Life and Times

Beautiful Ivy

2009-04-30T00:25:00.001-07:00

This is my beautiful Ivy-ness:

Great sundays

2009-04-26T19:06:00.000-07:00

I Love these girls with my life. They surprise me every time i see them. I have such a different connection with them both, such different personalities. Olivia Fighting with a bush that kept mussing her hair.MY GOD, I got them at the right moment!!!Ivy Cheeze!!

Beautiful Sundays

2009-04-06T12:53:00.001-07:00

Updates

2009-03-30T20:40:00.001-07:00

-Dan

soon

2009-03-16T15:55:00.001-07:00

I will be posting soon. I just have to get things situated.-Dan

2009-01-04T00:55:00.000-08:00

I have made 2 separate collages for the girls. There are 12 pictures in each collage representing all the months from last year.

New Years Day

2009-01-02T17:58:00.000-08:00

My girls!Ivy is peeking out from behind my jacket.Ivy after I pulled my jacket back.Olivia is playing peek-a-boo with her sister's jacket in the back seat.Olivia checking out the xmas tree.Ivy wrestling me.Ivy chowing down on some Ritz crackers.Ivy was took this picture of me, I turned out red because her finger was on the flash.Ivy Took this picture of Olivia, BY HERSELF! Ivy and Olivia

Christmas Presents

2008-12-25T16:20:00.000-08:00

Here are the girls oping their presents for Christmas:IVY CHEESE!!!Ivy eating apple slices.Olivia enjoying the apple slices too.Olivia is playing with her new Fisher Price purse that sings when you open it and move the yellow and blue zipper on the front. It came with a mirror, keys, a bracelet, lipstick, and play dollar. Ivy got a Disney princess purse that came with a cellphone with a case, 2

Xmas Shopping

2008-12-25T15:14:00.000-08:00

We had to go and do some Xmas shopping at Meadow Wood Mall and Walmart. Here are the pictures from Dec 21st.Ivy had a box in the back seat that was for her new shoes, the box that the toy or present came in is always more fun to play with.A close up of Olivia.Ivy and Olivia playing on a seat in Payless shoe store on Meadow Wood.Pretty Ivy posing while at the shoe store.I gave Olivia a bottle of

AAHHHH!!

2008-12-15T17:21:00.000-08:00

My dad and LeAnn got me a REALLY wonderful xmas present this year! They got me a 10 megapixel camera that does soooooo many things. One of the weird features on this thing, is that I can create 'Time lapse' videos. This camera is really great! Here are the pictures from my dad's house from yesterday (12/14/2008):Olivia playing with the box that her new busy beads toy came in.Grandpa and Ivy on

Validation

2008-12-10T15:06:00.000-08:00

Great little movie I saw on youtube.com that I really like.

Last of November

2008-12-02T19:28:00.000-08:00

The days have gotten significantly shorter, soon there will be snow on the ground, and I cannot wait to take the girls sledding or just to tromp around in the snow. All of that will soon come, most likely not til after Xmas as usual. But we can have fun til then!! These are just pictures that I have taken since Thanksgiving:Olivia at Walmart, eying the cottage cheese.Olivia smiling up at me.Ivy

November, so far...

2008-11-21T20:23:00.000-08:00

My dad decided to have Thanksgiving early, due to my brother Mikey having to go back to his duty station in Texas by the 20th. So on Nov 15th, we drove to his house in the Carson Valley.I have so many pictures from that day, I might make a slide show and post it here soon.Olivia Playing with monster trucks.Ivy playing with a toy and Olivia in the background still playing with monster trucks.Ivy

MOvember

2008-11-05T14:46:00.000-08:00

Click on the picture to donate!Everyone knows that October was Cancer Awareness Month. More specifically, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pink is everywhere, and there are a handful of events every weekend to raise awareness and funds.What does this have to do with November? Well, November is all about the gentlemen. And as gentlemen, “women first” is a motto that was followed even on occasions

Lazy Sundays.

2008-11-04T15:30:00.000-08:00

Just one of those Sundays that we had no agenda, no fun stuff planned for the girls, and it is getting cold outside to go to a park. We went to In-and-Out for Danielle (she was hungry) and the girls were napping in the back. Olivia woke up first while we sat at the 'pink' Scolaries and her and I played while Ivy slept and Danielle ate. with nothing else to do, we headed over to the Meadow Wood

Catching up...

2008-11-04T13:31:00.000-08:00

Wow. A whole week without posting anything for my girls. I was mainly waiting for my dad to send me his pictures from when he came up here for the Home show at the convention center. I was so tired from all the fun we had on Oct 26, but I was not the only one that had an awesome day:Me and Ivy at the Home show.My dad, me, and Ivy making noises into a balloon. Ivy loved looking through the balloon

Not much.

2008-10-26T20:55:00.000-07:00

Thursday we had to go to Whole Foods because Danielle needed to pick up some medicine, she was not feeling to great. Olivia had given her cold to Danielle and Danielle was not doing so well.Olivia came out orange because of my camera settings and the lights in the store.Olivia dropped this box and Ivy picked it up for her. You can see Olivia's hand in the top right wanting the box back.Then we

Updates...

2008-10-21T16:06:00.000-07:00

For some reason last week, my camera on my phone was not taking good pictures. I had to reset the camera on it to factory settings this week. So far it has improved. Maybe I need a digital camera for Christmas. The camera on my phone is good, but takes to long to load up and catch the girls in something cute.The girls just had their birthday's, Oct 13 (Ivy) and Oct 20 (Olivia). Ivy is now 2 and

Olivia the Shopper

2008-10-09T13:42:00.000-07:00

We went to Ross last night because Danielle needed to pick up some jeans and a sweater (Ross was having a sale). Olivia decided to do a little shopping herself.She is checking out the clearance items.She found what she was looking for, Ear Buds!!Now off to find an open register!Just remembered! No cash on me. Daddy, will you buy this for me? Well, daddy does not have any money I guess I will

Olivia

2008-10-07T22:20:00.000-07:00

Since Ivy is off with Grandma in Oregon for the week (I miss her), I get to interact with Olivia. Something has changed in her, she is no longer the indifferent baby I thought she was. NO NO NO, she is a VERY fun baby, a VERY happy baby.I went to watch her during Danielle's PPD Fair here in Reno. She was kinda asleep when I got there. It was cold and she was not having a good time falling asleep

Dad's House PT 2

2008-10-07T22:03:00.001-07:00

These are some on the photos that my dad took with his camera (waiting on the videos):Ivy my little flower girl.Great pictures dad, I need a camera like yours for Christmas.And the flowers that Ivy is holding and that are in her hair, she picked from my dad's garden.Ivy wearing a "Milan" mouse ears that my dad got from Disneyland.

Carson Valley Candy Dance

2008-09-30T15:23:00.000-07:00

The Candy Dance is held in Genoa, NV, which sits right at the base of the Sierra Nevadas 42 miles south of Reno. It is 15 to 20 minutes south of Carson City and it is the 1st settlement in Nevada in 1850. The town was the home to Nevada's first hotel, newspaper and court. It was settled by the Mormons on the Carson pass for a trail from Utah to Sacramento. Every year since 1919 Genoa has held a

Sundays...

2008-09-22T13:35:00.000-07:00

The wind was blowing pretty good Sunday and it was not a day to go to the park or even walk around outside. So we just hung out at home. The girls had never hung out or checked out where I live so everything was new to them.Danielle sent me this picture Saturday morning (Sept 20). Danielle said that Olivia was playing on her high chair for a bit and then Danielle heard nothing from her. she

Lemmons

2008-09-17T21:01:00.001-07:00

Went to Cantina Los Tres Hombres for dinner at the south end of town. Food was really good and the portions were generous. I had the #15, which is the beef enchilada with rice and refried beans. Ivy shared my plate and it was plenty. Here is Olivia devouring a lemon slice, NO reaction. But Ivy reacted!

Last Picnic of the Summer 08

2008-09-15T15:21:00.000-07:00

This was maybe the last picnic of this summer. there might be more, but you never know with Reno/Nevada weather. We went to Wingfield Park like normal because of the river that goes around it. The Truckee River has been made to split and there is a man made island, Wingfield Park.When I caught up with the girls on Sunday, they were taking a nap in the car.Mommy and Ivy wrestling around. Danielle