Thanks for all the Christmas cards! We loved reading the cards and looking at the pics!

We knocked out the top cabinets above the bar, opens it up a ton! We still have work to do, but it is getting there!

The boys got into the pantry and ate "hot cheetos!" Those things are hot and they loved them!

This is a pic of James, Isn't he handsome?! I just thought what a lucky girl someday! Those eyes! Aughh...

Happy New Year!

We had a great holiday with friends and family. We attended Ellie's various x-mas programs and I am not sure if this clip will work or not so let me know! She had a dance performance! We took a short clip from our camera so we will see. So cute! Top pick: Ellie is in the black dress in the middle looking so serious! She took her program at school very seriously. She knew every song and did great! 2nd pic: Ellie is on the far left front row if you are looking at the pic. 3rd pic: this was a homemade gingerbread house at spanish bay in pebble beach 4th pic: The Dean Family cousins, I think there are 14...hard to keep track!

"Santa Claus is comin' to town!"

My grandma sent 2 santa outfits for Cooper & James! They wore them to our church x-mas party. They looked pretty dang cute. They were being so funny for the camera, I could barely hold the camera straight I was laughing so hard. Thanks Grandma! p.s. the pictures go Cooper, James, Cooper, James

More Twins!

Well My sister-in-law/brother-in-law are having twins, and they are having...
a boy & a girl!!!! Yeah, we are so happy for them! Jacob and his brother will now have the same amount of kids and they will both have 2 boys and a girl! Janessa & Andrew currently have 1 som Mitchell who turns 2 in February. She is due in May. They will be busy. Trust me, I know:)

Beach babes

We had our first family trip this past week. We went to Avila Beach. It was awesome! The weather was beautiful and the kids loved it. If you haven't been it is a great low-key place for kids to play and enjoy the beach. We still have friends that live in SLO and we are so jeoulous of you! You know who you are!...We had a great thanksgiving with Jake's family. For those of you who don't know my sister-in-law, Jacob's brothers wife, is having twins! She finds out next week what they are having. I will keep you posted. It is neat to share this special time with her, since it is so vivid for me. My kids are growing up! It is so fun...and crazy.

Ellie live in concert "A La Roof"

Well Jacob re-roofed our patio since there was one leak and so he decided to do the whole thing. Haven't had rain yet, so hopefully it will pass the test. Well, Jacob let Ellie on the roof with him and let me tell you what a little air conditioning unit can do to a 4 1/2 year old! Of course Jacob had our solar powered radio up there with country music playing. Ellie was loving it! She knows a lot of songs and especially country! She knows even the artists names! She would dance up there and was performing like a real star! I took some pics of the view from our roof. The trees were just starting to change color. It is really pretty to see. Ellie asleep on the couch. What a day! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Halloween

Halloween was filled with sweets, the boys first sucker, Ellie cheering all night long, people asking us, "so what are your boys?"...they are army boys, hence the camo and painted faces by dad. It was an easy costume and they loved it! The best was having the trick or treaters come to our house. We had a steady flow of kids ringing our doorbell. Stay tuned for next year...