Thursday, October 30, 2008

pumpkin cutting 2008





Thursday Oct 30 2008

So this morning is the morning that the jack o lanterns were born at our house.
WE had several pumpkins of different size and shape but there were two that were the winners as being choosen to stan guard at our house on halloween night.
Dad and the kids cut and carved and lit the jack o lanterns. Please note the shape of the eyes on these funny pumpkins and as soon as the lights went out to see how they looked lit up laurel all of a sudden became terribly afraid of the dark. Real tears and all. Not sure how trick or treating in the dark will go. ha ha

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

pre school halloween party





Wednesday October 29 2008

Today was the pre school halloween costume pot luck at school. All the kids dressed up,brought something to share and treats for their classmates to trick or treat for.
Everyone had a great time and dad said there was an amazing mount of wonderful food.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

pony rides







i have added a few more pics from the day at apple Hill. the kids all waitied so patiently for us to get to the aple farm where the best and least crowded pony ride is,poor zak fell asleep and missed the whole event. He was soo bummed when he woke up and realized we were on our way home. next time.

Monday, October 27, 2008

busy weekend/October

Ok, so i have figured out how to make a cool slide show,thanks to my good friend who i have met here on line within one or more of the adoption yahoo groups. We have actually been communicating and following and encouraging each other along during our waiting for our children as well as our travel. She walked me thru,ok, more than once the way to get this slode show to go. So now i have this down but am not sure if there is a way to journal along with the slide show so that you all know whats going on. So,until i figure that out, i will journal this way the best i know how. LOL
So the first slide show,labeled Apple Hill is from our Saturday this weekend at Apple Hill,we go each year to the apple farms and ride ponies,pick pumpkins,eat carmel apples and eat BBQ. This has been a yearly tradition since my BIG kids were little kids. We have just continued on the tradition.

The second slide show is Last night at the Shoreling theater where we have gone several years about this weekend to the Bridge School Concert, this is a school locally that neil Young(yes crosby,Stills nash and young) His wife founded and has run now for many years. It is a school for severly disabled children,i do believe that they have one and maybe two children,now adults of course who are severly disbled. We met up with some frineds from Vallejo,sat on the lawn and the kids danced and collected Leafs. The weather could not have been nioer but it did getcool as it got later in the eve.

bridge school concert

Friday, October 24, 2008

Thursday, October 23, 2008

pumpkin patch









































  • Wednesday Oct 22 2008
















    First of all, happy Birthday to my big brother Bruce, Zakary is middle named of Bruce. Hope you had a great day, Bruce.
















    The kids went to the pumpkin patch with their pre school class and picked pumpkins,some fruit and veggies too. They have a fun time and dad got some cute pics.
















    The kids have made t shrits in their class to wear on field trips so u will see the kids in the over sized t shirts in some of the pics. Enjoy!!!
















Sunday, October 19, 2008

bride and groom




Oct 19 2008




i think i had told you all that i had tried toget a video to go onto this blog,but it may have been too long,so instead i have a couple pics here for you of the bride and groom,doing their wedding dance,they were in awe of big sister Deirdre and her new husband doing their first dance at their wedding in August. Just if you can visualize the two dancing cheek to cheek,spinning eachother now and again.

our very cute,sweet babies






















cute pics

October 19 2008

i have been struggling hard to get this blog to work for me. i want to post some pics for youall to enjoy so let me try.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

happy 5th anniversary mom and dad

I had to share a cute out of the mouth of babes with you all.
Today is Stan and my 5th wedding anniversary. 5 years ago we were on a sail boat in the SF bay with friends and family as the Blue Angels were doing their thing above us and we were exchanging wedding vows. 5 short years later,so much has happened to us, a grandchild and 2 new children of our own. We have done so very much in such a very short time. of course when u are old like we are,you gotta keep moving or nothing will get done.

So this morning Stan is getting ready to go to the store,and take the kids with him.
In the bedroom he and zakary are visiting. Zak comes out and says to me" mommy,we are going to the store to get a surprise" i answered "oh,that will be fun" he says "yes,we are going to get you some flowers" LOL LOL LOL what ever made dad think that he could entrust a secret/surprise with a 3yr old??? we both laughed and off they went to the store. I cant wait to see my surprose,they should be home any time.

bday party



bday party



Saturday, October 11, 2008

happy Birthday laurel!!!!

Its time to catch up here and hopefullu i can recall how to post a picture or two as well. On Sunday October 5,we celebrated laurel's 4th birthday at the gym where laurel takes gymnastics classes. The kids had about an hour of gym play and coaching and got to use some of the equipment. We had pizza and Birthday cake and then the long awaited "Dora" pinata that laurel planned for for a year. Everyone had a great time.

October 7 was laurel's official 4th birthday, nothing terribly special that day but zakary did start with his new Speech Therapist. He seems to like her, and she LOVES him. She left me a message on my cell phone that afternoon telling me that he was absolutly darling,the sweetest,cutest thing since sliced bread. I chuckled, We think so as well.
That same evening,as we were getting ready for bed,zakary standing on the bed,swung his arm towards dad,we think to give hugs,missed and threw himself off the bed,on his head onto the hard wood floor. This was not a good thing,a lump as big as Texas came up before i could even pick him up off the floor,he was crying hysterically,and immediatly wanted to go to sleep.
Off to the Emergency room we went only to spend the night in the observation room where he was diagnosed with a concussion,and sent home the next morning to take it easy and rest a few days. He seems to be fine but let me tell you all,that was SCAREY!!!! you would think that after 5 kids,it would not have been quite so scarey but there was something about THIS head crack that was different than any that any of the other kids had ever had. i just knew when it happened that this was NOT A GOOD ONE!! Poor little boy,so far,in less than 18months home with us,6 stitches in his chin and now a concussion.
I Guess we are about up to date now, Stan and i will celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary tomorrow, Oct 12. We will do a movie and dinner,assuming no one falls on their head and gets a concussion before then.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

picsfrom muir woods




pics




I finally downloaded some pics so thought id post some. We will be celebrating laurel's 4th birthday this weekend so we will have lots to share then

daily life goes on

So its oct 1 already,where has the year gone?
last weekend we went to our homestudy agency picnic that we have every year,its always so fun to see all the families with all their children from all the different countries and to meet all the new children,and that we did. We all had fun and the kids played till they couldnt play any more.
I have some cute pic to share...enjoy