A New Addition...

GRIFFIN

We finally broke down, joined the masses and got a dog. He is a Brussels Griffon. He is 8 weeks old and weighs in at a whopping 2.9 pounds. Full grown he will weigh about 12 pounds and be 8 inches tall. He's hypoallergenic which is great for Isaac, and a super loving, mellow little guy.

The kids were surprised, as you can tell by the picture below. They were so excited - they have been begging for a dog for a couple years now. We are already in love with this sweet little guy and look forward to many years with him!

We Made GUMBO!!

After watching The Princess and the Frog a bunch of times the kids were begging us to make gumbo, so we found a recipe on the Internet for Beef, Shrimp, and Crab Gumbo and decided to give it a try. It turned out pretty good and the kids had fun making it!

Christmas 2009

Up Go the Tree and Lights

The kids were really excited to get out tree up this year. They are finally old enough to help without breaking things. David also worked hard climbing on the roof to get the lights up while the weather was nice (It snowed today) putting up lights everywhere! It looks so good!! The pics don't do it justice!!

Thanksgiving 2009

It was just the four of us this year. Nice and relaxing.

Halloween 2009 - Year of...

The Phantom of the Opera

& Abby Cadabby

Isaac had a great time in class with their 1st grade Halloween Party!


Families were invited this year, so we all came to support Isaac on this special day. We even dressed up for the occasion. (that bright white on my face is from the projector mounted on the ceiling).

The story behind the Hot Dog: Every time we would go to a store to try to decide what the kids were going to be Briana would always tell David that she wanted him to be "the hot dog man" so David finally found the costume (believe it or not most places were sold out of it) and surprised Briana by showing up in it today. Isaac didn't know that David was coming to his party and was happily surprised when he did!
The kids couldn't wait to get to bed tonight- so excited that tomorrow is finally the night they get to go out trick-or-treating!!

Briana's Birthday Slideshow

Disneyland Slideshow

SDSU Class of 2009 Slideshow

Southern California Trip Slideshow

Trip Highlights Slideshow

We're Baaaack!!

We are back from our Southern California City adventure! We had a great time and have A LOT of pictures to post! I will go through them over the next couple days and them up on here for everyone to see so stay tuned!!

A High 5 + 1 Thumbs Up

That means Isaac just turned 6!!

To celebrate the big day we had a party. Isaac invited a few of his friends. Including my 2, there were 18 kids here at the house. We had a great time! We busted a pinata in the basement, sang happy birthday and ate cake - in the backyard WITHOUT jackets, and then opened gifts and played a little more. Isaac was excited that all his friends came. David made the now famous airplane birthday cake, and we also had cupcakes. I had to post the picture of Averi b/c she was adorable! She was so obsessed with the balloons that she carried them around almost the whole time she was here, so we let her take a few of them home. No one cried. Everyone got along great. Overall the party was a success.

Dinner at the DT Aquarium

To celebrate birthdays in our house we go out to dinner. The birthday person gets to choose where they want to go. Isaac wanted to go to...the Aquarium! So off we went. He loved it. He ate all of his dinner, and was ready for dessert. They give a free dish of ice cream with a candle for birthdays there, which totally made his night. Then we went out to the play place and let the kids dance, climb, run and just play. Isaac's really looking forward to his party on Saturday!