So inspiring... RIP Steve Jobs!!

Vegas Getaway

Dave and I took a trip to Vegas this weekend. It was a great trip filled with R&R, pampering, fun, drinks, gambling, roller coaster,  Cirque shows and of course our friends.  It went by too fast.  Dave is actually staying out there for this coming week on business so it's just me and the girls.

You know me with my random car pics... 

My favorite picture of the night.  

We went with some friends to thier Vodka Locker and has some shots... Some of the yummiest shot ever.  

Member Only club our friend got us into at the top of the hotel.  Amazing view!!!

This was the View of the strip

A trip is not complete without a ride on New York, New York.  Always a good time!!

My princess Halle is now 9! Where does time go?

We celebrated her birthday camping this year with just family and a couple friends.  She had fun and enjoyed it.

Girls Palm Springs getaway

The did our second annual PS getaway the first weekend in August.  It's always nice and relaxing and of course cheap sent we rent a house and split the cost.

My sweet lil' Halle Bear

I rarely get some great shots of Halle because she is always gone at school or busy or just not around when the little girls are.  So I took some time to snap a few shots of her last week.  Big thank you to Gma/Gpa Smith for the school clothes shopping experience.

Good News!!!!

I knew it was about time to get some refreshing news.

#1- Dave has been released back to work full duty.
#2- Katlynn is pretty much fully pee-pee trained and is doing amazing with social skills and friendships.
#3- Halle tested amazingly well on her state testing standards
#4- The girls had their first soccer game yesterday and really did well in it.
#5- Audrie moved up a level in Ballet class.

Things are finally settling in for the Smith family again.  We're planning our vacation next year.  Looks like a 7 day family cruise with friends is in the works.  Not 100% sure yet, but that is the plan.  My old HS is also having a 15 year reunion (I didn't go to the 10th because the twins were just born) and I would really like to go and take the kids back home and to Tx to see some of Dave's family. We would also stop at the Grand Canyon and some other places along the way of we did this trip.  So we're just trying to decide which one.  Both are very appealing.

College is going well for me.  I am enjoying the challenge and the time to myself just absorbing everything and really hoping I can get back on the career path in a couple years. By then the twins will be in 1st grade and I can really focus on what I want to do.

I signed Audrie up for her very first 1-Mile run.  It is called the Tinker Bell Kids Run and is being held at Disneyland in Jan.  She is looking forward to it.  I just might do the 5K also.  Not sure yet.  Looks fun though.

Just trying to get routines going, scheduled managed and life rolling.  Hoping that by this time next year... we in the works of looking for a house.  Aside from the vacation, we're going to try to save as much as we can to pay off the cars and have a decent DP for a new home.  We're looking at Yucaipa,  Rancho, Corona and some other areas of Riverside county.  ultimately, we could like Yucaipa, but the schools are not the best for Katlynn, so that is one of the big things we are concerned about.  The schools out there have decent demographics, but that is about it. I know the kids would make new friends and we have friends who live in the area already.  It would be nice to have some land and a house we can call our own again.

Here's some recent pictures of a trip to the Aquarium, soccer and Misc.

The Twins first year of soccer

We decided to give soccer a shot.  Mainly for Katlynn, but since Audrie's new little BFF is doing it,  of course Audrie wasn't going to miss out. So I am assistant coaching 9 little 4 year olds for the city soccer team.  It's already been quite the experience.