Having so much fun.....

laughing at Laila's antics....

and sometimes crying on the inside...

she REALLY likes lotion.....

seriously, do not leave this girl unattended for any length of time....I woke up one morning and found her sitting on the couch next to my purse with a entire packet of gum in her mouth!

aren't these kids so cute? Notice, still an antic going on with Laila...she probably stole that chapstick out of my purse and was sucking on it. But, she's happy about it!!

I got to have lots of girl's night fun in November...

starting with going out.....

to the SYTYCD tour. So fun!

and going to the midnight showing of New Moon with some die hards!
What could be better?
Going again for my friend's birthday bash later that month!

We had some family fun in Oceanside, CA....turns out you should bring swimsuits to the beach even in November.
Nathan found a perfect sand dollar all by himself!

got to visit the San Diego Zoo....and I taught my kids that the best things in life don't have to cost more than a quarter...

I present to you, my friends, the Footsie Wootsie....Don't ever pass up one of these bad boys! They are possibly my favorite San Diego Zoo attraction.

Here is my herd!

even the benches can turn into a fun ride!

we celebrated Robert's 30th birthday on Saturday! and I teased him all day with terms like 'old' and 'crotchety'....He is a good sport! I told him he is lucky because men get better looking with age and then scared him when I told him 'it's all downhill from here, for me!'
Haha!
Please, please be kind to me when I turn 30, honey!
I love you!

and I have been having lots of fun getting the kids all dressed up and festive for church...

I love seeing all the cuties dressed up in their holiday best. I seriously wanted to do a walk-off in nursery so all the little girls could parade around in their dresses....So cute!

Like I said, we have been having so much fun....I'll think we'll have some more!

Merry Christmas!

Halloween and Laila's big birthday present...

How cute did they look on Halloween?!?!
We couldn't remember where we packed away their costumes from last year so I had to run out 3 days before Halloween and find something acceptable.
These turned out so cute!

Do we really have to go to church on my birthday?

And here is what Laila got for her birthday!
Seriously, I couldn't really find anything I wanted to get for her, so I just gave her the new Tinkerbell movie I bought recently. She loves Tinkerbell, so she was happy.
But, Grandma to the rescue, we went to their house and Grandma supplied Laila with an actual birthday toy, much to her delight!

There! That's my public service announcement.....we have not announced to anyone yet, so you see it when you see it....hope you are keeping up with the blog, Mom & sisters!

More late summer fun......

Visitors here......
(Cat & I couldn't resist the Sugar Factory and had to check it out!)

Lots of couch shopping over Labor Day weekend resulted in this....

giant couch sized boxes resulted in this....

and viola! Welcome to your new home!

It evens does cool tricks! We made it into one giant bed and had some family fun with popcorn and a movie.

backyard fun at Grandpa's....

first day of preschool...

and visitors there.......

visitors, visitors everywhere!

turns out this show is too intense for Nathan....

but this show is always fun.....rabbits and quails and sheep, oh my!

chasing a poor wittle wabbit....

Some dinosaurs and such were on display at a casino before going to auction so we had to take Nathan to see 'Rexie'.
Here is a Wooly Mammoth.

My favorite piece.....I couldn't convince Robert to spend the 30 to 50 thousand dollars this would go for in auction so I could hang it in my living room.
It is a fossilized palm frond.....not an imprint...that's what makes it so rare and cool!

oh my, it's something big! Love the look of awe in his face....
Nathan is checking out the 'Rexie' up close...

pretty cool, huh? This T-Rex was found in South Dakota!

a prehistoric pig.....

Triceratops mama and baby....

and my annual matching bones jammas pic!!
It's tradition!


I now declare this blog officially caught up for the summer.......now back to your regularly scheduled lives!