Happy Birthday to ME! =)

This week has been an ongoing celebration. We had a weekend of fun with family and friends. Yesterday (Sunday) we had a party at my mom's house. She made me my favorite cake...CARROT CAKE! It's become a tradition and many of my college buddies are jealous to miss out this year! We forgot to take a picture yesterday with everyone, so we took one today instead! (But half the cake was already gone! Ha!)

Thanks mom!

And...I have to BRAG about my husband...he's the BEST!! I woke up yesterday to find the coffee table from Living Spaces that I've been wanting. Then, today he took me shopping all day! Tomorrow...he has planned a night away for the two of us. Thursday, he is taking me to a Wheel of Fortune taping. This proves he LOVES me because he hates that show! =) He's more than I could have ever hoped for! Thanks!

I Love you Jamie!

Birthday Cake

Kristin ordered a cake from the bakery and surprised me for my birthday!

Thanks Kris! The texture was PERFECT!!! =)

We have the BEST FRIENDS EVER!!!

Friends for Life...

Dinner

Fun times with family and friends...

Happy Birthday Jenn!!

Happy Birthday Sister!

Today (Sunday) is my sister's birthday. My parents took us to Black Angus on Saturday Night to celebrate our birthdays together. It was YUMMY!!

I love my sister! (And Craig too, of course!)




We're such a handsome bunch! Ha! You don't understand how hard it was to get a picture of the four of us! The boys kept goofing off! Urgh!

Superbowl Sunday

Here is a picture of Jamie with his baby!

Izzy still isn't too sure about grass. We have to force her to go outside.

The boys are discussing the big game...it was so nice outside on Sunday!

Like Mother, Like Daughter

This picture was taken at the Nixon Library. Grandma Trochmann and Marilyn were taking a picture of the courtyard.

Grandpa and Grandma Trochmann

Grandpa and Grandma Trochmann are visiting from Minnesota. Jamie and I drove down to Fullerton Thursday night to spend time with them. We went to Nixon Library today (Friday) and had a picnic at the park. I'll post pics of that later!

"Great Grandpa" was enjoying his time with Izzy.

And..."Grandpa" was playing with her too!

Izzy helps keep us entertained. She gets to go outside and play on Sunday! She'll be playing at Aunt Sheree's house with her cousins, Jersey, Cali, and Asher. She can't wait! =)

Izzy's Growing Up!

Our little girl is getting SO big! She loves to play fetch with her "daddy!" Here is a shot of her in the air. She hops when she runs. It's so funny!

She can sit and is now housetrained! Yeah! =)

She has one more week and she'll get to go outside. It will be her first time experiencing grass! Jamie can't wait to take her for a run. It will be interesting!

Izzy LOVES to be held. If we are sitting down, she wants to be on our lap! We love her!

Izzy's First Walk

Izzy took her first walk today! She still can't go outside because she hasn't had all her shots, so Jamie "walked" her around the house.

Since we have tile...Izzy was kind of just "sliding" around, or daddy was just pulling her! Jamie was trying to teach her how to walk on the left side! It was SO funny!

Izzy's Grandpas

Izzy is loved by

her grandpas

too!!

Wendee

Wendee is the animal lover in our family! She is the one who got us all started on having puppies! Now...

Wendee has Asher!!

Aimee has Jersey!!

Jenn has Cali!!

and we have Izzy!!

Look at our baby girl's FAT BELLY! We've cut down on the food intake since this picture. She was overeating!

We love our baby!

Daddy's Little Girl...

Izzy's feet rarely hit the ground!

She is very spoiled!

Baby Izzy

We got a puppy!

We named her Izzy. She is a chihuahua/terrior mix and is about 2 months old. Jamie is SO happy to have a dog AND Izzy gets to stay in the house! (I went soft!) Actually, Jamie helped by buying me a "Robot Roomba" for Christmas. He said I wouldn't have to sweep up dog hair! Haha! It was all his plan.

My sister also bought a puppy today! She got a chihuahua/yorkie mix. They will be cousins. =)

Izzy will grow to be about 20 pounds. Jamie wanted a dog big enough to go running. Izzy was his birthday present.

Happy New Year!

Christmas Eve at the Erickson's!

One more day!

Christmas at the Erickson's...

The boys play video games OF COURSE!

We eat lots of good food!

The girls play skipbo, work on a puzzle, or SHOP! =)

All four boys (Jamie, Micah, Mark, and Jared) are home for the holiday. Josh, Kristin, and Dave joined us to hang out and for dinner. Good times!

Merry Christmas! Two more days! WHOOHOO!

These pictures were taken in Sonoma at the wine vineyards. We went wine tasting! (Which sounds incredibly stupid when I can't taste, but the experience was very interesting!)

I'm not a fan of wine...I'll stick to Dr. Pepper!

Disneyland

This was our trip to Disneyland this past Sunday with our friends Josh and Kristin. Jamie renewed his annual passport so we are good for another year. Yay!

We were there this past Sunday for Josh and Kristin's company picnic.

Jamie liked the corn, can you tell? Good times...

Do you REALLY know what's inside a turkey??

My niece and nephew, Jessica and Ryan, came over to help decorate my Christmas tree! We had a lot of fun!

And they lived happily ever after...

June 24, 2006

War Games

Jamie's UTA weekend was spent playing "War Games!"

Jenn's Wedding

Okay, since Jamie never updates this blog...I'm taking over!

Here is a picture of Jenn (my sister) and her husband, Craig. They were married on October 14th. It was fun for Jamie and I to both be in the wedding.

Jamie and I are now "Auntie Krista" and "Uncle Jamie" because Craig has two kids. It's fun!