She's walking now...

...and now I am asking, "where did she go?" Ally took off on Monday and never looked back. She often goes faster than her legs can handle,tumbles, but gets right back up and goes again. Chloe is liking the little sister that can keep up with her...but give her another week and I am sure she'll be wondering when she can have her stuff all to herself again. The trick now is to get her liking shoes...she doesn't quite understand that they complete any outfit she might wear. :)

Pool Time!!

After we spent the day at the fair we came back for a 'pool party' for the girls' friend, Rhema. This was Ally's first time in a swimming pool and Chloe ventured off of the diving board! I am not sure how to deal with a 2 1/2 year old who has no fear of the water??

Summer time fun at the Coos County Fair

On Saturday we took advantage of some free tickets and took the girls to the fair. I have to admit the fair is so much better now that we have kids to enjoy it with. Both of the girls enjoyed themselves so much. We went with a group of friends from church/daycare. Enjoy the pics of a little small town family fun!!!

MammaMia!!!

A group of friends from church took a "Girl's Night" and went to see the musical Mamma Mia! It was good. I laughed through the entire movie...a great "girly" feeling film. The funniest part to me was watching 'James Bond' sing! Every time he would sing I would laugh...if you haven't seen it yet do find a girlfriend to see it with and enjoy!

A Little Bit of Cake

Happy Birthday to you....and she was off!!! We had barely finished singing and both hands were covered with frosting and headed towards her mouth. Allyson loved every bit of each bite!!

Allyson is "1"

I can't believe my baby turned 1 on me. She just went and did it. Now what do I do?!? I have a little girl who is practically walking, jibber-jabbering about everything she sees and becoming more independent by the hour! We celebrated Ally's birthday with an Alice in Wonderland party. If any of you know Jason and I even the slightest, you quickly learn we enjoy very much putting on a party/shin-dig with all the trimmings and little things no-one would even think about. Well, in true fashion we'd been planning this first birthday for well over 10 months (so do the math, she was 2 months old and we had the theme chosen!). We had the outdoor decorations bought, the games set up, the seating arranged just so, the table centerpieces perfect and the large white circus tent (no joke) all ready to go in our backyard! Let the party...I mean the wind blow friends! Yep, that morning we woke up with the wind blowing like crazy. The true optimist I am...thinking it'll be better by 3 o'clock. After picking up some of the coolest large playing cards ever seen for the 12th time...I decided we needed to move it inside our house. Oh, my!! Short end to the story...it was perfect how it happened. We had our family and friends (most of them anyway!!) there to celebrate with us...and hey, we have next years theme already in the works! So stay tuned for more party planning with the Moore's!

A day at the Newport Aquarium

We took a day off from work on Friday to meet our friends Amy and Tim and their little girl Isabelle (they're from Colorado Springs) for a day with the some underwater life! Chloe was so excited all the way because she was going on a "shrip" (trip) to see some "fishes". We enjoyed some beautiful weather as we toured through. Ally surprised us and enjoyed the touch tables...she tends to be very particular about what her hands and feet touch. A great day away from the office with our friends and daughters who are more amazing to us each day.

Chloe and Allyson

Our girls...they seem to be growing faster and faster each day. We enjoy watching them together. They love each other so much. Chloe is such a great big sister and is always quick to help and show Ally "how to do it". Ally is close to walking and will be thrilled, because she can be by Chloe even more of the time!!

Happy 4th of July

If any of you know us well we often have things going all the time. Well, today we enjoyed a "non-planned" day! Always having plans that dictate every holiday and weekend...we decided to play it low-key this year! How refreshing. We enjoyed a trip to the beach with the girls, afternoon naps and a bbq with some friend at our house! Couldn't have asked for anything better.

Trying it again...

It has been way too long...so I am trying it one more time! Partly due to some friends moving and I thought okay, I really need this to stay in touch with everyone! So here we go again. I really want to be a part of this "blog" world, at least I think that's what you call it! I am really out of touch with it all I think. :) I just joined facebook too...really stretching myself! Be patient with me friends. I promise I will do better.