Zani's room

Remember when Alexandra did this to her bedroom wall?
When my mom came out to visit in March she helped me paint Alexandra's room. I picked out a light purple. I was worried that it was going to be too light but it turned out to be the perfect shade. Here is the finished color.
Alexandra pointing out the purple on her walls. She loves it!
Then our neighbors gave us a twin size captains bed. It sat in our garage for almost 2 months because it was so heavy that Tim and I couldn't carry it in the house by ourselves. Our home teachers came to the rescue and helped us move it in a few weeks ago. My mom painted the inserts of the drawers on the bed so they would match the wall. Here is the finished product.
I think it is a cute little girls room!

(Now we need to finish the other projects that we started last year. Hopefully they will get finished by next year.)

Avery update

(Jana requested more pictures of the kids.) Avery is getting so big. She will be 2 the end of August. Crazy! Her hair is long - and I cut about an inch off a month ago. She is definitely a momma's girl. She has great facial expressions too and she will stare you down if she doesn't want you around. (Ask April Jacobs!) She is eating bread sticks and ranch in these pictures. She loves her "dip." Sometimes she ends up eating just ketchup for lunch and leaving the chicken nuggets untouched. She talks - but it is usually mumbled. If you listen carefully you can figure out what she is trying to say. Except for "YEAH" she says that all the time and really loud. She will also take off her diaper whenever she can (so I try and keep pants on her most of the time). She is also learning from her sister and can make a mess quickly and quietly. What a cutie pie she really is.

Cause and Effect

Because Tim did this last Summer in Yosemite:
(Jump into a freezing cold river)

The girls and I got to see this on Saturday:
(At the Pixar studios)
More to come....

P.I.X.A.R. & {Toy Story 3}

So the girls and I got to go to PIXAR studios and see Toy Story 3! We went with Trent Crow and his family (Trent works at Pixar in the shading department. When Tim jumped in the river everyone had to give him something. Trent promised him tickets to see Toy Story 3.) We were all supposed to go but things came up at the last minute. Tim and Caden went to a baseball tournament, and Miles went on a scout hike. So just me and the girls went.
We got to see the movie in 3-D. All I am going to say is that the movie is really good. I may have even shed a tear or 2 at the end. After the movie was over we got to walk around Pixar and see artwork from the movie (we were not allowed to take pictures.)

We also got to see the life size Ken Doll house.

We saw Buzz & Woody made out of legos:

And we got to see some of our favorite Pixar Characters.
Zani's favorite were the "Incredibles"!

It was a fun morning and definitely something you don't get to do on a regular basis.

Lady Antebellum & Tim McGraw Concert

Last night we went to the Lady A. and Tim McGraw Concert at the Shoreline Amphitheater. Teri LOVES Tim McGraw.(that might be an understatement!!)

Tim bought tickets through the Lady A. Fan Club. We didn't know where our seats were until he picked up the tickets at Will Call. We were this far from the stage: (Row B!)

Lady Antebellum:

Tim & Britt

Teri was sooo happy to see Tim McGraw!

He walked past us several times. Teri and I would run over and put out our hands.

He touched our hands!! We are never going to wash them!!

Chris & Tim

It was a really fun night.

The worst part was the sold out crowd and all those people trying to leave from the same parking lot to get home. We spent a lot of time in the car!

Brittany+2010=31

So I turned 31 in March.
All I have to say is that it bothered me a little to turn 31.
I was totally fine with turning 30.
But 31. Ick!
I don't know why it bothered me so much.
31 is not a nice even number.
When I fill out surveys I have to check the box that says age 31-39 or 40. No good.
It made me feel old. Even though I don't feel old.

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Anyway. I actually had a nice birthday. Tim definitely spoiled me. I was able to go out to lunch with a few friends and Tim watched the kids. Tim bought me a snazzy new hp printer. Just what I wanted!!
That night he surprised me with tickets to the Zac Brown Band at the Fox Theater in Oakland.
We were going to eat at this swanky little restaurant near the Theater. We got there and there was a long wait. So we decided to start walking around Oakland and we were sure we could find another place to eat at. We made a big circle and only found a greasy 1/4lb. burger joint. We couldn't even sit inside and eat because it was dark and it was in Oakland. (aka not the best area to be in.) We ordered and ended up eating the greasy (and expensive) food in Tim's car and then went to the concert. I have to say the ZBB are very good live. There are other artists (like Taylor Swift) who have great studio voices but are terrible live. This was an awesome concert.

Even though I turned 31 ... it turned out to be a great day. And we will never forget where we ate at that night!!

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Here is a little taste of the ZBB at the CMA awards. They also did this song at the concert and it was amazing.

Alexandra's 3rd Birthday

Alexandra's birthday was low-key. We went to Panda Express/Rubio's for her birthday dinner. (Then Caden and I had to go to Kohl's to pick him up a new pair of shoes.)

Zani got lots of dresses for her birthday. What else could a princess want? She also got a princess trike and some My Little Ponies.

Let's count how many outfits she goes through in an hour's time!

Outfit #1 (from Grandma & Grandpa Redding)

Outfit #2 (from Grandma & Grandpa Doll)

Ta-Da!

Outfit #3 (from Grandma & Grandpa Redding)

Outfit #4 (from Mom & Dad)

She is talking to my mom on the phone and holding up "3" fingers for her birthday. She loves birthdays and opening presents.

Almost everyday I have this conversation:
Alexandra: "Zani's birthday?"
Me: "No, it's daddy's birthday." (or fill in the blank of someones birthday ex: mommy's, Sophie's ect.)
Alexandra: "No it's Zani's birthday today. Open presents?"

She is talking so clear. And is definitely a drama queen and wants to be independent. She can be pretty funny. She will put her toys away and say "2 points." Tim is so proud! I think her favorite foods are popcorn and yogurt. She is tall and super skinny. She will put herself to bed for a nap all by herself, but getting to go to sleep at night is a whole different story.

I am also trying to potty train her but I'm not consistent enough. But she likes wearing her "underwears" aka pull-ups. She will go potty all by herself at home only when she wants to. And if we are out in public she will use the potty there anytime. Tim and her went to the A's game the other night together and he had to take her potty in the men's restroom there.

We love this little girl!

Let's go fly a kite...

Today we went to Caden's school for an afternoon of kite flying. All the 1st graders were able to fly kites with their families. It was actually a perfect day for kite flying. Nice and warm and enough wind to keep the kites up. I bought Caden a little Star Wars kite at the .99 cent store. I was a little worried that it would tear or not fly. But it flew better than the big, expensive kites.




It was Alexandra's nap time. She wasn't happy unless she got to fly the kite by herself.