Easter 2009

Well, Easter is approaching and we decided to go to the Arboretum to take some pictures of the kids and enjoy a beautiful spring day!

Make a Smilebox photobook

Happy Valentine's Day

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Today, we celebrated Valentine's Day by having our neighborhood friends over for a "Pancakes and Pajamas" party! We had such a great time! We are so grateful to live in a fun neighborhood with wonderful neighbors! Hope you and your loved ones have a super Valentine's Day too!

Christmas Day at Mimi & Papa's

We had a wonderful time at Mimi & Papa's house this Christmas. Can you tell that we are at the age where we love to dress up? Mom just loves this stage-- I hope it lasts for a long time :)

Mimi with her little "Love Bugs"

A pic. of "The Boys" (with Tommy's "Kitty", of course-- Yes, it is really a rabbit, but we call it a "kitty" and it makes kitty sounds :)

The whole family-- CD, Bista, Uncle Nate, Tommy, Mimi, Papa and Grace!

Uncle Nate and Tommy enjoying his new pirate ship. They're getting ready to shoot off some cannons.

Gracie got this beautiful wedding dress that she absolutely loves! Mimi even made a veil for her! She carries a bouquet as well-- We'll post a pic. with her all dressed up in it soon.

Tommy loves learning about space-- Mimi & Papa got him this adorable NASA astronaut costume. He loves it and we get a kick out of seeing him wear the huge helmet :)

Papa and CD also enjoyed being astronauts :)

CD doing his Buzz Lightyear impression :)

Friends

We are so blessed to have a ton of little kids in the neighborhood to play with. We went to a historical home nearby and took some pictures of the kids. Don't they look like the Little Rascals? The best part is the parents get along as well. All of us mom's go out once a month for a "Girl's Night Out". I am so grateful for each one of these ladies.

Gracie and her buddy, Carolena.

Gracie with Carolena and her future hubby, Wyatt.

Christmas 2008

The Paul Family invited us over for a wonderful party. We had such a great time! Santa even came for a visit!

Even Mommy and Daddy got to sit on Santa's lap :)

The kids gave Santa a big before he had to go :)

Christmas Eve at the Brown's

Nanna and Tommy

Nanna and Gracie-- Gracie wasn't feeling very good on Christmas Eve-- She was a trooper, though :)
Tommy enjoying his new Spiderman jet plane-- He is really into Spiderman lately. For Halloween, he dressed up as Spiderman and he continues to wear the costume almost every day. Sometimes he is just Peter Parker, but "he can still shoot webs" (as he tells us). He loves to run around the house clinging to the walls and shooting his webs :)

Great Nana and Auntie Lindsay :)

Great Grandpa Brown with Uncle Jeff and Papa Doug-- What handsome men!!!

The kids got a little ladybug tea set and they love having tea. Great Nana makes some wonderful tea for Grace and Tommy.

Uncle Jeff's daughter, Shannon. Tommy and Gracie love playing with her. They talk about her all the time too :) What a sweetheart!

Cousins--- Marie, Lindsay, and Kelley. All grown up and so beautiful inside and out!!!

We made a birthday cake in the shape of a cross for Jesus' birthday with Nanna and Great Nana.
The best part ws getting to lick the frosting :) Yummy, Yummy!


Gotta love that face!



Some cute bath photos :)

We tried to make a beard, but our bubbles quickly faded...

Thanksgiving at the Beach

We had the pleasure this year of celebrating Thanksgiving at my Aunt Kim's beach house. It was such a beautiful, sunny So. Cal day! We decided to use the moment to take some fun family photos. I love this one... just thought we'd sneak in a kiss :)

Three Generations... Binz, Bista, Nana, & Mom

Silly Kids

Cutie Pies!

Papa Doug, Nanna, Great Nana, Aunt Kim & Uncle Mack