Savanah, Ginger (red head aunt #2 and cousin #4), and Grayson
Wondering where Grayson got the red hair from? Well, Dave has 5 siblings with red hair and I have
2 aunts and 4 cousins with red hair!
My Mom with Jackson and Owen
Peggy is the wonderful Chef of the day!
Some of my favorite people to be with are the girls in the Tuttle family. My mom, Janis, and her sisters, Peggy, Brenda, and Ginger have done lunch together every week for many years now. My cousins and I have always joined when we were able, but now that many of us have settled down and have kids we have joined in the trandition of LUNCH. When I say lunch, I mean yummy, yummy LUNCH. My mother and all of my aunts are excellent cooks and I always love eating their food and spending time with them. The girls in the Tuttle family, from aunts to cousins, are amazing, talented, giving, and happy people and I love and respect them all.
Dave and I both have family with red hair, so we knew it was always a possibility to have a redhead. We never anticipated that the red hair could be so bright and cool! We just love it and think he is so adorable and fun to have in our family. Having 4 kids definitely has changed my life! But I love being a mom to these 4. They are such amazing kids! Isaac, Ashlyn and Jackson just love having a new little brother and love taking care of him. They have been such great helpers, especially in waking him up!
Welcome! I'm Alisa & thanks for stopping by. I love treats, & seriously, is there a better treat than relaxing on a beach with a pina colada (virgin, of course) in one hand & a book in the other?
This blog is a collection of my favorite "treats" in life...
My favorite people, places, things, ideas & home decor.
I adore & love my adventurous husband, & my darling, creative,& spirited 4 children.
"In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy of sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity,interested in big things, and happy in small ways." Edith Wharton, A Backward Glance
"It isn't the great big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones." -Jean Webster
"Any adult who spends fifteen minutes with a child outdoors finds himself drawn back to his own childhood, like Alice falling down the rabbit hole." -Sharron MacLatchie
"Once you realize that thought is cause and life experiences is the effect, then you realize that the greatest way to change your life is to change your thinking." -Marianne Williamson
{A Few of my Favorite Things....}
*Fishing with my man (although we don't get to do much anymore). *Seeing my daughter's excitment when she gets to see the princesses at Disneyland. *Oldies but Goodies: anything with Cary Grant, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Audrey Hepburn. Love them! *Italian and Thai food. *Sunday dinners at my parents; eating my mom's excellent food and laughing with my siblings at the dinner table.* Lunch with the Tuttle ladies. *Learning about and getting new makeup and face and hair products ( I'm a junky). *Summer evenings in Utah. *Hiking in the mountains with my husband and kids.
*Relaxing in a hamock, on a beach, any beach! *Going to new yummy restaurants. *A relaxing trip to the spa. *Decorating (oh! how i wish i could do more of it). *Magazines, especially architectural and decorating ones. *Hawaii, especially the North Shore. *Working in Young Womens. *Having a new born to cuddle with. *Playing and snuggling with my beautiful children. *A good trip to Target.
*Much loved and needed road trips with my friends. *Catching up with my friends on our girls night out. *A nice day of shopping including lunch at Nordstrom Cafe. *Watching 24 with the other 3 die-hard fans. *Dark Chocolate, well, pretty much any chocolate. *Traveling anywhere and everywhere. *Curling up with a good book. *Checking off things on my "TO DO" list. *Cherry Limeade. Dr. Peper. Water with a lemon. And of course, a pina colada. *Chillin' with a book, under the sun, next to a pool.
*Snuggling with my honey. *Hearing my children belly laugh. *Gerbera Daisies. *Yummy, I mean yummy salads. *Going to Mexico or Hawaii with my parents and siblings. *Buttercream Frosting. *Cozy hot coco on a cold, snowy day. *And, as if you couldn't tell by the name of my blog, the movie: Sound of Music.