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Abc's

2010-02-04T12:32:00.001-07:00

Next time sing with me later.

2010-01-29T22:01:00.001-07:00

mexico

2010-01-29T22:00:00.001-07:00

christmas

2010-01-29T21:59:00.001-07:00

seal beach

2010-01-29T21:58:00.001-07:00

disneyland

2010-01-29T21:57:00.001-07:00

halloween

2010-01-29T21:55:00.001-07:00

mina's bday

2010-01-29T21:48:00.001-07:00

lake powell

2009-09-23T17:00:00.001-06:00

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provo canyon

2009-09-22T21:26:00.001-06:00

Hey Jude.

Chillin.

fun in DC

2009-09-22T21:17:00.004-06:00

We spent a week in Washington DC, going to Ameena's wedding, visiting family, seeing the sights, and seeing Jessica's stomping ground.

Night on the town.

Late night bike ride around the city. A few miles on the bikes and we were able to see most of the monuments.

White House.

Steps of the Lincoln Monument.

We visited a bunch of museums. Malina liked most of them; especially the art museums because she could hear her echo when she screamed. We didn't last long.

She liked this one.

Happy to not be in a stroller.

View of the Washington monument from the steps of the Capital building.

Hanging at the Mall.

J's old house.

Ameena's wedding.

Recent pics

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surfer girls

2009-05-23T02:19:00.001-06:00

My girls paddling at Hapuna Beach, HI.

braveing the ocean

2009-05-23T02:16:00.001-06:00

Malina loves the waves. She gets mad when we take her out of the water. And even falls asleep in her tube.

Malina showing off a few of her new tricks

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jumping

2009-05-10T13:14:00.004-06:00

At a soccer game and loving it

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2009-05-04T12:55:00.001-06:00

Funny Malina

2009-05-04T12:21:00.002-06:00

Malina and Spanish Jose
who sleeps like this? really.

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2009-05-04T12:05:00.001-06:00

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November thru December....

2009-01-14T15:53:00.014-07:00

Its been so long since we've updated what we have been up to the last few months. Here is a quick look on the past few months.

First things first... We were feeling tight in our place and so we moved in to a town home a few doors down that had more square footage, an extra bedroom, back yard, double garage, and more room to breath! We are loving it.

last night in our old place...

Nov 15th...We celebrated our six year anniversary in November. Hotel Down town, Hot tub, Cheesecake factory, sleeping in, late breakfast, sleeping more, movies, Carmel corn and hours of undivided attention with the man i love...bliss.

we stayed at the restaurant for almost three hours! I forget how nice dinner can be when its just the two of us...

Yesss! Cheesecake to bring home

Gabe's sister blessed their sweet baby girl (kaia) in December. We gathered at their house after to eat yummy food and spend time together...here's Malina begging for food...

TheCorotan Brothers:

Thanksgiving, after the big meal:

grandpa corotan has the special touch... he can put malina in this hold and she will be out in minutes..

Mesmerized by the tree...

malina was so excited to set up the Christmas tree...she couldn't help but grab on to all the sparkling ornaments...

Book Club: The women in my book club are incredible! We all come from different backgrounds, interests, opinions, views, which makes each discussion so interesting. I truly admire each of these women and i consider myself so blessed to know them. They are all strong, brilliant, creative, warm, witty, beautiful,....i could really go on forever... we laugh, we cry, we talk, we eat, its always an eventful night when we meet.

Flashing lights...We ventured out in the cold to see the beautiful lights in temple square. The best part was that there was hot chocolate waiting for us at the visitors center and my friend Jessie's mind boggeling delicious cookies that i would lie, cheat and steal for...thanks Jessie for saving me the trouble.

our friends Lina & Oto

Cheers to a night on the town! Compliments of Omniture
A Black Tie Event(Gabe's company rents tuxes for all the guys and give a dress budget to the ladies) We got all dressed up, ate some delicious food, and dusted off our dancing shoes...i fell in love with gabe all over again on the dance floor...

A typical Saturday nap...

First taste of Christmas giving...

Snow day! Malina's first go at sledding

Christmas Eve Dinner

Kels & Dan

Corotan family: Performing at our family Christmas Program

Malina's first Christmas Present: pajamas of course...its a fetui tradition

Christmas Program: My sister Aimee really is incredible. She has established this tradition to do a nativity/program on Christmas eve. She writes out a program that includes scriptures, music, costumes (made by my mom) the kids memorize lines and dress as Mary, Joseph, Wise men, Angels...last year Malina was just a few months old so she naturally played baby Jesus. This year she was a lamb. Gabe played the guitar, Ryan played the ukulele, my Aunt Karen the Piano and my cousin Sammie the violin. We were lucky to have Gabe's family in town this year which definitely added to our program (since music just runs in their blood), they sang a beautiful Christmas song while Alton played the uke. It really was such a special program and the kids really love being a part of it...

The cutest lamb i ever did see...

Christmas Morning

here's Malian showering her one of her presents with hugs. It was love at first sight, her and Spanish Jose are inseparable..

Malina's first bike. thanks to grandma and grandma corotan

Learning how to text with Auntie Kels

Weekend in St. George

2008-11-09T17:00:00.005-07:00

Gabe and i escaped to St. George last weekend with our friends Lina and Oto. We were lucky enough to be invited by them. They had a time share that needed usin and we were happy to help. Thanks guys! We rented a car and all cruised down together. It was a nice and relaxing weekend. Good food, good company, and beautiful weather (sigh). They have a little guy a few months older then Malina...you have probably seen him in some pictures here before.

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so Lina and i thought we'd give the babies a quick bath...let me tell you bath's for Malina are calm and mellow, i wash her hair and she plays with her toys. She splashes a little bit here and there. Well from what Lina tells me Lil O's bath times are quite different. Malina gave him a little friendly splash and he returned it with a tidal wave! It was intense to say the least...by the time the bath was over the floor was covered in water...as you can see, they had a blast...

she loved the swing...

Daddies and kiddies

Mamas and babies

Thrill Seeking

Doubled up

workin on her strut

2008-11-09T16:19:00.009-07:00

Oct 30th: i am so excited for Halloween i can hardly stand it! Guess what i'm gunna be...

An ELEPHANT!

(she looked so cute in her costume I was tempted to dress her in it the next day)

Lil O and Auntie Lina

Outside Omniture's insane Halloween Party

Gabe's team at work was assinged to be characters from the cartoon network Aqua Teen Hunger Force..hence the french fry costume

Happy Birthday Malina (October 8th)

2008-11-07T15:20:00.022-07:00

We had a little family celebration for Malina's first birthday. It was a good thing that her shindig wasn't on the day of her actual birthday because I'm certain i would have been a mess. I have to admit that October 8th was a sad day for me. I couldn't be happy about my little baby turning one. I couldn't help but think how fast she has grown, how much she has changed, and how every year October 8th will come even quicker.

I know that Malina and i will always have a special bond because she is my first. There is something unique about your first. Everything about life is so new. Gabe and i would lay in bed with her between us and stare at her for hours. I remember holding her little body in my arms in the middle of the night and feeling a connection that seemed older than time. I would memorize her expressions, the curve of her ears, the color of her olive skin. Those first few months had its challenges for us both, but with each new development we learned and understood each other more completely.

I love that for the time being i am the one that can fix it all...when she bumps her head and needs a kiss, when she is sick with a fever and needs to be held, when she is sleepy and needs to be rocked, when she is hungry and needs to be fed, i am hers, and she is mine. As overwhelming as this sounds, it's the intensity of it that makes it amazing and allows me to love her so completely. I treasure this time we have together. Just the two of us during the day till daddy gets home; of course it's her favorite part of the day. I hear that every year brings more joy...so on with the next...

I love you Malina....Happy birthday baby girl.

hello, i'm malina

MY daddy...

Nana, Mama, Auntie Aimee (I missed my Autie Tanya)

Uncle Dan, Grandpa, Auntie Kels and Uncle Nick

its my party and i'll sleep if i want to...

Just slide the silver slipper on...hurry before its midnight!

My birthday Dinner...

fruit bouquets

yummy! special cupcakes by the sweet tooth fairy!

more cupcakes...so pretty (thanks auntie megs)

Yummy cookies! (auntie mandi, auntie caroline, and auntie mimi made em special for me!)

a whole cake just for little me?

so you want me to just go for it?

ok...here i go!

Uh oh!...

i'm stuffed!

a cell phone! yeah thanks auntie kels

my first doll! i'll love her forever, thank you nana!

ohh! so many presents...thanks everybody!

Krabi, Thailand

2008-10-20T01:13:00.006-06:00

Krabi was the perfect ending to our excursion through Thailand...3 cities, 3 flights, 3 kids, 7 days. It was an adventure. Whew we got to Krabi, we laid by the pool, ate yummy food, and just relaxed. The beach was like nothing i had ever seen; rocky cliffs meeting right up with the green ocean. If i clicked my heels together right now i'd dream of going back here for a day....

cousins pictures

our little family

One of the best things about this trip was all the quality time i had with tanya. I treasured each day with her....we laughed till we cried. I miss you so T please come visit us soon!

Malina loved the independence she had at the beach....this was her signiture crawl on our trip

gabe= water toy

mini happy as ever

my sweet pea...

she's lovin skinny dippin

at two in the afternoon this beach apears when the tides are low

our little lady sound asleep

my sweet kiara

me and my sis

Gabe husked and cut this coconut himself...its in the hawaiian blood i guess...

under the sea...

Chaing Mai, Thailand

2008-10-20T00:42:00.006-06:00

I loved Chaing Mai...we enjoyed this charming city and the beautiful people. We experienced lost of exciting things here...this was probably my favorite part of the trip.

Malina and i making a new friend

Picture taken while elephant trekking

Mama and baby

Long neck village

Kiki and Malina hanging out

Gabe:"You know that show when animals attack"

Jess: "yeah, what about it?"

Gabe: " Well its always in Thailand"

Super brave Tai kissing the snake

Super brave monkey kissing gabe

Malaysia and Thailand= Best trip ever

2008-10-19T23:43:00.008-06:00

I fell in love with Malaysia...or maybe I fell in love with Tanya's life there. I'm still not sure which one it is. But as our trip came to an end i was asking Tanya if we could move in with her.

We had an amazing time to say the least. Tanya and Tai were outstanding hosts. And Tanya is quite the tour guide. She showed Gabe and I the ins and outs of Malaysia. We packed in three days of intese sight seeing before taking off to Thailand. From muay thai kick boxing class, to gorgeous mosques, butterfly sanctuaries, monkey sitings, and quality time with kiki and kaile.... we were on cloud nine. Malina was a dream. We dragged her everywhere and she smiled through it all. Here's a few pictures of our site seeing in Malaysia....

260+ stairs to reach this temple

one of the many monkey encounters

id Jamek Mosque:The oldest mosque in KL...Malina forgot her birka

Tanya and i trying to look submissive...i think she looks more seductive, she can't help it...

beautiful grounds of the butterfly sanctuary...

yes, that gorgeous specimen is mine...

We left the babies at home with sweet Ivy, and went to the best buffet ever...amazing Indian, Thai, and Malay food. Yummy!

Mowgli and Baloo...

corotan blog

Abc's

mexico

christmas

seal beach

disneyland

halloween

mina's bday

lake powell

provo canyon

fun in DC

Recent pics

surfer girls

braveing the ocean

Malina showing off a few of her new tricks

jumping

At a soccer game and loving it

Funny Malina

Malina and Spanish Josewho sleeps like this? really.

Malina and Spanish Jose

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November thru December....

Weekend in St. George

Happy Birthday Malina (October 8th)

Krabi, Thailand

Chaing Mai, Thailand

Malaysia and Thailand= Best trip ever

Malina and Spanish Jose
who sleeps like this? really.