SUPER BUSY!!!

Yes...holiday's are here and we are CRAZY BUSY! Thanksgiving was great. WE went to my mom and dads for a great dinner and the kids had SO much fun playing together and putting on "a show" for us all. Other than that...we have been decorating and getting ready for Christmas. We are all very excited for Christmas. Kollin's favorite thing to do every morning is open one more day from his advent calender and check one more day closer to Christmas. Here are some pictures from the past couple months!

The girls on Thanksgiving

Kollin's little tree in his room!
Our Christmas tree

Our house (cell phone picture so it's not great)

Kollin LOVES hot Chocolate right now!

Happy Halloween

Tonight we carved our pumpkins. Kollin isn't feeling well but he did the poking on his pumpkin (where he wanted things) and then I had to cut it. They all turned out great.

Happy Halloween from our family to yours!

Our Halloween Party

This past weekend was our annual Costume Party! I have to say...I think this year was the best! The people were so fun, the food was great, and the costumes were amazing! I sent them all on a fun scavenger hunt through the surrounding neighborhoods (adults only) while the kids played in our blacked out garage. They all had a blast! Here are some pictures from the night...what a fun night it was! Thanks to everyone who came and help make it the best year yet. We are so lucky to have such great friends!

Us

Vampires and G I Joe

Dave & Monique (neighbors)

The Gradek Family

The Flinstones, Darth Vadar, and Tinkerbell
The Thomson Family (neighbors)
Angels Fans, Nepoleon Dynamite, and Freddie Crugar

The Impey Family

Pirates, Cinderella, and Snow White

The Butier Family

Veruca Salt & an Oompa-Loompa (Charlie & the Chocolate Factory)

Minnie Mouse and a member of the SWAT team

The Mahoney Family

The Wizard of Oz

The Redmond Family

This was the costume winner

Ed made this costume...It looked like a Roller Coaster Car. THey had their hair spiked (wind blown), and they were actually standing behind it....fake legs. AMAZING!

and Bodie...the Dino Tamer

another pose

The Hamilton Family

Joe the Plumber, Sarah Palin, a monser and Darth Vadar

Such thought this year.

THanks again everyone. Same time same place...next year!

Through the eyes of Kollin

Kollin LOVES taking pictures. THis past weekend I was going through the memory stick in my camera and found these pictures that kollin took! He actually does a pretty good job! I thoguth they were cute so I thought I would share!

Happy Birthday Brian!

This weekend Brian celebrated his 33rd birthday! We had a great weekend. Friday he golfed, saturday we had our friends and neighbors over, and sunday we went to a nice dinner...oh and don't let me forget...he golfed today (Monday) too. Rough life! Im glad he had a great weekend!

Our Super Hamster!

So not only did we get our hamster but some how we get the animals that are smarter than most (in a sneaky way). Furball (our hamster) has officially escaped for the 3rd time! He knows that his food is kept in the drawers underneath him so he is determined to get to it! He knows that if he moves his house he can stand on it and push off some of the things on top of his cage! Apparently he was out ALL day the other day while we were at work. After searching and searching...high and low...we finally found him!

See him down there...where the drawer should be!

Labor Day

(I'm a little behind!)

We had a great Labor Day Holiday weekend! We went with the our good friends, The Butier Family to the Bay Area. The weekend started in Sonoma visting our nanny Alyssa at college adn visting the campus as well (Michael & Aimee went to school there). IT was such a pretty campus. From there, we went on to Bodega Bay. Alyssa & Brian joined us and we had such a fun time! The weather was beautiful, the beach was beautiful and the kids loved running and playing in the sand. After a fun day at the Beach, we checked into our hotel in San Rafeal, showered and got ready for dinner. Alyssa & Brian joined us then too...at a really cute Italian Restaurant in San Rafeal! We said our goodbyes to Alyssa and Brian and headed back to the hotel. The next morning we got up and headed out. We headed over the Golden Gate Bridge to the Exploratorium. What a cool place. THe kids all loved it. Then it was picture time outside and we were headed home! It was such a great time. We are so lucky to have such great friends to do fun things like this with! We look forward to our next family vacation with them!

The kids at the Duck Pond in Sonoma State Univ.

Alyssa & the Kids building Sand Castles

Our Family

Best Buddies

Kollin & ALyssa

Exploratorium

SO Cute

Rolling down the hill! They loved it!

Looking out at the Bay

My Favorite Picture...thanks Aimee!
Kollin took this one!

Playing Outside

So we are in process of re-doing our backyard! We replaced our grass with the synthetic grass and we are ALL loving it! Kollin has never really been able to play on the outside lawn beucase it was either dirty or soggy! Since the new grass was installed, Kollin has been playing on it like crazy! It so cute! last night he was having so much fun just wanting me to take pictures. You know me...I wasn't complaining! We were having fun!