What we are up to...

Where to start, so many things have happened since my last post.
We have a new Pikula family member, Derick's brother got married to Serene!!
Congratulations to them, it was beautiful and the reception was AMAZING!!!I have been trying out new recipes: Happy Faced Pancakes, Apple Pie, Chicken/Steak Pot Pie, Italian Pulled Pork BBQ, Lemon Bars, Tortellini Stew, and I am thinking about taking a cooking class in a few months.Kurtis has been making a lot of crafts, and this week was the first week he started to be very curious about reading. He has started putting letters together to make words, he enjoys asking lots of questions (and we are loving that too), and he built his own robot this week. It is so interesting how their brains work!Sarah is trying to get up and run with Kurtis. She is really starting to roll, she loves to play with toys, to grab her feet, and this week she tried rice cereal. My sister in law made her some adorable bow here is just a sample, I told her she needed to start an etsy shop, thanks Jordan!! Also, my friend Aileen, who does sell her bows online sent Sarah some adorable headbands she is so cute in them, thank you too Aileen. Now all we need is for her to grow her hair!Derick started school and is loving it as usual. We both were taking care of the move this past week and are really starting to feel settled in. We love our new place!!

Sea World....

YES WE MADE IT!!! The weather was PERFECT!! The children loved it, I loved it, and we took some great photos!! We found the sky bar to see "Shamu" up close which was really neat! Plus, we found the Shamu and Herbie car put together, Kurtis finally found the car he wants to drive when he turns 16!!

Do We Look Alike????

People keep asking Derick and I who Sarah looks like the only constant is that everyone thinks she looks like Kurtis. I am still working on scanning some baby photos of Derick and I in so you can compare us to our children, but here are some photos of both Kurtis and Sarah to start to figure out if they really look alike. These are photos of them at three months....here they are with me....
here they are with derick....No matter who they look like, they love each other, and we love them!!This week Sarah really started to roll from her tummy to her back, she laughs, smiles, and lights up our lives.Kurtis is going through another growth spurt (I believe...at least in his feet), he loves to imagine fun stories of him and dinosaurs, and is really enjoying every moment of school.

Herbie and More

With the holiday this weekend we decided to do something as a family, so we let Kurtis choose. He of course chose SEAWORLD....Derick got the tickets and we were all ready and then SADLY it was raining. We both knew we would need to take him somewhere he would love just as much as SeaWorld if that is possible. So we went to the Car Museum and we had TONS of fun! Herbie was his favorite, although he enjoyed the Kurtis car as well.

Travel Town....

Okay, for anyone who has children that likes trains and is in the area of Los Angeles, CA you need to take them to Travel Town. I took Zoie and Kurtis before school started back up. We had a ton of fun. We climbed into old "retired" trains, we watched the models go around, around AND around in the museum, and rode the small train around the park. It was a great little adventure! The two of them took some adorable pictures: Zoie wanted to pose for the camera but Kurtis was a little occupied with all the trains.

Highlights of our week....

Derick asked me the other week why we choose to live in Los Angeles, well the first highlight of our week is my reason why.

The weather was so nice so for a few days this week we were able to go to the beach and relax.Kurtis, Sarah and I enjoyed that wonderful weather the other days of the week by going for a bike ride.I went to Cheesecake Factory and tasted "The Stefani", it is cheesecake and red velvet cake put together, wow that was delicious!Then as usual we played with the hot wheels, Sarah really loved that!

Our Holiday...

We went and looked at the temple lights....

We watched the Polar Express in 3-D...We opened presents....

We ate lots of goodies....

and afterwards......we worked out (disregard my lovely pants....derick thought it was too cute of a photo to pass up!)Overall we had a great holiday season!!