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.

Summer Vacation

We spent our summer vacation in San Diego this year. I love this city, there is so much to do and I love the weather. We took the kids to the zoo and Sea World. We also walked along the marina in downtown, visited Old Towne San Diego, played at the beach, the pools, and took long bike rides along the bay. It was great fun.