The Happenings around here....

I went to get Cole at Pre School on Thursday and he ordinarily is ready to go when he sees me. He is hugging, kissing, talking and all over me basically to get out of there! 5 hours is enough. However, this day he was busy and started crying that I was even there to get him?? Hello? Well, his little classmate had just received a birthday gift of "MONSTER TRUCKS" and they were all down on the ground trying them out. I hadn't seen Cole's face light up like that in awhile. This was exciting and BIG news. He had such a fun time with these trucks. The mom of the classmate was next to me and told me she found these at this little hallmark store, whoever would have known? So where do you think I went that night? I actually had 1 more gift I needed to get for him. Thanks.




Gracie celebrated with her Brownie Troop on Dec. 16th, their Christmas party. We baked and brought appetizers for the girls to pig out on. They had fun..played games and ate! This is her troop. She enjoys this lots. She goes once a week and then we have many outside outings with the troop also.

Some things to learn about me.

ABC's tagged by Lisa

A. Attached or single? Happily attached.


B. Best friend? Julie, Robert



C. Cake or pie? Cake-chocolate


D. Day of the week? Wednesday


E. Essential item? iphone


F. Favorite color? blue


G. Gummi worms or bears? bears


H. Hometown? Santa Rosa, Ca


I. Favorite Indulgence? anything in the bakery


J. January or July? July


K. Kids? Yes, Cole 4 & Gracie 7


L. Life isn't complete without? Family and good friends


M. Marriage date? August 16th,1998


N. Number of siblings? 3


O. Oranges or apples? apples


P. Phobias? cholesterophobia and falling


Q. Quotes? "Together we may have it all, but we may not always have it all together!"


R. Reasons to smile? my kids & my husband! & good health


S. Season of choice? Fall


T. Tag one person. Mom


U. Unknown fact about me? quieter than I seem.


V. Vultures or parakeets? Parakeets


W. Worst habit? biting my nails! Please help me!


X. X-ray or Ultrasound? ultrasound


Y. Favorite food? (Why is this the question for "y?") mexican


Z. Zodiac sign? Sagitarius

Jamey and Alexandra's Wedding and Reception

In October, I traveled with the kids up North for Jamey's wedding. They were so amazing and very well behaved and even great travelers! Here are some photos.


The Group.

The kids with Grandpa.

Cole is just exasperated because the cake has not arrived!

Mom and the kids enjoying the festivities.

The kids were very shy to go up to the groom, aka Uncle, but nonetheless they did. They really enjoyed it when they were up there.

The extremely happy couple, Jamey and Alexandra

GG and Gracie

Grandma and Gracie, what a great photo.

New Traditions.

We have gone to visit Santa EVERY year since Gracie was born. We have a frame that we pile each new picture on top of the previous year's. Every year when we put the new one in, we go through all of the old ones and compare. It is so cool. Right now the bottom one is 2001 and now our newest one, 2008. We have set a tradition and we go every year on the day before Thanksgiving. The kids write their lists and deliver them to Santa personally. This time they were 2 pages each and do you know that Santa sat and read both lists, the whole way through, to the kids. Probably because, oh yeah, there was no line!! It takes 10 minutes tops. Sure beats all of the lines that start piling up right about now, yes today, Dec. 1st!