CHRISTMAS 2008

MAKING COOKIES WITH NANI
THE KIDS WITH PAPA AND NANI- XMAS EVE

ME AND THE KIDS

TITI PRINCESS

GRIFFIN & COUSIN ZACH AT X-MAS EVE

TITI OPENING GIFTS ON XMAS EVE

THE KIDS ON CHRISTMAS MORNING

OPENING GIFTS FROM SANTA

GRIFFIN OPENING LOTS OF TOYS

TITI IN A BOX

PAPA SHOWING GRIFFIN HOW TO DO REMOTE CARS

TITI SNOW BUNNY

GRIFFIN EATING BIG BIG ICE CREAM AT OUTBACK

WELL I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE CHRISTMAS IS ALREADY OVER. ALL THE PREP WORK AND NOW IT IS OVER. BUT WE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY! NANI AND PAPA CAME AND ARE STILL HERE FOR A WEEK, AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING BIG FUN. WE GOT READY FOR SANTA BY MAKING COOKIES AND TREATS AND EATING LOTS OF GOOD FOOD.

ON CHRISTMAS EVE WE ORDERED FOOD AND ME, JASON, THE KIDS MY MOM AND DAD AND JASON'S PARENTS AND COUSIN ZACH ALL CELEBRATED AT OUR HOUSE. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE AND SO CUTE TO SEE GRIFFIN AND PEYTEN INTERACT WITH THEIR COUSIN. AND THEN THAT NIGHT THE KIDDOS GOT TO OPEN GIFTS FROM JASON'S FAMILY AND THEY HAD BIG FUN.

THEN ON CHRISTMAS MORNING THE KIDS GOT TO OPEN ALL THEIR GIFTS FROM SANTA AND WE PLAYED ALL DAY AND THEN MY MOM MADE YUMMY TACOS FOR DINNER AND GRIFFIN ACTUALLY ATE.

SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN ENJOYING OUR FAMILY AND JUST SPENDING TIME TOGETHER WITH EVERYONE. WE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE GOOD TIMES WE WILL BE HAVING IN THE NEW YEAR. IT WAS A GREAT CHRISTMAS FOR US SINCE WE HAD 2 GREAT KIDS TO CELEBRATE WITH- IT ONLY GETS BETTER FROM HERE!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

UNTIL NEXT TIME.....................

School Play and Party Days

GRIFFIN MAKING CINNAMON ROLLS WITH DAD
GRIFFIN LOVES TO COOK

TITI PRINCESSGRIFFIN AND AUNT KIM AT BABES OPENING GIFTS

JASON'S FAMILY AT THE XMAS PLAY

GRIFFIN'S CLASS ON STAGE

MY LITTLE MAN WAS NERVOUS UP ON STAGE

TOO CUTE IN HIS SANTA HAT

GRIFFIN'S CLASS PARTY

SO LAST WEEK WAS A BUSY WEEK FOR THE KIDS. ON THURSDAY WE HAD GRIFFIN'S CLASSROOM HOLIDAY PARTY AND IT WAS LOTS OF FUN. SINCE I AM ROOM MOM I HAVE TO PLAN ALL THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS. WE DID 2 CRAFTS AND ATE SOME YUMMY FOOD. TITI HAD FUN TOO. SHE LOVES TO GO TO GRIFFIN'S CLASSROOM B/C ALL THE KIDS GIVE HER LOTS OF LOVE.

THURSDAY NIGHT, WE HAD GRIFFIN'S SCHOOL HOLIDAY PLAY. JASON'S MOM AND DAD CAME AND SO DID KIM AND MATT BECTON. GRIFFIN AND TITI DIDN'T NAP THAT DAY SO IT WAS A VERY VERY LONG DAY! BUT ONCE WE GOT THERE ALL WAS WELL. THE KIDS IN HIS CLASS ARE ALL 2 1/2 SO THEY PRETTY MUCH JUST STOOD UP ON STAGE LOOKING OUT AT ALL THE PEOPLE. BUT THEY SURE WERE CUTE. I MEAN IT IS A LOT TO ASK OF 2 YEAR OLDS TO GET ON STAGE AND SING 3 SONGS!!!!! MY BOY STOOD UP THERE LIKE A CHAMP IN HIS SANTA HAT! TITI HAD FUN TOO LOOKING AT EVERYONE IN THE CROWD.

FRIDAY NIGHT WE WENT TO BABES RESTAURANT FOR DINNER WITH THE BECTONS AND THE KIDDOS AND IT WAS SOOOOOOOOO GOOD. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE MY MOM AND DAD WHEN THEY COME. WHILE LIVING IN BOSTON I MISSED EATING ALL THAT YUMMY COUNTRY COOKING. GRIFFIN SAT IN BETWEEN KIM AND MATT AT DINNER AND PLAYED BY THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND HE ATE 2 PADS OF BUTTER FOR DINNER- YUMMY! TITI WAS TIRED SO SHE FUSSED THAT NIGHT- POOR TITI.

SATURDAY WE HAD A LOW KEY NIGHT AND TODAY WE RAN A BUNCH OF ERRANDS. WE ARE EXCITED FOR NANI AND PAPA TO COME VISIT US TOMORROW FOR CHRISTMAS. WE HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT CHRISTMAS.

UNTIL NEXT TIME...............

Weekend Update

GRIFFIN AFTER HE ATE A CUPCAKE AT ETHAN'S PARTY
ME, D, KRISTEN, KIRSTEN AND TITI

TITI WITH KARA AT THE JORDAN PARTY

ME AND GRIFFIN

THE KIDS HAVING FUN WITH THE BECTONS

WELL, WE HAD A VERY BUSY WEEKEND. JASON HAD HIS WORK PARTY THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES AND THEY HAD A GREAT 80'S BAND, THE SPAZMATICS- SO MUCH FUN!!!!! JASON'S MOM AND DAD CAME OVER AND BABYSAT THE KIDS FOR US SO WE COULD GO AND DANCE TO SOME 80'S MUSIC.

FRIDAY, JASON WAS OFF OF WORK SO WE RAN A BUNCH OF ERRAND AND THEN THAT NIGHT WE TOOK THE KIDDOS SHOPPING. IT'S ALWAYS SO MUCH FUN TO GO SHOPPING ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8PM-SO KIDDING! THE MALL WAS PACKED! WHAT WERE WE THINKING!

SATURDAY DURING THE DAY WE HAD PLAY GYM WITH THE KIDS AND THEN THAT NIGHT WE HAD KARA AND JAY'S HOLIDAY PARTY AND............WE TOOK THE KIDS WITH US! IT WAS LOTS OF FUN. GRIFFIN AND TITI LOVE TO SEE KARA AND JAY AND OF COURSE KIM AND BECTON. THERE WAS LOTS OF YUMMY FOOD AND I THINK GRIFFIN HAD A LITTLE TOO MANY CHAMPAGNE SOAKED RASPBERRIES :)

SUNDAY WE HAD A BIRTHDAY PARTY TO GO TO IN SOUTH LAKE. MY FRIEND KRISTEN'S SON WAS TURNING ONE AND THEY HAD SUCH A NICE BIRTHDAY PARTY. BOTH KIDS HAD TONS OF FUN PLAYING OVER THERE AND EATING CUPCAKES. IT WAS A REALLY NICE BIRTHDAY PARTY AND KRISTEN AND SAM'S FAMILY WAS SO NICE TO WELCOME US TO THEIR HOUSE.

WE HAD A GREAT WEEKEND AND WE LOVE THE HOLIDAYS WITH BOTH KIDS! THIS WEEK GRIFFIN HAS HIS SCHOOL PLAY THURSDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY I HAVE TO PLAN HIS XMAS PARTY FOR HIS CLASS. BIG FUN THIS WEEK.

I THINK THIS WEEKEND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOW KEY WEEKEND BEFORE CHRISTMAS! MY MOM AND DAD ARE COMING THE WEEK OF CHRISTMAS AND GRIFFIN CAN HARDLY WAIT. HE KEEPS ASKING FOR THEM EVERYDAY.

I HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A VERY MERRY HOLIDAY B/C I KNOW WE ARE!

UNTIL NEXT TIME.................

Weekend wrap up

Me and Denise (my little sis)
stara in the theta kite :)

Me and Kim

Denise and Stara

Denise, Kristen, Me, Stara, Kirsten and Kim

So this weekend we just had a nice laid back relaxing weekend. On Friday, Kim had Theta ornament exchange at her house so Jason and Becton took the kids to dinner. And i bet you can guess where they went...............

Yep, hooters!!! The kids love that place. So anyway, they had a nice time at dinner and then they came back to our house and hung with kids :)

While the boys took care of the kids i was at kim's house down the street for our theta gathering. It was fun to see all the girls and share some good stories and make out with a new ornament :)

The pictures from our party are above :)

Saturday Jason took the kids to tumble gym and then we ran some errands. That night we were all pretty tired so we decided to go to IKEA and we spent about 2 hours there looking at everything and then we ate dinner at IKEA and it was time to come home. BIG Saturday fun at the post house.

Sunday, we ran some more errands and here we are.

This week on Thursday Jason has his work party at the House of Blues and I still have nothing to wear! Looks like me and the kids will be going to the mall tomorrow :) Then Friday, Jason is off of work so we will have a nice long weekend together.

I promise on my next post to put pics of the kiddos :)

Until next time................

THANKSGIVING PICTURES

HERES THOSE THANKSGIVING PICS I SAID I WOULD POST :)