Christmas

What a wonderful Christmas weekend we had!!! I can't even begin to write how much fun we had with the family in SD.  We spent 4 days with my parents and brothers and families.  It was presents, food, train, war, food, food, food!

Hightlights ~

1. Tay was SO blessed with so many new presents (thank you so much!) and he plays with them all every day!  He also loved watching the train go round and round  ~ to see on youtube click TRAIN
2. Traditional Mexican Christmas Eve dinner!  Dad and I made our casserole and rice, along with Dindy's beans and some tamales.  Tay got to try it all and he is still eating tamales this week :)
3. Mommy got a new Tassimo coffee maker and HOT boots!
4. WAR - all out war!!!  Mom waited till last to read the Bible and get us all calmed and peaceful remembering the reason for the season and then handed us all Nerf guns for all out WAR!!!  It was so much fun!  There's even a video HERE hahaha!  Tay wandered around collecting the bullets off the ground, I think by Monday we had found them all, but I'm sure Mom is finding a few in random places, hehehe!
5. Quad fun - Gus got Tay a mini quad and he loves to ride it!  He even holds it properly and uses his thumb to make it go!  Video HERE!
6. My mom taught Tay to say "Grandma" and he even squeaked out a "Grandpa" both with perfect enunciation, it was adorable!

Disney Fireworks

Right before Christmas we got to have an evening at the park with W3 to see the fireworks! Tay was SO good especially since they didn't start until 8:45 pm and that's way past his bedtime. He laughed and laughed at them and wanted more when they were done. I loved Christmas at the park, can't wait to do it all over again next year!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

uh - oh ....time to change the door handles!

Wordless Wednesday

Fireman Vincents 3rd Birthday

Becky did an amazing job organizing Vincent's 3rd birthday party! Saturday morning we headed over to the Calagna Fire Station for a pancake breakfast, a visit from the fire truck, games, activities and more! Tay had a really fun time running up and down the street, but when the truck showed up he got a little scared so in the ergo he went. Thank you for the wonderful party, we had a great time celebrating!

Holly's December Wish Finally Came True....

I got so see it "snow" on Main Street! I have been asking Gus to take me to see the "snow" at Disneyland for a few years now and after we had pics with Santa we cruised on down to Disney to ride Small World, see the parade and enjoy the "snow". If you've ever seen it, you will understand why I say "snow" ...it was bubbles. Great effect, great idea, good execution, false advertising :(. We still had a really good time together in the cold, can't wait to go back and see the fireworks show!

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!”