Well, unfortunately we received word that Makena was not selected amongst the top 5 finalists to go to New York for Parents Magazine Cover Contest. Oh well--we are very happy that she made it this far--it was exciting while it lasted! But it is not entirely over yet! You can vote for her in the Reader's Choice part of the contest by going to PARENTS MAGAZINE and clicking on her picture! You can vote once daily until the beginning of September. THANKS!!

congrats makena!

A few months ago I submitted Makena's photo to a Parents Magazine Cover Model contest for fun. I received a phone call the other day saying that she has been selected as a semi-finalist in the contest, one of 20 selected of ~85,000 entries! We are pretty excited, even if this is the furthest she goes in the competition! But now, we wait to see what happens. They now narrow it down to 5, whom they will all send to New York for a final photo shoot at Parents Magazine studios. We shall see how things go, but if she doesn't make it--we are still extremely proud that she has gotten this far! These are a few of the supplemental photos I had to send in this week!

the 4th and the fair

July is only half over, but it has been pretty eventful thus far! We had the Cliffhouse annual 4th of July party which was really fun this year. We took Makena to the Del Mar fair one day, which she loved! And then of course, there are just some random pictures that I have taken along the way. Anyhow--click link below to see photos!
Some July pics

Just for fun

Just for fun we started doing a little photography/model job in which designers send me the clothes for Makena to model and I take her picture in them. Either I get paid for the pictures, or I get to keep the clothes in exchange. So its a win-win! My friend Holly has been doing it for awhile, and now that I have a camera I can start taking my own pictures. Not that I am near the photographer she is, I just enjoy doing it! So we will see how it pans out, but this is the comp card they created with a few of the pics I sent. Here are a couple more...

crazy june

June has been quite full of activity, from Makena's 2nd birthday to our trip to Newport and Disneyland, we have constantly been on the go!

More pictures HERE!!










We went to Tommy Bahama's for lunch on her birthday where they brought her a giant cake to celebrate. Needless to say she hardly put a dent in it...


Makena's party was fun with all of her friends that came to help her celebrate!


We headed over to Newport for a few days to celebrate my 30th birthday and see cousins and relatives we hadn't seen in a long time (many Makena had never met!)


And finally, Disneyland with our friends the Walkeys--she LOVES the rides there and had so much fun with her little friend Chase.

may

Makena in Old Town La Quinta playing on staircase

I know I have been pretty terrible with keeping up the blog lately! My goal was to update every week, but what can you do? Makena's second birthday is approaching, so I have been preparing for that, and we have been in and out of town visiting family and friends. Oh well, enough excuses--check out some of our pics from May HERE!

last few weeks

April and May have been so crazy I feel like I haven't had a chance to update pictures. I have taken them--like crazy because I just got a new SLR camera that I am OBSESSED with! I am still learning how to use it--trying to teach myself and experimenting a lot. So, I am attaching a link to view some of the photos from the last couple weeks.

We went to Merced last week to visit my family, went to the Fresno Zoo and had a really nice time. CLICK HERE to see all pics!