Preston & Jessica's Seed

Family Fun!

2010-09-22T09:48:00.000-07:00

I had a suprise visit from my brothers last week! Jeremy (my twin!) is here visiting from Virginia and my two brothers Dennis and Jeff suprised us from Las Vegas! It was AMAZING! This is the first time that 10 out of 11 siblings have all been together! We had lots of fun, family BBQ (Carne Asada, Yum), Roller Skating, Visit to the State Capitol and we topped it off with 11 (free) A&W rootbeer floats!

It was such a blessing having the family out, we have never all been together at the same time! We are all happy campers! I love my Family!

2010-09-04T19:03:00.000-07:00

My little Hailey just got her first haircut!! She went 3 1/2 years with not even a trim and we just found out that the salon ULTA gives a free ($40) haircut with a donation of atleast 10 inches. What a great cause! Her hair was sooo long and we loved the way it looked of course, but for any of you parents that have had a girl with long hair you know what I mean when I say.......what a relief! No more crying when we take a shower and brush it! And we think she looks so beautiful!

My amazing home makers!

2010-09-04T18:52:00.000-07:00

I came home from school to find that Preston had made this pretty amazing little cake! I was totally impressed, he even learned he could use cottage cheese as a substitute for cream cheese in the frosting. It tasted amazing and of course the girls loved it! What a great daddy!

Camping!!

2010-07-12T12:36:00.000-07:00

Gotta love camping! We had such an
adventure camping
over the 4th of July at Mill Creek CG ( Bucks Lake
area).
It was my family, my
Parents and 6 siblings, Grandpa and
Grandma
Hagberg
with Brandon and Josh
(nephews), and My grandpa
Alvin and
grandma! We had 3
camp ground all in a row
so it was pretty much free range for the kids to play! All the kids caught fish, went on hike , swam and played! We had so much fun!

Temple Trip with the girls!

2010-07-12T12:22:00.000-07:00

Some of my sisters spent the night for some summer fun,

and we made a trip out to the sacramento temple!
It was a lot of fun playing around with the camera!
I really love having my family around!
These girls are a blast!

Nap Time!

2010-07-10T09:13:00.000-07:00

How adorable is this?! Hailey and Lulu napping together, in the same postion! Lulu was asleep, preston woke her taking this pic.

2010-07-10T09:10:00.000-07:00

Sunday Morning Pictures!!

I have to admit that I am loving the 12:30 pm church time. It allows us time to capture these momments!! These girls are so much fun! There is never a dull momment in this house!

For my Honey!

2010-02-14T10:46:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day!! This is the 7th Valentine's Day I have celebrated with my Amazing Hubby- Preston!! I love you babe! We sure have had some Amazing kids along the way!

2010-02-14T10:31:00.000-08:00

Isn't Nikki AMAZING!! These are the Christmas picture of the girls!

Caught ya!

2010-02-14T10:27:00.000-08:00

Caught in the act! I found LuLu like this the other day and had to snap a picture! How cute is this? She was in the back yard diggin in dirt, which you may be thinking is totally normal for dogs , right? Not LuLu , and this was right after a bath of course!

Camping at Fort Bragg!!

2009-07-17T20:12:00.001-07:00

Here's a little re-cap of our trip to Fort Bragg! The weather was beautiful the sand was hot and the water was cold! But the girls loved it! We spent the camping trip with both grandpa & grandma Hagberg & Stewart and all 5 little aunties (alexis, heidi, ashley, megan, erica) ....and the oldest Auntie Lauren!

All these pictures were taken by my 12 year old sister Alexis!Who's got skills now?? She did an amazing job! Overall great trip! Two days on camping on sand is enough with 8 little girls running around :)

2009-07-01T12:44:00.000-07:00

Our newest picture of the girls....Alicia, Hailey and Madyson....complimants of the very talent Amanda Eccles! She is such a talent. Anyone who can get my very active girls in a pose long enough to take a picture is amazing in my eyes. Thanks Amanda! We love you!And not just for your skills......!

For my Shyler.....

2009-07-01T12:38:00.000-07:00

I have recently discovered Picasa (thank you Amanda!) and am having so much fun with it! This is a collage that I created for my special sister Shyler for her birthday. " Sisters by Chance, friends by Choice" is what the frame read. Crazy how we really look realted! Either shyler looks a little brazilian or I look white! This was for her to take to BYU!! We love you Shyler!!

Finding the Motivation!

2009-04-27T15:56:00.000-07:00

Well, as you can see we have gotten a bit behind in our postings! I don't know what happened. Life, I guess! Anyhow...... I have had a real hard time finding the motivation to get out a exercises. I was loving it when I was training for the sprint triathlon and the 1/2 marathon but after that I literally took a long break. It is amazing how the pounds creep back up slowly and before you know it you are disgusted with yourself. So this is my new resolution:
Preston and I are going to train for a Full Marathon! Yeah! I have never been able to do this sort of thing with my husband so I am so excited! November 15Th is the date. And I will be my goal weight of 130 by that time! So there....I said it out loud and now it will motivate me to make it happen!

So every time you log onto our blog you will see my Nike+ widget in the sidebar and be able to tell what I have been up too! Sweet!

Jeremy is here!!

2009-02-24T18:29:00.000-08:00

My whombmate (as darrell would say) is visting us from Virginia for 3 weeks. He only has one week left :( But I am so happy to have him here with me. It makes me feel complete! I really wish he would move here because I love being with my twin!! Jacob , Jeremy's son, is here with him too and has been really fun to have around! He gets along great with the girls!

I wake up almost every morning to Jacob at the side of my bed asking "excuse me, excuse me....where is my batman costume?" He is wearing it when ever he can. CC really enjoyed having someone to wear hers with too. Batman and Batgirl!!

I finally have one!!!

2009-02-24T18:18:00.000-08:00

I am sure most will not ever understand why I wanted this soo bad.....but I would spend nights dreaming about having one, but I have been very patient and know that is would not be realistic to spend $359 plus tax on one. For all of you who know that I am in love with red and deep down inside want the Betty Crooker in me to come out! I finally found one on, of course,craigslist for $140!! What a steal! Preston makes fun of me because every time I walk through and past the Kitchen Aid mixer my head turns so that I can look at for as long as possible. I do take peeks into the kitchen every now and again too I will admit! I did bake my first batch of cookies yesterday...and don't worry they were weight watchers cookies!!

Meet LuLu......

2009-02-02T11:57:00.000-08:00

This is a newest member of our family! Meet LuLu, she was born in Hayward on Nov.14, 2008 and weighs 3 lbs. She is a Bichon Frise, who is perfect! Lulu's breed is known for not shedding, not being a yapper and being really good with kids! She will be about 10-12 lbs full grown! We are just so happy to have her as a part of the Family!

Out with the OLD and in with the NEW!

2009-01-17T21:50:00.000-08:00

Today was makeover Saturday!! I have really been irritated with the girls room lately. It is a small bedroom with three toddler beds, a changing table, and 2 dressers. I know they are small and don't need much space, but what about the sanity of the parents. We suffer too. So last week I caught CC taking naps in a very peculiar place. . . .
The Changing Table! Hailey thought it was pretty cool too.
So I decided to do a ton of craigslist and ebay homework to find bunk beds for the girls! I was successful!Yeah!The makeover.........

I am so jealous of the girls! I want to sleep in there. (Hopefully I don't ever have too!) They all feel like such big girls now and hopefully this will keep them in there rooms all night :)Thank you craigslist!!

Our Best Tax Return Expenditure Ever!!!

2009-01-13T17:05:00.000-08:00

Don't you hate it when the end of your tax return approaches?I know I sure do. I look back and ask myself "what the heck did we spend it on?" You buy yourself a new bed or computer and then it seems to dwindle down so quickly! Well, not this year! We will actually have something to show for it! Yeah!!! Now presenting our best tax return expenditure ever......meet PT Cruiser!

Our 2007 PT Cruiser with 31K miles!!

We are so excited! We have only had the luxury of two cars for a couple month right after we got married so this is great!!! It's pretty spacey too, we can fit all the girls in the back!Ahh... I catch myself peeking into the garage every now and then to take a gander!I feel so complete -I sound so worldly, I know-Bad girl Jess :)

Santa was at Starbucks!

2008-12-16T22:00:00.001-08:00

Santa was at Starbucks and the girls had a blast! Mady was pretty scared of Santa. She was screaming "no,no" right before this picture was taken.Then she figured out that he had Candy!

There was cookie decorating, ornament making and free hot chocolate! It was great!

Happy Birthday Alicia!!

2008-12-16T18:55:00.001-08:00

From the beginning!! For those of you wondering how she became "CC"......Look at those Chubby Cheeks!

This is ALICIA Dec 16th 2003! (doesn't my dad look good?)

Here CC is at 4 months old. I used to love Dressing her in her Old Navy!(Back when I was a fellow employee ~ I sure do miss that discount)

8 months old!!

I love this picture!! This is at Caleb and Jessica's wedding! I remember that the flower girl wasn't too happy to be in the pictures.

CC just jumped right in. She is such a ham!

I believe Alicia is 1 1/2 in this pic.This is when we lived in Chico . She was a little Fish back then. She would swim for hours!

This was taken in our Live Oak home. She loved to Dress up like a Princess. Who doesn't? I think CC is 3 here.

3 and 4 years old. This is the last of her Curly hair! I didn't like messing with it then, but I sure do miss it now.

This was her curly hair straightened out. I thought it made the "Korean" in her stand out.

This is the hair cut that made those curls disappear........
4 years old!

The Big "5"

It has been such a great experience! We always tell CC that she didn't train us properly as parents because she was such a good baby/child. We didn't have experiences to prepare us for her sisters. I sure do love this girl!

She is super excited to be old enough to attend school next year

(her mommy is excited too)

Love you CC!!

2008-12-16T18:43:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays!!

2008-12-08T16:05:00.000-08:00

Silly pictures! these are our freebies from the picture people! Merry Chrsitmas!!

My little Star!!

2008-12-08T16:02:00.000-08:00

This is Alicia's 5 year old picture! She posed herself,

doesn' that look like a CC pose? My baby is growing up!

Twilight-Opening Night!

2008-11-22T00:47:00.000-08:00

It's 1 am and I just got back from seeing the movie Twilight! I am sure everyone has read or heard about it. But if there is anyone out there like me who is not a strong reader, I still encourage you to go see this movie! It was awesome! I can't stop thinking about it and what is going to happen next. I may even read the books! That would be a miracle. GO watch this movie!Loved it! If I am lucky I will dream about it tonight!

"It's racing day, it's racing day"

2008-11-19T20:25:00.001-08:00

On Nov.15th I raced in the Run the River Half Marathon. I ran with two friends Chelsea & Emily! The race started in Folsom and ended in Sacramento!

This is our before & after! Look at how happy we were post race!

I couldn't have done it without these girls!

Chelsea was creative and brought her camera along with us to take pictures at the mile markers.I think all the excitement made us forget to take the pictures at mile 13, 12, 11 and 10-opps!
I promise we ran all 13 though!

More than Half way there!! While one person sprinted to the marker another had to keep the pace and the other take the picture! We are talented aren't we!That is why our poses are gorgeous!

It was really fun to have the three of us there together. When one of us was having a tough mile it happen to be someone else's good mile. It was nice to have the support.

One mile left!! At this point all I could think about was getting it done in two hours! I didn't care how bad it hurt, and I paid the price the next four days! Ouch!

We did it!! And we all did a dang good job!

I finished 4th in my age divison at 2:02.Chlesea finished 6th in her divison (which happened to be her lucky number and bib number!) and Emily at 5th.

GIRL POWER!!

2008-11-19T20:23:00.000-08:00

Here are my Fans!! Preston and the girls showed up just in time to give me a lift!Thanks guys!

Mady

2008-11-19T08:47:00.000-08:00

Madyson loves her rain boots!!

Potty time!!

2008-11-19T08:13:00.000-08:00

So as we are getting up this morning and doing our daily ritual of changing diapers and taking showers, I decided to put a pair of panties on Hailey for fun! She looks so cute!!

And then this happened..........

She is so proud of herself! Yep! Her First time using the potty!

How quickly they grow......

2008-11-17T21:19:00.000-08:00

I was deleting some old pictures of the computer today and I found some of Madyson when she was about 18 months (the same age Haliey is now). I can't believe how alike these girls look. Can you tell which ones are Mady or Hailey??

I will be curious to see if anyone gets them right?

HEY RIDE!

2008-10-16T15:35:00.000-07:00

HAILEY, LIKED THE HEY PORTION OF THE HEY RIDE. C.C. JUST LIKE TAKING PICTURES.

PUMKIN PATCH

2008-10-16T15:20:00.000-07:00

C.C. TOP LEFT, BRAVE HAILEY TOP RIGHT

MADYSON BOTTON

PUMPKIN PATCH

2008-10-16T15:11:00.000-07:00

PUMPKING FARM!!!THIS WAS TAKEN JUST BEFORE WE LEFT FOR THE DAY SO THEY WERE A LITTLE GROUCHY. NO WE DON'T HAVE 4 KIDS JESSICA WAS ON CHILDCARE DUTY, SO THE PURPLE SHIRT IS JULIA.

WE LOVE THE OFFICE!!

2008-09-30T02:27:00.001-07:00

SUCH AN AWESOME SHOW.

2008-09-28T20:44:00.000-07:00

This was our attempt at a Sunday family picture. Sunday mornings can be a bit crazy, even though we don't attend church until 1 pm. This is the best you'll get on a Sunday morning!

Cupcake

2008-09-28T11:03:00.000-07:00

Anybody wannna share a cupcake?Anybody....

My New Look...

2008-09-28T10:58:00.000-07:00

This picture was taken by my own personal professional photograhper ~Thanks CC~

First Triathlon!!

2008-09-26T10:14:00.001-07:00

This was my first sprint triathlon ever!! It was so much fun! It was a 1/4 swim, 6 something bike ride, and a 2 mile run. It kicked my Trash! Suprisingly I got 3rd place ,and yes more than three girls where in the race ;) My next adventure is a 1/2 marathon which I am training for now. It's Nov.15th, so wish me luck!

2008-09-26T09:35:00.000-07:00

Backyard Fun!!

2008-09-26T09:30:00.000-07:00

THE GIRLS LOVE PLAYING IN THE SPRINKLERS IN THE BACKYARD. THIS IS MADYSON AND HAILEY, LOOKS LIKE HAILEY IS PLANNING AN ATTACK ON THE SPRINKLER.

P Hagberg

2008-09-26T09:25:00.000-07:00

THAT WOULD BE ME, I LOVE HOW MADDY IS IN THE BACK SLEEPING WITH HER LITTLE BABY. WELL I'M NOT ONE WHO LIKES TO TALK ABOUT ME SO... THATS ME .

J Hagberg

2008-09-26T09:14:00.000-07:00

LOOK AT MY GORGEOUS WIFE! SHE IS A VERY TALENTED WOMAN, SHE IS VERY BUSY RAISING OUR 3 BEAUTIFUL LITTLE DAUGHTERS, WORKING OUT AT THE GYM EVERYDAY, SELLING ON EBAY, RUNNING A CHILDCARE, AND SO MUCH MORE. I LOVE THIS WOMAN WITH ALL OF MY HEART AND SHE IS SO SPECIAL. I AM VERY PROUD OF EVERYTHING SHE DOES.