Happy 2009!

We all decided to get dressed up and go to a park for family pictures. Well, needeless to say 18 month old twins and boys from 4 to 34 (yes that includes Joe); are very hard to get interested in taking said photos.

So we sisters got some great ones together, our first in like 20+ years!

And Katie's husband Mike was able to take some amazing pictures of my family! Don't worry you will get copies!

Happy 2009! Lets hope for a wonderful year!

Uncle Justin and Doug

Uncle Justin came to visit us last night! He wrestled with the boys, which they totally loved!
And Uncle Doug came by too, he's a real live police officer..LAPD baby!


Merry Christmas to one and all! And by the way my boys are looking pretty tough and rumble, they are calling themselves the badboys! HA!

The Dog Whisperer was right!

Our new Beagle Buddy is a good boy. He has a few quirks, but hey; he's a pound puppy..it's expected. So I watch the dog whisperer and he uses a treadmill. I figured, why not?! Now this is his first day on it, and he LOVES it! It is so funny to watch!

Noah on the drums

Noah and my Dad used to play the drums alot, and it made me smile to see this when I got home tonight. I hope you all agree too!

Day at the beach!

We have had our last hurrah at the beach this year, and what a beautiful day it was!
Check out the video below!

HALLOWEEN NIGHT!!

This is Noah's 2nd costume of the day, and the one we wanted him to wear since we spent so much time making it, even though it looks horrible. A note to Moms...do not make a mummy costume, it is a huge pain in the you know what.
King Tut looking regal! Thank goodness it was warm, otherwise William would have froze his legs off.

And the 2 pharohs, alive King Tut and the mummy version!

HALLOWEEN DAY

We woke up really early Friday morning. I talked Joe into turning my hair into a beehive, complete with homemade bees; which I wore to Noahs preschool for their parade. I got lots of compliments, thanks Martha Stewart!
William was King Tut! His costume was entirely homemade. Joe made the headpiece out of cardboard, and he made the necklace as well.
This is my favorite picture of Noah from the day! Its so darn cute, I can't stand it. Oh yeah, this was costume # 1.

Here's our littel man!

This is Noah "whacking" the ball, he can really smack it if he wants to! In fact his coaches are really impressed by him, they can't believe what a natural swing he has. Now if we can get him to field as good as he hits!

Lombardi Farms Pumpkin Patch!

Every year we go to Valencia and visit Lombardi Ranch! It is our favorite pumpkin patch!

We all get a pumpkin, the rule is any pumpkin you can carry, you can keep!

Noah had his first pony ride on Cochise, it was so cool!

William is our family photographer! He does a great job!

And every year Mom gets a photo with this sign, I love it!

Sesnon Fire

So this was shot yesterday, but now these hulls are on fire too. We are kind of lucky in that we are the only ones on fire as we have ALL the air resources. 4 water dropper helos and 4 airplanes. Its not too bad, so far.

Don't forget to Vote!

It's so important this year that we want to make sure to remind everyone about Nov. 4th! Let your voice be heard! We have let William and Noah get involved and watch debates, and listen to the issues; and they support Obama! In fact, Noah was on the pot chanting..."Obama, Obama!". That's pretty cool if you ask me!

Noah in the rain

So its our 1st rain of the year! Yay! I also think it may be the first real rain Noah can recall! So check it out! William was curled up inside under all the blankets he could find :)

Happy first day of Fall!

Isn't this just such a cute idea for candy? Miss Jenny, Noah's teacher made them for all the children to welcome in the fall season! Love it!

Baseball.....T-ball style!

Here's Noah at his first ever t-ball game! He got some hits, tagged a kid out at first, and ran his bases hard!

He's so cute! And thats him with the green glove!

We are back into the swing of things!

Hello family and friends! After a long break to regroup, we are back into the swing of things!The boys are both in school, and Mommy is loving this! Its a little weird to have time for myself after so many years! Kinda sad, but kinda awesome!
Here you find them in a giant mudhole dug by Daddy. This is why Daddies are more fun, cause Mommy had to walk away and pretend she didnt see them naked in the mud hole! HA!

A good time was had, and thankfully Joe hosed them down before they came into my freshly clean hose!

Jerome Mining town

There is a quaint little historical town outside of Sedona called Jerome. Basically it is a 5500 ft. mountain with 88 miles of Copper mine tunnels underneath. The town has too much history to blog about here, but it is a great place to check out. We went to the haunted ghost town and old mining area, where they have all this stuff on display to play with. Its so fun!
I had never seen such a beautiful rooster before!
"Look Mom, a steam shovel!"
My mom and Joe in a mine tunnel.
This place is so much fun, they even have a sweet old donkey named Pedro who will kiss you for a carrot!

Montezumas Castle National Monument

Indians lived here hundereds of Years ago. It is amazing to think of them scurrying up these cliffs with thier children, making meals, and fishing in the nearby Beaver Creek.


William is our photographer in these pics, well really anytime you see Joe and I together its a good bet William took the picture!

Christmas in Arizona!

We spent Christmas in Arizona with Gramma Kay this year! We went up to Sedona for a night, and stayed in a really neat hotel. And in the morning...we found gifts from ol' Jack Frost!
Real Icicles! Now my little California boys had never seen such a sight, so leave it to Dad to bring one back to the room and start a frenzied icicle hunt!
Sedona was so beautiful and breathtaking!

Hiking in Wildwood Park

To burn off those turkey day calories, Joe decided a hike was in order. We went to Wildwood Park in thousand Oaks for 4 mile hike. We saw authentic Chumash Indian caves...
bubbling brooks rimmed with Poison Oak leaves...
a coyote crossed our path. It was pretty nice weather, a fun family outting, but I was thankful to get back to the truck and to civilization.
Noah had the time of his little life, what with all those rocks at his disposal for throwing.