I am a slacker!

Well, it has been a bit busy...blah...blah...blah...aren't we all! That is just a great adage for being too lazy to post anything in almost three months...ha! Anyway, a lot has gone on...we've had a great past few months and here are pictures and words to share!

In this picture, I took Seneca to a pumpkin patch...the place was a little run down so needless to say, the only exciting event to capture on camera was her playing on the playground.

Our girl LOVES to swing!

We had some great family bonding time with my dad's side of the family....

This is a shot of my Uncle Ira, Cousin Laja and Aunt Lili

Aunt Lili, Me, Mom, and Mamie

A few of the cousins...Me, Stefane, and Laja

Mamie & Papie

Mamie, Me and Seneca....Three generations!

Dad and Seni hiking


While Matt had mid-terms at school, Seni and I escaped to California for a brief visit. I'm sorry I was not able to visit everyone...I promise next time we visit...we will make it happen.

We went to Sea World....

Seni enjoying Mom and Ray's jacuzzi---she LOVES water

Love the water-logged diaper....Uncle Andre and Aunt Pega Joon snuggling with Seni in the morning...

While we were in California we were able to spend some time with Seneca's birth mother Allison and her daughter Emma.

Allison's nephews and Emma along with Seneca

Seneca playing fetch with Figo

Got to love this one

After our brief visit to California...Matt and I went on a HOT date to Las Vegas for the U2 concert! This was AMAZING!!

Jeff, Rob, Jenesse, Me and Matt

We had general admission tickets and we were second row from the cat-walk....so close!

Here is a better shot...I wish he'd pull me up on stage...I was right there! :)


Then Halloween quickly came and we had THE most adorable DUCK you have ever seen! Quack...Quack!

This is us Trick-or-Treating! She loves candy!

Just a fun video of Seneca chasing a cat....

Our family is doing very well! Matt spends a lot of time at school working hard on his studies as well as doing his best to find a job. He has had many interviews so hopefully something will come up soon.

As for me, I LOVE being a mom! Seneca and I go to the park, eat, play, laugh, snuggle, wrestle, read, sing, play in water... you name it we are doing it! In addition to this, I am the Education Committee Chair for the MBA Spouses Association. Our committee hosts about three activities a month so that keeps me pretty busy working with my committee on executing some fun educational events (book club, quilting, parenting class, marital relations class, cooking class, etc.). To keep me sane and physically agile, I teach Yoga 3 days a week. So Life is GREAT!

We Love Seneca SO MUCH! She is such a blessing in our life! We absolutely LOVE the joy she brings to our family.

Thank you for taking the time to read this!

Please take care.

Our baby is 1

We can't believe it! Our baby turned 1 on August 26th! Oh, she is growing up so fast!



We feel so blessed to have Seneca a part of our family. We love her so much! We are so grateful for our Heavenly Father who blessed us with such a wonderful gift!

August 26, 2008

August, 2009

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Seneca is learning how to make all sorts of sounds. One of her favorites is a fish. So we decided to go with a Fish theme for her party.


I made her a fish cake and...

Fish cupcakes

Here is a better shot of her cake.

She is crawling around like a mad-woman...she is FAST!

Mommy and Seni

Our cute little family

Shots of some of our family members who joined in on our party (i'm sorry...i realized i didn't get everyone)

Cousin Gina and Taylor (Angie's son)

Maddie & Brandon (Angie's kids)

Cousin Angie & her husband Kenny and kids

Uncle Rob & Aunt Jenesse

Seni's cousin Adam

Aunt Kristin and Uncle Guy

Alofa (Gina's daughter)

Papa

Cousin Lauren

Seni and the Pinata

Seni with Sauaso (Gina's husband)

Fun excursions in Orem

We've been having some fun while back in Orem. Check it out!

Seni eating pasta!
Rick at his school

Seni mowing the lawn with daddy!

Enjoying the water park with Seni

Seni and I rolling down a hill at Thanksgiving Point

Our Road-Trip Home

We had such a great time this summer in Philadelphia! We were able to explore so much and meet so many wonderful people! Here are some pictures documenting our trip home.

Our first stop was to Harbor Springs, Michigan. This is where Seneca's tribe was hosting their annual pow-wow! This was such an amazing experience for us! Seneca belongs to the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians. Here are some amazing pictures of the regalia.

Seneca's casino!

Our sleeping baby...

We gratefully stopped in Rochester, Minnesota to stay with Matt's cousin Eric and their family. This was a very nice stop before heading to Mount Rushmore. Thanks Bryans!

...then to Crazy Horse

....Yellowstone

Seneca had a hard time sleeping in the car. So, to get her to fall asleep we put up a blanket so she wouldn't be able to see us...well...she is very smart!

She figured how to pull the blanket up...:)

A view from our hotel in Alpine, just south of Jackson Hole

Yummy raspberry shake at Bear Lake

Beautiful shot of us up Ogden Canyon...we're almost home...

We made it home....this is how she sleeps in her crib. So cute!

Snuggles on Camera

Seneca NEVER snuggles! So after church on Sunday she was exhausted because she had missed her morning nap. She fell asleep in the car in less than 10 minutes. So, when we got her out of the car she was very snugly. I love it! So cute!

Date Night!

Matt received the best tickets to last weekends game from work. We were right behind home plate!! So awesome and so much fun! This was our only second date night all summer so we were very excited to have some one-on-one time.

Crab Fries are the BEST!