Twins?

Twins or cousins? This is Matthew and Maile, both age 4. They are cousins!

12 days of Christmas

Here's what we've been doing these last weeks before Christmas:

School parties, gift exchanges, dance parties, baking, dance recitals, more gift exchanges, more parties, joy school, wrapping presents, Christmas bingo, cookie exchanges, friends, family and fun!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Alana

We were honored yesterday to be able to watch our 2 nieces, Maile and Alana. It was so much fun! This is what Kaycee and Alana did for about 1/2 an hour yesterday!

We're thankful for. . .

This thanksgiving we we are thankful for. . . . .

Lower gas prices

Cousins who gave up their whole weekend to play with us (Thanks Castles and Ferres!)

Grammys HEATED pool (Thanks Grammy and Grampy!)

Visiting cousins in AZ

Paddle boats and kayaks

Brothers and sisters

Boy cousins to play Light Sabers with

Girl cousins

Fire pits and marshmellows (and Uncle Jordi and Aunt Diana for hosting this party!)

Sleep Overs

Being back home in CA and for a yummy Thanksgiving dinner (Thanks Mimi and Josh!)

Time together as a family

Boys and their toys (Gee I wonder where Matthew get it? This was built by the Dads)

Hiking in our beautiful city

We are thankful for many things this year!

Below is Matthew jumping into the pool fully dressed. "I accidentally fell in Mom!"

And Gary and Josh racing their cars on Thanksgiving.

For now. . . .

We had a GREAT Thanksgiving week. The kids and I went to AZ to spend time with family and friends, we had a nice relaxing Thanksgiving dinner back here in CA, we caught up on some movies, decorated our house for Christmas and went hiking. I have lots of pictures, but for now, here's my favorite from hiking. What a beautiful area we live in!

Jr. Sports

Today was the last day of Matthew's Jr. Sports. They finished it up with football. He loved learning all the sports!

East or West?

Since it's supposed to be fall and it's "sand dune season" we had planned a trip East to the desert this weekend. However when we saw that it would be 94 degrees and the Santa Anna winds were going to kick up we decided instead to head West to the coast! We went to Mission Bay and kayaked, and tried Uncle Josh's new paddle board. It was BEAUTIFUL! It was so warm, the water was even warm enough to play in. We BBQ'd dinner (at 4:30 cause it gets dark so early!) and had a really really great day!