Christmas Eve Morning 2010

We decided this year to start celebrating Christmas with just our little family at a separate time from extended family. Trevor had Christmas Eve off, so I chose to work a different day of the week instead. We celebrated on Christmas Eve morning the way my family always has on Christmas morning. I stayed up […]

Baby Girl #3: Why the name Avalina Lola?

So, as most of you know, Trevor and I take our time naming our children.  We put a lot of thought into it for many reasons.  We want our child to have a name that has significant meaning as well as familial significance.  With Amabella and Adeliza we waited until they were born to make […]

Happy Father’s Day, I love You!

6/20/10 Dear Trevor, Happy Father’s Day!  I love you!  You really are a great father to our girls and I have been impressed by that since the moment we had Amabella (if not sooner). When I think of what I appreciate about you, a lot comes to mind.  When I think of why I love […]

Ship Adrift, Sails Full (Rudderly Ridiculous)

When our love was first sprung forth, we were young, independent and buoyed to explore the world in her entirety. Your partnering up with me, whether those ambitions were yours or you just enjoyed my company I enjoyed yours and the adventures of love sailed me. But now that you are the mother of my […]

This Last Saturday (soccer, skeet, and poker)

When I use a day of vacation time I set out to get my money’s worth. So on Thursday I wrote out an itinerary of what I planned for this Saturday, not entirely convinced I would actually get to them. It would only have improved upon, but far for disappointing and activities saw action. The […]

Wish Lists

By popular demand, I am posting a wish list for those wanting some ideas for Christmas or Birthday shopping for the coming months.  🙂  I have included wish lists for Trevor and myself as well.  Please email Tawnya at [email protected] if you have purchased an item for one of the girls, or for Trevor, so […]

Morning at the Mall

With excitement, the girls and I loaded into the car at 10:30AM to go to the mall and come home with a surprise for daddy, the Magic Mouse from Apple. Unfortunately, we got to the mall and the Apple store didn’t have any. We had fun nonetheless. Adeliza was asleep in the car when we […]

Pumpkin Patch 2009

Visiting Ryan O’Shannan Farms on Saturday afternoon was a lot of fun.  My mom, sister, Nichole (my almost sister-in-law), the girls, and I went to the farm after I got off work.  We got to see a cow close up (and pet her if we wanted) and two calves.  Amabella and Tiffany did the hay […]

Trying Out Cloth Diapering

Diapers, diapers, diapers! Over the last couple of months, I have realized how much waste is accumulated through using disposable diapers.  I also decided again that I liked the idea of trying cloth diapers on the girls.  Well, I just ordered a new type of cloth diaper to try.  They are Gro Baby diapers, which […]

A Walk On The Beach

Riverfront Carousel

Seagulls Love Donuts

Seagulls Love Donuts, originally uploaded by Trev Tawn. On the boat over to Alcatraz, friends dared me to feed a seagull out of my mouth. All I asked for was eye protection.

Seagulls Love Donuts

At Kristen’s Wedding

The girls and I had a great time at my cousin Kristen’s wedding on May 9th. Amabella and Adeliza did great. I had lots of help with my parents, Tiffany, Brandon, and Nichole. But perhaps the greatest help and most fun for Amabella was her 3 1/2 year old cousin, Tara. They hugged, played, and […]

1140 Trombetta

The Smith Family has taken a step closer to establishing the new “Smith House”. We are in the early stages of escrow. The following video photographs were captured before Thursday’s pest and home inspections. Feel free to add annotations to the video using this link to 1140 Trombetta. pic.tntfam.com has many more photos of the […]

Adeliza’s Two-Week Check Up

Thursday, February 19, Adeliza had her two week doctor’s appointment. She is very healthy and has gained weight. She was 8lbs. at birth, lost weight, and now is up to 8lbs. 12oz. She’s in the 65th percentile for weight. Height, on the other hand, she’s in the 48th percentile. She grew from 20in. to 20 […]

Valentine’s Day 2009

This year was Amabella’s Second Valentine’s Day and Adeliza’s first. Their Grammie (Robin) bought them matching onesies and socks to wear. They have a new little friend, Julissa, who was born on Thursday the 12th, so we got the three girls together for Valentine pictures in their festive attire. Later in the evening we had […]

Amabella Loves Her New Little Sister

We have been pleasantly surprised by Amabella’s love for, and interest in her sister. While I was pregnant and would refer to “baby sister” she would pat my tummy. Now, most of the time so points to or pats Adeliza when we say “baby sister.”. She loves to gently pat Adeliza’s head and arms. She […]

Adeliza and Mommy

Here are a few early pictures of me and Adeliza.

Birth Announcement for Adeliza

Here is a picture of the birth announcement we emailed out. If you didn’t get an email & want to be on our email list, let us know.