Friday, January 28, 2011

Nana comes to visit!

Last weekend Jamie's mom, aka Nana, came to visit from Texas.  It was a quick trip but we made the most of it, going out for Mexican food (everyone's favorite), visiting the beach, and just having fun at home.  Thanks Trish, hope we see you again soon!

 Nana brought Finn some authentic Texas Cowboy boots.  They are ADORABLE, I just love them.  And of course, dinosaurs are always welcome in this house.
 The weather was nice so we headed to La Jolla Shores for the beach playground. I love SD!
 He loves climbing the rope bridge, getting to be a pro.
 Contemplating the vastness of the ocean.
We took the Tig on a walk and then sadly it was time for Nana to go.  

Visiting with cousins in Anaheim

In the early part of January we met Jamie's sister and family in Anaheim, CA.  Stacy had a conference and the rest of the family got to go to Disneyland.  How cool is that?!  We went up Saturday night and hung out and then had breakfast in Goofy's Kitchen the next morning. It's a Disney Character Dining experience, a big buffet where several Disney characters come around to see the kids.  It was really cool, the kids liked it.  Some were shy at first but by the end they were all in to it.  Sydney LOVED Minnie Mouse, it was really cute.  The boys liked most of the characters, lots of hugs and high fives. 

 I took four pictures, this is the only one with at least two kids looking at me. Finny, Wyatt, and Sydney.
 The Kellys and Petersons, what a fun bunch!
 Holding hands with Minnie while Wyatt give her a pat.
 I told Finn to say hi to Mickey.  He said, "Mommy, Mickey doesn't talk."  Smarty pants!
 Kickin' it, watching cartoons with Goofy. No biggie. :)
This was the night before, the boys were running wild around a fountain in Downtown Disney.  This picture turned out cool, everything is blurred except Wyatt in full run.

Christmas 2010 Favorites

Rather than putting up a million Christmas pictures I decided just to share a few of my favorites.  We had a really nice time this year, Finn was excited as he had a pretty good idea about what was going on.  He didn't quite get the Santa connection, though liked to talk about him, so next year is going to ROCK!  My sister and her boyfriend spend the holiday on the East Coast with his family so we missed out on having them there, which was a bummer. But I know about sharing holidays. :)  Jamie's dad came the week after Christmas as did my Grandma Janet, had a dinner for everyone then. Enjoy the pictures. :)
 This is the One Dad, it's the perfect height for a double-decker star hanging.
 My mister helping decorate the tree.  The rest of the season was spent slying stealing candy canes and bringing us decorations to ooh and ahh over.
On December 30th we went to the Holiday Bowl Parade downtown. Finn really enjoyed it, but you can't tell from his face here. I love this shot, so funny.



 Jamie and his Dad
 The weekend before Christmas we had our annual Christmas Cookie Party.  Finn loved rolling out the dough with his Gonah and of course decorating his cookies.  His looked more like he drowned them in icing but hey, he had fun!

 Singing Christmas carols at the annual daycare Christmas Sing.
 Here we are on Christmas Eve.
Look at that happy little face.  Sigh, melts my heart.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Christmas pictures (and maybe even Thanksgiving) coming soon...here are a couple of my favs

 He needed some height for the Holiday Bowl Parade downtown
 I don't know what's going on here but it cracks me up!  I think I was trying to get him to give me a kiss
Chillin' on his first trolley ride