The Coles Characters

Quincey is a Softball Playa!

2010-06-22T14:56:00.000-07:00

Quincey is #8 just like her mama! Their team name was Softball Shorties.

At the tee...she was a pretty good hitter. By the end of the season, the girls were hitting without the tee. Quincey would usually get a hit after the third pitch!

Quincey and her BFF Jaidynn.

She had a great year. It was really fun watching her play softball and really like it. Next year, she will play without the tee and with an actual pitcher. We will see how that goes! While she was playing the field, she would talk to anyone who was on base. Ms. Social!

Presley's Valentine's Day at School

2010-06-22T14:30:00.000-07:00

Too cute! Presley was really excited for her first Valentine's Day party at preschool. She was so excited to make the cards for all her friends at school.

Look what she made to put all her Valentine cards in!

Snack time with her favorite sugar cookies.

So stylish!

Christmas in Mid January

2010-02-06T15:03:00.000-08:00

This year was the in laws year, so we celebrated with my family in the middle of January. You ask why so late? It's because of this gorgeous lady below! She works on the weekends so we had to find a Sunday where she would be available to celebrate with us.

Apparently the markers were a big hit with the girls!

The cute and adorable and lovable Doud family.

Sheesh...always looking through my purse. Get your own!

The cutest Doud...Betsey

The girls among the mess of presents.

Daddy and Presley

Taylor in shock about something...kind of spooky if you ask me.

Our matriarch...with her new grandbaby Betsey

Merry Christmas to you all!

Princess and the Frog

2010-02-06T14:38:00.000-08:00

Misty's mom's club was going to the premiere of Princess and the Frog at the Disney Studios in Burbank so the girls and I tagged along. While we were waiting to get inside the theatre, Mickey was dying to take a picture with all of us!

After the movie, we were able to go and meet all of the princesses...including the newest one, Princess Tiana.

Timaree and Quincey meeting Sleeping Beauty...

In line for Princess Tiana...

Now...POSE!

Quincey asking Ariel where she can find that shell bra of hers...

Next stop...Cinderella. Presley wouldn't take any pictures with the princesses unless I was in them. So...no pictures of Pres...only with Tiana.

I like this one a lot!

The only princesses we didn't stop to take a picture with were Snow White, Pocahontas, and Mulan. Quincey was not happy...seriously...I was princessed out! Plus I got two of my own!! I know...hilarious...

Disneyland with the Aunties

2009-11-27T22:44:00.000-08:00

My cousin Erin came into town for Thanksgiving and wanted to go with the girls to Disneyland. Quincey always has so much fun with Erin.

Enjoying the sucker Erin bought the girls.

Erin bought the girls Mickey Mouse ears for her and the girls.

Erin and her girlfriend Liz. Nice ears Erin!

Cuz's...we are exactly one month apart.

There's my other cousin Taylor. We love Taylor too! We have lots of lunch dates at the Nordstrom Cafe together.

Erin, too excited to be on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

Thanks ladies for the great day and to Erin for spoiling my girls!

Quincey is 6!

2009-11-27T22:16:00.001-08:00

I can't believe Quincey is already 6 years old! She is such a sweet little girl. She is very helpful, she is very compassionate, she is very loving, and she is, overall, just a great girl. Quincey has lots of friends and befriends kids everywhere we go. She is very social!

Every year, Grandma and Quincey share their family birthday party.

The Doud/Coles gals!

Quincey is way into Little Pet Shops so this gift was a big hit!

Happy Birthday to you!

I brought sugar cookies to Quincey's class on her birthday so this is her class walking out to the benches to eat one.

After school, we took Quincey and a couple friends to Disneyland to help her celebrate. Trevor and Jaidynn both have passes. Jaidynn's family also came. It was a great day.

We ate dinner at the Pizza Port. Not too delicious.

Jaidynn's sister Janessa, Quincey, Jaidynn, and Trevor in front of It's a Small World.

Happy Birthday Quincey! We love you!

Presley's Halloween Party and Halloween Evening

2009-11-27T21:37:00.001-08:00

Wonder Woman eating a hearty breakfast before she starts her "wonder"ful day...1st stop: Preschool Party.

Her dad was teaching her how to use her armwrists to block the bullets from her enemies.

So cute!!!

Presley and her good friend Christian...ere...Captain Christian.

Look what I made mom!

Now we come to our she-devil a.k.a. "Red Hot!"

Photo op with Grandma Witch...Presley is a little upset because Minnie is in the house and she is wearing Presley's gear.

Red Hot, Bumble Bee, Optimus Prime, and the culprit...Minnie Mouse!

Grandma Witch almost has Presley happy.

and we are happy again. She came to realize that Minnie was too cute to get mad at!

The Emersons', Startups', and Kirks' joined our family for our annual Chili Night on Halloween. So glad they were all able to make it.

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch

2009-11-27T21:21:00.001-08:00

On our way to our annual pumpkin patch visit with the Emersons! Quincey, Kami, and Presley are excited!

The kiddos...Trevor, Garrett, Kamryn, Presley, and Quincey

Quincey was a little sad because she couldn't get the 50 pound pumpkin...here is a forced smile. We always have a great time going to the pumpkin patch...sure gets you into the festive mood.

Celebration...2 Months Ago

2009-11-27T21:04:00.000-08:00

Thanks ladies for making my birthday a special one! I always have a great time with you gals...missed the others but you guys are more fun than they are anyway...don't tell them! Haha!! You girls are the best...love you!

Joanna, Katrina, and Misty

Firsts for Dance and New Soccer Season

2009-10-02T20:41:00.000-07:00

Presley was ready to start her first day of dance! She wore one of Quincey's leotards. I later bought her a new princess leotard and she was so excited to see it. We got in the car and she asked where her "tar" was and I told her it was in the bag. She looked inside and said, "No it's not! Where's my tar?" Then it dawned on me, she thought I bought her a princess guiTAR! She was not too impressed with the princess leotard!

Cute girls! The girls range in age from 2 to 3 so there is not a whole lot of learning going on. Their teacher teaches them basic ballet steps and then they do follow the leader.

After dance, we had to hurry home and change so Quincey could get ready for her first day of soccer practice.
There are 6 girls on her team...she is one of the older ones...the rest of the girls are 4 years old.

Good job at your first day of practice Quincey! This is her second year playing and seems to really enjoy it..except when it's too hot!

Quincey's Jog-A-Thon

2009-09-12T08:24:00.000-07:00

Getting ready for the run! Quincey's school has an annual jog a thon where the students get sponsors before they run. Whoever gets $30 in sponsors, got a t-shirt. The jog was for 8 minutes around a little track.

I love this picture...Jaidynn, Quincey, and Miraud

Getting ready for her run...her principal is prepping the kids.

Dancing a little before...

Woo Hoo! Look how fast they can run!

Run Quincey Run!

Quincey and her friend Jaidynn after the run.

The principal telling them to give themselves a round of applause.

It was kind of a hot day...okay, real hot!

Way to go Quincey! Great job running!

Quake's Game with Some Great Friends

2009-09-10T23:00:00.000-07:00

Our good friends, the Morse's, were headed to the Quakes game so we decided to join them. Wednesday nights are $1 hot dog night!

Having fun!

Presley, Quincey, and Ethan

Stacey and Ethan

Barry, Maren, and Sean

Cotton candy time...good thing we have a few dentists in the family!

Quincey and Blake were asked by these two Quakes girls if they wanted to dance on the dugouts to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame!"

Good job guys!

It was a fun and relaxing night! Thanks Morse's for the great time and great company!

Quincey's First Day of School

2009-09-10T13:23:00.000-07:00

Here is Quincey on first day of school! She was so excited; not one tear was shed! I didn't cry because she was so excited and not scared.

Good job taking the picture Presley! Quincey is in afternoon kindergarten which starts as 10:30...so nice!

My little girl getting so big!

Walking into her classroom following her now friend, Jaidynn!

See...no crying!

She was excited to take Quincey to school...she kept saying how she was going to start preschool soon!

Looking ready to start her first day of kinder!

Her teacher, Mrs. Esquibel, gave the kids her business card and then the kids had to give it to their parents and kiss us good bye! Quincey quickly gave it to me, gave me a kiss, and was on her way back to the rug. She was so excited! I believe I had to remind her to kiss me!

Awww!!

Quincey and her class. Since this was a couple months ago, her friends at school now are Jaidynn, Brooklyn, Evelyn, Leilani, and Rachel.

Fourth of July in Balboa

2009-09-10T12:37:00.001-07:00

I know...I am pretty pathetic that I am just now blogging the 4th! Pretty normal for me to be behind!

So, once again, we mooched off Kevin's sister, Lori, and spent the holiday in Balboa with the Emersons and the Eversons!

The beach we hung out at is right by Lori's house...so peaceful and not crowded!

This poor girl had a mean floatie sunburn...she was sunburn on all her arm except where the floatie was! Her father was in charge of sunscreen...

Quincey, Trevor, and Garrett taking a break from the sun and water.

Our family!

Had to get a picture of who we have been mooching off for the last couple years! There is Lori, Andy, and Kevin. Lori is Kevin's sister and she and her husband are always so gracious in letting our family hang out with them on the 4th!

Daddy and Presley

Dad and Quincey...apparently I am the only one who knows how to use the camera! I did the same thing with the girls but no picture! Oh well...maybe next time, right hun!?

During the boat parade...

Is this foreshadowing of their future life together?

All showered up after a great day at the beach...and dressed very patriotic!

The girly girls!

Trevor sportin' his dad's photographic mishap!

Barry, Aunt Lori, Kevin, Joanna, Linda, and Uncle Andy.

Not a big fan of me in this picture but I loved the loveness it shows of Quincey and I! She is usually loving on her dad like this so I had to get a shot of her with me!

Our annual 4th of July picture!

Cute kiddos!

Aunt Lori gave all the kids a big lollipop that they all pretty much ate up! The evidence was stained blue on their faces!

Joanna's mom, Linda, grandmothering!

Quincey was already asleep before the fireworks show and Presley fell asleep like 2 seconds after it started. Apparently they are not feeling the fireworks show!

We always have a great time on 4th of July with the Emersons! Thanks to them and Aunt Lori and Uncle Andy for letting us mooch off of them!

Vegas with the BF's

2009-08-12T22:41:00.001-07:00

On our way to Vegas with the Emersons. We always have a great time together. Every spring time we normally vacation together with another couple (we missed you Misty and Mark) but it was just us this time. We laid out by the pool, shopped, ate great food, and had great company.

There's Jo Jo!

Mr. Cool at the wheel.

Kevin could not drive fast enough to get to Jimmy Johns! It was good...

He almost got a little upset because when we got there, they were out of the white rolls...the best part of the sandwich...but good thing a delivery of the rolls was a minute away.

So...we got to our rooms and Barry says that he is going to play a joke on Joanna and Kevin with his bathrobe...right as he left, Joanna and Kevin were right there with the same joke planned. Don't ask what the joke was! Ha!

The view of our laying out spot at the pool. The pool was on, I think, the seventh floor. It was way windy our first two days but still warm and really nice.

I thought this picture was pretty cool!

Since Barry knew a lot about the restaurants in Vegas, he picked the two we dined at...here we are at Japanaise in the Mirage. Really good sushi.

Ready to head out on our last night in Vegas...

Our neighbors at home and in Vegas...

This was my second time eating here at Nove...such good Italian food.

Fun Times in Lake Havasu

2009-08-10T21:55:00.000-07:00

On our way to Lake Havasu...had to capture the exciting moments on the road!

What a packed car...

This picture is out of order but I left it here anyway. This is our trailer. The girls loved it. We rented it for 3 nights. It was so worth the money. Presley's bed pushed up is a couch and Quincey's is a table. It was so comfortable. The queen bed was on the other side of the trailer. Quincey cried as the rental place took it away on our last day! That's how much it was loved.

Just getting to our campsite. The girls had a blast just exploring the grounds.

Our first evening in Lake Havasu. Quincey and Presley had a great time playing in the sand.

Mr. WaterSkier

Presley and Kami...T.R.O.U.B.L.E.

Kami loves Quincey and Quincey loves taking care of Kami!

Having fun with daddy in the water...for about 30 seconds!

Barry and Quincey

My girl Kami and me!

Hanging out at the London Bridge getting ready for our yummy snow cones.

Now enjoying our snow cones and diet coke!

My big girl!

Palm Springs with the Girls

2009-08-02T23:56:00.000-07:00

In April, my awesome sister in law, Sara, planned a getaway for the five of us to Palm Springs. Sara was the only one who knew all of us! The rest of us got to know each other on this trip! We had a great time just relaxing by the pool, eating good food, and finishing off our evenings with a little cold stone and golden spoon! Thanks Sara, Jackie, Lindsey, and Kellie! See you next April at the Horizon Hotel!

Our last night together...Sara, Jackie, Lindsey, Kellie, and myself.

Sara and me!

Hanging out with G & G in Carlsbad

2009-05-01T16:14:00.001-07:00

Grandma Sue and Grandpa Dan drove down with their friends, Kim and Brent, to Carlsbad for a week. We drove down there to visit with them and to visit 2 hot spots...the beach and Legoland.

Sue and Dan had access to the local beach so we headed down there for a little bonfire to roast some marshmallows.

Let's move!

Not afraid of the water...at all!

Staying warm with Grandma Sue.

Hanging out at our little bonfire.

"I not cold mommy...I like cold!"

After our little bonfire and water excursion, Quincey and Presley enjoyed a little tub time in the antiquey tub.

The next morning...ready for Legoland!

Waiting to get in Legoland...thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Waiting in line with Grandma Sue and Grandpa Dan.

A girl and her daddy.

Quincey loved this ride...I put this picture out of order but you had to pull yourself up with a rope and when you got to the top, you let go and you slide back down.

Riding in the yellow car...

Presley was finally, well sort of, old enough to ride the cars at Legoland. You had to be 3...we said a little white lie. Quincey told us we were just pretending...not a lie, it's a pretend!

Presley will only wear dresses these days...to compromise in the cold, I had her wear brown pants with her dress!

Grandma Sue and Quincey going around and around on the girls favorite ride...don't know what it's called...it's an airplane that goes around and around...you get it...

My turn with the girls.

That night we went back to the beach. It was so cold but that didn't stop the girls. Presley actually fell in so I had to take her clothes off because she wouldn't leave them on wet and went back out into the water in her panties! Crazy girl...

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma's House

2009-05-01T15:51:00.001-07:00

Ready to start the annual Chocolate Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma's house. Presley is making sure she gets a hard start before Uncle Greg by pinning him to the chair!

I was the photographer as Barry was the video cameraman!

Searching for eggs...

Hurrying so she could get the most eggs in her bucket!

Aunt Sara ready for the egg hunt...she hasn't realized the girls are already filling their buckets up!

Finished!

Look how many I found! Always the winner!

Look how many eggs I found!

The girls love Grandma and her Chocolate Egg Hunt around her house!

Time to dye Easter eggs...Presley's tye dye dress is definitely appropriate for the occasion.

Aunt Sara came out to check on the festivities.

As well as Grandma...eggcelent dying of the eggs girls!

Easter Morning

2009-05-01T15:02:00.000-07:00

I believe the Easter bunny came to our house!

Coming to see what the Easter bunny brought to the girls!Yay!!! Little Pet Shop Pets. They like the Easter Bunny!

Can you spot the silly one?

How about this one?

Cute picture girls.

Ahhhhh-choooo! Family trait...the minute Barry gets into bright sunlight, he sneezes. Quincey has inherited the same trait!

Our annual Easter family picture. I am in my uniform...same white skirt with a spring shirt of some sort.

Happy Easter!

Cutest kids on the cul-de-sac!

I love this picture.

Time for church to celebrate the real meaning of Easter!

Totally Blog Worthy

2009-04-30T15:09:00.001-07:00

Today...at McDonald's...in the playplace...Presley played with Elvis...Elvis meet Presley...Presley meet Elvis...you too shall now fall in love...sorry... no picture of Elvis Presley together...

Arizona Trip...Bachelorette Style

2009-04-10T15:03:00.000-07:00

The girls and I on our way to Arizona! Barry was going to be out of town and Quincey was on spring break so we decided to hit the road! The girls were awesome travelers...they watched movies, slept, apparantly put stickers all over their faces, counted how many butterflies we smashed on the highway, among other things. It was a good time had by all!We're here Mary!
That night Stacy and her girls met up with Mary, myself, and my girls. Stacy, Mary, and myself were roommates in Provo with Stephanie. We missed you Steph!

Cheeeese!

Quincey, Alexa, Presley, and a yummy french fry.

Mary, McKenna, Stacy, and Giselle

Watching a movie in the playroom.

This is Mary's awesome dog Chloe. She's still a baby! She has one brown eye and one blue eye. Very nice dog.

Next stop...cousin Maila's house. The girls were so excited to be here. When we got there, we walked to Jaden's school to pick him up.

I bought these princess press on nails that the girls couldn't wait to put on and then couldn't wait to take them off less than a minute after they put them on! Sheesh!

My little peanut playing by herself. Poor thing...that night she developed croup and couldn't breathe. She would pace and just say, "mommy, I can't breathe." It was terrible. I called Mary, who is a nurse, and asked her what to do. Figures, the night I am having these problems I wouldn't still be at nurse Mary's home! So at midnight I took her to the ER where they diagnosed her with mild to moderate croup. She was a trooper through the chest x-ray and by just laying there on the hospital bed with me. They gave her a steroid and said she would be better by about 8 in the morning. We went back to Ursula and Dustins about 3 am. By morning, she was breathing a lot better. Very scary but so grateful for the nice staff at the ER.

Next stop...Addy's house! Quincey was so excited to see Addy and to stay at her house! The kids had a great time playing with each other!

Maren D. C. and Maren C. D. Maren and I always have a great time together. It was so fun to just hang out and talk and of course, shop together. Maren is such a great friend and mom!

Right before movie night...Quincey was able to take a minute and strike a pose. Umm...kind of looks like a gang sign...don't worry it's not...it's a C for Coles!

The girly girls during movie night watching Bolt.

Maren and her boys...Austin and Tyler. Such cute boys!

Quincey and Presley at an outside mall playground.

Addy and Quincey and a random little girl!

Miss Quince having fun.

Miss Priss in her new little dress...all she wears these days are dresses!

Sunday after church, right before we left...we sure are going to miss this family! We had such a fun time together.

Last stop...revisit to Mary's house! We were supposed to leave Sunday but the girls and I decided to stay a couple more days so we could hang out more with Mary, Stacy, and her girls. Thank goodness Presley was finally feeling better!

Here are Presley and McKenna doing laps in Mary's hallway. They became such great friends. Presley looking at her pretty self after getting makeup advice from the MAC expert Mary!

Mary was very sweet to lend out her eye shadow and brushes to an almost 3 year old!

The new look: eye shadow on the forehead!

We've got SASS, yes we do; we've got SASS; how 'bout you?

The girls and I had such a great time with all of our friends and family. Thanks to you all for being so hospitable and FUN! Love you guys!

A Day at California Adventure

2009-03-03T16:08:00.000-08:00

The week after our rainy day adventure at Disneyland, we met Barry's good friend Aaron and his family at CA Adventure. It was such a nice day. Cute pic guys...keep your eyes on the rink! This is Aaron...very much Aaron...and his cute daughter Aeva. Our families always have a good time together.
Presley was so excited she was finally tall enough to ride the bumper cars...well her pony tail was tall enough!

Having fun on King Triton's Merry Go Round. This was our first time on it.

Getting ready to go really high on the box ride! She loves this ride! Wheeeee!!

Disneyland in the Rain

2009-03-03T15:31:00.000-08:00

Barry's brother Dustin and his wife Ursula, and their two kids, Maila and Jaden, came down to see us a few weeks ago to celebrate Maila's 5th birthday. To celebrate, she wanted to go to Disneyland! Quincey and Maila are the best of friends...too bad they live in Arizona! We always have a great time with Dustin and Ursula. Barry and Dustin with all the kiddos!

Presley took an immediate liking for her Uncle Dustin!

Waiting to go into ride Roger Rabbit...the girls really like this ride. So does everyone else it seems...it is always crowded!

A couple Kodak moments in the rain!

The girls are two peas in a pod! They didn't seem to mind the rain too much...it was too much fun using such cute umbrellas!

Remember my little stinkpot? Well, here she is! She knew I was trying to take a picture of her so she kept covering herself with her umbrella...I finally had to come down to her level and snap one! Got you stinker!!

Quincey and Maila got their faces painted with WATER SOLUBLE paint! They did a good job keeping their faces dry though...it lasted the rest of the evening. We actually left right after they had this done. Thanks Uncle Dustin for my painted face!

We are done! We were all soaked...our feet were drenched; our pants were drenched...not fun. I tried to keep Presley as dry as possible and Ursula held the umbrella over us! Good thing Urs and Dustin went early because by the time we got there in the afternoon it was pouring. Amazingly enough, it was still pretty crowded. We were able to go on a few rides so that was good!

Picnic at Home

2009-03-03T15:23:00.001-08:00

When daddy is traveling, we like to have lots of picnics in the family room while watching a movie. The girls love these little TV trays...Barry and I received those as a wedding gift. Having a picnic makes dinnertime exciting...they will actually eat more!
When daddy IS home, the girls want to sit right by him during dinner. Look at mom's lonely little plate on the right there...Quincey has to sit by me by default!

Comedy Hour

2009-03-03T15:03:00.000-08:00

Joanna and I swapped date nights...they watched our kids one night and we watched theirs another. It worked out great. While the kids were eating dinner, they were cracking some amazingly funny (to them at least) jokes! Barry and I were very much entertained...Great kids!

After dinner the kids enjoyed a great game of Ring Around the Rosey...it got a little rough but no one seemed to be bothered by it!

Quincey Our Photographer

2009-01-21T23:14:00.001-08:00

Watch out Kamee and Tonya! Quincey is quite the camera carrier lately! Here are just a few of her professional shots! Cute toes!

Curly Hair and Straight Hair

2009-01-21T23:08:00.001-08:00

Many people comment on how different heads of hair my girls have. I know that there will come a time when they wish they had each others heads of hair! Am I right, mother of tween girls and teenagers??

Another One Left the Nest!

2009-01-21T22:59:00.000-08:00

Quincey has lost her other bottom front tooth! Uncle Nick was here for the first one and did the dirty work for us...this time we battled it alone! I tried to mess with it but Quincey didn't want me to touch it. Later that night, she just started playing with it and it came out! She was so excited to put it under her pillow and just way excited to have lost another tooth!

But...the tooth fairy needs to remember that $5 doesn't mean the same thing to a 5 year old than it does to um, let's say, her mother! She lost her money!!! That is at least 3 diet cokes worth for her mother! Note to tooth fairy...next time...small change will do!

My Brother Got Hitched!

2008-12-28T22:42:00.000-08:00

Greg and Sara got married in the Newport Beach Temple. They are such a beautiful and happy couple! Love you guys!

Quincey giving some love. As soon as they got close to us, Quincey ran up to them. It was very cute.

The girls waiting for Uncle Greg and Aunt Sara to come out of the temple!

Family Pictures!

Sara with Greg's buddies...Rob, Curtis, Nate, and Mark (the photographer)

Christmas Morning

2008-12-28T22:19:00.000-08:00

This is how we started our Christmas morning!! Presley was grumpy because we had to wake her up and Quincey didn't want to wake up!

I think Quincey was glad she woke up because...

...look what Santa brought for her and Pres!

The girls like their jeeps!

Look what Santa put in our stocking! I wonder why Santa didn't put anything in mommy's stocking? Daddy magically got something in his stocking...I thought I was nicer...

We were so grateful for the rainy, Christmas weather!

Christmas Eve with the Family

2008-12-28T21:57:00.000-08:00

Here we are at our annual Christmas Eve dinner at Northwoods Inn. Growing up my immediate family would go to Bob's Big Boy every Christmas Eve. I always looked forward to that and then we would go see Christmas lights. As the years went on, Grandma joined us and she wasn't too fond of Bob's (plus it was going downhill) so we decided to go to Northwoods because it was close to her home. Grandma passed away but we are still going to Northwoods. But, thumbs down to my crab legs at Northwoods this year...not too good! Oh well, it was a great evening with family...and our newest member Sara!

Grandma and her girls!

Our family in front of mom's Christmas tree.

The girls! My aunt Cathy, Quincey, my new sister in law Sara, my mom, Presley, me, my cousin Erin, and my cousin Taylor.

A girl and her mommy!

Quincey loves her Auntie Erin. Erin is great with my girls. She lives in San Francisco so she doesn't get to hang out with us a whole lot. It was nice seeing her at Christmas.

Christmas on Auntie and Uncle's Sea Cruz

2008-12-28T21:40:00.001-08:00

We go down to Warren and Cathy's boat every Christmas to watch the boat parade. This year we decided to celebrate Cathy and Barry's birthday while we were down there. Here is Grandma meeting us at the entrance of the boat ramp.

Quincey, myself, Cathy, and Taylor

Greg, Sara, Quincey, and Barry

Warren, mom, and Taylor relaxing on the boat before we had dinner.

Our family waiting on the deck of the boat to see the boat parade.

Greg and Sara! They just got married...so awesome! I have a new sis! I will post some pictures of their wedding a few blogs later!

A girl and her mama!

Presley and Uncle Warren enjoying the boat parade.

Thanksgiving in Park City

2008-12-28T20:59:00.000-08:00

We went to Park City to celebrate Thanksgiving with Barry's family this year. We had a great time with all the inlaws and cousins. No snow this year but still chilly for we Californians!

Grandpa Dan and Quincey!

Grandma Sue and the girls!

We had an exciting day on Thanksgiving. While I was getting ready, the smoke alarm went off...and it set off the house alarm and we couldn't get them off for 45 minutes! It was LOUD! When the house alarm went off, it automatically calls the fire department. The turkey got way excited in the oven and leaked into the stove and sent the oven smoking! It was kind of funny...and eventful. We told my mother in law it was going to be a Thanksgiving we will always remember! The turkey was great Sue! So we all took advantage of the fire truck and took pictures with it!

When the firemen got there, they gave the kids plastic fireman hats. They were way excited. This is Quincey and Maila sporting them...

Presley with the sparkling firemen behind her!

My Stinkpot!

2008-11-23T10:32:00.000-08:00

So Presley doesn't like her hair to be done, hence the name "stinkpot." She will finally let me put it in a ponytail...sometimes. It looks so cute with a little bow! I was trying to take a picture of her with her cute pony but she was being a little "stinkpot." But still so cute!

Finally looking at the camera but can't see the cute pony! I know, I know, she is a little too old for the "fire" but what's a mom gonna do!

Quincey's 5th Birthday Party

2008-11-23T10:27:00.001-08:00

We took Quincey and her friends to see Madagascar 2 for her birthday. They had a great time! We brought capri suns and then bought popcorn for all to share! Thanks mom, Barry, Joanna, and Andrea for your help!

The birthday girl with a couple of her girlfriends...Sydney and Sydney!

Quincey getting ready to blow out her candles!

Makin' a Cake

2008-11-23T10:19:00.000-08:00

The girls helped me make a cake for Quincey's birthday party. They always like to help me in the kitchen...especially lick the bowl and beaters...who doesn't?

Say "yes" to licking the beater!

Grandma and Quincey's Family Birthday Party

2008-11-23T10:01:00.001-08:00

The Birthday Girls! We always have a family birthday party for the birthday people. Quincey and my mom share the month of November so we recently had theirs at my house. We had a yummy dinner and they both enjoyed their new presents! Such a cute picture!

A couple of her new gifts...I love her missing tooth smile!

Quincey is way into Bratz this year. I found these sheets and knew she would be so excited. At Sears, they have a Bratz comforter. I am debating on whether to get it or not. That would mean she would now have a Strawberry Shortcake comforter, a cat one, and a flowery one. I've got problems...

Grandma and her girls. Presley has discovered sticking out her tongue at people can get a reaction and now, at the camera, seems to be even funnier!

My aunt Cathy, my brother Greg, and soon to be wifey and sister in law, Sara.

Quincey and Grandma blowing out their candles on their birthday cake. I didn't realize I didn't have any candles but I did have a 2 and 3 which equal 5 so that is what we did. Grandma didn't mind that her age wasn't displayed on the cake!

Halloween 2008

2008-11-22T17:54:00.000-08:00

For the past few years, I have had a Chili party on Halloween. The usual crowd is my mom, my aunt, my cousin, the Emersons, and the Startups. It has been a really nice tradition. We eat chili and then the kids go trick or treating. Growing up my aunt and mom would have a spaghetti dinner and grandma and grandpa would come over to see us, the grandkids, in our costumes. I kept the tradition going but changed the menu! So here is our bunch, the Coles kids, the Emerson kids, the Startup kids, and a couple Startup friends.

Right before our party, almost Dora, spooky Spiderella, Wolverine, Spiderman, and Spider Witch the 3rd, posed for a picture. Presley would not wear her costume but would wear Backpack so she was nice enough to pose half dressed! Kami is Spider Witch the 3rd because Quincey wore this costume and so did Presley! So cute!

Spiderella, you are so scary...Quincey picked this costume out herself. I was kind of excited that she chose something so spooooooky!

Oh Dora, you are so cute. We finally were able to get her to wear her costume so she could go trick or treating but she wouldn't get close to the wig...just like her dad!

Our Spiderella witch and Dora without her sidekick Backpack...

BFF's Forever...Quincey, Timaree, and Trevor

The good bitch, oh oh oh, I mean the good witch. My bad...:) Love you Jo Jo...

Happy Halloween!

Legoland with Cousin Dylan and Cousin Jaxson

2008-11-22T17:20:00.000-08:00

Can you see us?? Nick, Jeannette, and the boys visited us from Tennessee right before Halloween. We drove down to Legoland on a great day. The kids had a great time and it was nice because it wasn't crowded at all. Thanks for hanging with us guys!

Aunt Jeannette and Dylan riding in their jeep...

Uncle Nick and the boys...

Daddy and Quincey in the zebra jeep!

Our fifth time going around and around and around on the airplanes...Presley threw up later that night...hmmm...i wonder why!

Presley and Jaxson with matching "fiers"

Quincey and Dylan had a great time playing together. The didn't fight once!

I've Been Tagged!

2008-10-27T16:13:00.000-07:00

Jeannette tagged me awhile ago so here it goes...

Eight...Eight...Eight

8 TV Shows I Love to Watch

1. Brothers and Sisters
2. So You Think You Can Dance
3. Lipstick Jungle
4. Gangland
5. The Soup
6. Grey's Anatomy
7. American Idol
8. Paula's Home Cooking

8 Things I Am Looking Forward To...

1. Quincey's 5th Birthday
2. Girls dressed up for Halloween...Quincey as Spiderella and Presley as Dora
3. My house to be clean
4. Friday when Barry gets home...he hasn't even left yet!
5. Joanna getting home from work...I hate Mondays!
6. To get cold here
7. Thanksgiving with Barry's family in Park City
8. My brother's wedding in December to Sara!!

8 Things on my Wish List

1. To get pregnant again...and for it to be successful...
2. Trip to NYC
3. For my mom's wrist to back to new again
4. Another girls trip to Vegas
5. Good health always
6. To win the lottery...if we only played...
7. Fewer cars to be parked in front of the Emerson's
8. Date Night

8 Things That Happened to Me Yesterday

1. Got the flu...thanks Nick and Jeannette!
2. Jeannette, Nick, and family went home; we miss you...it was a lot of fun!
3. Slept
4 Watched TV
5. Slept
6. Watched TV
7. was waited on by Barry
8. My girls came in often to check on me

8 Favorite Places to Eat

1. Benihana
2. Del Taco
3. Red Robin
4. Mexican Cafe
5. Rosa Maria's
6. Tom's Tacos
7. Chick Fil A
8. In N Out

8 People I Tag

1. Joanna
2. Stephanie
3. Jessica
4. Katrina
5. Kamee
6. Jen
7. Kathy
8. Deanne

Las Vegas with My Girls

2008-10-27T13:52:00.000-07:00

My pictures are out of order...

Chantal and I after a long day of shopping. We all had such a great time!

We met Mary's sisters and husbands at the Rio Buffet for dinner.

Right before our massages! Thanks for taking the picture Chantal!

Since Barry travels quite a bit to Vegas, he recommended a restaurant called Nove inside the Palms Hotel. It is great Italian food. It is right below the Playboy lounge. When we were done with dinner, the manager asked us if we would like to go up to the lounge...chaw...as Mary would say! I can't post any pictures...they are too scandalous! :)

Chantal, myself, Mary, and Stacy had a great time in Vegas. We ate, shopped, got massages, saw the "O" show, and just had a great time. Chantal, Stacy, and I were college roommates at the same time, and then Mary, Stacy, and myself were roommates after Chantal got married. This is a picture of us inside the lobby of the Venetian where we stayed!

Quincey Lost Her First Tooth!

2008-10-27T13:38:00.000-07:00

Good thing Uncle Nick was in town! He is an oral surgery resident so he has lots of experience pullling teeth. Quincey had a loose tooth and this particular day was bugging it so it became looser so I put Nick in charge! Yay for Uncle Nick!

Quincey made a little squeak while Uncle Nick was getting the tooth out. She is so brave!

Her tooth is out!!

Smiling with her new smile with her cousin Dylan!

Not So Big Shoes to Fill

2008-09-29T22:06:00.000-07:00

Looking good in mama's shoes Quince! I love when she walks around in my shoes...i remember those days, coming home from church and putting my mom's heels on. I would purposely walk on the kitchen floor so I could hear the clanking of the heels. Apparantly I am not so impressed with the clanking anymore since I wore flats to church that day!

Angel the Cat

2008-09-29T21:57:00.000-07:00

This is Angel the Cat. We have had Angel for 5 years...technically our first child! He has been a great cat. He is very social and pretty easygoing except for his indecisiveness behavior at times...and his LOUD meeowwww...i am not kidding sara!! He is 11 years old and makes lots of friends with other cats in the neighborhood...is that weird to blog about your cat?

Quincey is a fan of Angel. She pays attention to him most of the time...she doesn't really like it when he is on her bed with her. He can be on it during the day, but she would prefer if he was off of it at night! She watches out for him when other kids are around. She makes sure he is not being bullied!

Presley likes Angel the Cat. She is very protective of him. She stresses out if we go inside and leave Angel outside. She tries to coax him in the house...doesn't work too well. She gets totally offended if he doesn't follow her also. She is very soft with him, as she is with all animals. Yeah...she's naked in the backyard...so...that is how we roll in the 951...so there...

Princesses on Brant Court

2008-09-11T16:06:00.000-07:00

Kamryn came over for a little while this morning to play with the girls. They had so much fun. Quincey was either the teacher or the mother. The girls actually listened to her...how come they are so obedient for an almost five year old? She told them to sit down and they sat right on Dora!

Bono, is that you?

2008-09-11T15:58:00.000-07:00

This was before our morning walk. Presley needs to be fully accessorized before we go anywhere. She will actually wear these glasses for a long time. What a cutie pie!

Quincey's First Soccer Game

2008-09-11T15:50:00.000-07:00

All ready for her pictures and her first game!

There she goes. Quincey actually scored two goals. I was so proud of her! Barry was bummed he wasn't there...he was out of town or something! :)

Here is Quincey's soccer team...the Madrid Purple Angels. How adorable are they! I was in charge of the banner so Quincey was way excited to show it to her playmates.

Has Anyone Seen My Lipstick?

2008-09-11T15:27:00.000-07:00

Ummm Presley...by chance do you have my lipstick in your control? By the way, nice mustache sweetheart!

2008-09-11T15:23:00.001-07:00

Soccer Time!

2008-08-29T14:30:00.001-07:00

I am now an official SOCCER MOM! I mean, how cute does she look!! She was way excited to get all geared up with her shin guards, cleats, and ball! She is on a team with only 5 girls which is really nice. They are called the Madrid Purple Angels. Quincey is pretty coordinated and can really kick the ball so hopefully she will really like it. She can't believe I used to play! I remember my first game I ever played...I just stood there and held hands with another little girl while the boys were whizzing by me. Showoffs...

Our Trip to Catalina

2008-08-27T15:31:00.000-07:00

We went to Catalina on my Uncle Warren's powerboat. He and my Aunt Cathy were nice enough to have us come on board even with two little cherubs! My mom also came along with my brother and his girlfriend. We had a great time! Here are a few pictures of our getaway.

I am a Blogger...EEK!

2008-08-27T14:53:00.000-07:00

I have succumbed to the blog world...now I can feel good about spying on everyone else's blogs!! So to start things off, we went to Utah in July to visit Barry's parents for a week. We did a lot of fun things during that week especially the children's museum in SLC. I wish I was a kid! They had so many make-belive things to do. The kids could work on a construction site, play house, plant a garden, go grocery shopping, and even be a mail carrier. The girls had a great time. Here are just a few pictures of the girls shopping, playing house, and working construction!