Couples Halloween Party!

We went to a great Halloween party with some friends and I thought I would share some of these awesome costumes. Han Solo and Princess Leia.

Axil Rose with Rocker girlfriend and love child. Axil took his wig off for the photo.

Jesse and Woody from ToyStory. She made those costumes that very day. Amazing and so cute!

Charlie and an Umpa Lumpa. I have no idea how to spell that.

Fred and Wilma Flinstone. Love it!

Jon and Kate Plus Eight (the "eight" were left at home.) Love the wig, and yes that is a cigerette in his hand.

The "Incredibles," Hands down these two had the winning costumes!

The Beckhams ("It's exhausting being Fabulous!")

Bella and Edward (My favorite, I can't wait for New Moon to come out!!!)

A Great Read

I just finished reading The Middle Place and recommend it to all my friends. I will warn you there is some language so watch out for that but otherwise it's a great read.

This book is about a young married women with two kids who gets breast cancer. But more than the illness, the book is about her family relationships. She's in that place where you're still taken care of by your parents and yet you are also taking care of your own kids.

The middle place is often where I find myself, I still feel like a kid but I'm supposed to be an adult. Sometimes I look at my three kids and wonder "who's in charge of you guys? Somebody should put some put some clothes on you and take the candy away get you some real breakfast... oh wait that's me."

Saturday, In the Park, You'd think it was the 4th of July...

We love the 4th of July. It's Darren's favorite holiday. This weekend we barbaqued with family and friends and had a great time. We are lucky because we have a park in our backyard where they did fireworks and had an outdoor movie for the kids. They were in heaven. Here are a few pics
OOOO, AHHH... Darren and Abe watching the fireworks in our backyard.

Bella and her best little friend at a neighborhood BBQ

Bella loved the fireworks and sparklers.

Abe said this was his wand and he was casting spells on me and everyone else!

The whole family.

Cute Boys! Cason will be one year old in a few weeks.

Sitting on the back porch waiting for the hotdogs to cook.

Yummy!

Isn't she a Dream. I just love her!

This is Bella helping Mommy make a cake. She does all the hard work!

Pre-School Graduation

The big day final arrived. Abe loved going to pre-school. This is him saying his part for the graduation program. He practiced a lot for his "big moment!"



"We learned the alphabet a little bit each day. And made a book about what each letter should say."

Abe being silly with his favorite teacher.

The start of the after-party!

Abe thoughly enjoyed the long walk.

Cute Kids!

I can't believe how fast these kids are growing up. Cason all of a sudden got four teeth coming through, Abe said that meant he was going to be "very smart." I'm sure that's got to be true.

These guys are the best little buddies already. I love it!

This is the first time Bella had her toe nails painted. She loved it as you can see!

Popcicles mean summer!

Family Vacation

As many of you know I wasn't very excited to go to Disneyland with all the kids, but Darren really wanted to go so, of course, we went. But I have to say that it turned out to be pretty fun. The kids LOVED it, and even though it was hard managing them it was fun. I still won't call it a "vacation" because after it was all said and done, that is exactly what Mommy needed...

The classic Disneyland photo!