3 Little Sweethearts! Happy Valentine's Day!

We've had so much fun with all of our Valentine's activities this last week. Here are some pixs of what my lil' Valentines have been up too!

Sisterly Love Our lil' cupcake
Writing our Valentine Cards
Decorating our Mailboxes, in Ava's case herself!

I saw this cute idea on tip junkie for making candy dipped marshmallows with sprinkles. The girls had a blast making these treats for their friends!

Finished Product! Yummy!

I saw another cute idea on a lil' girls hairdo blog. These are suppose to look like hearts in their hair. Not sure how much they look like hearts, but they look beautiful none the less. Isabella and Sofia were so excited to get these special doos for their Valentine's Party at school!

Bella

Sofia

The girls are ready for their Valentine's Day Party at school: with their cards, mailboxes, treats, & these darling skirts their Grandma Stosich made them!

Can you tell the were excited!

Sofia decorating cookies at her party!

Sofia and Hayden at their party!

Ava enjoying a marshmallows while at the girls parties

Bella handing out cards at her school party!

Isabella with the girls in her class!

Happy Valentine's Day!

My Baby Can Ride a Bike With Two Wheels

Right after new years, Isabella mentioned one day when I get big I'll ride a bike with two wheels. All of a sudden it hit me that Isabella is 5 and I remember learning to ride a bike at 5. My brother Thomas taught me. I hadn't thought that maybe she's actually at the age to learn. You know I always keep my kids younger than they really are. They will always be my babies to me... So anyways, I told Hartman maybe we should teach her. It wasn't 10 minutes later Hartman had her training wheels off & out on the back patio teaching her. She was a little nervous & shaky, but I swear she learned in about 15 minutes. Once she got the hang of it, she wanted to go to the front on the street and show off her skills. She rode like she's ridden all of her life. I wanted to cry for some reason and felt like it was a fun milestone in her life. She immediately had to run next door & show her cousins. The funny thing was, Saylor (her older cousin by a year) hadn't had a desire to learn to ride without training wheels until she saw Bella. Then her mom & dad were out there teaching her & about 10 minutes later Saylor was riding too! Saylor & Isabella thought they were sooo cool! For about 1 week Isabella kept saying to me "are you so proud of me that I can ride a bike with two wheels?" We had to call all of our family so she could tell everyone! It was a fun day!

The training wheels are coming off! The fun begins! Bella is so excited!!!Look at that big smile Here we go!
Isabella and her Daddy! Look at my big girl! It's all over now!!!! I had to put this picture of Sofia posing for Aunt Nanette as usual! She got her scooter for Christmas along with her bike safety get-up! These two girls rule Chase Hallow St. for sure now!!! Isabella and her new "bike" partner in crime"

Daddy teaching Bella to ride her bike

Isabella riding by herself for the first time! January 2nd 2009

Happy Birthday Dad

We have the best Papa in the world! Thank you for spending so much time and attention on us! Happy Birthday Papa Larry!

Happy Birthday Dad, even though it was yesterday! Wish we could be there with you! This is a Brag Book of many of the girls memories with their Papa that we made for his birthday present!

Proclamation of the Family Book

A friend of mine created this beautiful Proclamation of the Family Templated Heritage Makers Book using her family's pictures, and for the text of the story used the actual proclamation. I thought it was so beautiful. So this is my next project! This actual template is a 13 x 11 legacy edition, but you could recreate it easily for any size! Thought I'd share a cool idea! For those of you who have a Heritage Makers Studio account you can even do this in Basic!

Our Cruise

Hartman and I were able to go on a 7 day Caribbean Cruise on Royal Caribbeans Amazing Liberty of the Sea, which is an unbelievable ship. I earned a free trip from Heritage Makers as one of their "Top Achievers." How cool is that! Needless to say we had so much fun!!!! This was our first cruise, and felt so spoiled with spa treatments, 24 hour room service, awesome shows, dancing, ice skating, miniature golf, rock climbing, flow riding, excursions, snorkeling with stingrays, fine dining, shopping, personal tour guides, costume parties, room attendants (by the way I miss someone turning down my bed for me every night), games, hanging out with other crazy Heritage Makers, learning about new cultures, reading Twilight & having discussions with fellow Edward Freaks (as Hartman calls us), laying out, relaxing in hammocks on the beach, watching the sun set, sexy legs & belly flop competitions by the pool, no schedules, & most importantly SPENDING TIME WITH MY HUSBAND! Thanks to our moms for watching the girls! We sure missed them, but it was time well needed! Sorry about all the pictures & videos, there was just so many memories!!!! It was a blast!!!

This ship is currently the largest cruise ship!
Jamaica

Hartman stopped by the Jamaican Fire Station. It's crazy how they have that brotherhood no matter where they are from!

Montego Bay, Jamaica shopping area

Jamaican Bobsled Cafe

There were 14 decks & a beautiful promenade & theater on board!

70s Disco Dancing Night, along with another 80s night! (Walk like an Egyptian Mary)

Hartman liked the sports facilities on board: rock climbing, gym, basketball, miniature golf, & his favorite THE FLOWRIDER

Hartman got really good at the flowrider! In fact, he'd go out at night with some of the others & ride it after I was in bed! (I'm getting old :)

Labadee, Haiti...My Favorite! This was our first port & we woke up to this beautiful bay! We took tenors out to this private island!

The local market! The Haitians were beautiful people!

Hartman is a hard core negotiator. He would get them down lower than anyone could! He probably gets that from living in Mexico. It was quite entertaining. They could be pretty aggressive at times...

Hartman jumping off cliffs

Ah, this is the life!

Dining

When we first set sail. You can see the Miami skyline in the back.

Hartman's favorite spot on the ship. I swear that boy could live in the hot tub! It was cool because it hung out over the water from the 11th deck!

Sunset with Miami in the back
Famous Couples Costume Party! None other than

SARAH PALIN & JOE THE PLUMBER

Okay we thought we were so clever, but there were two other Sarahs at the party! However the husbands were different! We had John McCain, Todd the hunter, & my favorite Joe the "plumber." Excuse the cheesy thumbs up in every picture!

Some of the girls

"I can see Russia from my house." "You Betcha!

Faith Hill & Tim McGraw & Palin Power

My Favorite Hugh Hefner & the Girls Next Door! (Love ya Mark & Mary)

Hartman loved to go out to the deck at night & watch the water. We'd always got so creeped out about falling over!

Cozumel, Mexico! This was the island we'd really love to go back to to vacation! It's probably a lot like Cancun! Plus Hartman can speak the language!

We only got flashed twice. One I'm sure Hartman wishes could be permanently erased from his memory :)

Mayan Ruins

Hartman at Cozumel's only Fire Station. It was fun to hear him talk to the FF's in Spanish!
Wendy McGee & me on formal night! She's an Emerald Executive with HM (the top consultant) & the biggest sweetheart ever! Love her!

A few of the studs on board!

Storybook Coaches by Day...Crazy Cruisers by Night!

The "pageant pose" (This one's for you mom). Too bad I don't have the pageant body anymore:)

Grand Caymen! HDS snorkling!

Laying out on the sailboat while Hartman snorkeled

Hartman & Mark (yea man) Hartman with his GPS. He took that thing everywhere!

Some of the HM crew. We were 3 miles out from Grand Caymen at a sand bar swimming

at Sting Ray City.

Swimming with Sting Rays. To my surprise I wasn't scared at all. They were really cool! We even kissed the sting rays!

Hartman in action on the Flow Rider (he loved it so much, he wants to open one in Vegas :) I won't show my video, I might embarass myself!

The craziest Hula Hoop Russian Ice Skater. She's awesome! Can you believe they had an ice skating rink on board. This show was our favorite!

HDS snorkling in Grand Caymen

Emily Jamming out to Rasta Reggae in Jamacia. This video to me is funny. We are on the tour van in Jamacia & the driver is playing, what else "reggae." I didn't know Hartman was filming, but the whole van is just sitting there zoned out, & I'm like loving the Reggae vibe. I just couldn't resist! It was awesome! Our driver was cool! Yea Man

The most beautiful views of Haiti & our ship! This was my favorite place!

Hatian Dancers