The Bland's

Friday, June 19, 2009

VBS

Madison went to her first Vacation Bible School this week. A friend from her preschool invited her to be a part of the VBS at her church. She had so much fun! Tonight they had a little show for the parents. The girls (Madison and her friend Emma, on Madison's right)were adorable together. Scott and I just can't believe that she is already singing on stage. It was just yesterday she was our baby!



Thursday, June 11, 2009

Gammy's Company Picnic

My mom started a new job quite a few months back. She loves the company she works for. They had their annual company picnic last weekend. The girls had a blast. They had everything from games, a clown, candy hunt, balloon animals, face painting, the park of course, water balloon toss, and a ton of delicious food.






No swimming pool, but the sprinklers are just as fun!

A few weeks ago when we had nice warm weather, Madison enjoyed running through the sprinklers. Every time she sees them come on now she asks if she can run in them.




Saturday, June 6, 2009

The Crawford's visit Cali

We had the pleasure of having Mic, Caitlin and Cash come to California to visit. Savannah and Cash are only a few months apart, so we had fun with them. And as you can see we took hundreds of pictures of them between our two cameras. We had such a fun weekend and look forward to many more times such as these. We are so blessed to have friends and really we consider them our family! We love you guys!
Also making an appearance are the Pugsley's. Asher is the newest addition to Brandon and Melissa's family. He is 3 months old and such a happy boy. It was Melissa's birthday while they were here so we had a little celebration for her. It was an incredible weekend spent with friends!


Savannah's Dedication

We dedicated Savannah at church last weekend. She did pretty well while we were praying for her. Although at one point she started eating the microphone while Pastor was praying. We had the family over for lunch following the service.









Monday, May 11, 2009

Las Vegas trip to visit grandparents

We were blessed to be able to take a trip a couple of weekends ago to visit Scotts grandparents(Victoria's parents) in Vegas. It was such a wonderful trip for us. The girls had such a fun time with their Mamita and Papito. They spoiled us with delicious food and fun. We cherish the time we had them and look forward to future visits.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Mother's Day Tea

I had my first Mother's Day party at Madison's school this week. Super cute! The kids sang a couple of songs they had prepared for us and then they handed out long stemmed roses to each one of us. After that we squeezed into their adorable little miniature tables and chairs and ate muffins and fruit. They made hand painted jewelry boxes, made pictures of us on the bulletin board and put together a little questionnaire that each child filled out about their mom's. It was hilarious to hear some of the things our kids wrote. (Apparently I am 4 years old, have pink hair and like to make fried chicken and funny potatoes. My favorite thing to do is go to the mall and Vons. lol) A very special time for me to be able to spend with Madison. Being at school with her is just a reminder of how quickly she is growing up. It was just yesterday that we were debating when to have kids and now we are blessed with two!


I am bottom, left row in the center. Looks like me right?

Conejo Valley Days

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Savannah's 1st beach trip

The week before last we had amazing weather. It was 95 in Thousand Oaks, so we decided to head down to the beach for the afternoon. It was Savannah's first time at the beach. From the moment we got there until the moiment we left she ate sand. Now I recall Madison taking a taste here or there when we first took her as a baby, but she never ate it like it was a meal. Savannah literally shoveled sand in her mouth and ate it. I am not one of those moms that are concerned with sand or even dirt for that matter in the mouth. Afterall that is what babies/kids do. But we finally had to call it a day after two hours of sand shoveling. Enough was enough.
We headed back to Gammy's house for a dip in the pool. It was her first time in the pool too and she loved!!!!!

Friday, April 17, 2009

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday was quite a long day. We woke the girls up early to give them their Easter baskets. Off to church we went and stayed for the first two services. Second service they had kids church outside and had a little party for them. Then it was off to Nana and Papa's house. Madison did a little easter egg hunt and then the girls were spoiled with fun gifts from Aunt Becky and of course Nana & Papa. Then off to My dad's we went for dinner. Madison had another little Easter egg hunt and then we just relaxed the rest of the evening. Or as much as you can relax with a 3 year old and 10 mth old. =)