Macy, our Moose

We have this kitty door that Macy loves to stick her head through... I thought it would be funny to add antlers.... hehehehe

A Bike Ride to Jach-In-The-Box

It was a great day for a ride! So we took the kids and went on a ride to Jack-in-the-Box... We took the horse trail that is behind our house on Hasley Canyon. It was a good ride!

Uncle John's Birthday

The kids had a great time celebrating Uncle John's birthday. We went to Johnny Rockets and the whole restaurant sang to him! Then the kids made decorations and a cake.

Snowy Mountains

We had a few storms go through Southern California and there was a lot of snow on the surrounding mountain... that didn't stop the kids from wearing next to nothing!

What do you do with a bunch of boxes???

Make a castle, of course!!!



A drawbridge...


The princesses...

My baby gets braces!!!

Sarah got braces today! They are sooooo cool! I wish I had these when I was her age! For one, they are clear and two, they have doors instead of all those rubberband thingys!

Before



After



Beautiful!

Bunny Rhino-Plasty

Poor Bunny got mauled by Macy... Ben was very distraught and asked if I could help....

Let's see... he's going to need a new nose and mouth...

Pre-Op Damage


Surgery began with a skin/fur graft...




Not too bad now...



Adding the final touches...





Patient and Ben are doing much better!

Matt's Birthday

For Matt's birthday we went to Buca di Beppo.... Very, very yummy! We were happy that we were in the Frank Sinatra corner.


Matt had a Lemon-tini.


We kept the younger two busy with the I-pod...


Then topped it off with a little cake and song :)







Here's his vintage Travel-Bar...for our next camping trip!

Duck Hunting

So, we were driving home from San Jose on New Year's Eve (it's about a 5 hour car trip) and I kept wondering why I was seeing all of these cars from Oregon.... A lot of the cars where all decked out in green and gold with a big "O" on them.... Then it dawned on me! It was Duck hunting season! Did they win?



These were some of the cars I caught in the last 30 minutes of our drive home! There were a lot of ducks on the road!

Winter Time in LA

We had a bit of snow hit the mountains in the area. Nothing on the ground, but they wanted to have a little for decoration at work. They brought in blocks of ice (made in a freezer) and a chipper and ground up the ice to make fake snow for the front of our building. This was to celebrate the airing of Prep and Landing on ABC television. It made for a very festive decoration. You can see it along the edges of the walls.


Close up of the front lobby area. The snow was already melting but it had little bits that remained for a couple of days.


That night was the employee holiday party at Disneyland. They close the park around 6PM then open it to employees only till midnight. Shannon picked me up from work and we drove down to Anaheim. Temps were in the 40's so we dressed the kids up in their snow clothes.



As the evening progressed and it got colder, we went to the Disneyland hat shop and got hats for everyone.




Lines at the holiday party are short so the kids got to ride Dumbo and other rides multiple times.


We got a motel for the night so we could spend a second day at Disneyland. We encouraged the kids to jump on the beds. I mean,. what else are hotels for??



Next day at Disneyland we had lunch at Cafe Orleans to celebrate Shannon's Birthday.


Crawling through the caves at Pirate Island. They are not really made for grownups.


They added a Princess and The Frog show at Disneyland. It's a fun show that uses music from the recently released film.