Continued SPOON training...

all done....

perseverance....

Hmmmm???

Looks like Diego is getting ready for the Frat house!

a traditonal toy

snow snow snow!

Let us hold on to the JOY as we begin our NEW YEAR.

CHRISTMAS......I, II, & III....

Why, look at that, Santa must have brought one of his elves along to take a picture of him enjoying the cool glass of milk and M&M's left by Mia on Christmas Eve...Ho Ho HO!


no, really, she loves it! this minnie 'party hat' was a big hit from Uncle Donny and Aunt Sara- we just got a picture at the end of the 'cheeeeeessssse!'

WOW! a desk!
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Milk break after trying out the new tricycle that Santa managed to squeeze down the chimney. Just a bit too short, but by the summer- look out sidewalks of Delaware...

Christmas morning at Mamaw & Papaws. Mia thoroughly enjoyed everything- she was a great helper with her new reading skills- she was able to help pass out presents- what a good little elf! Of course, this was her 4th Christmas! Diego wasn't too sure about all the fuss and seemed frustrated that the packages were blocking his access to the many buttons on the VCR, Cable and TV entertainment center that were just begging to be pushed by Mr. Buttons...

All Decked out- under a little layer of snow....looks better in person- we really enjoyed our lights this year...unfortunately, we didn't get the big snowflake up....this summer we hope to rig something up that will allow us to attach it to the peak where we had it last year...we shall see what we come up with for our 'display' next year...definately liked the blue....

COUSINS! our cousin population will be increasing next year- we can't wait!
The kids- Mia 3 1/2, Carson 3, Morgan 2 1/2, Diego 1 1/2.
They were quite cute to watch playing together this year...

Santa and his elf were busy this year making sure we got all OUR DUCKS IN A ROW...(couldn't resist!)

hmmm...now where did Mia go????

Happy New Year!

Welcoming the new year, excited to see what new things it will bring. We look forward to new events for Mia- soccer, pre-school, swim lessons...we shall see. For Diego- we can't wait to see the personality of our little man even more as he learns to talk and tell us a few tales....For Rod and I, well, guess time will tell what we have in store for 2010.
May it have wonderful moments for all of you!

santa came for a visit....

cookie exchange- lots of yumminess!

Mia's little elf house

diego helping decorate- really- there actually is an ornament there-- its just hard to see, maybe we'll try this shot again... ha ha ha

wow! santa came to mia's house early for a visit!! mia actually looks speechless...and ornery as usual...

diego was scared to death of the man in the beard and would not even be in the same room...however, he did look cute and festive that day, so here's a pic of him before the trauma of the jolly, red suited, white bearded visitor- ho ho ho!

thanksgiving weekend

weee, the brave one going down the slide

giddy-up

washed out attempt at family portrait! too bad, it was fun!

handsome....

mommy & daddy!

weeeee....down the slide at Montgomery park

THE family , 2009

some random recents...

just having a little fun- jumping the season a bit, but the bubble faces just begged for Santa hats...

unlike most small people- Mia and Diego would rather scream and fuss on car rides- SO....we were ecstatic to have almost 1 whole hour of BOTH kids sleeping on our trip back from TN.


Pappaw was blowing a nice stream of bubbles early one morning..

FIRST FAMILY VACATION....GATLINBURG , TN.

Our first trip all together! The car ride wasn't too bad- though, I surely wish that the kids were the type that fall asleep in the car, alas, it was not to be....MAYBE, on the way home, exhausted from the fun of a trip, they will zonk for a few hours! Won't it be strange to travel without listening to The Carebear Movie, Barney (yes, Barney'!), and the Little Einsteins...or possibly singing along to songs that aren't about bed jumping monkeys and 10 wiggle worms....we shall see. We could not have scripted better weather- and there's even a fair amount of colorful trees decorating our view.

WOW, this place is gorgeous! nicely done and way up in the mountains...

check out the view- pictures just don't do it justice- at least not from our humble camera...

some fall fun...

wee! actually, this slide had a brutal stop at the end...ouch!

pumpkin hair! face was designed entirely by Mia!

pumpkin!

balloon corsage!

Halloween Preview

we had our playgroup Harvest Party tonight, lots of fun, hard to get all the kids to pose- surprise! surprise! just in case the camera disappears on the 31st....here's a preview of our two little bears!

bubbley, bubbley bathtime!

ha ha ha, we had fun!