So I guess I will pick up with Rilyn's 3rd birthday.
I can't even find where I put her party pics at the moment. So family celebration at Chuck E Cheese will suffce. This little girl grows more beautiful and wiser every day. Both of my girls amaze me day in and day out.
JUNE: CGUHS KIDDIE CHEER CAMP
My little Cougar cheerleaders. This year, Rilyn just turned 3 in the nick of time. Days from sign ups. It was nice that they both got to participate in the High School kiddie camp. It's surreal to watch MY kids take part in this event. Seems just like yesterday I was the high school cheerleader adoring every moment of having the cute little kiddos in my cheer camp.
They BOTH won spirit sticks on different days. Of course, Rilyn shredded her's to pieces in no time!
Definitely think I have cheerleading/dancers on my hands!
Skipping over to September 26, 2009: Taitum turns 7 years old. I bit the big one and gave into her request for a slumber party. I didn't even put a cap on the number of kids she could have sleepover. What was I thinking??? In all honestly, they were all fabulous. It was definitely a lot of work, but totally worth it. She was in to Hannah Montana this year, so that's the theme we went with. The kids decorated their own Hannah Montana pillowcases, danced, sanged and flipped the night away. They fell asleep to "Hannah Montana: The Movie".
This year, since Taitum's undoubted obsession with Hannah Montana consumed our houseld (along with Rilyn's obsession), we opted to take her to her first concert. The 4 of us went to Hannah Montana the night before her party.
Posing at Hannah Montana concert @ Jobing.com.
The girls had a BLAST!! Mommy did, too if I must say :)
Hannah flew through the crowd on a Harley. The girls thought that was the greatest thing in the world!
October 2009: We met Aunt Tiffy and Samantha and Tiegan along with our cousin's Natalie and Monica at the Phoenix Zoo for "Boo at the Zoo"
Rilyn, Rylie, Taitum & Tiegan
We spent the day partaking in all the festivities the Zoo had to offer this Halloween. The kids got to paint, play games, play with the animals, eat candy, and then cool off at the Splash Pads!
FALL 2009
The cousins of our family! We attempted to do a little self-shot family photo session. Now we know why we'd rather hire the photographer to do the work. Getting 5 little kids to play without fighting or pose for a quick snap shot is not an easy task! Regardless of the outcome, each adorable little face was captured this day!
Cousin love. (Tiegan was fed up with this by now)!!
We even got a surprise visit from Derek's brother and his family this Fall. They moved a few years ago to Colorado, so we don't get to see them as often as we'd like. However, we are vowing to make a trip out to Colorado to visit them. Marcos and Monica have 3 girls: Elise, Ashlee, and Merissa. My girls are in absolute heaven when they get to play with their cousins. Here's a pic from their visit with all the crazy Ronquillo Girls!!
Elise, Ashlee, Rilyn, Taitum & Merissa = Ronquillo Cousins!!
WE LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH AND MISS YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW!!
We will make it out to Colorado to visit this year!!!!
Now let's fast forward to December. So first, let me preface this with saying that November 15th was mine and Derek's 6 year anniversary and November 27th is Derek's birthday. So I decided to surprise him with plane tickets and a trip to San Diego for a long weekend getaway. We joined Stacy and Louie as they celebrated their anniversary, too. We had sooo much fun and it was just short and sweet. Not too long to be without our girls. I say it we do it atleast once a year.
HAPPY 6 YEARS TO US!!
Old Town San Diego, with the best strawberry margarita......DELISH!!
The only downside to the trip was the fact that we missed my girls in their 2nd Annual Dillard's Fashion show debut! But luckily Grama, Papa, and the Auntie's stepped up to the plate to get them their (as they always do anyways). Here's some of the cute pics they captured for us!!
My girls posing with Taitum's friend Aryana from school.
Christmas Time 2009
The AZ cousins. I'm so grateful that we get to share every holiday tradition with my Uncle Mike and Aunt Julie's kids. Once again, we're missing Tiegan from this picture.......
So onto her 1st Birthday!
My Precious little niece turned 1 on February 26th, 2010. She has been such a blessed addition to our family. I truly think she is a gift from God, not only to my sister and Samantha, but to our entire family. HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY TIEGAN!!!
We all love you more than you know.....yet!!
Tiegan LOVES Elmo and airplanes!!
Elmo's world!! LOL
MARCH 2010: WEDDING TIME
Just a few of us with the out of towners. From the east and west, all of our family is simply the BEST!!
I love you all!! And we miss you daily!!
Homemade southern cooked biscuits with Aunt Mick.
This has become Taitum's favorite tradition to do when Aunt Mick comes to visit.
Lucky for her, she's had the privilege to do it twice in just 7 years. That's good.....and the biscuits are like no other! Someday we will attempt to carry on Aunt Mick's tradition, too!!
Rilyn just fell in love with Sheila and Derek. They are our family from Georgia. She still talks about "King Derek" and the "New Sheila" and inquires about when you are coming back. We need to see you guys sooner than later~!! xoxoxo
And she also fell in absolute love with our family from California. Jeri and Paul.......she just couldn't get enough of "Cheri", especially after she received a Barbie from them. You guys definitely know how to steal her heart. Jeri is talked about daily. Whether it's a plane flying overhead or some slang "Oh no you didn't" verbage....Ry LOVES these people!! As do we all!!
Oh, and I can't forget to show my cast that was all "blinged" out for the wedding. Thanks to my mom, Aunt Melissa, Ami and Katie for decorating this eye sore!!!
March was also had a sad moment. Our beloved Ms. Beth, who has been the preschool teacher for both Taitum and Rilyn, had to close her preschool. I think I had the hardest time with this. Taitum understood, but was grateful she got to spend her preschool year with her. Rilyn, still too young to understand. Unfair and unforseen circumstances that are wished upon no one. We love you Ms. Beth and I am thankful to have had the opportunity to have you as such a big part of my girls' lives.
Preschool Pathways 2010
EASTER IS HERE!!!
I had to work this Easter. First holiday I've ever had to work. Very sad, but that's the name of the game. So needless to say, I woke the girls up at 6am so I could see them open their baskets. :)
Thankfully, Daddy captured Easter Sunday at Grandma Connie's house with cousins from the other side of our family.
And that's 2009 to now, update in a shell. I've left out tons of stuff, just it makes me feel better to atleast have done a brief recap!!
My girls got to be in their 2nd Dillard's fashion show. Here are a few pictures that Grama managed to get for me since it was my weekend to work....I missed it all.
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