Friday, November 25, 2011

A Day to Give Thanks 2011

Everyday is a day to give thanks for, but this day is a day to really feast on with family, friends and share our Thankfulness.

We had a great Thanksgiving with my Dad, Candy, Sean and his Girlfriend, Catherine, Eric and Sarah.  We had all the good stuff: Honeybaked Ham, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberries, rolls, carrot casserole, green bean casserole, jello salad, delicious appetizers, and let us not forget about desert: pumpkin pie, peach pie, cherry pie, chocolate pie, pecan pie and fudge...Candy made perfect fudge this year.  YUMMY! Whew!  Needless to say, we are still stuffed today (by "we" I really mean "I").

Our after-dinner events consisted of pouring through black Friday ads around the table.  This is actually pretty fun! 
The kids played flashlight tag upstairs and hide-and-seek in the dark (upstairs).  Our festivities carried on until 10:30 P.M.  Everyone was having such a great time we didn't want the night to end!

Here are some pics. from our evening:

No family get together or blog post would be complete without one of these.  It's the Mike signature pose.  Don't copy it...I know you want to!

I love to wear my "Chef Roxanne" apron Robin gave me one year for Christmas.  It is perfect!

Sarah, Eric, Sean's Adorable and Sweet! Girlfriend, Catherine, and Sean. I call her Lady Catherine because she reminded me of her!


Everyone is ready for dinner, even Minnie, Tangled and Snow White.  My Dad was looking to sit down and pulled the chair out and Reagan was like, "oh no, that seat is TAKEN!"  She didn't say that, but she gave a look that said it all.











......and you thought this one wouldn't make it on the blog!  Sean isn't getting ready to punch his girlfriend, he is excited because I had just told him the pictures I took were going to make it on my blog:-))

A Busy Week...two Birthdays!

This past week has been very busy!  Very filled with Birthdays!  Very filled with school projects and parent teacher conferences.  Very filled with Thanksgiving!  Very filled, and very busy!

August had a Birthday Party at our house last Friday night.  He had two friends over for three hours of playing, eating pizza and a Coldstone Ice cream Cake, watching movies and running around.  It was the party he wanted and a great way to celebrate turning EIGHT!





August also had a big heritage project and presentation due on Tuesday.  We chose to research the German portion of his heritage, since it is the one we seem to know the most about.  Plus, his name was from that side of his heritage, and Schaal also comes from there.  We made a clothespin doll, a map of the location and portion of his family tree, and prepared apple strudel for his classmates to sample.  His presentation was on Tuesday, and the girls and I enjoyed sitting in for it, and hearing some of the other kids present as well.  I feel he learned a lot from the project, and gained some public speaking experience.

Another Birthday party....
On Monday Matthew chose three friends to take to Sky High, which is an indoor trampoline jump zone, followed by pizza and cake at Round Table.  It was the perfect party to celebrate turning ELEVEN!! 











Happy Birthday to both my boys...I love you both so much!!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

A close one!

Check out this captured footage off the coast of Santa Cruz!

Yikes:

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/30915/lunging+humpback+whale+nearly+swallows+up+surfer+kayaker/