi's for dinner then Mai Tai's for drinks. It was nice to get out and have some fun.

Mosqueda Family Photo Shoot

Today I went to the beach to take some photos for the family that lives next door to us. Vanessa also babysits for us. I have to be honest that these are my best photos I have ever taken. I am finally getting comfortable with the new lens I got for my birthday back in November. These pictures were taken for their mom for Mothers day. When she looked at them she started crying she loved them so much. That made me feel great!

One big happy family!

Vanessa and little brother Daniel

Christina, Mike and Vanessa

Photography Blog

I want to do more photography as a profession than a hobby. So I have created a photography blog where I can post my photo sessions. I want to get the word out and start booking some photo sessions. Here's my info let me know if you want some photos taken or know of someone that does. http://jdavisphotography.blogspot.com/ or jdavis.photography@yahoo.com
Thanks a bunch!

Boys in TuTu's

I finished 2 of the tutu's I am making. The boys have had their eyes on them so I let them try them on. They would make adorable little ballerinas. Rob did not think so he was mad and said "BOYS ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO WEAR TUTU"S"!!! I think they look cute and they loved parading around the house in them.

Making TuTu's

Today Monick and Lilly came over. Monick was here to help show me how to make tutu's. It was so easy and now I have a new hobby. I can wait to show them off when I go to Florida, I am making these for gifts for my Friend's daughters and cousin's daughters. Thank you Monick for showing me how to make these adorable tutu. I will post some more pictures once they are all complete.Lilly and Kadin kept playing in the chair. Tristan was at school.

Las Vegas

We had a GREAT time in Vegas. It was non stop partying from the time we landed to the time we left. Actually the party started in the airport bar while we were waiting to leave LAX, our flight was only 35 minutes. I must say there are some crazy people in Vegas.

We stayed at the Flamingo Hotel, I wouldn't stay there again, nice but old. Friday night we partied till 3am. Saturday got up went to the wedding, nice ceremony at the Imperial Place. Then headed to the reserved bungalows at the flamingo hotel for a lot more drinking and partying. Laura and I left around 3pm to get massages, it was so nice to be pampered, loved it! We even saw Marie Osmond signing dolls from her doll collection. Then Saturday night we walked the strip going through all the different casinos. We gambled a lot and everyone went on the roller coaster at Ny, Ny except Liz and I. I was too scared and Liz is pregnant. We watched this awesome water light show in front of the Bellagio hotel.

Talk about a small world, so as we are sitting in the Imperial Palace waiting for the wedding ceremony to start there is this girl sitting across the way from me. She looks so familiar to me like I've known her from somewhere and I can't stop looking at her trying to figure out how I know her. I told Robert and Laura I know that girl. So once we got to the bungalows I asked Casey who the girl was, (she was sitting on the brides side so Casey must know her.) Her name is Megan and she is from Florida. OMG!!!!! Megan came up and instantly we knew each other. We went to Jr. high school together in Florida, De Laura Jr. High. It was so great to see her and catch up. Turns out she lives in Long Beach with her Fiance and knows Casey because Casey is a hair stylist and Megan use to get her hair done by Casey before Casey moved to Vegas. Talk about a small world.

Packing

Today we are leaving for Las Vegas. Robert's friend Patrick is getting married to Kasey this weekend. This will be my actual "first" time to vegas. I went once when I was 13 and another time 5 years ago for a business trip, I didn't get to do anything but business meetings and seminars. I was starting to pack and Kadin was playing in my suit case. I think he wanted to go with us, sorry not this time. This is the first time we will be away from the boys. Robert's mom will be staying at our house for the weekend to watch them. Thank you Grandma Sharlene.