spoiled...

me...

i am so spoiled...

love these kids!!!

love that i have someone great to take our pictures so often!

[november 7th 2011]

imagination...

this kid has a great imagination!

this is what is left from one of the bikes after brent made his own custom cruiser...

jones still takes it out for "rides"...

[november 1st 2011]

its like a lazyboy...

she loves her bumbo...

[october 31st & november 3rd 2011]

7 years of...

us...

i love him...

he loves me...

7 years...

[november 4th 2011]

he is so thoughtful!

he knows the way to my heart!

he took me to the container store... funny that that really is the way to my heart and does make me so happy!

then to top it off... flemings!  yum!!!!

halloween fun & in-between...

have you ever seen a vampire play the guitar, while wearing a pumpkin t-shirt???

now you have...

[october 31st 2011]

:::::

ready for all of our halloween fun???

we were booed... so then we booed some others...

jones loved it... he played ghost, ghost, ghost... booo at school (like duck, duck... goose) and thought that booing people was so fun! he even thought he had to dress up like a ghost so we could go booing...

[october 19th & 23rd 2011]

an in between moment...

this is the before and after of her first time rolling over!!

yay!!

 [october 27th 2011]

pirate jones...

all ready for trunk or treat!

[october 28th 2011]

a halloween party at the park...

yes... those are the same cheese balls...

the party throwers!

we ended the night with a bonfire at the beach...

[october 29th 2011]

Q :: can you tell which pumpkin was from our garden?

before...

 during...

[drawing what he would like his jack-o-lantern to look like]

after #1...

after #2...

after #3 & 3.5...

A :: the one on the left... it turned into an angry bird thanks to the hollobaugh family

[october 30th & 31st 2011]

and finally...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

[october 31st 2011]

cheese balls :: part two...

we were very busy 'watching' drews soccer game... and eating some cheese balls (not pictured)...

when all of a sudden, in the middle of playing, in the middle of the game, drew comes running off the field to get some cheese balls...

he didnt want to miss out... i never knew that they had that kind of power over kids...

then...

we met some other cute cheese balls!

brents cousin came to visit for some lunch at the park and the kids had a great time!

lucy wanted to hold ellis... they were both in heaven!

lucy was so sweet and held ellis hand...

i love my little cheese ball!

[october 15th 2011]

love these kids!

jones is so happy to see us when we pick him up from preschool...

it made me melt when the other day he jumps in the car and very excitedly told ellis -- i just missed you so much! -- as he gave her a big kiss

[october 13th 2011]

pumpkins & cheese balls...

we have been so busy... but having so much fun!!!

where to begin...

my family came to visit and helped us start off this holiday season with some pumpkins and cheese balls... these cheese balls went with us many places...

jones with alex at the bagel shack... have i told you before that for whatever reason... jones thinks he cannot smile while wearing these glasses...

if i have sorry... i just find it very very funny!

again... not allowed to smile... but i promise he was very happy while watching phineas and ferb dance and sing at disneyland... right before we went on ellis' first ride!!!!  the little mermaid!

ok... i know that i can be a cheese ball... but i had to...

since it was her first time to disneyland... i just had to get a family picture with the above sign!

i cant explain how happy i was in this moment... 

1- taking ellis on her first ride... 

2- taking jones on this ride for the first time... 

3- me being back at disneyland already... 

our passes expired a while ago and we werent going to be going again so soon... but brent is a sweetheart and my family is convincing!

she loved disneyland!  she told me lots of times!

here is my cheese ball making us and everyone else in line laugh...

haunted mansion... the best at halloween time!

yep... still going...

hot willy anyone?  i have no idea why he calls them hot willys and not wet willys...

making scary faces!

are you scared yet?

they all got soaked!

disneyland is the best!!!

[october 8th-11th 2011]