Friday, December 24, 2010

Gillian's 2nd Birthday Party

Our friends Kelly and Tyler had a get together at their house to celebrate their daughter's 2nd birthday. Here's Kayla and Nicky hiding inside Gillian's new tree trunk pop-up tent.

A little Ring-Around-The-Rosy action.
I don't know what this scooter thing was, but the kids sure had fun riding it around.

Kayla, Gillian, and Owen playing quietly in the toy room.
Then they decided to start a band.

Nothing's better than birthday cake and ice cream! Yummy!

Gillian got frosting all over her pretty purple dress so she changed into something more comfortable before opening presents.

Everyone enjoyed playing with all of Gillian's new toys.

Thanks for inviting us. We had so much fun!

Sunday Playdate With Connor

First, we had breakfast at Michele's house and rode big wheels.

Then we went to the Living Desert to see the animals! This time, Kayla was most interested in seeing the snakes. She likes to imitate them and make slithering sounds.

Here is Connor's favorite, the choo choo trains!


Playing the conga drums while taking a juice break.

Silly kids cared more about climbing onto the statues than looking at the real animals!


Someone wasn't ready to leave yet, hence the frown.

So we promised to go see the choo choo trains one more time.

More Pictures of Paw-Paw's Visit

Devin and I don't get to have a date night very often, so we took advantage of my mom being in town. Here we are on our way out the door! We decided to go to Fantasy Springs Casino where we could do it all in one place. We started out the evening watching part of the San Diego Chargers game at the bar. Then we had a nice dinner at POM. Of course you can't go to a casino and not gamble, right? So we blew $25 playing slot machines just to say we did. No jackpots for us, but we still had fun. Next, we played a couple games of bowling. Then we ended the night sharing a peanut butter brownie sundae.

Kayla loves Christmas lights! So the first weekend of December, we went to check out "Candy Cane Lane." There's a street in Cathedral City where almost every house on the block puts up elaborate Christmas lights and decorations every year. It's pretty awesome! Unfortunately, these pictures don't do it justice.

At one house, they had a complete Santa's workshop display inside their garage.

Kayla was excited to see this house because of Mickey Mouse, her favorite!

It was my favorite house as well because these people are Chargers fans too! You can also see Dora in the background, Kayla's other favorite character.
And here's a beautiful Nativity scene to reminds us of what Christmas is all about!

Kayla was so in awe of all the lights, it was hard to get her to leave.

Kayla had so much fun hanging out with Paw-Paw. Thanks for coming to visit!

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Thanksgiving Day

We started out the morning with a big breakfast. Of course, Kayla was in the kitchen cooking too!

After watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, we got in the holiday spirit. Devin put the Christmas lights up and got some of our decorations out.

Then we went to Nicole's house for dinner. Connor was nice enough to share his trains with Kayla.