Grandma N. was here!

Grandma N. came all the way from the frozen land of MN to visit us for a week. Although it was great to have her here, she may say otherwise. Both boys got sick the second day she was here and were snotty nosed and hacking all day and night long. Just when it seemed that everyone was getting better, she had to go home. We're all good now--wanna come back?

While she was here we still managed to go to the San Diego Zoo, go over to Oceanside and walk the pier, eat out at Red Robin 2 times, ride bikes, and do some shopping! You can't say it was all dull and boring. We had plans for more activities, but that dreaded cold bug just wouldn't go away quickly.

Overall we had a great time! Come again soon Mom/Grandma N!

Visiting with Grandpa!

Grandpa N. called today to see if he could stop by and have dinner with us. What a fun surprise! His trucking route has now taken him through for Paul's birthday and this time for Valentine's Day weekend! Hmmmm...what's the next big holiday or celebration? (We'll leave St. Patrick's Day open just in case he is trucking through at that time. :-)

Once he pulled into Escondido, Grandpa parked his truck at school and came to our house for a quick shower before we headed for a late dinner at Applebee's. The boys had fun eating out, learning to arm wrestle with Grandpa and even ordering dessert!




As you can see, Isaac enjoyed browsing the menu to pick dessert as well as helping Grandpa cut my leftover steak with his own steak knife. (No children or grandpas were injured.)



Our server added the cherry to Isaac's dessert--Isaac enjoyed the chocolate mousse but probably would have been happy with a bowl full of cherries! We kept joking that Grandpa stuck his chin in the dessert.



These pictures took place within a minute of each other--Isaac obviously enjoying his dessert and Grandpa trying to decide which bite to eat first (steak or key lime shooter).

"These two characters in my booth are crazy!"

Merry Christmas!

We hope you all had a great Christmas and that you have a great 2009! We miss you all and look forward to seeing you all sometime soon!

Here are some fun vidoes of the boys opening gifts

Sunday afternoon snacks

It's always fun to watch the boys eat. They both love their snacks! Isaac got a Spiderman ice cream treat from the ice cream truck that comes through the neighborhood. Caleb got a chocolate chip bar that Mom made. Oh, Caleb also got to be the "big boy" at the big table.

Ready or not...

here I come!

sorry about the cameraman's work!

Happy Birthday, Danae!

Friday was Danae's birthday. We tried to make it a fun week by giving her a present a day all week. Giving the presents was easy, keeping secret what we got for Mom was not! Isaac told Danae what we got for her within the first 5 minutes after we got home. Although I didn't find it that humorous, she loved asking what else she was getting and Isaac loved telling her!

Happy Birthday, Danae! We love you lots!




Danae got the cake and flowers from her youth group! The shirt was from the boys!

Haircut Day!

Now that we have returned from vacation, it is time for the family haircut! Danae is the only one in the house who actually needs to go anywhere for her haircut. We three boys on the other hand have a much easier solution--Mom does it right in the comfort of our living room. For Isaac and I, the haircut isn't anything too special--we've had it done before. But for Caleb it is his very first cutting. Break out the scrapbook, here come the locks!

I know that everybody loved Caleb's long, mullet like hair style. We left it like that just for you all to see while we were home. But, that style went out a few years ago and we thought we'd catch him up to modern day.

I admit it was kind of a shock to see our little boy transformed into a bigger boy!

So, without further comment...here is our all new boy!

Before:

After:

Together Isaac and Caleb

Just so you all know, this video shows that no child was harmed in any way during this haircut! :)