Merry Christmas

Believe it or not, but we had a white Christmas! It was truely beautiful. The kids had such a good time. We went to Jen's house for Christmas eve and stayed up till midnight to open presents. We also went to my mom's house for Christmas day. Even though this year has been tough on the economy it didn't spare any love for the Holidays. Merry Christmas and God Bless.



Our first snow man for the year. He was so big!!! Like 6 inches tall. He had little pebbles for eyes and a beer bottle cap for his snazzy hat. Too cute.

The kids (Ariana and Kai) now 11 and 6 on Christmas eve at Steve and Jen's house.

Jeff and I at Jen's house. We were so Christmassy. Jeff was wearing green and I was wearing white and red. Perfect.

The next morning all the grandkids cuddle with Papa.
Nam, Eddie, Me, Jeff, Vanessa, and Bryce at Mom's house on Christmas Day.

Me and Po's Daddy (Tag).

Visiting Missouri

This past Veteran's day weekend we (Jeff, Ariana, Kai, Mom, and I) visited Rick, Pam and Momo. , This was our first time visiting them and we had so much fun. We did lots of eating out, shopping, game cubing, movie watching, reminiscing, and bowling. Oh and we did very little fishing because it was freezing!!!

Rick and I at the Mall somewhere in Missouri. It took us an hour to get there.

Mom, Ariana, Momo, and Kai at the mall.
Jeff and Rick playing "Twist-off".

Things got interesting after only a few turns.
Kai petting the Dante.

Ariana holding the horse...I mean the cat the size of a mini horse... His name is Caleb.

Momo and I
Momo. I think this is a great pic. This was taken during that brief period of fishing. Rick has a pond in his back yard so that's were they went.

Momo and Mom at the bowling alley.

Mom, Rick and Me.

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween!!! This year was our first halloween with PAYO (Ariana's dancing group) and we had our first halloween party with them. I showed up a little later because I had to work as usual, but I don't think I missed much. The kids had fun, Jeff and I had fun watching the kids have fun, and we just all had a lot of fun> LOL!!!

Hey babe, I think that mole on your face has it's own zip code!!!

Ariana (and Kai) got to carve a pumpkin. Kai just watched mostly since they had to share one pumpkin. I don't remember if there was a contest... I think I was too busy eating all the good food.

There must have been something good in that pumpkin because I don't think that taking out the seeds is very pleasant.

Almost done!!! Taking a quick break from all the precision work and detailing involved in creating an intricate pumpkin.

At last, a masterpiece!!! Ariana's first pumpkin she ever carved by herself...without mommy or daddy taking over.

Since Kai couldn't do much with the pumpkins, he decorated a cup for me to drink out of. He was so proud of it. And I was proud of him...

I'm pretty sure that after Ariana was done carving her pumpkin her costume got a little dirty. I think that she tried to go and clean it off when she realized how cheaply made costumes are made now-a-days. The fabric was too thin and she was not prepared. Luckily one of her friends had extra accessories available and she quickly fixed the wardrobe malfunction. Ariana also won musical chair. I forgot how fun that game used to be. I can't believe kids still enjoy it.

It was so hard to get Kai to stand still for 2 seconds to take a pic. His costume was too cute!!!

Now the kids are home and it's time to carve the perfect pumpkins we found at Hunter's. Kailer got to help this time. Yeah!!!!

Ariana's still smiling...

Perfect pumpkins. Not bad for not having the pumpkin carving kits. Kailer's is the one with a spider and Ariana's is the one with a witch!!!

Time for Trick-r-Treating!!! It was a perfect night for it too. It wasn't too cold, it wasn't rainy, there were a lot kids out, and it was foggy. We went to Yelm so we could go around collecting all the goodies with Caleb. He didn't want to wear his costume though. He was suppose to be Thomas the train. The only thing that could have made this Halloween better is if I wasn't sick and sleeping the WHOLE day and NIGHT...

Auntie Jen and Uncle Steve dressed up too. Po had a costume but was too scared to go around with the family.

Time to go home now. The kids got a good amount of candy (enough to last a month or two, but we know it will only last a week) and had a lot of fun... Happy Halloween!!!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to Hunter's Farm to find our perfect pumkins!!! Mama, Pops, Jeff, Ariana, Kai, and I had so much fun. It was a good day to go because it wasn't rainy, wet, or muddy. The only things mushy on the ground were all the pumkins that were dying. But we all had a good time anyway. The kids got to ride a carousel, go through a hay maze, train ride, and more. We had some good eatin's too...towers of curly fries and elephant ears...
Jeff's policy...if you can't carry it, leave it!!! LOL
This was Po's first pumpkin patch adventure. He was trying to jump out of his bag the whole time.
Po on a Pumpkin, p p p... (only Kai knows what this means)
Kai and Mommy

Happy 26th Birthday Jeff!!!

Happy birthday honey!!! This past weekend we celebrated Jeff's birthday with friends and family. We just had a quiet gathering at home...yeah right. We played football, rockband, air hockey, danced our butts off, and had tons of fun.

Kim, Po, Will, and Jeff. I was trying to get in the picture, but I don't think that worked out too well. Kim, I'm watching you...I know you wanted to dog nap Po. Lol!!!!
Amanda, Jessica, Me, Vanessa, and Sarah. Oh and Bryce too. This was suppose to be an all girl pic, but Bryce couldn't resist. Heterosexual life mates....Tyler and Tom... I'm goin home with you...
Hey Justin, before you leave Tom wants to have a word with you....

Ariana having fun at Daddy's birthday party!!!Bryce, Jeff and Vanessa. The in-laws...

Miss Lily joinin the fun...

Travis and Jeff. Laughing at me because I was asking for someone's ID... LOL

This is Rudy's happy face. Guess where Tom is???!!! Happy Birthday Jeff. We love you...

Official PAYO parents

Jeff and I are now officially "PAYO" parents. Ariana finally joined the organization after many months of encouragement from her uncle James. Thank you uncle James. Ariana is having so much fun and is learning so fast. She's already learned 2 1/2 dances and has had 3 performances. We are so proud of her...

Meet the Newest Member of our Family

Yes, he is indeed the cutest puppy ever. And he's all ours!!! Meet Po. He's black and white and still has puppy breath....

On the Sound

So we finally took the kids on Mama's and Papa's 25ft boat. It was so much fun becuase we were able to stay the weekend on the Sound. We did a little bit of fishing, crabbing, sun bathing, rafting and eating... The weather was great, not too hot, not too cold. It was like our own private adventure.


Ariana caught a fish, but she was more interested in eating whatever goodies she could find on the boat. The real fisherman on the boat that day was Kailer. He was so cute, he kept calling the fish to him. "Here fishee, fishee, fishee". And the fish actually came!!! He caught like 4 or 5 fish that day.






Jeff and the kids hanging out...








Can you see the giant octopus under the Narrows?











Mama and Papa taking a turn on the raft.








Jeff row row row's his boat....








I'd say that Kai gives this trip a big thumbs up!!!