Here Comes Santa Clause

Santa proved to be more delightful than I expected. We couldn't get a smile out of Finley but we didn't get any tears either. Crew told santa he wanted a lightsaber. He already has one but he keeps saying he wants a REAL one.

Tactical Operations

Crew turns 4 at the end of the month and had been begging for a big celebration. The little boy got his big wish. We threw him his first birthday party this weekend. Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate. Because of the rain we had to move the party from the park to our place. We were crammed but made it work.

My mom surprised us and came into town the day before. Eliza and Jason also came down to help us celebrate. We were thankful for the extra hands otherwise Devin and I would have been greatly outnumbered.

Crew picked the Army theme

I wish you could see these better, they're gummy soldiers. So cute!

Everyone got personalized dog tags when they arrived then we did a roll call with salutes.

Tug of War. At one point Devin tried to take on all the kids. He lost.

Then we used grenade water balloons to bomb Devin.

He was the perfect target. The kids loved it.

Injured soldier. The kids had to find the injured soldier, bring him to safety and fix his wounds.

They also played pin the tank on the battle field. (No pictures)

And of course a pinata. I think every party needs one of these. They are always a huge hit.

Captured by Accident

We went to the beach today and as usual, I took my camera with every intention of shooting over 100 picture of my kids frolicking in the sand-for the millionth time. But for some reason the only picture that got taken was of Devin and I. And it was taken by Crew.

Sugar Overload 2010

We had a great Halloween this year. It seemed like we had an event every day this week where collecting candy was involved. We have way more candy than we can handle.

Here's Crew with his preschool class

Finley sat on my lap and passed out all our candy during our Trunk or Treat

After almost every house, Fin would sit in the driveway and look at what she was given. The suckers were her favorite. She opened 5 of them throughout the night.

She kept covering her mouth when she'd see something spooky.

Who knew running could be so fun.

After running the Southern California Ragnar Relay with some friends I was able to convince some of my family members to run one in Las Vegas. We lived out of vans for two days, used nothing but porta potties and bushes and slept wherever we could. All while taking turns running, to cover 195 miles across Las Vegas.

It was awesome and we can't wait to run in another one.