A New Generation of Friends

Tonight we had another great

"Girls Night - Playdate"

with my girlfriends from highschool!

As you can see,

the kids were thrilled to get together again!

The daintier babies opting to dine indoors rather than al fresco!

If looks could kill...

this is Elizabeth to a "T"!

How is it that sometimes our kids can LOOK nothing like us

but BE exactly like us?

Owen,

if you can't take the heat...

{ smile } 

Nice char, son.

Gabriel

He stayed clear of the flames but was

never far from the goods!

The sugar is ingested!

Here comes...

T H E  S U G A R  B U Z Z !

Of course, Iris thought this was GENIUS!



Thanks for coming guys!

We loved visiting and
can't wait to see you next time!

Post-lunch cookie...

Life is good!

2011: Our Crazy Happy Family

Where has the time gone?

My babies are quickly growing

-Isabella can where my shoes!-

and it won't be long before I'll be looking

UP to my children and not DOWN.

Hmmm.

Not sure if I like that.

But then again,

what choice do I have?

Thank goodness,

no matter the size,

I'm the momma and that's that!

...

Every single one of our children is

gorgeous, handsome, stunning, funny,

AND 

supremely intelligent.

Samuel and I are blessed beyond measure,

and positively BESIDE ourselves with our

own little rambunctious heaven on earth.

Take a peek for yourselves...

 

 

...

Houston & Elizabeth:

Thanks for making the cheese painless!

We love you!

Guilty Pleasures...

This is so funny to me because

Gabriel never took a pacifier as a baby!

I love this skull n' bones version

and can't bear to throw it away.

It's floats around in the car,

and every now and then we toss it to him

just to see what he'll do with it.

Hopefully when he's 16 or so he'll have lost interest...

{ smile }

I love you,

Gabe the Babe!

XOXOMom

Grueling...Exhausting...FUN!

I'm a huge fan of date nights,

and for this particular date Samuel and I went

ONTO the beaten path for a

little adventure!

Foresthill Divide Loop in Auburn, California is described by

mountain biking enthusiasts as "FUN!".

That's all we needed to hear,

and boy, were they right!

And though the uphills were super-tough,

they were nothing compared to the downhills:

Exhilarating, terrifying,

-literally, a flying by the seat of your pants-

rush!

We loved every minute of it,

and though we took the 4 mile short-cut loop

(verses the complete 11-mile loop)...

We are determined to come back and finish it all!

I have a kooky brother-in-law

that would have dared something like this,

but we've got five babies at home-

not to mention a brother and sister-in-law!-

that would appreciate us coming home in one piece!

H A P P Y  T R A I L S !

Can You Guess Where We Are?

If you guessed

Roller King

- my favorite place on earth ;) -

you are correct!

The girls were thrilled,

especially since their previous foray with

ice skating proved pretty successful.

Turns out,

without the helper buckets to push around on the ice,

ice skating would be pretty hard.

Guess what?

No buckets at the roller rink!

Which means these girls were going down

A L L  N I G H T  L O N G !

Nursing those bruises...

Ava thought she found an injury-free way to enjoy the evening!

Not so, little missy!

I didn't pay $6 bucks to have you stand around!

All in all we had a great time!

And by the end of the evening,

they were doing their fair share of gliding (hobbling) around the rink.

Good times, girls!

XOXOMom



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