Aquarium with the little ones

Hailey invited few of her friends to the aquarium and she loved playing the part of the older girl. We had a 3, 2, and 1 year old.

Hailey wanted to make sure Cienna could see everything

need to practice those, on demand smiles

Westfields School Bus

Jesse came home with one of the 15 passenger vans last night. He told Shane that he could call any of his friends and ask them if they wanted to go to school with him in the morning. It might be a new trend, there were 6 spaces left to be filled. The kids thought it was the coolest thing, not sure how the parents feel about having their kids in an escort vehicle!

Alone Time

At some point, everyday, Shane needs his alone time. Here he is in the mode..........great location!

Westfield's Halloween Party

Our annual neighborhood Halloween Party, Mario and Luigi had fun to say the least

Luigi lived inside the jumper and slide for most of the party. I asked Hailey why she liked it so much and she said "because all of Shane's friends were in there."

Luigi and Mario Power

Doing the cake walk with his bestfriend Kyle. 2/3 of Shane's 1st grade class was entered

Shane playing musical chairs, he loved all the competitions and ran up everytime they announced a new game

Shane entered himself in the Pie Eating Contest and Won. We knew you were an eater Shane. He won $10

We Got...........

EGGS! We looked yesterday morning and there were the first 3 eggs, and then later that day 2 more and then today 1.

Hailey's wish list

I was asking Hailey what she wants for Christmas, here is her list-


-Mario costume
-Army Man costume
-Skeleton costume
-Vampire costume


That's our little princess!

Zoo

One of our best visits to the LA Zoo.............

Spelunking Shane

Love Hailey in the picture, and you too Jesse!

What could possibly be so funny to the kids?

Chimps were the butt of all the jokes with the kids

All About Me

It was Shane's turn to present his poster, All About Me. He practice a few times at home and was excited to finally do it in front of his classmates. It amazes me how he can get up there and talk and show no signs of being nervous. He loves to be the one in front of the class talking. He was up there for 40 minutes talking and answering questions. Jesse, Hailey and I were there to watch it live, It was Adorable and Hilarious.

Enjoying his time in the limelight

Listening intently to a question from a fellow classmate

The kids all had to write and draw a picture about Shane right after the presentation. The teacher then put a book together that he brought home. He loves to look at it and does so over and over again......it is, all about him!

Typical Sunday Night

With this group we never know what to expect. We got together for our weekly (and sometimes 2x a week) dinner together and the next thing you know we are singing our lungs out

Serenading the ladies, it was to funny for words

The kids kept walking into the room laughing at us thinking we were crazy, nope, just having a good time!

Great memories

Indian Guides Opening Ceremonies

The Firewolves attended the opening ceremonies which consisted of 3 legged races

Potato sack races, Hailey cheering the boys on

I love the dads in our group. During the ceremony when they mentioned the Firewolves they all yelled and cheered LOUD unlike all the other groups. They were also the only ones who got all the dads to race in the potato sack race. It was hilarious to watch, they don't hold back ( a bunch of dorks who have the hearts of kids )

and tug-o-war

Shane was thriving in this environment. He kept putting himself in more races just to do them.

Red Devils

Shane is on the Red Devils and this week was their first win! Shane has scored a goal every game and this week he even had some help from his teammates in scoring

A much needed Pep talk from Coach Jesse

Shane was all over the field. He would do a corner kick across the field and chase it and would be the next to touch the ball. He loves soccer and can't wait for the next game

Papu came to watch Shane play soccer again. The humor that goes on along the sidelines keeps her coming back. (and watch Shane play awesome) Notice that everyone has a smile on thier face. Put our kids on the field and some commentating from the parents and it's funnier than Saturday Night Live. We should charge money to watch our team play. We have the best parents in the world. I think we have more fun than that kids

A lot of us headed straight for the beach after the game. It was a perfect 5 hour beach visit

Shane's best buds

Oh What a Night.....

We (the usual suspects) suprised Jesse for his Bday at my parent's house

A very entertaining dinner group- We Love you guys!

The ladies

What's a party without a Pinata?

The highlight of the night- Bohemian Rhapsody -They Rocked It!

We left at midnight......when on of the babysitters called and was wondering when we would be home. We could have gone all night long...............Happy Birthday Bud- Love you!

Octoberfest

Shane's soccer team gets along all too well. We can't get enough of each other and every weekend someone is planning something for us to do. Here the whole team made it to Octoberfest

Hailey swimming

We were at a Bday party. Hailey who loves to observe took notes and gave it a try

Boys

This is what i walked into while i had the kids selling lemonade................
These two Men are a pea in a pod. They spend more time together than most husbands and wives.

So of course their sons learn from their parents behavior, these two knuckle-heads are in love

Lemonade for Sale

The kids had their first lemonade stand and it started out with just ONE of Shane's soccer teammates. 30 minutes later we had 4 more teammates stop and want to help out with their siblings. I guess times are tough when you have to divide the profits between 10 kids. It was an instant playdate on PV Dr and business was good!

Shane yelling, "Lemonade for sale"