December 9, 2007

It's Dan's birthday and the first thing on the list is Church! Tristan is performing with his class and he is so excited. The most excited in fact of the entire group. See, they have big screens on each side of the stage and so he could not contain himself so it seemed when he saw his face on "TV." Here's a couple of video clips of him as well. What a character! After church we headed out for some Sushi......one of Dan's favorites. We traveled about 1/2 an hour. It was so fabulous. We all enjoyed the rare treat.

Holiday Season

Wow, it's really flying by. Fall is just in fast forward. Thanksgiving came and went and it has just gotten busier. We had a lot of fun at some recent community events. We attended a Veterans Day parade and had a really good time seeing all the military planes/tanks/trucks and of course the bands that played. GO NAVY! (hehe) Our resident veteran unfortunately had to work at the event since the BIG boss was speaking. It was quite chilly as well so we had to huddle up. What was so great is that while we were waiting for the parade to get to us (we were at the tail end of the route) the children bypassed language barriers and had a lot of fun with some children next to us. It was great! The children could not speak the same language but had a great time playing with the ball we brought and enjoying each other's company. It's in moments like those that I am so proud and wow, what a lesson, right?

We also had a great time welcoming Santa to town at our town center. There was music and fun and SNOW! Ok, man made perhaps, but that didn't make any difference to the kids. Santa came in on a fire engine and even shook Tristan's hand. He was just thrilled. In the picture Santa's head is cut off a bit but check out Bugga's face! He is just beside himself. Awww...

Christmas is coming..................

Thanksgiving 2007

We had a great Thanksgiving Day. We made reservations at Black Angus for 1130AM and had a wonderful Turkey Meal with all the trimmings. It really was a treat to not be in the kitchen this year. Our kitchen at the townhome is so small it would have been a real feat to prepare such a big meal. Especially since we like ALL the trimmings! Anyway, it was a beautiful day as well. The sun was out and their was a slight chill in the air. Definately a Fall feeling. Afterwards we headed home and watched some movies and played games all day. It was great to be together. Unfortunately Dan had to return to work on Friday.

Halloween Time

It's Halloween time again! This is always a fun time for us. This year Danny's friend Deon was able to join us for the fun. We started the evening with getting some dinner out then headed on our hike for some candy. By looking at the candy you would think we hit a whole neighborhood when actually we only went on 4 streets. Short streets in fact. People out here are very serious with their candy. It's amazing. Sammie was a web witch, Tristan was a pooh bear, Danny was a crypt keeper. VERY SCARY! Dan was a jailbird.........hmmmm. Anyway, it was a lot of fun. As you can see, the kids made out like bandits!

Sammie's Birthday!

It's Sammie's Birthday celebration! We celebrated at Buca Di Beppo italian restaurant. Very Yummy! Then the children got to go Build a Bear workshop and get a very special toy to take home with them. Here they are with their picks. Sammie got "Lovely" the bear, Tristan got "Cubby Cubby Bear" and Danny got "Bob-A-Ghoul" the ghost. Yes, they did make up those names themselves. It was a lot of fun for everyone.

Just a sweet picture of our babies at our townhome.

This is the Canyon Country, CA fire that came near our house. These pictures were taken from our parking lot! Pretty scary!