Thankful

I have so many things to be thankful for! My family. Friends. My home. Zach's steady job. A pool. This country we live in. Our health and happiness. Preschool. Comfort food. A wonderful marriage. A warm bed. I could go on forever and ever....and as this year is soon coming to an end I look back and appreciate all that I have and I all that I need. Excited to wake up in the morning, cuddle on the couch in our pj's, sipping hot cocoa (coffee for muah) and watch the Thanksgiving day parade with my little loves! Then head over to Bob and Lindas for a yummy dinner and hang out time with most of the fam.....life doesn't get much better and reiterates once again, I have so many things to be thankful for.

LOVE

Happy Veteran's Day!!!

Just want to send a huge Thank You to all the Veteran's who have and are serving our country! Without you we would be nothing. You have all sacrificed your lives for us and this great country and I truly appreciate it!

A special thanks to my Dad, Papa's, Uncle Gary and Uncle John who are all Veterans and to my cousin Bryan who is serving in the Special Forces in Afghanistan right now and to cousin Chad who just returned from serving!!!!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!

For him or the kids???

This is Zach's new toy..oops I meant the kids new toy, right! Zach has been looking up Mini Choppers on Craigslist for months and months now and finally found the perfect (and least expensive) one. He sold a bunch of video games, because he knew he was not spending our money to get this, and went and picked it up this morning. He has been so excited about this chopper and is out in the garage with Trevor and Riley as I write this inspecting, piddling with and cleaning it. I am NOT getting on that thing as much as he may beg me too...it aint happenin!

This little guy thinks its the best thing to happen since mac & cheese with hotdogs!

Cutest thing you ever did see isn't it?!

Happy Halloween!!!

3 Cinderella's!!

G-pa and Spidey

What an exciting and eventful Halloween we had this year! The kids had a Halloween party at preschool and had a lot of fun. Trevor and Riley did the bean bag toss and were great at it. Trevor also took part in Pumpkin Bowling! They did a parade around the building and then a song up on stage. My 2 were too shy(shocker?..I think not!) to take part in the singing but had fun watching their great teacher Ms. Suzanne and the rest of the kids sing and dance.

he's got his stance!

Then for Halloween night, we had 23 people over for chili, cornbread, meatballs, crackers and cheese, finger cookies, chips and salsa and a Halloween cake!! We all ate and drank and had a good time. Then it was off for some Trick-or-Treating!! The kids all went up to the doors by themselves and were so proud about it! We went pretty dang far and they enjoyed coming home and checking out their loot! I had so much fun partying with my beautiful Cinderella, Squirmy Spiderman and adorable Monkey!

FULL

Yes, my hands are full but so is my heart!!

Growing Up!

my little "big" man! Loves skateboarding, wrestling, books and preschool!

Everyone always told me, " just wait, they grow up so fast!" and I was always " yeah,yeah,ok, sure"...and now...I'm a Believer!! I mean my babies that I just gave birth to yesterday are growing up! And don't get me wrong I LOVE watching them grow, change, mature and learn new things but it also makes me sad...it's a bittersweet thing really. And people are always asking us "so you guys aren't done?" or " you're gonna have more??" and the answer is yes!! People think we are crazy sometimes but it is just right for us. We love kids, being parents, being pregnant (ok, I guess I love that one) and we can't wait to have more...ok we can....we're content right now. Our hands are full at the moment but in a year or two or three we would love to add another addition to our family. But until then we are loving life and enjoying watching our children grow!

Miss Ireland Kate is "officially" walking now! And may I add "into everything!!"

She is such a character and I just love her big toothy smile!

And Miss Riley Ann....look at those eyes! She is just growing up before our eyes!

Uh-Oh!

I think the pool may overflow??? The weather here in "sunny,beachy CA" is the complete opposite right now! Don't get me wrong, I love it! I love snuggling, fires, hot cocoa, laying in bed and listening to the rain(if that ever happens) but, I don't like that our backyard that we've been working so hard on now looks like a tornado went through it. Our pool is about to overflow any minute, there's a lounge chair in the pool along with tree branches and a gazillion leaves, the umbrella broke in the wind and the kids little dollhouse/playhouse completely fell apart.......looks like Daddy has some work to do :)