Happy Birthday Blaine

i know i say this every year....but i seriously can't believe my baby boy is 8!!!!  this is such a special birthday and year for him...he will be getting baptized next week which is huge for him and our family!  we decided not to have a "friend party" this year since we are making a big deal with his baptism, but we did have a family party...a phineas and ferb party!

 eating blaines favorite dinner...dad's homemade burgers and mom's homemade fries!

 blaine got a sweet army knife for his bday from dad and now he uses it for EVERYTHING...including cutting up a receipt....i guess he really liked that gift and was not returning it!

thanks family for coming to help wish blaine a happy day!  Happy birthday blainey!!!  love you

Pinewood derby

what an exciting day....blaine got to participate in his very first pinewood derby the day before his birthday!!!  the scout leaders were super nice and let blaine in on the fun even though he wasn't 8 yet....but he was close enough!

 sweet yellow lightning car!!!

 and Blaine even earned his bobcat award so we got to flip him, and pin him!!

 here come the cars down the raceway...blaine in the middle lane...in the lead!!

 here is blaine crossing his fingers, and arms and legs and everything else hoping to win his race

 ...and it must have worked because he took 3rd place! not bad for this first race!! way to go blaine (and DAD)

Blaine and his buddies!  we are going to like scouts!!

morning time

this is how ty likes to watch cartoons with me in bed in the morning!!  so comfy!!

a day in the life of TY....

here is a day in the life of my very busy 18 month old boy ty..according to my phone!  (all these pics were taken on my phone!):

wake up looking super cute...."hmmm what will we do today?!"

"maybe i will play some games with big brother...here we are sorting fruit loops in an old egg carton"

 now i must take out all of the shoes from the shoe bin...."i love looking for matches!" (notice he is actually wearing a pair too)

time to watch a little tv...my favorite movie Despicable Me

"im getting hungry! MUST....FINISH...EVERY....LAST...DROP of my peaches!!"

STICKERS!!!! "i think i will put as many stickers on my shirt as i can!"

"i like to go for walks to the park with my daddy!"

"now i need to  help out with chores around the house!! i love the swiffer!"

"...and helping mommy with the groceries..."

 "i need to stop for a drink!"  (don't worry i didn't actually give him mnt dew)

 Family Karaoke Time..."my turn to sing!"

 making silly faces with dad

 making silly faces with mom

 "all worn out...just me and my big brother! time to go to bed! let's do it all again tomorrow!"

Dinner Swap

Last Friday i hosted a Dinner Swap with some of my girl friends.  here is how it went down....there were 6 of us total, so each of us had to bring 5 freezer friendly dishes to swap.  for example i made 5 baked zitis (one for each girl to take home)  we also decided to, make the night more fun, we would bring a sample of our dish so we could all try it and get excited to serve it later.  we ended up with some amazing food and i look forward to eating it ALL....this will probably be happening again once my freezer is emptied! 

ziti, enchilladas, lasagna, cassaroles, pasta, chicken, rice....so much good food!!!

let's chat.....

we LOVE face time with family!!!  thanks for talking with us Kayla and Nate!!

ty loves his aunt and uncle....and when they make silly faces!!

Christmas Morning

well here we are half way through january and i am finally updating our blog with christmas stuff!!  just a few fun pictures from chirstmas morning. we had such a great christmas this year!!

 Santa brought Mario Kart K'nex....Jake and i got blaine a bike!!

 Ty got a Slide!! or "weeeee" as he calls it, and some yummy cereal from santa

the "family" gift was a hot chocolate maker...it has gotten plenty of use already!  we love it!  merry chirstmas to all!!!!

Lego Land 2011

For the last couple of years we have had Legoland passes...but this year we have decided not to renew our passes.  so for our last "HURRAW" we let Blaine choose 3 friends to take to legoland all day and live it up!  we even let him skip school to go!!  the day was perfect...just before christmas and not too crowded.

of course they all had to look at their maps!!

 there is a starwars lego mini city...aka, little boy heaven!

 and in December they even had snow...which was really fun!

as typical california boys...they needed some hot chocolate to warm them up after playing in the snow!!

MERRY LEGO CHRISTMAS!!!!

i think they had a good time!