The funniest question I get from people about Kaylee's hair is...."Is it natural?" Sometimes I just want to give them the old slap on the forehead and say "DUH!!!"

Really...... do you think I sit my 2 year old down and put curlers in at night and take them out in the morning??

Surprisingly Kaylee was born with no curl to her hair and it was really dark. Over time it started to get curly on top and then all over. For a few months she had a fo-hawk and then it started to grown on the sides.

So here is the evolution of her magnificent NATURAL curls:

LOVE this little girl to pieces!!!

Happy Friday!

Let me start by saying this.......

GO NY GIANTS!!!!

Okay... Now that I got that out of my system....
Moving on to this weeks flashback:

August 2007
Raider Game

Isaiah and I headed up to Qwest field for a preseason game. I, being the loving supportive wife, put on my raider jersey and cheered for my hubbies team. I can only do this as a NY Giants Fan because our teams are in different divisions. Otherwise you would not be seeing this take place.

When I say Isaiah's family are all Raiders Fans I think that is an understatement. They are the die-hard, watch every game, know every stat, feel like they are the 12th man on the team kinda fans. Isaiah is even an active member of the Northwest Raider Nation Fan club and has some retired Raider players on speed dial.

The game started.... they played a good game... but {of course} they lost {i love you honey but your team hasn't been all that great in the last....well....decade}.
Oh well.... great memories were made win or loose!

Back in 2009 our friends Phil and Shawna decided to tie the knot in an elegant destination wedding in Napa Ca. After a beautiful wedding and private tours around Napa for a few days we headed to San- Fran- Cisco for a day by the bay.

Here are the happy newlyweds!
Here is the ENTIRE wedding party who made the trip from Texas and Cali to be a part of the festivities.

Waiting in line for the trolley was half the fun!

We crammed a lot into one day.

But Kaylee was all smiles...Even if it was summer time and we were freezing by the water!

Great memories....great friends.... and the cutest little girl in the world...what more could you ask for!

Being that it is winter now.....cold...rainy....wet.....

I am starting to get nostalgic to some of our sunny outdoor days.
When Isaiah and I started dating he introduced
me to one of his favorite sports...
GOLF
At first I didn't understand the obsession with the sport but I soon grew to LOVE it!
Now I am in no means a GREAT golfer like Isaiah but I was starting to get "pretty good for a girl" as Isaiah would say.
A few years ago my parents moved into a golf course community and it soon became a family game. We would go out to Helendale CA to visit them (pre Kay) and my grandpa, mom, dad, brother, and me would grab our clubs and head out.
Here are some great flashback memories for you....

!I think my favorite part about spontaneously hopping in the car on a sunny afternoon and heading out for twilight pricing was getting to hang out with my best friend!
Isaiah in Napa CA


Talking about his swing with Grandpa Ronny

taking the shot at one of my favorite golf courses

I can't wait until Kaylee is old enough to head out with us and play. We bought her first plastic set on her first birthday. Scholarship her she comes!
She is no stranger to the course though....
car seat in the golf cart works like a charm!

Oh The Torres boys!
I have a high level of respect for Isaiah's mom....
FOUR BOYS!!
There is something about having all brothers that is completely different from what I experienced with my siblings.
Even now in their 20's and 30's they act like they did when they were kids.
They have weird games, crazy languages, and an "exclusive" club called "Futa-un Club"
This flashback is circa 1988.
Isaiah is just starting his teen years.



{Top: Angelo, Left: Nathan, Right: Isaiah, Bottom: Elliott}

Through ups and downs, deaths and births, current fights and future makeups....
they will always and forever be
BROTHERS

Oh the joys of 1997!
Back in the middle school days with bad hair, tomboy cothes and pre-braces.
This flashback is of my OTHER two favorite people....

My sister Stefanie and my brother Zach

My dad had just received orders in the military to be re-stationed from Alaska to New Jersey.
They decided to road trip across the country to their new home and they stopped in California on the way.

I look back and wonder where time went....
(and what Stef and I were thinking when we looked in the mirror.... haha)

Now we are all grown up. Well two of us anyways....
I'm obviously married with a daughter
Stef graduates this May from Long Beach State University
and Zach will be graduating high school next year.


I love and miss you both!

Next week.....
The Torres boys!

With Kaylee's 2nd bday fast approaching I am filled with such excitement and happiness and then a little sadness. Sad that ALL of the people who love her won't be able to share the day with her. See now that we are back in the Great northwest ALL of my family is now long distance. I am SOOO excited though because my mom and dad (Grandma and Papa Conner) are making the drive up from Redding CA to spend the weekend with us for her birthday. It means the world to me when my family comes up and visits. :)

So this "flashback" is dedicated to ALL of Kaylee's great grandparents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles far away who aren't able to be here next weekend!! :)

WE LOVE YOU ALL

Snowboarding!!!

When Isaiah and I first started dating we started a weekly date that we called "Our Tuesday Outing." We were lucky enough to both have the same WEEKDAYS off so we wanted to do something fun together once a week at least. During the warmer months we would go to sporting events, drive out to the ocean, spend the day walking around Seattle or Portland, or playing a round of golf.

During the winter months we would get up super early every Tuesday and make the few hour drive either north or south to the slopes!! We would get there when the lifts started and be there until last run!

(keep in mind this was back in our D.I.N.K. days....thats DUEL INCOME NO KIDS)

Oh how I long to have the chair lift sweep me off my feet :)

Before I came along Isaiah had never skied or snowboarded... Now he is pretty good. He can almost make it down an entire run without falling.

I am so excited this year to take my little lady to the snow and show her what her mamma can do on a board!

Although I complain often about the cold weather I do love when I am on the moutain and having a great "Tuesday Outing" with the man of my dreams :)

Oct 2009

Now I know this doesn't seem like a long flashback but when you sit down and think of all of the things that have happened in one year it is amazing! I love now being a mom and going back to see how much Kaylee has changed.

Here she is last year at the Pumpkin Patch!

So cute! Her curls were just starting to form :)

Its even crazier to think that a year before that she was still in my tummy!!

How much they grow before your eyes....
I'm so grateful for pictures to look back on and remember what a year ago looked like :)

One of my girlfriends Amy (who has one of the cutest little guys EVER...and one of the cutest blogs ever) has inspired me to begin doing Flash Back Fridays! I have found there is a blogging culture and I am starting to really like it!!

So here goes:

Flashback to TWO years ago... Fall 2008!

As you can obviously tell I was WELL into my pregnancy.....about 6 weeks till d-day! We were so full of love, joy and anticipation to meet our little girl :) Crazy to think now but I actually MISS being pregnant. What a wonderful blessing it was to be able to experience the creation of life first hand!

(one thing I don't miss about this time is the extra 45lbs!!)

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