moment with my boys

I love laying on the floor with the boys! Larry Jr will tap the floor and say "sit down, play" How could you say no to that!?!

our band "3 Guys and a Girl"

"three guys and a girl"

Rock band has taken over our house! We love to play with our friends and family when they come over. We got a few pics of us playing! Im usually the singer, Daddy Rocks on the Drums and LJ Strums the Guitar! we even got Zachy singing! priceless

*Im usually the one taking the pictures thats why there are none of me playing*

our family photo

here is our New years photo! Every year we "try" to get every one together for a family photo on New Years eve!

top row left to right: Alex, Sherryann, Me (rena), Zachary, Terry, Pat

bottom row left to right: Katelyn, Emily, Dad (Larry sr), Larry Jr and Hannah.

First Over Night

On Friday the 23rd Larry Jr had his FIRST over night. I could have cried!! He went over to Grandmas house to play with his cousins and daddy had a bright idea.. Hey maybe he can stay the night too, since his cousins were. I said No way!! then LJ said yes mama! (soo cute how could you say no?!) So daddy got him ready for his first over night, bag filled with over night clothes, nemo fish, monkey (aka La La) and white bear, and moms special blanket. (its my tinkerbell blanket I got from my grandparents) After big larry put LJ into his carseat he yells out from the van "hey can you get his motorcycle" so I went back into the house while larry was standing outside the van by the drivers seat, a car was coming pass him and the van so he shut the front door.... Well to our suprise the Doors were Locked, and the van was running... LJ was Locked in the Van!!! We do have a spare key but its on larrys key chain that he lost a few weeks ago!!! so I called 9-1-1 and they transfered me to the fire dept. and they came to unlock my doors! Thank goodness for the fire dept!! LJ was fine, he was in the van watching Barney on the dvd player.
That night daddy and I missed our boy so much, i kept having him call to see if he was okay.. well he had so much fun that he fell asleep early! (i felt a lot better knowing he was asleep.) then the next morning i was sad because I usually hear "Mama Mom, Mama" on saturday morning... it was quiet.. So we called again and he was just having so much fun with his cousins! I have to let my little boy grow up and have some fun, but its hard at the same time! I Missed him So much when he was gone!!

toothless grins

My baby has begun to give me that Handsome toothless Grin! He started to smile at the begining of January. We woke up one morning and I said to him "good morning!" he looked back at me and gave me the Biggest Smile ever!! Soo cute. I cant believe he is growing right before my eyes! Then about the second week in January he started to Giggle! he has this Deep giggle that it just makes you melt! I was tickling him under his chubby chin and he started to giggle so hard!! He is super ticklish under his chin and his legs! Gotta love the Toothless grins and the deep giggles!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Happy New Year!! Wow 2009 Already! We Celebrated entering into the new year with our family. It was potluck style so every one brought something. There was a lot of food and lots of sparkling apple-grape cider. We all played Rock Band and then we played Wii Brain Age games, Lots of fun waiting for the Ball to drop! I got the kids some pop things where you pull the string and some confetti shoots out, Larry Jr Loved it! he kept saying "Pull". at 11:45pm i got every one nice wine glasses and poured the Cider, the kids had Pablo straw cups each had a different color. (a story is coming about the pablo cups) at 12 am we were all yelling Happy New Year! and Larry Jr kept saying "Pull" and then he say "yer" for New Year" too cute!!! Well every one left about 12:30...I had Larry record the Seattle new year celebration, so after every one left i stayed up to watch it. The Next morning Larry Jr was thirsty so big Larry gave him a drink one of his Pablo straw cups. Larry Jr kept saying "Hannah, Cup Hannah Cup Drink" I look down at larry's cup and it was the one Hannah was using last night! How he could remember that is beyond me! My Son is a genius! HA...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Happy holidays!!! Its been a while since I've blogged, too many Holidays at one time!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! dinner was at our house this year!! I called my Nana & Papa and my Dad over for dinner on Wednesday and I cooked up a big meal for all of us! (since my mom is in CA) I tried so hard to fill my moms shoes! I even made her Fancy Corn Bread Dressing! and for the first time EVER I cooked the turkey myself! Cooking the Dinner was a two day process. I started out on tuesday with the Potatoes, corn bread and all the cookies and Monkey Munch, that I had to hide away so it would still be there for Thanksgiving! (we gobble it up fast!) Early thanksgiving day I cooked up the rest of the food Dinner was supposed to be done by 6 but I think we started to eat around 7, the turkey just wouldnt cook fast enough! I was Very proud of my self for cooking, and it gives me a whole different view and apprication of eating Thanksgiving dinner. I guess we advantage of what is being served, but really it takes a lot of effort and a lot of love to cook a big feast! For all the thanksgiving dinners my mom has slaved over... Mom Thanks! I appriciate it, you do such a Great job!!!
HAPPY BLACK FRIDAY. This year we went out for our Snow globes! we got up early friday morning about 3am got ready and got to the mall about 4ish.. Larry & Kerry & Terry stood in line at Circut City for some DVD movies, Larry Jr was at Grandmas house with Aunt Sherryann. Zachary, Pat & I went to JcPennys for our Snow globes...Well worth the early wake up call! they are so cute. Larry got a lot of his BF items online this year, not very many stores were having good sales. we hope next year is better :)
MERRY CHRISTMAS! Happy Birthday Yeshua!!

We had a white Christmas!

IT SNOWED!! I think about a foot and a half of snow! This year we celebrated Christmas with family and friends! Christmas eve we were at Larry's moms house. We picked up Blace and all had dinner together. simple dinner like usual! then Presents! It was such a joy to see the kids open their gifts! they all were so excited and all wanted to be "elfs" (elfs are the people who hand out the gifts) Larry jr opened a gift from Aunt Terry, it was some Backyardigans music instrument thing... he wanted to open the box and play with it, but he still had so much more to open... it was cute watching him play with his toys! I made him a picture flip book, it has pictures of me and daddy and Zachary just for him to look at! every time he sees a picture of me or daddy he yells "Mama, Daddy!" so i thought he would like the flip book idea! after we opened gifts i took Blace home, then Larry, the kids & I packed up and went home for the night. Then early Chrismas morning we went to Ryan & Nnenna's house for Christmas Breakfast! It was so nice to be with them this year! It means a lot to me to be with loved ones on such a special day and give thanks for all "He" has done for us! I have a Beautiful family and a Blessed life! Happy Birthday Yeshua thank you for all you've done for us!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! This year we've decide to host the New Year's party at our house! Maybe play some games and eat some Good Food and Welcome the New Year 2009!!!! I hope Every one has a Safe and Happy New Year's Celebration!! (I still cant believe its 2009!)