FamilyLife: 2008

12.05.2008

Family Portraits!

We always try to get in to do a family portrait at Christmas time, since we rarely get one any other time of the year! We went in last weekend! Last year Darren and I wore black and the boys red and the backgrounds didn't work well, so this year I decided all one color. I already had outfits for the boys I bought a while back because I always buy them two new outfits for Christmas pics and the holidays and so thankfully Darren and I were able to follow suit in color and the pictures turned out great! We were very happy with them. This coming weekend the boys will get their other pictures taken with their favorite cousin Kody!

11.28.2008

Very Black Friday!

We did get up and go to the sales Friday morning after Thanksgiving as we usually do, this year we had an added participant that volunteered to drive and she amused me all day because she is hilarious! My mom, Trista and myself always go, but Colleen, my cousin joined us and we had lots of fun. We started at Walmart at 4:45am and boy was that ever mayhem. We got in and got out quickly, headed over to Fred Meyers, then to Best Buy, Target, Coastal and ended at Kmart! We got lots of good deals and truth be told I go mostly for the sheer entertainment value, but I did get the boys quite a few items and some good girly movies for myself :-) I hope all that made it out were respectful and good hearted b/c not all that were out were....happy holidays y'all!

11.27.2008

Happy Turkey Day!

We spent Thanskgiving Day with my family at my mom and dad's house! The food was delicious and we ate way too much. We ate dinner later than usual, so most of our day was spent at our house. We had a wonderful 4 day weekend and are thankful to have spent it with our baby boys.

11.01.2008

Halloween Party/Costumes!

Since Halloween was on a Friday night this year, my bosses had a family Halloween party, the kids were both dressed as firemen and Darren and I as a patient and nurse! We had lots of fun, eating too much food and playing games. The kids went trick-or-treating for the 1st time together and got lots of candy and had the time of their lives running up to each house....I was very proud of their manners! On Saturday night Darren and I headed out to an adult Halloween party which was fun, we got to pick adult costumes which too was a good time. We dressed up as Hugh Hefner and a playboy bunny...good times!

10.12.2008

Picking Pumpkins

Today our family, my sisters family and my parents all went to the pumpkin patch, the boys played and did a mini corn maze. They picked out the perfect pumpkins of course and then we had lunch afterwards. My mom got them new rain boots with monster trucks that they loved and wore. They love doing any and everything with their cousin Kody too!

9.28.2008

2008 Babe Convention...LOL!

Thanks to one of my girlfriends Lynsey we had our 1st Ladies Weekend Getaway! 9 of us girls headed down to Rockaway Beach on Friday September 26th! We rented a beautiful house basically right on the beach. We made a family dinner on Friday night and headed out to rock the town of Geribaldi Friday night. We attempted to be sensible and got a van cab to the Ghost Hole Bar, and what a ride that was. Our driver Tom hadn't seen the likes of 9 ladies in his cab in quite some time it seemed. We had so much fun and took way too many pictures. They treated us like celebrities and we loved it! Saturday a few ladies headed home 6 of us stayed and we layed low, built a campfire and then the power went out for a LONG, LONG time! It was interesting to say the least, but lots of fun! I hope to do it again next year...there's nothing like good girl friends and down time!

9.24.2008

Braeden's 1st Day of Preschool!

Braeden started pre-school the day after he turned 4! I was so thankful to get him in since we were on a fairly packed waiting list, but it worked out that we got to send him. He was so super excited and because it was his birthday the day before they celebrated it again so he got three celebrations, plus he met lots of new friends and loved his new teachers too!

9.22.2008

Happy Birthday Braeden!!

We celebrated Braedens birthday at my bosses house (Tim & Loris), thanks to their generosity! We had originally planned on holding it at a park but the weather would not cooperate. Many of our and Braedens friends & family came to celebrate. He had so much playing on the slide and climbing the play structure and eating cake and ice cream with friends! His birthday party theme was "Cars" and he adored it! On his real birthday September 22nd, we went to Red Robin for dinner, he loved all of the attention. Happy 4th birthday my little pooh bear!