German Jingle Bells!

Emily was in the Chino Youth Parade with her new school! The Marching Band, tall flags, spirit squad, athletic teams, student council, and foreign language classes filled the street. The 3rd grade sang Jingle Bells in German (the language they are learning this year)!

End of the Season!

Congrats to the SodaPop Gurlz! We finished the season in third place.....but the #1 defense!

Emily's soccer team finished in 2nd place! Their were 30 teams! We went all the was to the final....but were beat by a team that went undefeated ALL SEASON !

Yo Gabba Gabba LIVE!

Anndylan's birthday present from Mommy and Daddy was tickets to go see YO GABBA GABBA LIVE! These werent easy tikets to get ahold of...luckily we had help! We were joined by the Lucas Family and made memories to last a lifetime!

Thanksgiving

We were so blessed this year to be invited to spend Thanksgiving with the Thomas family, and their family! Joey and Christine have a beautiful home and were so welcoming. We had a great day!

From Alaska to Disneyland!

While Janeen and her daughters were in town we were lucky enough to spend a couple days at Disneyland and California Adventure! Anndy really enjoyed the parade.

Lilliya had a great time with Jeff while us older kids rde the rides!

Our special treat was Lunch at Ariels Grotto for Anndys Birthday!

Anndy's Yo Gabba Extravanza!

Anndy's 2nd birthday party was held at the community room at Grand Avenue Park. We had originally planned to have the party at our home but due to unexpected rain we had to relocate! Everything worked out great and due to the smaller space everyone got to know eachother better....LOL

DJ Lance (aka Kevin) stopped by for some fun and his friend Muno enjoyed himself as well! Who can guess who that 6'8" man is?

Grandma Jo couldnt make the party but she was sure to send her friends Plex and Foofa for all the kids to enjoy! Plex brought a tunnel to play in! We also had a Brobee "Party in my Tummy" game, Foofas musical flowers, and pin the eye on Muno!

Thank you so much to everyone that was here to help and celebrate with us! It was definately the team effort that made this party such a success! Anndy LOVED IT!

Dana Point

My cousin Janeen and her 3 daughters visited from Wasilla, AK. - It was their 1st time at the Beach!

Girls Day Out!

Emily has some extra days off from school for Veterans day and we ran off to the park! GG and Aunt Amy met us day and we had the most perfect day! Anndylan interacted with the characters for the 1st time (w/o fear)! To our surprise our little baby is so little anymore and she rode the Matterhorn for the 1st time! SHE LOVED IT......unlike her Daddy!

A smaller Jeff!

For anyone who hasn't heard...Jeff had a Lap Band surgery on November 9th! We made the overnight trip to Mexico and all was great! Jeff is well on his way to becoming a much healthier him!

Halloween!

This year Anndylan was Foofa from Yo Gabba Gabba and we Trick or Treated with her friend Zach dressed as Plex (also from Yo Gabba Gabba). Emily was Neytiri from Avatar and won several costume contests! Sasha was the best bumble bee ever and Jeff & Rachel were Chilean Miners!

The Pumpkin Patch

Halloween time isnt complete without our annual trip to the pumpkin patch in Calimesa. There was no need to purchase a pumpkin since Papa grew the girls a 40 lb.+pumpkin in his garden!(photos to follow) This year Nana & Papa were able to join us and it was a great time! The girls had a blast on the rides and Anndy HATED the ponies....what a day!

Mickeys Treat!

Its our favorite time of year and theres no better place to celebrate than Disneyland!

Got Apples?

We were able to sneak out for a picnic with the Lucas Family. We visited Oak Glen (home of the 5 lb. apple pie) and had a great day!

Daddy or Daughter?

The tradition carries on with Anndylan in her daddys rocking chair that GG has saved all these years!

Daddy's Divas!

The girls LOVED their new outfits we picked up at Childrens Place in Stateline!

Golden STAR

Emily's soccer skills are definately improving!

Run for the border!

Anndylan loved spending time with Uncle Booty, Bubba and her Grandma Connie at Stateline, Nevada!

Thank so much to Grandma Connie for "hooking us up" with free tickets to the John Michael Montgomery concert. Rachel has ALWAYS loved him and it was a great night out!

the Monster & the Princess

Anndylan meet her 1st princess at Disneyland! Sleeping Beauty "Princess Aurora" took her for a walk and taught her all about good manners.....although I dont think she paid much attention! I think she would much rather hang with Sully and the other monsters (they remind her of her daddy)!

LA County Fair

We visited the fair with our dear friends Kevin and Joyce or as the girls refer to them, "Uncle Booty and Aunt Bubba"

That night we saw Darius Rucker in Concert

It isnt a fair without the FOOD!

One busy GURL!

Emily's soccer team GOLDEN STARS

Emily's softball team "Sodapop Gurls". This was the 1st time Emily slide into base and she never wanted to wash her pants again! The team is 2 and 0 so far!