The Nordhoff's

9.11.2011

I will never forget

I was sitting in AP English and will never forget a teacher running in and yelling that a plane had just hit one of the twin towers and to turn the television on. And my English teacher made us continue our work like nothing happened .... a couple minutes later another teacher ran in and turned our television on .... right as the second plane hit ..... I will never forget those horrible images I saw of people jumping out of the towers, of the towers falling, of those grieving for loved ones. I will never forget how happy I was to see my Mom that day, I will never, ever forget the faces of the children that were born that year without a father, and I will never forget the heroism of those men and women that saved lives and lost their own. I will never forget.

8.31.2011

Wishing

So today has been a dousy .... like I am ready for bedtime and to start fresh tomorrow ..... broken furniture, coloring on walls, MANY meltdowns, Daddy home way past bedtime tonight, and to make things worse I went to lunch with one of my best friends and her adorable little girl .... and my kids turned into crazy monsters ..... no joke ..... screaming, hitting, crying, running, throwing everything ..... nightmare ..... I think we scared my friend too death .... seriously, and she is like 8 months pregnant with her second ..... So during nap time I am on the computer to try and take a breather and look at all the Fall lovelies. Have I mention how much I love the Fall ... the activities, the food, the cooler weather, and the clothes, oh the clothes! Here are some of my favorite things right now .....

- I would die for these boots in saddle, but when I saw the price tag I about died

- Cozy sweater

- Perfect bracelet

- This fun skirt

- Stripes!

- Delicate necklace

- Love these shoes too

8.23.2011

First Day of Preschool

I have been not doing so good with this blog lately so I don't know if anyone reads this anymore and probably not, but in any case I had to document Olivia's first day of preschool!! I seriously am dying she is this old! We have had a count down going on for a month now and Liv has been beyond excited to go! She did SO good and I am really proud of my little girl!!

I love this picture of them .... Jack saw a bird .... or food and is all excited and Liv wouldn't stop smiling

Love this picture too!

Liv and I

Liv has her good friend Tanner in her class .... they are so cute!!

Getting into their classroom .... Liv was copying Tanner :)

7.15.2011

4th of July

So our 4th of July was a little different this year ... Matt decided to skip out on us for some stupid place called Alaska .... for an entire week .... yeah I know .... and then my Mom and sister decided to skip out on us as well .... double lame .... lucky for us my cute Dad had to stay back so he took us to dinner every night, played with the kids, and gave me a little break while everyone else was gone. We didn't do our usual partying but still had a good time. We went to a fun parade and little carnival which I didn't get any pictures of ... but Liv had the best time in all the bounce houses .... then that night just us and my Dad had a BBQ, did some fireworks ... which were like way too illegal and scared the crap out of all of us :) ... and just played!

I must admit that this was the hardest time EVER having Matt gone and I seriously do not know how single parents do it. By the end of the week I was physically and emotionally done and kind of felt like such a baby that I could barely last a week! I really lucked out with my Hubs and am so grateful for what a good daddy and husband he is!!

Love them

Eat this little man up

This is my favorite picture of Liv because this sums up her personality ... I tried to get her to hold still but she wanted to jump like a crazy woman to show me "how high her pretty cowboy boots let her jump"

This little girl does rides this stick horse ALL DAY LONG .... and we've had many "owies" from tripping over the thing

Playing with Grandpa!

He did this for probably 3 hours ...

Liv's favorite place at my parent's house

And this is what the Hubs was doing ..... in Alaska ..... lame :)

7.11.2011

The Rodeo

Oh Oakley rodeo how I love you! It is one of my most favorite things to go to and I really look forward to it all year! Liv is my little cowgirl is had been so into horses, cowboy boots, and hats for a couple of years and I just this little gal! And Matt was a trooper .... he left the next morning very early for Alaska!

The little cowgirl

Oh I love this boy

My favorite picture

Loving the "princesses"

Best picture we could get ....

6.21.2011

California Lovin'

BEST.VACATION.EVER. Loved every second!! This was the first "real" time I have left my kids and the first time since our HONEYMOON it was just Matt and I going away .... yeah we were due!! We went to California to visit some great friends and had such an amazing time with them!!! We did so much, ate so much great food, and shopped so much! My perfect vacation!

Highlights:

Most amazing red velvet pancakes & cookie crust french toast ... Sprinkles Cupcakes ... renting beach cruisers and riding down the beach ... Yummy Mexican food ... Santa Monica Pier ... Matt getting beat up by the boys :) ... Shopping ... Kaia! ... Dodgers game ... Laughing so hard SO Late at night and now not remembering why ... U2!!! ... Dodger Dog ... Shopping ... Diet Coke ... NO KIDS to worry about!!!!! ... listening to the boys laugh and laugh ... doing whatever we wanted whenever we wanted ... starting an obsession with Lululemon ... boys golfing at way too nice a course ... relaxing at the beach ... almost peeing my pants from laughing too hard ... and just having time with Matt and I!! Seriously Hansen's we cannot thank you enough!!! And our kids were in HEAVEN with Grandma and Grandpa - this needs every year!!

Getting ready to land in Cali!