Rest in peace Lolo:(

Last week, a wonderful person passed away. We will miss you always Lolo. You were like a grandfather to me and you will ALWAYS be in my heart! I love you Lolo.
Bless the Bondoc family as they go through this loss.

Ketchum is a winter wonderland

Before yoga the other day, I drove out Elkhorn and took this picture of the sun rising on Bald Mountain.

Then after yoga, I took this pic from downtown Ketchum. Winters are long and hard here in Idaho, but it is just beautiful and I feel blessed to live here! I wish you all could see it!

It's so beautiful here!

This is the view from the YMCA yoga studio. The sawtooth Mountains covered in white. Beautiful

He's turning into a little man

Our house in January

In case you were curious... here's what our house looks like now. Lots of snow, and more to come!

Here comes Sammy!

Cheeeeeze!

Ahhhh! Help Me!

Help! He is climbing on EVERYTHING... and FALLING too! I swear I'm going grey. He started really walking around the middle of January, and look out... here comes Sam!

He sure keeps Mama on her toes!

Live's Beautful Baby Contest... he's the winner in my book!

I used to watch Live with Regis nd Kelly every morning while I was nursing. Now, I'm pretty sick of them and the show; frankly they drive me nuts, but I still just HAD TO enter Sammy in their Beautiful Baby Contest. I'm sure they have receievd tens of millions of entries, but hey, who knows... he could win a big old scholorship from Gerber.

It took me forever to pick a picture of Sam, but in te end, I narrowed it down to these two. They are both so cute, but I picked the 2nd picture. Keep your fingers crossed... you never know, right;)

Happy 1st Birthday Sammy!

On January 5th 2010, our beautiful baby boy Sam turned one year old. Man! How does time fly! I can't believe he's already a year old. He is really transitioning from baby to toddler too.
Sammy loves to say "Dada" and "Nummies" (our word for food- "yummy"), and "bananna". He just loves it when we chase him around and tickle him, and HE in turn, loves to chase our kitty around the house! He points at his eyes and says, "eyes". Such a smart little monkey. It's just amazing having a son! What a blessing.

On the night of Sam's birthday Daddy brought a balloon home for Sammy and he sat on the kitchen floor and played while I got dinner ready.

Enchaladas

I made enchaladas for the special occation:) I love cooking for the fam!

Let's eat cake!

We had a nice family dinner together and then I set up the tripod so we could take these picture of all of us. I got Sammy his very own birthday cake, and it was a blast to let him just dig in.... no restrictions! He loved it, until...

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!

...the sugar and excitement was all just a little too much for our little birthday boy.

...but in the end, I think Sammy had a good birthday. Happy Birthday Sammy. We love you so much!

Mommy and Daddy's favorite Christmas gift!

Ho Ho Ho

We spent Christmas at home this year with our little Christmas tree and our wood stove, which we couldn't have been more grateful for. The power went out all over the valley on Christmas Eve, and didn't get repaired until around noon on Christmas morning. It was okay though. We still made our turkey and just loved watching Sammy open all his new toys!

Sammy's new ride!

Sammy got a lot of great stuff for Christmas, but his absolute favorite new toy was (and still is) his Mickey Mouse car from Gigi and Pop. His mouth literally dropped when he opned it. It was the cutest thing ever! He actually understood that it was HIS NEW TOY!!!

I know most of ya'll have seen this picture ( I sent it out at Christmas), but I just love it! Such a cutie!