Too much for the little guy

Austin decided that instead of taking a nap upstairs in his room, he would crash on his couch. LOL 12/18/2008

Little Bear

Shawn's sister Jennifer gave him this little bear when we were expecting Chloe. Chloe has always loved her blankie more than any stuffed animal. Until she found Little Bear. She has to have him with her at all times. Today she was packing him around using her dress ties. 12/16/2008

Putting up the Christmas Tree

It is so nice to have my kids be nice to each other once in a while :)

Austin loves to act like he is talking to someone on the phone. Too cute.
I can't believe how big Austin has gotten since I took that picture in the ornament.
Mom trying to get Chloe's ornament out of the case.

Waiting in the car

Me and the kids have started to go eat lunch with Shawn about one a week at work. Today he was running a bit late, so instead of letting the kids destory the office. We waited in the car. These are the coats that their Gramma Pete made for them last year. 12/6/2008

I am Blessed

I finally found my camera, so I thought that I would take some updated pictures of my kids!

Also, I saw it on a friends blog to have everyone email there addresses to her for Christmas cards. And I thought what a great idea. So email me your addresses for Christmas cards. With all this moving around and having friends move as well. Who knows if I have everyones addresses. So please email me your addresses and let me know how life is going for you :)
dragonfly_me16@ymail.com

Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving this year was pretty low-keyed, since it was just the 4 of us. But we did have all of the Thanksgiving staples to our dinner (thanks to Shawn). It is alwasy nice to just have a day to relax and enjoy the people that you love. I am so thankful for my kids (even though I feel as though I am failing as a mom half the time~ luckly my kids seem to forgive instantly) and my honey (who seems to feel as if he isn't showing me how much he loves me, even though he does it everyday by the small things that he does for me). It was a good day! Hopefully next year we will have company so that we can use our new table. Hint, Hint!

WE HAVE FRIENDS!!!

Our best friends from Utah came up to visit us and see our new house. We haven't seen them since I had Austin (almost 2 years). So it was so great to get together and catch up. They came late Friday night, after their oldest daughter was done with school. And then they stayed until around noon on Tuesday. So sad to see them go, but it was so wonderful to see them and enjoy in their company.

We went to Casa Bonita on Saturday night. The travel guide made it sound ver family oriented/fun filled. There was cliff diving, arcades, and a Mariachi band (we got seated right behind them (it was so loud). The food was alright, so I guess it was more for the atmosphere that people like to come here. We might try it again when the kids are much older. :) But a interesting little tidbit~ it is the largest restaurant in the US and the second largest in the world. Which you wouldn't guess that looking from the outside. It is in the corner of a strip mall.

Austin & Chloe playing on a arcade game where you squish the spiders. Their favorite game. With all the tickets that all of us won. The kids each got a plastic whistle. Mysteriously, they disappeared the next day. Hmm. (Very high pitched and loud).

The next day, all of us went to Shawn's office to give the Webbs' eye exams. So to coax the kids into behaving we promised them we would go to the zoo after. Well we made it though the exams. And the weather was perfect for the zoo, and hardly anyone was there. It was a real treat and pretty scary, when we went to the lion enclosure, one of them decided to come and say hello. You forget how large these animals are, until you are standing next to one.

Alex and Ashlynn looking at the baby giraffe. He was born in June (I think). And he was like 6 foot already and 150+ lbs. Ugh! After we were done at the zoo, we went to PF Changs (my family's first time). Poor Austin had not gotten a nap all day and was beyond himself. Just crying "No Mama No". No matter what I did or asked. He would say the same thing. Sigh. Finally I was able to reason with him enough to not get ugly looks from the people sitting next to us.