Beautiful Girl

Kendyll went to see the Nutcracker with Grand, the Becker Girls and the Stephenson Girls. She had never been to a ballet. She had a wonderful time and felt so grown up. Grand said her eyes were glued to the stage the whole time. I'm so glad she had the opportunity to join the families for a fun girls night out

Annual Christmas Train

Sunday evening we had such a fun time at the Annual Metrolink Christmas Train. We arrived about an hour early and ate dinner with 4 other families taligate style. The local fire department collected toys for The Sparks of Love and a local restaurant, Olas, provided hot chocolate to everyone. When the train arrived the crowd gathered around the stage car and Santa and the gang put on a little show. After the show, a quartet sang a few Christmas Carols then it was off to Moorpark for the next show. We have gone to the show for the past 6 years. It is one of our Christmas traditions.

Our Visit with Mr. and Mrs. Claus

Last Saturday we enjoyed our 9th annual visit with Mr. and Mrs. Claus. We first went when Kasey was 1. It is so neat having all of the pictures in a row with the same Mr. and Mrs. Claus and seeing an additional child every few pictures.

Now That's a Hot Dog!

I came downstairs from putting the little ones to bed and I found Elway laying cozily on the hearth. I couldn't believe he wasn't burning as there was a fire in the fireplace. He stayed there even after I took the picture. It was funny to see him jump a few times as the logs shifted as they burned.

Turkeys on Strike

The Arbitrators, Heidi and Kendyll

Kendyll as a pilgrim with Natalie the Native American

The 3 pilgrims

Kendyll and Maddie

Kendyll was in a play today at school. It was called Turkeys on Strike. It was darling. She played an arbitrator and a pilgrim. She did a great job. Her voice was loud and clear and boy does she have a beautiful singing voice. I got many compliments from other parents.

We wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving!

The Birthday Surprise

On Kolby's actual birthday (a Friday) Ken got him dressed and into the car. Kole thought he was going to school. The big surprise was that Ken had taken the day off and took Kole to Disneyland, yes, just the 2 of them. They spent all day and night (until 9) roaming Disneyland and California Adventure. Where ever Kolby wanted to go they went. Ken said he walked about 20 miles (good thing Kolby had a stroller) as Kolby would choose a ride in Tomorrowland and then the next one on the other side of the park. Ken never said a word, Kolby was king! Both boys had a great time and came home dead tired.

Happy Birthday Kolby!!

The BIG 5!!!!

Kolby turned 5 on November 14th. He chose to celebrate his big day with the The Chuckmeister! He and 15 of his friends (and their families) ate pizza, played games and had yummy cake at Chuck E Cheese's. We all had a great time.

Mom's Night Out

From the left: Me, Nancy, Michelle, Marjorie, Sheryl and Jennifer

My Pal Michelle

We laughed so hard I almost peed my pants.

That would be the big LOOOOOOOSER

For our October MNO we went to Harley's bowl. We had such a great time. We laughed so hard, acted like dorks and some of us drank a bit too much. After bowling we went to dinner at Yolanda's. I love the group of gals that are part of the MNO. I always look forward to the next month's activity.

Our Family Trip to Disneyland

The whole gang...Uncle Robbie, Auntie Sissy, Isabella, Gavin, Ken, Kasey, Kendyll, Kolby and Me.
Our family

Just the girls

The sad thing is that Kolby will be really driving in 12 years. Hold on Auntie Sissy.

We were waiting for the Autotopia ride

Bella loves her big cousin Kasey

We had fun being matchy-matchy!

IS it Chip or Dale?

My little Gavie is such a hunk!

Headed to the 3-D Zone

We met my sister and her family at Disneyland on Oct 2 and 3rd. We went to California Adventure on Thursday and Disneyland on Friday. It was so awesome to see the parks through the eyes of the kids. All of them really enjoyed being together.

Our dad gave us passes for Christmas and it was great to be able to use them together.

Mom's Trip to Washington (Alone)

Darlene took me to see Neil Diamond in concert. He's still got it!

This is the hotel we stayed at in downtown Seattle. We stayed on the top floor in a 2 bedroom suite. The view was spectacular. (see below)


The wonderful view of Seattle.

Thank goodness for timers on cameras. We had just returned from a massage and shopping.

Happy hour in our hotel room.

My visit with Cousin Michele

The last week of September I flew to Seattle for a few "days off". I landed on Monday and Dar met me at the airport. We ran a few errands and went home to see her family. She has a Kendyll too. That's where our sweetie got her name. That night we went to a great Washington restaurant, The Keg. We always try to eat there when we visit. The following day I got to ride along as she did the school drop off and went to lunch. That afternoon I drove to Snohomish to visit my cousin. She and her love Don have lived up there for a good while. My aunt Sandy (her Mom) lives there too. Aunt Sandy made me a great bowl of chili and we got to catch up for a few hours. On Wednesday we dropped off the kids and headed into Seattle. We went to a great spa and had massages, then did a bit of shopping. We went back to our hotel for Happy Hour and then rode the monorail to the Key Arena to see "the one and only" Neil Diamond. We had a blast...danced, sung off key and shed a few tears remembering my beautiful Mom. (she loved Neil). I flew home rejuvenated on Thursday and was so happy to see my kids and Ken.