California Dreaming

I found my camera!!  I thought it was stolen, but it was just very well-hidden in my dirty laundry bag!  I am so relieved...the thought of shelling out more money for another DSLR really depressed me.  The best part is that I took some great pictures while I was out in LA a couple of weeks ago.  Here you go...

My favorite ramen place in LA, Daikokuya...

Gracie and Sophie with my cousins: Jenny, Charles, and Richard

Us and Jenny in Little Tokyo

And then my favorite place to hang out in all of LA, Back to the Beach in Santa Monica...

What's up?

I haven't blogged in a long time for so many reasons....one of which is that I think I got my camera stolen at the airport when we went to LA last week.  I took some great photos of the kids in Santa Monica, and am more sad about losing the photos than the actual camera!  Anyway, I've been using my camera phone a lot these days, which means it's pretty onerous to transfer pics from my phone, to my computer, to this blog.  Here are some recent pics...if you want to see more, come follow me on Instagram: novamama or click on this:

    

See you on the other side of the interwebs!

Zoo Day

We took our annual trip to the zoo today, and brought along one of Sophie's best friends. It was really tiring walking the entire zoo, but the girls were so sweet!

Busy, busy lives...

My loves!

Ombre Wall

image and concept via P.S. - I made this

I found this amazing tutorial on how to give your walls on ombre effect...I'm so gonna give this a try in Sophie and Grace's room!

Soccer

Sophie started playing on a soccer league this year and she's been having a blast!  We signed her up hoping that she could learn about all the good things that come with team sports: confidence, sportsmanship, teamwork...and so far, so good!  She even scored a goal today!  (That's a big deal considering her parents were each born with two left feet).

Soccer skillzzzz

Sophie and one of her BFFs

These girls are so cute together!

2-4-6-8..Who do we appreciate?

Good game!

Spring is in the Air!

Gracie playing among her grandparents' cherry blossoms.