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Owner: Sydney

Bunny please come home wherever you are. We miss you!!!

Please call Andee if found... for her sanity.

Christmas 2008

Brady and Sydney's Christmas was a success.  They received everything they asked for from Santa.  They must have been REALLY GOOD kids this year.

All We Want For Christmas...

We went to Sydney's first grade class to listen to them sing "All I Want for Christmas are My Two Front Teeth."    

Christmas Carol

Brady, Raymond and the other preschool children sang for us in Bible Study today.  They are always so darling.  Brady would rather be playing cars than singing, he exclaimed as I was getting him dressed this morning.  He looked very bored as he yawned through most of the songs.  Raymond preformed other songs on the way home in the car for Jodi and I. 

Knott's

We went to Knott's Berry Farm with the 

Hayden's and the Moore's and had a great time. Sydney was too tall for a couple of the rides in Camp Snoopy. We can't believe it! Her favorite ride was Boomerang. Brady's favorite ride was the Race Cars.

Wii

Sydney and Brady saw Santa today. Sydney asked for a Wii and Brady asked for a big Lightning McQueen.

Turkey Day Tease

Brady, as many may know, is not interested in being potty trained at three years and four months.  I have tried almost everything and am hoping he will decide very very soon that he would like to be a big boy.  He is pretty good about the peeing... it is just the pooping that is the main problem.  He would like nothing more than to find a nice quiet spot to hide and do his business.  Lately, I have been trying to reason with him.  Telling him, "If you can take the time to go and find a nice hiding spot, then that gives you more than enough time to go find the bathroom and get on the potty."  So on Thanksgiving Day I found him doing his business in the privacy of the downstairs bathroom, with the door closed, but NOT on the potty.  

Other than that, Thanksgiving was terrific.  We had almost the whole immediate family over except for Uncle Jay and Tricia.  Grammy, Mark, Nana, Phyllis, Barbi, Kathy, Dana, Larry, Tanner, Papa, Kim, Cheryl, Sylvia, Ray, Jodi, Morgan and Raymond came to dinner at the Hewitt's.  Mark successfully fried the 24 pound turkey in the backyard and for the third year in a row, did not burn my house down.  It was the yummiest yet.  Thanks everyone for celebrating with us.  It was a wonderfully joyous and warm day with so much laughing that my belly still hurts... or maybe that is due to the extra plate of turkey I ate.  AND... I need to reiterate that I DID NOT KISS CRAIG FIRST!  

Thankful

I am thankful that I have a daughter who is thankful for so much and for the important things. When asked to write about what she was thankful for at school she listed so many things that she ran out of room on her paper. She was thankful for her mom and dad, for her brother, for her teacher, for having food everyday, for the sky, for the trees, for the sun, for her friend Morgan and for her dog Bailey. I am truly blessed by God for having such a positive daughter who appreciates people more than things... and necessities more than her toys. Thank you!

More Soccer

Gold Super Stars

Another season of soccer is almost over.  Here are some shots of Sydney, Coach Craig and Brady dreaming of being on the team next year.  

Halloween Party 2008

Unfortunately, I was sick with the flu, but the rest of the family went to the Hayden's Halloween party. Yes... that is my husband... and he is all mine! Please...do not be jealous... of the mullet and beer belly. Thank goodness you were there Jodi to keep the ladies off my man. How do you explain what he is to the kids?

Brady was a pirate this year and Sydney was an 80's diva.

Puggles Please

We had a blast camping at Lake Casitas last weekend with, Ryan, Pam, Megan, McKenna, and the newest addition to their family Diesel. Pam, I would love to take him off your hands next year, as soon as he is finished with the chewing stage. Just let me know. :)
This picture does not do him justice. He is adorable. If I ever get another dog, this is what I want...when he or she turns two.
Can I handle the puppy stage again? Actually I could handle it, but do I want to, is the appropriate question. I do not think the kids would be happy with all the eaten toys, but maybe then they would put them away. Hmm, I need to think about this...
I also remembered this weekend that I am horrible at horseshoes and I apologize to both Pam and Craig for my terrible performance.

Idaho 2008

We had a great time on our trip to Idaho. It was nice to be there and actually take a vacation, since I normally work when we go.

I have to say that I think our dog, Bailey, might have had the best time of all of us, since this was officially her first vacation. She enjoyed swimming and boating and running around the neighborhood and chasing ducks and laying on the dock sunning herself.

We did all the usual things, but it was great to share it all with our friends that came up with us, the Douglas Family.

My favorite part of the trip was the biking, since it was the first time we went on the Trail of Couer D Alene. The trail is a 73 mile bike path that runs through the pan handle of Idaho, basically from Washington to Montana. It was beautiful... running along streams and fields and lakes. We even saw a moose.  Brady and Raymond racked out after the long ride on the back of the bike, after a good fist fight first.   Aren't they cute?  I know you are all wondering if I road my bike

 for all 73 miles and if you know me... then you know the answer to that question.

We Made It!

We drove until 2 am the first night due to a late start and then drove 12 hours the next day. The drive was long, but the kids and the dog were great.

Road Trip

We are leaving today for our road trip to Idaho. I am beginning to have second thoughts about deciding to drive rather than fly. I am remembering not really liking road trips as a kid. I remember a lot of cows and a lot of whining about my brother bothering me and then me torturing him in return for kicks. This is probably the reason why the longest road trip we would ever go on would not be more than eight hours. How nice it would have been to have the DVD players, ipods and PS2s back in the day... I will let you know how it went in 19 hours. We will be stopping tonight for a siesta and then driving all day tomorrow. CDA or Bust!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Miss you.

Brady is 3

Brady turned three and wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese for his party.  David, Emily, Raymond, Morgan, Sydney and Tanner all came to help him celebrate.

Camping at Leo Carillo

We went camping with the Hayden's this weekend.  There was tons of climbing, biking, boogie boarding, scooter riding, sand castle making, swimming, body surfing, and s'more eating all weekend long.  We found hermit crabs in the tide pools and we warned Dave of the evil sea urchin lurking next to one rock so he would not relive the same traumatic experience from Cancun.  Luckily we all avoided stepping on one this trip.  The kids were filthy all weekend long and loved every minute of it.  Maybe one day we will figure out what type of animal was lurking around the camp site around 2:00 am.  Oh, and a big thanks to Nathalie for saving me from the hornet in the donut bag this morning!