SNOWBALL 2008

Brittani & Cody


Last Saturday Brittani and her boyfriend, Cody, went to the school Snowball. They decided not to go out to dinner and Brittani asked me (very last minute) to make them dinner. So after checking what I had in the fridge that I could make them, I decided on chiken parmesan with penne and a ceasar salad. And I put candles on the dining room table, dimmed the lights and put soft music on for them. I tried to make it as romantic as possible with 9 other people in the house! LOL (Jeff had 2 friends over) Marcelo wanted sooo bad to be their waiter so he went upstairs (all on his own) and got his best suit on, and started serving them wine (white grape juice), then salad, then dinner. He even cleared the table afterwards and he made a GREAT tip too!! ($3!!)

After dinner we cleared the living room and Britt and Cody watched The Notebook. (LOVE that movie!!) then off to the dance they went. They had a great time dancing and hanging out with friends. To keep the party going they went to a friend's house afterwards and ate pizza rolls and watched a movie. What a great day for them!! I remember LOVING to get all gussied up for those type of things!!



Pretty flowers for a pretty girl!

Soooo BEAUTIFUL!!



Britt & her best bud Celo





"Make a funny face"

Time for dinner

Does Britt know that it was just white grape juice in that champgne glass??

Such a good waiter he is!

Marcelo the waiter

Tropical Tree Frog Costume GIVEAWAY!!!!

Tropical Tree Frog Costume GIVEAWAY!!!!

TRICK OR TREAT TIME

We had a really nice Halloween this year. We went trick or treating to my mom's & dad's house then to my Grandma's house on Thursday then we went around the neighborhood on Friday. My parents and grandma just LOVE seeing the kids all dressed up in their costumes and the kids love any excuse to put the costumes on and get candy! :) Speaking of candy, the kids got TONS of candy and it will take until well after Christmas for them to finish it all. LOL!

My grandma (great grandma to the kids) holding Kalia & Sofiya

"Big Grandma" (as the kids call her) with all the kids (minus Jeff & Brittani)

Pappy holding Kalia - she doesn't know what to think of that mask! LOL!

The girls' all dressed up trick or treating

Marcelo dressed up and trick or treating

Marcelo and Cody at one of the neigbors who had a scary corn maze set up in their front yard. Marcelo was so scared! But he was a big boy and went through with Cody.

Cody & Marcelo & some creepy guys

The girls checking out all the great stuff they got.

Kalia trying to give me a kiss for letting her have candy. ;)

Sofiya wanting me to open just one more bag of chips for her to enjoy. lol

PUMPKIN PATCH

We made our way to a local pumpkin patch last week. It was much smaller than the one we went to last year but with gas prices we decided to not travel an hour just to go to a pumpkin patch. The kids still had fun petting the farm animals, taking a hay ride, going through a VERY tiny corn maze (not a real corn field) and drinking some apple cider. We did get a few good pictures too. We didn't get any with pumpkins because we had planned on going to another local pumpkin patch that day but by the time we got there, they were closed. :( Oh well next year!

Here are Brittani and the girls petting a pony.

My beautiful Brittani and Kalia

Marcelo in the 'fake' corn maze (he still liked it!)

Don't they look like they had fun anyway?

Me and Marcelo on the hay ride

TWO FOOTBALL GAMES, TWO PARKS AND A FITNESS TRAIL!

See didn't I tell you I was busy? We have had at least 2 football games per week and 2 volleyball games per week (I know, I know.. I only took pics once of Britt's volleyball games and wouldn't you know when I got home I realized that I had forgotten to stick the memory card in before I left. Nice!! OH well.. there's always next year. I hope!

Ok so first are the 2 football games. One was Marcelo's who is doing ok in football, but asks to quit at least twice a week..lol. And one is Cody who is still doing FANTASTIC! He is always being tried in different positions, he plays the ENTIRE game too! He plays offense, defense and special teams. The poor kid never gets a break... and he LOVES it. The really good thing about this is that he is doing better in school, keeping his room cleaner and just seems happier! And boy does he LOVE to talk about football!!

So without further ado, here are the football pics of Marcelo and Cody..

So we have really been parking (I know that's not a word) it up lately! The day after the babies' birthday we decided since it was a gorgeous day that we would take the girls to a nearby park that has a bunch of fairytale themes. It's really cute, albeit a little rusty and in need of a good paint job. We also got some really good fall shots of the kids!

And here are the pics from the 2nd park we went to. This was from last weekend. We decided to go visit my grandma but decided to stop at a park along the way. We were going to cook out on the grills there but SOMEONE bought the charcoal without the lighter fluid in it and then didn't bring lighter fluid so .... well we had a nice dinner at my grandma's. LOL. It was still good. :)

And lastly we went on a fitness trail. Oh this was so fun. This was also at the park that was near my grandma's. I had done this trail when I was little and had such fond memories of it. Well it was still really fun, but they had really tamed down some of the equipment. I guess too many people got hurt and complained. WHINERS! We had such a good time goofying around and walking in the trees and I can't wait to do it again!

Did you notice Britt likes to hang upside down??

KALIA & SOFIYA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

Yes I know I already did a birthday post but that was for their actual birthday. This one is for their birthday party that I held late this year due to having Brittani's big ole' party a couple weeks ago.

We had a nice little birthday party with just a few close relatives. We had a nice time chatting and catching up and watching the girls oooo and aaahhh over their Little Einstein's cake, Little Einstein's toys, and Little Einstein's movies. Did I mention it was a Little Einstein's party? The girls just LOVE Little Einsteins so how could I resist? :)

The girls got a very special surprise gift for their birthday... do you know what it is? ;)

MY BABIES ARE TWO!!!

Ok so I know I'm posting this late and I apologize but I have been a little busy with football, football, and volleyball... and ok.. I procrastinated a bit too. So pretend I'm posting this about a week and a half ago, ok?


On the girls' actual birthday, we woke up early and had homemade waffles!! YUM!! The girls loved them! Then it was bath time (to rinse off all that syrup!) then we were off to the zoo. It was just me, the girls, Jeff and his girlfriend Stephanie. It was a GORGEOUS October day and we all had so much fun. The girls were actually very interested in the animals this time. (they are very interested in learning animals and animal noises at home too) They kept staring, laughing and squealing all day. They just loved the penguins, mainly because one of the huge ones was rubbing up against the glass right in front of them. He was there forever and they just giggled and giggled! It was too cute! They also loved the monkeys (bitty's as Kalia calls them) and the baby elephants. OH they were so cute playing together. We went in the aquarium and stayed there for a bit looking at all the fish, sharks and turtles (teetles as kalia calls them). Then they were off for a quick play on the little playground (we had to drag them away) and they slept the whole way home! They had a great time at the zoo!!

When we got home we made one of their favorite dinners - chicken nuggets and homemade mac & cheese. YUM! A cupcake each finished it off! I think they had a pretty good birthday, don't you?