This is a picture of me doing make-up at work last Saturday. This was for a fashion show for a breast cancer benefit in the Bay Area. It was fun doing a pin-up girls 50's theme. They all turned out so great!

Wow, it's been a while!

Okay so it has been four months since I last updated. So naturally a lot has happened. I (amanda) started working as an esthetician for Willo Aveda in the Fountains in Roseville. I work part-time and I am really enjoying it. We decided to take the big plunge and finally buy a house since we have been back from Idaho for a year and a half. So we moved out of the place we were renting and we moved to Auburn to stay with Cory's parents. We went on a safari in Santa Rosa with Cory's work and it was a lot of fun. Then Cory turned 30 on July 24th and we had a good time celebrating his birthday! We went to the Keith Urban concert at Arco and had a great time! Then we moved to Roseville in August and we are currently staying with my parents. The great news is that we bought a house!!! We waited on a short sale for over three months and then we just decided to buy a brand new house. It will be done in December and we are very excited! It's in west Roseville, and even on a court.

Genevieve turned one at the end of August and she is getting so big and sooo bossy! She cracks us up. She doesn't cry she squaks...and I'm not exaggerating. She still doesn't have much hair but i like to pretend by sticking extra tiny barrettes in it. Her teeth came in finally too but she got a side top tooth first so we called her fang for a while. C.J. is getting so big too. The other day during his nap I heard him start to cry then before I knew it he was next to me. He said "mama I climbed out...I awesome!" He was in the best mood after that for the rest of the day.

Cory's Grandma Brouhard passed away about a month ago. We named genevieve after her. She was a great lady and we will miss her. We are just grateful to know she is in a better place and we will see her again!

Now that things are a little more settled again for us, or at least we have a timeline of when we will be in our new house, hopefully I will be better about updating this

A couple more pictures

I just wanted to add a couple of random pictures of the kids just being CUTE! This is Gigi's "sniffy face" that she does when she is being silly, it cracks me up! And the other picture is of C.J. doing what he does best...getting into everything. He knows just where mommy keeps the good stuff...up high!

Clegg Family Reunion/Grandpa's 80th Birthday!

We just had a Clegg Family Reunion this past weekend and we celebrated grandpa Clegg's 80th Birthday! We ALL stayed at a cabin in Lake Tahoe, that was big enough for just about everyone. It was a full house with about 50 people total with 21 being kids (the oldest 8yrs. old). Even with such a full house, we missed the family members that could not make it. It was so fun because even my sister Melanie and her family were here from Arkansas. We always love hanging out with them! It was an awesome weekend with a lot of food and a lot of fun!

We made butter, and had our own version of the scottish games!

 That rock is WAY heavier than it looks!!!

Cory was "Randy Jackson" as a judge for the talent show. C.J. wanted to wear the sunglasses and bling-bling the rest of the night.

C.J. was so excited to ride in the Rowlee's van "rocket" with his buddy Ricky.

Grandpa and Grandma Clegg with all of the kids that were there.

Us with Grandpa and Grandma

 

Birthday Weekend

We have had a very busy and very fun weekend! We celebrated C.J.'s Birthday on Thursday night. It was a day early but he didn't care (or know). It was perfect weather, and we had a great time at the park. We had pizza, my sister Wendie made amazing shark cupcakes, and we even had a pinata! The funny thing was C.J. got a sucker from the pinata, and he wouldn't give it up to have a cupcake. He held on to it until we left. It was great to see all of the family and friends that came, and C.J. had a blast. It didn't take him long to realize that birthdays are pretty cool.         

Friday, C.J.'s real birthday he got to open a couple of more presents that we had saved. He had a bunch of balloons from his Auntie Gail and he carried them around the whole weekend. 

   Friday afternoon Cory's parents came over to stay with the kids, and we got to go on an overnight trip to San Francisco!  Cory's work had an after tax season party. It was a Monte Carlo party. We didn't know how to play the games at first, but I caught on pretty fast...what can I say, it's in my blood:) We stayed in a really nice hotel, and our room was on the 29th floor! This is the view from our window. it was awesome! 

It was so nice having a night alone, and since Cory's parents were watching the kids, we didn't have to worry one bit. We had a relaxing morning and got back in the late afternoon, by then I was ready to see my babies. Genna gave me the best hugs and kisses when we got home.  

She is such a momma's girl!

We met my family for a walk that evening, and we all went to McDonald's after. C.J.'s diaper leaked when we were there, and I didn't have any extra pants for him, so yes my child was the one playing just in his diaper. I was embarrassed, but our only other option was going home, and he was having so much fun. 

Sunday was a wonderful Mother's Day! Cory took great care of me, and I got to rest from our busy weekend. C.J. got to have cupcakes in Nursery for his birthday, and now I'm afraid he'll expect 4 day birthdays every year. Today we have been getting him back to reality. He's having to adjust to not getting everything he wants the second he wants it. He had fun with his Papa and Grandma, now its just mommy who has rules, he doesn't like that too much:)