Love

This is one of my favorite recent pictures of me and Shannon.

Big Box Shopping

Lauren and Jack at Costco

Garage Picasso

The kids had fun this week using the easel in the garage. This is also my test post from my new iPhone. If this app works my hope is to get back to posting a couple times each week. It will be so much easier!

It's a stay home day, why can't the kids sleep in?

Ugh....listening to Yo Gabba Gabba theme song at 6:30AM is not my idea of what to do early on Saturday morning. How about sleeping in kids?

The Big 4!

Jack is 4!  Jack is 4!  Holy cow, how is THAT possible? 

Party central

It was an intimate gathering :-)



Helping Daddy installl the race track.  Check out Jack's crown!  That was his special request for the day.

For weeks all we heard was, "I want a Ben 10 party." So the night before his birthday, Grandma Laura came up, Daddy picked up a Ben 10 cake and Mommy did Ben 10 decorations. We had that little carnivore's favorite dinner, steak. Then he opened up several presents with Ben 10 toys and a new race track. He was a happy camper! We will celebrate his birthday in grand style when we head to Disneyland in January, but I think Jack felt very special for his big day.

Month in Review

We had great days...

and not-so-great days.

We had up highs...



and down lows...

and down REALLY lows.



But through it all, we've been grateful for each other.



Jack's Tracks

First of all, AAAAAAAAWWWWWWWKKKKKKK!  I have been trying to post photos from Lauren's birthday for 2 MONTHS now!  UGH!  If I can ever get it to work I will share them.  I had trouble getting the photos, they were only on Rob's laptop, then our internet was on the fritz for several weeks.  Enough, stop the madness!
Anyway, here is a cute video Rob made of Jack playing with his new Hot Wheels Race Track.  Yes, it is mounted on the WALL!  How cool is that?