Christmas Holiday 2008

Every holiday season we look forward to the annual neighborhood Christmas party. The kids get a present from Santa and us big kids participate in an alchohol exchange. Daddy always where his cowboy hat, so the kids wanted a turn this time. Too cute!

Nothing like friends, martini's and wine! Thanks girls!

We were all so sick with the stomach flu over the holiday in California that we didn't really get to spend time with our friends and families. Daddy and I were in bed all of Christmas day and the little ones were just recovering, so there weren't a lot of picture opportunities! :(

Holiday Family Photos

I am thankful for the wonderful, healthy, blessed family I have.
Lil' Pickle will be 13 in April! What a handsome young sweet boy he is!

Pie Pie will be 4 in March. My how the time flies. Thank the Lord for such a beautiful, loving little girl (and for giving me a girl finally). I had so much fun curling her hair!

BooBoo just turned 5! This little one has the funniest expressions and personality. He is also too smart for his own good.

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!

BooBoo turns 5!

We had such a good time. The kids decorated their bikes and we had a parade. Even baby Hannah made itz! Panda and LJ were here from Cali too! Lil Pickle was such a big help and was his wonderfully silly self. The biggest hit of the party however was the "Make a Bouncy Ball" craft. Should've had more of that one!

Halloween

Halloween was fun this year. The little ones could process the end result of trick-or-treating. Tucker wore a dinosaur costume that was my brother wore when he was 5. Matthew decided to throw a bit of his sense of humor into his costume, and Reese decided to be a Sparky cheerleader. The little ones love ASU.

Mrs. Alysa had a carving/painting party a couple of days before Halloween and Mrs. Kim hosted the Halloween neighborhood party. After all the kids finished trick-or-treating they all sat down in a circle to start bartering. It was hilarious!

Ladies English Tea

Thank you Debbie for a wonderful day! The food was amazingly delicious, the company amazing, and a hostess with the mostest. Oh yeah.......the mimosas weren't bad either. It was so nice to get together with friends to relax and enjoy the day, with an English twist. Thank you Mama for the scrumptious cakes and participating in the silly photo!
Cheers!

Pie Pie gets her Sparkly Princess Cast

Pie Pie was thrilled to get a pretty sparkly purple cast. She was so overwhelmed by all the color options, but stuck with her initial pick.

Daddy and Mommy had promised to make whatever color she chose pretty and sparkly. The orthopedics office was well ahead of us, she must not be the only girly girl to have this reasonable request.

We return to the ortho on Halloween, hopefully to remove the pins and cast permanently. This may be wishful thinking on Mommy's part, but one can hope. Depending on her healing process depends on what they do or don't do.

LifeLock family picnic at the Phoenix Zoo

Every October LifeLock has a family picinc day at the Phoenix Zoo. The kids love it!! The hightlight of their day was riding the Endangered Species Carousel. Of course, a carousel, something we could ride virtually anywhere. Who are we to deny them this pleasure??

They also loved the giraffe's, bobcat and as always the flamingos. Sting Ray Bay was still closed, the sting ray's arrived at 3:00 am the night before. They had to adapt to their new environment before the exhibit could open. The kids were a bit disappointed, but it gave us an excuse to go back.

We didn't stay too long because we didn't want Pie Pie to get to worn out since she had just been discharged from the hospital. She did great and we all enjoyed ourselves.

Thank you LifeLock!