Back From Hiatus

Happy winter everyone!  We are back from a blog hiatus.

Many events have happened since our last post and we have many photos of the family to share, but we have to share that over future posts to keep each post short and sweet.

So what have you been up to you ask???

Kalista is doing well at school and is a super chatty girl. She loves to do the Gangnam dance around the house and even danced with Santa today. We're a little sad that we didn't get that on video. (oops!!)  She has gained a lot of weight and is even taller than many of her classmates.

Matt is working hard at the Marriott and enjoying the benefits of the hospitality business when we jet set on the weekends all over southern California. 

Jen has started her new position as Sharp and is enjoying her new place. She gets off work earlier now and is able to spend more time with Kali.

Bella....oh Bella....she is still the same 'ol lap dog. She still loves snuggling and sitting on everyone's lap, if she gets the chance.  She just got over a bit of a incident last week and is recovering well (we will elaborate more in a future post).

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and stay tuned for more of the Lam adventures!

Just for Kalista...we have posted her favorite song and video:

Birthday Getaway

We hope all you mamas out there had a great Mother's Day. We celebrated Kalista's birthday in the same weekend.  

Kalista enjoyed opening a few gifts.  She received a few books, stickers, clothes and Yo Gabba Gabba items. Thank you so much for the birthday presents!!!!

Thanks to Auntie Kimmie, Kalista loves putting stickers on her face and feet.  It's like a sticker pox outbreak has taken place.

Matt's parents came into town and we whisked away to Newport Beach for a weekend getaway. We stayed near the Pelican Hill Resort at one of the Marriott Villas.  We were greeted with towel animals on our beds.  We had a very plump turtle awaiting us.  Very nice!!!

We had a wonderful brunch in Laguna Beach at a french bakery/restaurant.  We had some fabulous sweets. Kalista had a yummy red velvet birthday cake, but only ate the white chocolate flakes off the top of it.  However, she used the star shaped sugar cookie to dig into the cake itself.  She doesn't like to get her hands dirty.

We spent the part of the afternoon hanging out at the Villas and enjoying all the cool events on the property.

 The ponds had some humongous Koi fish

 Kali could not get enough of the mini putt putt golf

We spent the other part of the afternoon enjoying Downtown Disney. Yahoo!!!  Gotta love the Lego store.  It's amazing how elaborate those Lego sculptures look.

Aww...Beauty and the Beast

Lego-fied Aladdiin, Princess Jasmine and The Genie