Tuesday, February 17, 2009

75 days till disneyland...


2007: disneyland california adventure... grizzly river run...
auntie holly, uncle d, gwen and noah ready to get wet on the wild river ride...

Monday, February 16, 2009

76 days till disneyland...

2006: disneyland ... abby and belle

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Noah's Extreme Make-Over

Do any of you remember Noah's "Terry Bradshaw" haircut for Awana crazy hair night last year? Well, that crazy 'do resulted in us having to completely shave Noah's head. He's been growing his hair out ever since and had emassed quite a bundle of blonde locks. But .... it was driving me crazy! So, being the great kid that he is, he agreed that it was time for a change. We, of course, enlisted my best friend, Martina, to take on the challenge!

Here's Noah before:


And after:
Cute kid, huh? Thanks, Noah, for being willing to cut off the locks to make your mom happy!

Oh, yeah, and here are the dads playing with Abby and Biz's pink DSs during the haircut :-)

77 days till disneyland...

2008: disneyland california adventure... we love to eat here while we are there... gwen loves the shrimp louie and i usually get the clam chowder or potato soup in a sourdough bread bowl...

the kids eat at the mission tortilla company and love getting their nachos there... they are both right next to each other so its very convenient...















in 2008 when gwen and i went down in september they were all decorated for halloween.... down to the cups and napkins.... every detail... very cool... maybe some year we will make it for CHRISTmas...

Saturday, February 14, 2009

78 days till disneyland...

2005: disneyland turned 50 years old... what a great year to go and experience the celebration...


everywhere you looked there were 50's... hints to the big birthday celebration were all over the park... very cool to be there...











Friday, February 13, 2009

2009 daddy - daughter dance...

tonight was the annual daddy daughter dance at chloe clark elementary school in our small town of dupont... this was abbys and my second time going...(2007 and 2009)...
we had so much fun... there was italian sodas, food(including cupcakes), pictures, dancing and prizes...
abby looked adorable and we had so much fun... i am so lucky to have a daughter who loves me so much...

abby sat with her friends and their dads so we could all talk while we ate the nummy food... here kristina and abby pose for a picture between cupcakes...










the night was very special... happy valentines day...

79 days till disneyland...

2006 disneyland...one more reason why noah and ethan think disneyland is the happiest place on earth ... nachos

Thursday, February 12, 2009

skateland...


today, gwen and i took the kids to skateland for some good ol' family skating... it was... well... interesting...
i think the kids had fun and gwen and i kinda did... we do have a fresh perspective on why we DONT do that more often... we are not good skaters...
abby and i skated together... warming up for the valentine daddy-daughter dance tomorrow night at her school...
post on that after the dance...
(our friend darick in the background, not some psycho skateland stalker)(lol)

80 days till disneyland...



2006: disneyland... looking a little more calm on the teacups....(me that is)(same year different day)(gwen refuses to go on this ride)

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

81 days till disneyland...

2006 disneyland... mark and abby on the tea cups