The joys of living in L.A.

We had a great 'life in L.A.' experience a couple of weeks ago. We came home from church, and I parked our Civic on the street to leave the spot in our garage for Keldon when he came home. In the morning he went out to move the Civic off the street for street cleaning. He came back in a couple of minutes later and said, "Amy, where did you park the car again?" I re-affirmed what he thought. He said, "It's not there." Awesome! Our car was stolen. We still can't believe it, but it's true. We started looking for a replacement, and I think I had a little pull in the car that we decided on......

and, despite the fact that it's a 1999 mini van (it's older)....I love it!!! It was heavenly coming back after Christmas from Keldon's parents house.

Happy New Year and S Novim Godom (for our Russian friends)

Happy New Year!! We are alive and doing well....just not concentrating on updating my blog. However, after multiple requests, I have committed to once/week updates for our blog. There, it's written.

We love you all. Here are some fun family photos at the beach :)

Riding bikes on the beach

This morning we went to Venice Beach and rented bikes to ride. We also got a little trailer for Kaden and Elise. We had a great time!!!


All ready!













Having a great time!

Elise: "Hey, Kaden, this could be fast, so hang on to me if I get scared."

We rode from Venice to the junction of the 10 and the PCH. When we got back, they were both out. We gave Kaden a bottle of water, and after he fell asleep it spilled all over himself and Elise. I'm sure it felt good on a hot day. I think it's so cute how Elise is sleeping on Kaden's shoulder. He is such a good brother to her.

The DOC band

Elise has a flat little head in the back. We noticed it a few months ago and.... today she got her little helmet. It's called a DOC band.

We still love her :)

More pictures of our cutie pies :)

These are more pictures...i'm not going to say a lot. I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves :)




The grumble face :)









just looking around








Kaden was reading with dad......














proud brother :)















Kaden was so sad about something...i don't remember what, but this is a pretty sad face :)











Elise being so cute with grandma
our little sweet babes :)

She's here :)

She has arrived!!!

Elise Frances Carroll
Born: Thursday February 12,2009
1:37 AM
7lbs. 0 oz.
19.5 inches long

This is Kaden helping her put her little hat back on :)

And, this is his solution to her cries...just plug your ears :)

Mom is in love. She is a great baby, and sleeps A LOT!!! Yeah!

A little update

Before the joy of our fun Christmas pictures of Kaden are overshadowed by our joy of posting cute pictures of him playing with his little sister, I better get in gear and get our Christmas pictures posted.

We had such a great time in Idaho playing in the snow for 2 1/2 weeks at Christmas time. These are some of the memories :) We were so glad that they had TONS of snow!!!














Daddy helping me get ready to play in the snow :)















I'm a cutie :)















Me and my dad :)

















Kaden with his cousins Ashley, Taylor and Kailey















Just chillin' at grandmas with my cousin Kailey















This is mom riding on a little 4-wheeler 8 months pregnant :) We had a great time.















Kaden with all of his cute, cute cousins at grandma's house :)