Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Vacation Time!



We had a great 5 days with my sister and her husband! We headed to Temecula for a couple days to wine taste and relax! Brandon and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary while we were there! We came back to San Diego and enjoyed some golfing, kayaking, beach time, and dinners out! Annette and I golfed with our husbands for the first time and surprisingly enjoyed it a lot! Annette had a natural swing and had some great hits! When we got back, Brandon and I finally took our kids exploring in the canyons around us! Thanks Mom, Dad, Erin, and Nicole for watching our kiddos while we had some relaxation!

PS Make sure and turn off the music to one of the slideshows while you watch them or you will have two songs blasting at you at the same time:)

Claire Turns 6!



We had a great time celebrating Claire's birthday! On her actual birthday we went to Chuck E Cheese...Grace and Malia were beyond scared of the Chuckster! It was so funny, but not to them! Grace decided to join us after she got up the guts to be around Chucky:) The next day we had party at my mom's house and had lots of fun with our cousins and friends, playing games and breaking open a pinata! Even though the song doesn't match the pictures, Claire wanted to pick a Jordin Sparks song for her slideshow!
We can't believe our oldest is 6!!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Birthday, BBQ, and Body Painting!

















Hello!!! Here are some recent pics of us...we celebrated my birthday on the 27th...the girls and I went to a Cinderella puppet show and then Brandon joined us later for dinner at a restaurant...we hardly ever go out to dinner so it was an adventure! They did well, except for Malia's constant demands:) The girls had been working hard practicing and finally put on their puppet show for Brandon, Malia and I on my birthday! Grace was the MC of the show, and Claire had each puppet sing me a different song:) Brandon's squadron had a family BBQ and the girls spent all their time at the face painting! She was pretty good! We are excited to start our vacation off up at my Mom's with Claire's birthday party coming up on the 3rd! Hope all is well!

about me

D
a Valles are back in San Diego!
Aviation is Brandon's game, flight surgeon's the new name!
Very happy being a mom!
A family of seven!
Love our girls: Claire, Grace, Malia, Sierra, & Dominique
Living moment to moment with God's help.
Excited Brandon is home!