Christmas is near

There's lots of Holiday cheer. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas



Some December pictures...

Dominic & Bianca at the Tree lighting

Peyton, Bianca, Donovan

My goalie

decorating the tree

Hot coco & popcorn

A Happy Birthday to Uncle Rudy

Uncle Rudy turned 40. We stopped over to wish him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY, we missed the Wild Ones on Thanksgiving...

Fruit Basket Cheesecake

Pumpkin Cheesecake


Daddy smiles for the camera

Dominic holds onto the bullets for safe keeping

Devin smiles behind the Binkie

Happy Thanksgiving

Ben, Papa, Nana, Tyler

Kristie, Peyton, Bianca, Sydney, Amy

Ben woke me up at 7 am to start the Turkey. I guess someone woke up on the hungry side of the bed. I felt like I'd just fallen asleep an hour before he woke me up. Talk about tired....

Ben washed the Turkey while I got all the veggies washed and cut. We made a Rosemary Orange Turkey. Fresh Rosemary and freshly cut oranges... Oh what a difference ;P

Nana and Papa brought over their dogs for a playdate with Kallie. Nana also made brownies to start the morning off right. We took the dogs and kids for a long walk, and then played in the backyard while we finished up the cooking.

Dinner guests included Soccer Jim, Amy, Tyler, Nana, Papa and our five.... after our Turkey Feast we had a concert (rockband style) pumpkin pie.... and then after a nice nap (only Ben got one of those) We headed over to the in laws for some Pozole, cheesecake and cake. Yummie

Dinner is served

roll anyone

Bloody Lip

Kallie had a feast as well

Soccer Jim in action

Furlough Friday

Another Furlough Friday and this time we decided to stay home and make our own fun. We pumped the jogging stroller tires and got some snacks... let the kids choose their own outfits and then headed off on a 1.5 mile walk to the closest park in our neck of the woods. We covered asphalt, pebbled/dirt roads, sidewalks and a grassy field all for the name of adventure.

Once there we played on the swings, played hide and seek and let daddy chase us around the enormous soccer field for a couple hours and then went to seach for a bridge that goes over the wetland preserves.... I don't think the bridge is built, even though it's on all the maps....

We probably walked a good mile in seach of the bridge and then braved the 1.5 trek home.. it was long and my feet hurt.... next time I'll wear jogging shoe

Velocity wins their first home game

With an 18-3-2 Tournament Record. Yes, they placed in every single tournament this year. 1st and 2nd in most of the Tournaments and one 3rd place trophy.... They finally got a league win against the first place Roseville team....


Bianca started in the goal box. First time playing goalie in a game. She did awesome. She came out running, sliding, punching balls out. At half time she came out to play the field. Final Score 3 Nil Velocity....


My camera battery died mid way through the game but I got a few pictures of the lil ones...

Pub Crawl

Ever been on a pub crawl? This is year 3 for a group of die hard pub crawlers.... The Straight Shooters - and it benefits cystic fibrosis.... We crawled through 25 stops on the Nosh. From Sushi bars, Yogurt shops to the leading Wine Bars. Great Food, Drinks and Friends

Christina, Sharon, Marlene, JW, K, Alison, Diane, Lisa

Big Nosh

Sharon getting cozy

Standing room only

deep conversations

Here is a list of the stops & their ratings:

1. Sophia's - BEST coconut Mojito's in Sac.
2. Brew It Up - Great Beers, but the service was terrible, we went back for dinner after the Crawl. Not that we really needed to eat more. Coffee and Creme Brulee was good.
3. The Melting Pot - Yummy Fondue - chocolate strawberries, brownies, banana's & Champagne
4. Clarion Mansion Court
5. Butch & Nellie's Coffee - They served Guinness beer floats
6. Azul Mexican Food & Tequila Bar - Flavored Tequila's & Chips & Salsa
7. Toreros
8. Beach Hut Deli
9. Kru - sushi and sangria
10. Temple Fine Coffee & Tea - One of my favorite Coffee Houses. Organic Stuff
11. Sweetwater Restaurant & Bar - Yummy Skewers
12. Cultive Frozen yogurt - Fresh Fruit on yogurt, huge fresh blackberries
13. Hot Italian Pizza & Panini Bar
14. Mochii Yogurt
15. Rubicon Brewing C0
16. Paaesano's Pizzeria
17. Old Soul Co - More Organic Coffee
18. Aioli Bodega - Yum
19. Buckhorn Grill - Best Steak Sandwiches
20. L Wine Lounge & Urban Kitchen - Best Atmosphere & wines
21. Yogurttagogo
22. Celestin's Island Easts & Cajun - Best Jambalaya
23. 3 Fires Loung
24. Sapporo Grill - Best Sushi - they had a feast fit for Kings and Queens.
25. Bistro 33 Midtown

My Favorite place on the crawl was Sapporo.

Andrew & Luke

So this is my continuation on Furlough Friday..... I couldn't post anymore pictures and still needed to talk about our Playdate/Kid sittin....

The girls and I walked over to the Fantastic 4's place to play with Andrew and Luke while Uncle Steven and Aunt Joan went to a Parent Teacher Conference.

The kids had a great time.... There was horseback riding, coloring, reading, apple jacks, working with tools and building forts... all in the matter of a couple hours.... There were no time outs, no naps and no changing diapers.... oh did i mention kisses... Luke gave me about a hundred kisses, I think he was making up for all the growls he used to give me.....

Andrew, Sydney, Luke, Peyton

Luke comes after the camera with a hammer

Luke insisted on showing me his new bed while wearing Peyton's crocs

apple jacks rule