Kaylee's 3rd Birthday

After arriving home from San Diego we had a quick visit with Maiza and her girls and then we were off to The Santa Ana Zoo for Kaylee’s 3rd birthday! We had never been there before so it was really fun to see how beautiful it was and all the fun activities for kids. When Tay’s a little older we will go back and do the rides etc but for now he loved walking around and playing with all the kids! He fell once in the dirt and got his 1st scrapes on his knees, Gus said “First of many, now he’s a real boy!”

Thanksgiving 2011

We had a great get away in San Diego for Thanksgiving! It started out really rough on the car ride down with Tay getting really sick, we aren’t sure if he had the flu or if he was carsick but it wasn’t pretty. Thursday we got off to a slow start and cooked and set the table and then ate ate ate! Tay had a tray full of food and didn’t eat 1 bite, I knew he didn’t feel good :(. That evening we played Sequence and Gus and I LOST but lots of laughs were had by all. Friday was a lazy day with a walk on the trail and then we went out with Ray and Christi that night to the Gas Lamp district for some dancing! Saturday we celebrated my Dad’s 65th birthday by taking a family trip to Costco (uh huh – that’s what we did) and then home for chili dogs and Oscar (our favorite movie!). It was so much fen to just relax and hang out with the family, give thanks for all our blessings and celebrate my dad!

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Nutty November

Santa Claus is Coming to Town......

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Daredevil

Friday Night the boys were bringing in a new mattress set for my parent’s house and this happened –

That’s right, a mattress slide!  Tay LOVED it, after we each had a turn (that was SO much fun BTW) we let the kids go over and over.  Tay kept crawling back up the mattresses like Ryle to go again.  As you can see he decided he wanted to do that by himself and got about ½ way up with no one looking.   Little Stinker – now you know why I call him “StinkBug” he’s gonna be flying off roof tops just like his daddy very soon I predict!

Our Little Man's 1st Birthday Party!!!

We celebrated Taylor’s 1st birthday with a bash, a STACHE BASH that is! We had about 100 of our closest friends and families come join us in our new home to wish our Little Man a very happy 1st birthday, that’s right – 100, I know I’m nuts! A huge thank you goes out to Rebecca Calagna for the invites and party design, Kevin Yarnell Photography for capturing the day on film, Tom’s Tailgate for the delicious Taco Bar, My Aunt Mary Kay for the amazing cake, and all the hands that helped me prepare every tiny detail for the past 2 months! We are so blessed by our Son and I couldn’t have asked for a better day to celebrate how much joy he brings to our lives, thank you to each and every person came and helped make the day so much fun!!!

Now what to do next year…

Brutus Boy

Mom and Dad had to say goodbye to our dear friend Brutus this week. He was the best dog and I wish I could have had many many more days with him. He’s one of the only dogs I was truly in love with and I will miss him terribly.  Tay got to spend the weekend with Brutus while we were in Solvang and they played King of the Hill, went on a walk, hugged, and Tay learned to say "dog".  He will forever be missed.


A note from my Dad - It is with a sad heart to let all our friend know that today we had to put our boxer dog, Brutus, to sleep. Although only 5 1/2 years old, he had a heart problem and medication was of no help. In the last 36 hours of his life he collapsed 7 times resulting from extreme low blood pressure. He was a true blessing to us and to many of you too. Brutus loved everybody he met and they all loved him in return. We shall miss our boy . . . . . . . .

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