Valencia LeChems

Tia LOVES her big sister Abby!

2010-04-27T21:53:00.000-07:00

Tia has been learning to say a lot of words lately. I am glad Abby was able to get this on film!

Easter!

2010-04-27T21:49:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Easter at Melanie and Brians' house this year. The kids had a great time playing with their cousins and hunting for eggs!

A trip To Fort Tejon

2010-02-22T15:08:00.000-08:00

We went to Fort Tejon off the 5fwy. about 1 hour north of our house. We saw the fort as it would have been when the Dragoon Calvary was posted there in the 1850's to 1860's. There was a cooking demo, a recreated barracks, and even a howitzer fired.

Janes' brother Everitt gets married!

2010-02-22T15:03:00.000-08:00

Janes' brother Everitt got married to Lindsay 1/9/10. We all had a good time!

The Scofield Scowl?!?!

2010-01-01T13:00:00.000-08:00

Tia is a master of the "Scofield Scowl" (my wife's maiden name). I have attached some pictures as proof.

Mom and Abby go to the Rose Parade!

2010-01-01T12:59:00.001-08:00

2nd Christmas at G & G Le Cheminants'

2010-01-01T12:56:00.000-08:00

Christmas at our house!

2010-01-01T12:54:00.001-08:00

80's Hair Bands are back!

2010-01-01T12:52:00.001-08:00

Here is the proof!

Static Electricity Strikes Again!!!

2009-10-28T18:29:00.001-07:00

One part Trampoline

One part Windy Day

Two parts ATTITUDE!

Abby has a new sport!

2009-09-16T20:10:00.001-07:00

LIZARD CATCHING! YUK!!!

Abby Turned 4 years old!

2009-09-16T20:00:00.000-07:00

9/11/09 Our adorable Abby has turned 4. Our little girl is not so little anymore. If she wasn't so cuddly I would be sad at how fast she is aging! But alas, she is still a full time cuddle bug. She had a little party with 7 friends from church and pre school. They played on the water slide, on the trampoline, played games and had a awesome cake made for her by Mom (Jane)! Everybody had a lot of fun! Happy Birthday Abby!

Tia turns 1!

2009-09-16T19:54:00.000-07:00

9/2/09 Tia turned years old! We had a small family gathering at our house consisting of myself, Jane and Abby. Jane made Tia a great cake that was just her size! Happy Birthday Tia!

What happens when you tell Tia, "No!"?

2009-08-19T19:45:00.000-07:00

Tia loves to be told no! Mom was telling her no and her reaction is consistently amusing! Of course our fun loving Abby would not miss out on the fun!

Abby gets a job!

2009-08-16T19:01:00.000-07:00

Abby went to work with me one Saturday. She was very helpful and wanted to work too. She rode around in a cable cart(pictured), rode in a scissor lift and got to pose on the set in front of a random neighborhood backing! She had a great time and I was happy to have her with me!

Summer Fun!

2009-07-26T21:12:00.001-07:00

We got the girls a inflatable slide for them to keep themselves cool! They both have a real blast on it!

Tia can drive? Man that kid is good!

2009-07-21T22:35:00.000-07:00

Tia drove us around on our trip in the forest of southern Utah! She is a better drive than most Los Angeles area drivers! Seriously though, we were on a rural dirt road and I had control of the vehicle at all times so please , no worries .

Vacation!

2009-07-21T22:31:00.000-07:00

Vacation!

2009-07-21T22:26:00.001-07:00

Summer Vacation!

2009-07-14T07:40:00.000-07:00

Well, we went on a summer vacation this year! My first summer vacation in at least 4 years! We went to a cabin we rented in the mountains of southern Utah. While there we boated, went horseback riding, cave spelunking, hiking, ATVing and so much more. Melanie and her family was there as well as Abby and Tias' Grandma Scofield and Aunt Aunt Alice and her two kids. A great time was had by all! More pictures to follow.

Poor Tia

2009-06-29T12:14:00.000-07:00

So Tia mangaed to open the broiler door on the oven and burned both of her hands. It was one of those terrible kinds of accidents that parents worry about but you hope they don't happen to you. Oh well, at least she didn't lose an eye! Just kidding. Mom was upset when Dad let her dunk her newly bandaged hands in the toilet. My bad!!!!

Strawberrys Anyone?

2009-04-05T16:38:00.000-07:00

My Beautiful Girls!

2009-04-05T16:29:00.000-07:00

I love my girls!

Tia loves to eat!

2009-04-05T16:25:00.000-07:00

Tia sure has taken to eating these days! This picture has her eating Prunes and oatmeal! I wouldn't eat it myself but she seems to like it!

Grandpa Le Cheminant fights the good fight with a snow sled!

2009-01-11T18:36:00.000-08:00

Grandpa fought the fight and eventually came out on top!

A trip to to G & G Le Cheminants house!

2009-01-11T18:27:00.001-08:00

Abby and Daddy went to G & G's house for a couple days after Christmas! It was a wonderful time for Abby to try out her snow clothes that G & G gave her for Christmas! We went sledding, threw snowballs and made snow angels! We also played some Wii and Abby enjoyed trying to establish dominance over Elby! It was a great experience to spend some real quality time with each other and Grandma and Grandpa!

Christmas Day!

2009-01-11T18:22:00.000-08:00

The girls were so happy that Santa made to theie house this year despite the naughty and nice list! Tia even learned how to open presents!!

Knotts Berry Farm!

2008-12-25T13:37:00.000-08:00

Abby and I went to Knotts Berry Farm on Tuesday Dec. 22nd with Cheri, kempton, Kimmie, and Jessica. We all had a great time riding rides. Abby loved Camp Snoopy and all of those rides in that section of the park. Abbys' Uncle Kempton won her a awesome fuzzy pink monkey from the basketball game (1 shot, 1 prize!). Abby also rode the big dragon swing (AKA Bucaneer swing). She was trembling from head to toe by the time we finished. Needless to say she did not like it very much! Many thanks To Grandma and Grandpa Le Cheminant for the tickets!

Cuddle time!

2008-12-15T21:50:00.000-08:00

Abby has always been our little cuddle bug! As you can see though, Tia is learning from the best!

Abbys' Halloween picture

2008-11-06T17:53:00.000-08:00

This was not Abbys' costume but she insisted on wearing it anyway. She went to Trunk or Treat as a skeleton and Halloween as Spider-Man!

Abby and Tia Having fun!

2008-11-06T17:43:00.000-08:00

Abby and Tia had some fun today! Abby is such a great big sister to Tia. She loves and watchs out for Tias' well being all the time. Abby was also inspired by Tia helping with the laundry in the earlier post so she decided to help out!

Trunk or Treat!

2008-10-25T13:26:00.001-07:00

Last night was the ward Trunk or Treat. We had a good time and Abby got a lot of candy. Both the girls looked so cute in their Halloween costumes!

Halloween!

2008-10-18T18:51:00.000-07:00

Today, Abby and I got some cheap-o decorations and taped them onto the garage door. I then put up some of my black lights to help make then glow! Abby fell asleep before dark so she will have to see them tomorrow.

Abbys' 1st fight!

2008-10-18T11:00:00.000-07:00

Abby got into her first fight today. While she was walking down the hall her forehead got into a fight with the wall! Who won? I am really not to sure.

Just laying around!

2008-10-15T20:18:00.001-07:00

Just us messing around and taking self portraits!

Tia sure loves to smile!

2008-10-15T20:09:00.000-07:00

Now that Tia is a little older she has begun to show her happy go-lucky personality just like her sister Abby.

Abbys' Reward!

2008-10-05T16:33:00.000-07:00

When Abby uses the big girl potty she gets a little piece of candy. Well she did and got her starburst candy. She then decided to share her reward with us!

Abby dreams of her days on the road.

2008-10-05T16:30:00.000-07:00

Last weekend, Abbys' Uncle Neil came by on a motorcycle. Neil let Toby ride the the motorcycle around. Toby gave Abby a little ride down the street and back!

Abby goes to Lombardi Pumkin Patch!

2008-10-05T13:01:00.000-07:00

Today Abby, Jane, Liam Madeline and Kathryn Malloy went to Lombardi Pumkin Patch. Abby got a bunch of little pumkins and some good size medium pumkins. It was raining lightly but that didn't stop the kids from having fun!

Tia helps with the laundry!

2008-10-05T12:59:00.000-07:00

Tia decided to help with the laundry today!

2008-09-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

Abby and Tia enjoying Saturday morning together.

Abbys' 1st night in the BIG girl bed!

2008-09-26T20:27:00.000-07:00

She made it through the first night on her big girl bed!

Abbys' BIG girl bed!

2008-09-25T17:10:00.000-07:00

Today Abby got her new BIG girl bed! We got the bed from our neighbors who had started to refinish it but never finished. So Abby and I painted it white and have assembled it in her room. She also got some new Tinkerbell sheets to put on her new bed. She nis very excited and will sleep tonight in it for the first time.

Abby Goes Ice Skating

2008-09-22T16:06:00.000-07:00

Today Abby went ice skating for her first time. She had a lot of fun but quickly got over the excitement and wanted to just walk on the ice in her shoes. Jane and Tia came along for support and encouragement.

Saturday Morning

2008-09-20T22:43:00.001-07:00

Someone looks like they would rather still be asleep!

2008-09-19T21:49:00.000-07:00

Just a quick thank you to all the people who have helped us out after the arrival of Tia. The Everitt family took such good care of Abby while we were in the hospital leaving us to concentrate on getting used to having a little one again. Abbys' Aunt Melanie spent a week with us helping Jane, playing with Abby and keeping our home in order. Many people from church have provided us with meals and support. We appreciate everyones sacrifice on our behalf andhope that we can take your example and put it into action the next opportunity we get!

Abby turned 3 years old!

2008-09-19T21:34:00.000-07:00

Abby had a big birthday bash at the local Jumpy house! There was a large turnout and tons of fun was to be had by all. Especially me! She sure appreciated having so family show up to celebrate with her. She really loves her Aunts, cousins, grandparents and friends. I never thought she would ever become such a big girl so fast! Next thing i know she will want the keys to the car or worse yet..... THE CAR!

9/11 is a day that brings sad memories to some but it was the day we had our little ABBY!

Mom and Tia relaxing

2008-09-19T21:32:00.001-07:00

Chill time for Tia. You can't blame her, she had a little to much to drink!

Tia is 2 weeks old!

2008-09-19T21:26:00.000-07:00

2 weeks old! I know it doesn't sound like much but it has been. Jane and I are both exhausted but happy to have our new little one. Abby has been a great big sister who is proud to show and tell everyone about her great new little sister!

9/2/08 Abby begins Pre-school

2008-09-19T21:22:00.000-07:00

Abby begun pre-school for the first time today, the day Tia was born. She is so excited to learn new things and share those things with us! She also blames any unwanted new skills on school also (i.e. biting, hitting, and some not so good words)! Gotta love youth!

9/2/08 Tia has arrived!

2008-09-19T21:16:00.000-07:00

Today our daughter Tia Jane was born! She weighed 8lbs. 1 1/2 ozs. and measured 22" long. The labor was long but both Mom and Tia are doing well. I give a lot of credit to Jane for her calm spirit and hard work bringing Tia to us. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family. Some might ask me how I like being outnumbered by women? Well, it's not much different than my childhood!

8/30/08

2008-09-19T21:03:00.000-07:00

Daddy and Abby went to the local fun center Mountasia today. We rode bumper boats, played a lot of games and won a lot of candy as a result! We went to Farrells afterword and had a large ice cream that we shared!