Disneyland 2008

Well, we made it. At first we weren't sure that it was going to happen with all the crazy weather we have been having and the fact that John only had a few days off in December. But... we made it to Disneyland for Christmas. I know that is not such a big deal to some but you see we have this tradition, we take a family photo in front of the tree in Toontown every year and I did not want to miss it this year. John and I first took our picture together there the year we got married .

This is us in 2001.

skip ahead to 2006:

I was ready to pop!

This year we had lots of fun. We took my parents and they had fun sharing the day with the girls and going on all of the rides with them. Megan's new favorite rides are Soaring over California and Big Thunder Mountain and Erin loves the Tea Cups and Merry-Go-Round.

Here are some cute pictures from the day.

Playing Catch Up

Megan and her elf "Mixie"

Well it has been a while since my last post and so much as happened. I won't bore you with all the boring day to day things. Probably the biggest thing is that Erin was pretty darn sick with a nasty respitory thing. But, in true Erin style she got better and gave it to everyone else!

Luckily we were all feeling better in time for Turkey Day. We had a wonderful day with an extra special visit from Auntie LuLu, Uncle Steve, Aunt Naomi and Uncle Tony.

The day after we started decorating for Christmas! And shopping!

Erin says "I want this many presents!!!!"

Enough with the fire already!

So Southern California just can't seem to catch a break! I went to bed last night and John called at about 11:00pm and said there was a fire in Sylmar, when I woke up this morning at 0530 it was to a call from my Mom saying the police were at the door and they are under evacuation precaution. I told them that they could not come here again since this time the roads between the SFV and Santa Clarita were closed. It is now 5:20pm and so far they have not been ordered to evacuate.

This also threw a cramp in our day since I was suposed to host a baby shower for a very good friend, but she also lives in the SFV and couldn't get up here. Megan and Erin were very sad until they realized they had a cake here that they did not have to share!

Just for fun! Erin loves the park!

Halloween Night

Well, Halloween night went off without a hitch. Megan and Erin had lots of fun and our neighbor Libby made a very cute Snow White. We sepent over 2 hours trick or treating and went to 3 "haunted" houses. The girls really had a great time and Megan is already planning next years costume.

Dance class Halloween Party

Celebrating at dance class was lots of fun. Megan wore her fairy costume since I did not want Alice to get all dirty and because Erin cannot be left out she was a ballerina.

Pumpkin Hunting

We went to Lombardi Ranch to pick pumpkins and had a great time. Here are some of the pictures we snapped.

Status Update

Hi to everyone who was wondering about my parents well being after the fire in Porter Ranch. Well... they are fine. they were evacuated and came to stay with us for 2 days but they are back home now and things are fine. Thefire came within 6 houses and they have friends who suffered damage but other wise all is well.

Thanks again for your thoughts.

Getting ready for Halloween

Well, now the holiday fun begins! We had a dress rehersal for halloween today. Megan is going to be Alice in Wonerland, but in true Megan style, she had to have a differnt costume than the one currently in the Disney store. So I took to Ebay and found a guy in the midwest who had a older version of the costume still with tags on. It arrived 3 days later. Erin on the other hand will be wearing a hand me down Tinkerbelle costume that Megan wore at about the same age.

It sure is true what they say about the second one, she didn't even get a new costume!!!

We love to paint!

Side walk chalk painting is so much fun!!!!

Dancing Queen!

Here are the pictures of Megan from her dance recital. As you can tell, Megan loves the camera.

I'm back!

Well, the idea was to try and post something every couple of days and here it has been a couple of months. Let's play a quick game of catch up...


In May: Megan turned 4 and had a wonderful princess birthday party. She was so excited that Sleeping Beauty actually showed up to spend an afternoon with her and her friends.


In June: Megan finished her first year of pre-school and said a sad goodbye to Miss Judy and Miss Jenny in the purple door. She is already anxious to start next year and is looking forward to finding out who her teachers will be. Megan also had her very first dance recital at CSUN at the end of June, what a ham! She LOVED being on stage and told us that she was so happy that everyone in the audience just came to see her.



And now in August we are looking forward to another year at the Weekday School. Megan is in the 4 year old class and Erin will be entering the Mommy and Me class. Megan started a new dance class and is really having fun learing moore advanced ballet and tap.

I will post pictures soon. Hope everyone is having a great summer and we look forward to seeing you all soon.

Welcome to our Blog!!!

Well, we did it, we entered the 21st century. Yes, we have started a family blog. With 2 kids and an overworked husband I figured that this was the perfect way to keep up with everyone. I will try to update this several times a week and add pictures as the come along.

To get us started here are some recent ones of the girls that were taken on Megan's 4th birthday.