Hello and Happy Monday friends! Have you caught up on life after CHA? With all the scrappy FUN back in Anaheim, my time to play has been put on hold…since I’ve been home!

After catching up on household stuff…we took advantage of the gorgeous Winter we have been having here in the BAY!

Our weekend had playdates, bday parties, reading class, golf, church, and of course a Superbowl party:) Oh, and we started prep for Valentine’s fun for the girls’ classrooms, but that is a work in progress:)

Here’s some of our highlights:

Oh, thank you to our family, dear friends and our church family…this weekend was exactly what this Mommy needed after being away!

God bless your week ahead!

XOXO

we got together with some very sweet friends:)

and after dinner, it was GAME on! so, we took on the guys!

while the photos are no where near good quality…they are by FAR emotionally perfect! [a phrase I learned from my friend Krista Lund!]

KINNECT…skiing was it?

Loaded questions…who is the ARTIST freak?!!

us cheering during the darts round?

we were there to help our dear friends feel better…LOL!

doesn’t this say it all?

Thanks friends for such a fun night in:)

Hope you all have a fabulous Monday! I’m up to my eyeballs in projects…and YES they all will get done!

XOXO

We have been enjoying the second half of our school year routine + after school activities + playdates + golf + bday parties…

We have been extra patient with Mommy, since she has been working on CHA assignments since before Xmas…

We have been so grateful for this glorious weather, and would like to share some sweet photos with you [since Mommy can't share anything quite yet]…

We hope you are all having a beautiful day, rain or shine!

XOXO

Emi and Mari

Oh my goodness, I just can’t be more in love with all that miss M’s school/community does for these children and their families!

We are so very blessed to have her here, and have God’s love poured into her daily through these wonderful and amazing teachers!

So…let me just allow the photos to say the rest…

Hope you are all having a warm and cozy filled with LOVE all day long kinda day!

Happy Tuesday friends!

XOXO

Before I share with you our fun few days in photos [WARNING: PHOTO HEAVY!!!]

I wanted to share this with you:

While we typically have a relax at home, play with new toys, and stay in pjs all day while we clean type of NYE…

This year was a BIT different, and boy were our girls ready!

Miss E and I enjoyed Tea Time with some dear friends …

Celebrated my Mom’s birthday…

[mind you this is her third celebration- we were soaking in the moments the first two, somehow this is the only photo OOPS!]

Here’s some good and not so good photos from the NYE party we are still recuperating from…

[this was a good one?!! LOL]

[miss M and miss K videoing it out!]

[love this one!]

[the not so good variety…]

[the BFFS took some time to listen to JB…

]

[everyone watching the Ball DROP]

Getting together at my Aunt’s for a traditional Japanese New Years…

[photo credit: James Yong]

photo credit: James Yong

and my FAVE…totally captures the JOY on this day!

photo credit: James Yong

And then the girls and I sat and created our hearts out…what a blessing to make these thank you cards for all of our goodies!

[miss E made over half of the cards, so proud of her!]

[miss M had fun using the MLS mini alphas here!]

a master of the squeeze punches!

love this shot…LOVE it! who doesn’t need a little help from their beloved friend and some juice!

If you’ve made it this far, what a trooper you are!

God Bless!

XOXO

In photos [heavy on the PHOTOS!]

AMEN!

Hoping you are holding on tight to your sweet memories of this holiday season! I sure am!

SO much to be grateful for!

Happy happy day friends!

XOXO

Happy New Year! We just cannot believe how this year has flown by!

2011 was a year charged full of emotions on all levels, and through the challenges of it all, discovering sweet blessings along the way is what it is all about!

Here’s a photo of our extended family enjoying a traditional Ozoni Japanese brunch…[somehow DH and miss E escaped the photo!]

I will be back with more once we have recuperated from the NYE celebrations we had with some dear friends…

Hope you have a happy and healthy New Year!

God Bless!

XOXO

From our home to yours, we wish you peace, love, and many many blessings this beautiful Xmas season!

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful crafty -family-do-what-YOU-love kind of weekend!

Ours was filled with some of our usual things…

[dance classes, scrappy time, reading class, golf lessons, church]

and some super fun things were sprinkled in…

[some cherished BFF scrappy time, kids xmas program at church practice, a birthday celebration, homemade chicken soup & hash brown casseroles, my parent's annual holiday party, and a trip to the gilroy gardens festival of lights]

in no particular order, are some of our highlights in photos! [warning: photo HEAVY!]

note to self: next time, be in the photos more!

Thanks for hanging in for this post…if you’re still reading, you’re a trooper!

If I can figure out how to share a video on here…you will get to see who was chosen to ride in Santa’s sleigh with Snoopy on stage during the Charlie Brown Xmas show!

Ok, now off to get this house in shape after the tornado that blew through here this weekend, and get on with the oh-so-BIG to do list for this Xmas season!

Hope you have a beautiful day friends!

XOXO!!!

O come, O come, Emmanuel

And ransom captive Israel,

That mourns in lonely exile here,

Until the Son of God appear.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Isreal!

O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer

Our spirits by Thine advent here;

Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,

And death’s dark shadows put to fight.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel!

O come, Thou Wisdon, from on high,

And order all things, far and nigh;

To us the path of knowledge show,

And cause us in her ways to go.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel!

O come, desire of nations, bind

All peoples in one heart and mind;

Bid envy, strife, and quarrels cease;

Fill the whole world with heaven’s peace.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel!

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel!