Thanksgiving 2009

This year we spent Thanksgiving in Wilbur at my Uncle Kevin's. My dad and Kevin recently built a huge shop on my Uncle's property so when the guest list reached 20+ the shop became the perfect place for a big Thanksgiving Feast.


It was so special to have my Papa there along with several other family members that Rowen hadn't met yet.

Rowen really enjoyed playing with Gracee, my cousins daughter who is 4 now. She was darling! Gracee let Rowen ride her big girl bike around the shop and they colored together later on in the evening.

I really enjoyed getting a chance to chat with my cousins who I haven't seen in several months and to catch up with my Uncle Jeff and Great Aunt Jeannie who I haven't seen in years!

Thanks Uncle Kevin for hosting such a special Thanksgiving!

Disney On Ice

Rowen is crazy about Lightning McQueen! So you can just imagine how thrilled he was to see Lightning up close at Disney On Ice. Papa and Mammy treated Rowen to this amazing night. He is such a lucky boy!



Rowen, all decked out in Lightning gear :). Rowen has no idea how awesome this night is going to be!



The man of the hour... Lightning McQueen






Papa and Mammy bought Rowen this Lightning McQueen car. It is really fast!

Thank you Papa and Mammy for such a fun experience! Ro loves you both so much.

November 20th

November 20th is a special day...

First, it is my dear friend, Josie's Birthday. We have been friends for 27 years! We met in ballet when were only 3, went to Kindergarten through 12th grade together, then were roommates at EWU in the dorms, then moved into an apartment together with Devri for a year, were in each other's weddings, had baby boys exactly 3 months apart, and through all of this only became closer friends. Jos is a wonderful woman who I admire and love, I am honored to be her friend! On Friday Josie turned 30!!! We celebrated her birthday on Saturday with a day full of fun. The day started with Josie, Devri, and I doing the Jingle Bell 5K in Riverfront Park. It was a beautiful morning- sun shining on the river and crisp fall air. Then we dropped Josie off at home and headed to her SURPRISE party! She was surprised :). Then later that night we went out to dinner all together (with our husbands) to celebrate again. What a fun birthday celebration, Josie! Thanks for including us.



I now have another reason to love November 20th...

My little cousin, Olivia, was officially adopted by my aunt and uncle on Friday! It was a very special and emotional ceremony. We are so fortunate to have Olivia in our family- she is loved and adored by us all.

Happy Birthday Nana!

Nana,

You take such good care of me. I talk about you all the time and tell my mommy and daddy about all the fun things we do together. I LOVE coming to your house every Monday and Tuesday to play with you! You make me such yummy snacks and meals, you read good books to me, cuddle me when I'm tired and not feeling well, take me places (I love McDonalds!), and just plain love me so good. You are the best, Nana. I love you and I hope you had a Happy Birthday!

Love, RoRo

PARTY!!!

Rowen had the time of his life at Cooper's 1st Birthday Party. All we had to say to get Rowen in the car to head to the party was the word PARTY. He loves parties! We think he is starting to understand that Party = Presents! It also helped that almost every gift Cooper opened was a vehicle of some sort! Rowen stayed entertained with all of Cooper's new toys for a long time! We think he is going to really get the gift opening at Christmas this year- it will be so fun to watch.

Cooper was a fabulous birthday boy... happy, charming, energetic, and as cute as can be! We are so glad we were there to help celebrate this special baby boy!

Happy Birthday Cooper!

Look at this sweet boy...



This photo was taken at Rowen's 1st birthday party. I think Cooper was about 6 weeks (hope that is right Dev)and today Cooper is a big 1 year old!

We are so happy that you are a part of our lives little Cooper(or as Rowen says, "Pooper"- only because he has trouble with that k sound :)).

To Cooper's mamma and daddy- I am thinking of you both today! It is a bittersweet day isn't it?

Roro in action

I need to post more videos of Rowen, especially now that he is talking so much.

These first two videos were taken at my Grandma's house a few weekends ago. Rowen made a silly game out of hitting the dead leaves off of one of her trees. He can be so goofy! The second video is so cute- he just loved my Grandma's dog, Mickey. You can hear him say, "Mickey! Come Play!", at the very beginning.