Sydney's 6th grade Talent Show Performance.

Sydney and her friends, Naomi and Skylar decided to try out for the middle school talent show and do a dance routine. They came up with the whole routine themselves, got some cute outfits and did great at their performance.

Here's what they came up with:

Project 12: December 2013

Finishing off the year with a bang and a busy month.

December:

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December Highlights:

Chorley turned 2!!! She had a Millie from Team Umizoomi birthday party. Grandparents came over, we had pizza and cake and ice cream.
Our yearly family picture that went on our Christmas photo card.
New Christmas pjs on Christmas Eve.
Hanging out with the Piercy cousins.
Going out to El Paso with grandma and grandpa Hatter and the Piercys.
We also went to the nativity creche display at the church, saw the Christmas lights in Torrance, Chorley was sick for the last week, and no sports for the month.

Project 12: November 2013

November was a fun and really busy month, so this is what we were up to...

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Month Highlights:

Jeremy and I celebrated our 15 year anniversary and went to Hawaii. We went to Oahu, HI and had an amazing time. Katelin stayed with the kids.
Austin finished his fall ball season of baseball.
Sydney finished her season of soccer on the "Field Fighters" team. I was the team mom.
Chorley did mom and me gymnastics class once and week and really grew to love it.

Project 12: October 2013

Here's what we were up to in October:

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October highlights:

Jeremy and I went on two date nights, one to the Depche Mode concert and also to the Simpsone premiere
Austin played fall baseball for the Scrappers
Sydney played soccer for the Field Fighters
Austin got to hand out awards for our ward at scouts
We went to a pumpkin patch, carved pumpkins
Boston Red Sox won the World Series, and Austin had us watch all the games
Halloween- Austin was the Grim Reaper, Sydney was a Day of the Dead girl, Chorley was an owl

Project 12: September 2013

Here's what we were up to in September, I took tons of photos in the beginning of the month and then fizzled out by the end of the month.. opps...

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Month Highlights:
Austin turned 12 at the end of August and got the Priesthood on Sept 1
We had a special day for him, with lots of relatives visiting- grandparents, uncles and aunt Katelin
Sydney and I went on a mom and daughter over night for a grand opening I worked at
Sydney played soccer, and Austin in baseball
Chorley is 21 months old

Project 12: August 2013

Here's what we were up to in August. We were actually pretty busy. It was actually kinda hard narrowing down the photos because I took a ton of photos.

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Month Highlights:
I got to go up and visit Katelin in Utah, just sisters hanging out
Susan's wedding in Atascadero
Mine and Alise's bdays were actually on the wedding day, so we got to hang out
Seeing the Jessops and having a yummy breakfast in SLO
going boating with Alise, her kids, Jennette, Uncle Dave, and some of Brent's kids
Austin (7th grade) and Sydney (5th grade) first day of school
Austin's 12 birthday
Jeremy's birthday

Project 12: July 2013

Here's what we were up to, mainly being in the water... and swimming... swim lessons... and keeping cool in the backyard..

I used Echo Park's Summer line for the 2 page spread.
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Highlights:
4th of July- BBQ at the Robinson and swimming
Fireworks show at Simi Valley, though there ended up not being a fireworks show due to the misfiring of the fireworks and many people getting injured
Swim lessons for Austin & Sydney
Sydney went to soccer came for a week
Swimming & staying cool in the backyard

Project 12: June 2013

Up to date, and here is what we did for June, we were pretty busy

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June highlights:
Austin graduating from elementary, 6th grade promotion
Sydney getting a few awards for academics and effort
Sydney's 4th grade California play
Austin's baseball team came in first place for the season
Going to up Utah and staying with Katelin and Matt, I got to demo for a scrapbook company and was flown out to help with the grand opening at Michael's in Utah
Chorley and I swimming at the pool
Austin's 6th grade jumprope show
Chorley flying on the plane

Project 12: May 2013

This is what we had going on for May

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May highlights:
Sydney's 10th birthday
Sydney and Mom at the mom and daughter picnic in the park for Activity Days 
Austin & Sydney's school open house
Austin & Sydney at the school music program with their recorders
Sydney's spring soccer season ended, she got MVP
Austin as the catcher
Jeremy in the ER, and ended up staying the night at the hospital after some heart complications

Project 12: April 2013

This is what our April looked like

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April highlights:
Swimming at the Jessops for Ryder's birthday
Sydney played spring soccer on the Panda's team
Austin up to bat for the Marlins
all the kids actually asleep in the car while traveling
Chorley at her first play park
The kids reading in the backyard on a lazy sunday afternoon

Project 12: March 2013

This is what we were up to in the month of March

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March highlights:
Austin started his baseball season on the Marlins team, he is the team's main catcher
Chorley and I went up to Utah for the scrapbook Expo, we stayed with Katelin and Matt
Chorley's first snow
Going on out a date night
Austin and Sydney with their Easter baskets

Project 12: February 2013

Here is what our family was up to in February. It was a pretty slow month and I didn't bring the camera out much, but only for w few certain events.

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Family Highlights:

Sydney's Daddy Daughter dance at school
Going out on Uncle Dave's boat in Santa Barbara
Driving with the kids
Chorley's fever seizure and going to the ER

Project 12: January 2013

Well it's been forever since I updated this, things got crazy once the kids got in school last year and sports and just too much going on.
Project 365 was a bit overwhelming, and I kept to most of it for the year, but I DID take a photo of Chorley every single day, I did stick with that. I would be cool to somehow get them all together in one album one day to see how much she changed over the yet. It seemed like alot.

So this year I'm just doing Project 12, MUCH more manageable and more my style. It's where you just scrapbook the whole month into a 2 pager. Some months don't have a ton of photos, some have alot because we are pretty busy.

Here is January 2013:

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January highlights:
Katelin and Matt stayed with us for a few days over the Christmas break
We went out to pizza with an arcade and they had Ms Pac Man
Making cookies with Sydney
CHA for me, I got to work it and have some of my layouts out on display
Visiting Bailey for his 12th bday and seeing him get the priesthood
Mom and Son bowling at school.

Day: 179-184

Day 179: Disneyland

Went to Disneyland, since Jeremy had the day off of work. We checked out the new Cars area, but didn't go on any of the rides, the waits were waaaay too long for us. We did some favorite rides and had a great time. That's the wonderful thing about having passes, we don't feel like we need to stay till midnight, and we can still get lots done.

Day 179: Chorley

Age: 201 days old

Day 180: Sydney Feeding Chorley

Sydney likes to be a big helper, and she is great at feeding Chorley. She keeps her clean and feeds her pretty quickly. Austin on the other hand, tends to make quite the mess. Sydney has really enjoyed being the big girl sister to Chorley.

Day 180: Chorley

Age: 202 days old

Day 181: Dodger Game

Friday night was Mormon night at Dodger Stadium and we thought it would be a great family activity. Austin was super excited, and asked non stop when the game was and couldn't wait for it. We went with grandma and grandpa Hatter and Katelin, and we got a whole row to ourselves. We did the usual, Dodger dogs, Carnation ice cream, peanuts and other yummies. The Dodgers lost pretty bad, and didn't do well in the game at all. We all enjoyed the fireworks after the game too.

After we got home, this is what we found in the back of the car:

Fireworks:

Day 181: Chorley (Asleep at the game)

Age: 203 days old

Day 182: Fox Figurines

One of the traditions that Jeremy does when he has his Fox meetings is to get the surprise in the box figurines. The kids look forward to it, and we never know what we are going to get. This is what came in the boxes this time. (funny we have both of these)

Day 182: Chorley

Age: 204 days old

Day 183: Boxes...

It's beginning to look a lot like BOXES, everywhere you go!!! That's the story at our house.. boxes, and boxes, and boxes, everything is getting packed up, and everything we own is getting close to only being in boxes....

Day 183: Chorley

Age: 205 days old

Day 184: Chorley in the Walker

Chorley is really starting to enjoy her walker time. She loves getting the music and sounds going. And eating her catapiller. This has become one of her favorite toys lately.

Day 184: Chorley

Age: 206 days old

Day: 173-178

Day 173: Reading under the Bed

During the summer the kids need to read at least an hour to gain Wii time. They are really good about setting their timers and reading. Each summer I tend to find them in a new creative place to read their books. Today I went looking for them, since it was almost too quiet. This is where I found them... with flashlights.. and their books.. reading under Austin's bed.I have to say it was pretty cute.

Day 173: Chorley

Age: 195 days old

Day 174: El Paso Cantina

One of our FAVE places to go for dinner in Torrance.. well esp my fave place to eat at in Torrance is El Paso.. I would say at least twice a month on Fridays we would go out to dinner with grandma and grandpa Hatter, and with Katelin while she's been in town. El Paso is a winner for all, though the kids have been getting a bit burned out, I never do. The chips, the salsa, and lately the fish tacos have been quite the fave.. YUM!!!

Day 174: Chorley

Age: 196 days old

Day 175: Fave thing in the House

This has to be one of my FAVE things in the house while we've been renting my grandparents house. The original stove!!! It's retro, vintage yellow, the timer or the clock don't work, but it cooks amazing!! And it's extra deep so you can even cook two 9x13 dishes at the same time. This is the same oven that has cooked years and years worth of Thanksgiving turkeys, banana bread, and many tasty dishes. I'm so glad that I've had the privilege of cooking with this oven also.

Day 175: Chorley

Age: 197 days old

Day 176: Fave Room in the House

I think our most fave room in the house, is the open concept dining room/ living room area. This was the original living room area of the house, till they added on the "extra" living room. My grandparents used it more as a formal sitting area, and always lounged in the living room area. We opened up the area with our furniture arrangement and made this the main area that our family hung out in. The fireplace gives it that extra cozy feel. It had big couches for lots of guests to visit in, great lighting for reading a book, each kid would pick a couch and do their homework on it, and then the computer was in the room, so we were always together in one room. I think that is why we liked this room so much, we could be together whatever we were doing.

Day 176: Chorley

Age: 198 days old

Day 177: Syd and Lily

Sydney is such an animal person. She has a big love for animals. She always is going up to pet people's animals, ahhhs every photo she sees and always is worried that Lily is ok. She watches out for her, gives her huge cuddles, and always wants to keep her warm. It's adorable to watch.

Day 177: Chorley

Age: 199 days old

Day 178: Pretty Toes

Austin got the opportunity to go and visit his cousins for a few days, so that left me with Chorley and Sydney. Sydney was a little sad and a bit lonely so I made sure that we had some fun "girl" time while Austin was gone. We went out to lunch at Lazy Dog and got salads and lemonade. Then we went and got pedicures done. Sydney got cute lil Hello Kittys and glittery nail polish, one colors for her fingers and another color for her toes. We then came back and picked out a chick flick for us girls to watch. I think she had a pretty good time, with just us girls.

Day 178: Chorley

Age: 200 days old