Otterpops Anyone?

The otterpop party was a lot of fun. We had otterpops, of course, but also enjoyed some indoor s'mores and lots of games. Our youngest guest this year, Abigail, also enjoyed the otterpops, but more as a teething ring than anything else.

Look What I Did At School!

Brad finished his woodworking class last week on Monday. After weeks and weeks of sanding, cutting, and staining, he finally finished and got to take home his beautiful table! He put in a lot of hours, but had so much fun "playing" that he's already signed up for the next class.

Joy's Bday Celebration

Our good friend Joy turned 30 and so to celebrate we took a hummer-limo down to Los Angeles and ate at the Rainforest Cafe in downtown disney. It was a lot of fun. The Rainforest Cafe is this neat restaurant that is decorated like a rainforest, hence the name, and occasionally the lights will go on and off as it rumbles and lightnings and rains...yes, rains (just not on you, thankfully!), in the restaurant. All the while there are these jungle noises...elephants, birds, monkeys, etc. to make you feel like you are really in a rainforest.

A Great Thanksgiving

We had such a nice time at Thanksgiving with our families. We managed to crowd 16 adults around a long table in our dining room and some extra kids sitting at the kitchen counter. All in all, we had a great time visiting and enjoying each other's company. Family stayed around for the next few days and we got to enjoy some "geo-caching" with Jarrett and his kids.


Lisa and Baby Jordan

Andrew and Bradley

Brad and Bradley on our geo-caching adventure.

Jarrett finding the box while geo-caching!

Seth and Bradley discovering what was in the box...such fun stuff.

We've Got Concrete!

Snooky GREAT! We finally got a sidewalk put in on the side of our house. Little by little we are making progress on the things we would like to see done at our house. The concrete guy said the job took especially long today (10 hours) because the sidewalk is on the shady side of our house and it was taking forever to dry...good thing for us, slow thing for them! Anyway, it looks great.