I know what Christmas is all about

"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, 'Fear not: for behold, I bring unto you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.' And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.

December Fun

We celebrated the festive season last weekend with baking cookies, looking at lights and going to the movies. First, I took the girls to see Enchanted, we LOVED IT! Such a girl movie and I have all 3 of them loving the romantic stuff just like me. Saturday night we drove to the Mission Inn in Riverside. This is a hotel built in the early 1900's, it sits on an entire city block. For Christmas they go all out on the light and Christmas displays. There are horse drawn carriages, and Dickens Carolers walking around. We brought Vivian with us and she and Charlie just loved it. It was cold and did start to rain but we had walked around all of it by then anyway. On Sunday the girls and I baked. We made 1 rum cake, a gingerbread house and seven different kinds of cookies. Our challenge was keeping Charlie out if everything. I really don't want to know how much sugar he ended up eating, I am sure it would be terrifying. At one point when I was cleaning up I thought Charlie and our dog Bailey were ganging up on me. I would chase 1 away while the other one would be sneaking something else.

December Break

We haven't had too many chances to take the RV out this year which makes us a little sad. We had no plans the first weekend in December so Terry, Charlie and I made a trip to the beach for a little down time. The weather was wonderful, but I have to say anything with Charlie involved isn't really relaxing anymore. But we had fun.

I am thankful for...

Michelle & James having all of us over,
Michelle making dinner,
Marissa making 5 desserts,
playing games,
the love of my family.

Sadie on her birthday

These are the pictures from Sadie's birthday. She got money, a new outfilt, healies, the Jonas Brothers CD, a new bratz doll, and stationary stuff.

Halloween - 2007

I took the day off on Halloween, I'm the room Mom for Sadie's class and I made little Halloween tote bags with the kids. We then headed outside for the costume parade, then let the kids load up on cupcakes, punch and candy. Sarah's class was supposed to have a "dance" during the parade but they blew it a few days before, I felt bad and brought them cupcakes too. As you can see they don't typically dress up. Terry came home early to carve little dude's pumpkin and help me get ready for the trick or treaters. I like to wear scary masks and scare the kids, Terry walked Charlie around door to door. Charlie did not want to wear the costume and cried all the way to the first house, once he started getting candy he felt better. I hope everyone else had a SCARY night!

Happy Halloween

We love Halloween! We also love having parties - lots of good people, good food, and good fun!

Happy 30th Birthday Riss!

LA County Fair

We missed the Fair the last couple of years but we ended up making it this year, on the very last day. The animals are always my favorite but I also enjoy the crafts. Sarah said she likes looking at the quilts. Sadie said she liked the giant food - she had a huge hot dog.

Downpour

We spent Labor Day weekend in Big Bear. None of us could believe it had been 3 years since we were up there. Pathetic! Such is our busy schedule though. We got caught in a few downpours. This one was the worst. I didn't mind since the temp. had been well over 100 degrees for days. We had tried to wait it out but it had been about 1/2 already and the kids were getting restless. Terry was on his way back to get the car when I took this picture.

First Day of School - 2007

Here are the pictures I took of the girls on their first day of school. Sarah is now in 7th grade and Sadie is in 3rd.

Birthday Pictures

Happy Birthday Little Dude!

I'm a little behind. Charlie turned 2 on the 16th. His favorite things right now are his beloved CARS. He carries them everywhere and his collection has been growing so I had to buy him a little bucket to carry them in. He likes DVD's. In his rotation are CARS (of course) Nemo & Curious George. He went through a Dumbo and Bambi phase for a little while too. He loves to play outside, climb on stuff or out of stuff (the crib comes down this weekend) and animals. The ZOO was a big hit with him. He spotted the animals faster than the rest of us. We love you little dude.

Keeping Cool When It's Way Too Hot

Sarah's Softball

Sarah was picked for the All-Star team (again) this year. This drags, I mean extends our season a little longer. Her team won their division, so we are not done yet, Yeah. These pictures were taken on Friday night.