Playoff Game - 1 More To Go

Let the Games Begin





Jacob being bored




We Won!

Palmer won their playoff game today against East Side. It was a close game and they worked hard, but in the end they one 7-0. On to the championship game next week. Good Luck Palmer!

Halloween Food

Thank God for the internet. We could easily access some fun foods to make for a Halloween dinner.


Jacob made this on his own. No internet help here. Made out of breadsticks.


Sloppy Joe's.


A few edible fingers.


Bones & Blood


Fingers always taste better with dip!

Halloween 2009

Well they never cease to amaze me with what they choose to be for Halloween. Alex wanted to be a Cheerleader and Jacob a nun. Go Figure! This year life got away with us. We never made it to the pumpkin patch, the first year we've missed since we started taking them. I'm a little bummed, I always love the pictures from the pumpkin patch. But between rain, football and the social life of a 10 & 12 year old, it never happened. So we made a cake.

Alex's favorite network is the "Food Channel" we still aren't sure where that came from but he watches it every night. Ace of Cakes is one of his favorites. Needless to say we had to take a stab at "fondant". I can see why they use it, because you could really make some cool things. But I think for the first attempt and not having the right equipment, they did an awesome job with their cake. I didn't do much, slightly assisted in the rolling of the fondant. Alex said it had to have layers like a wedding cake. We also made some edible halloween treats.

Enjoy!


The Cheerleader & The Nun


A Nun...Go Figure!


He's a much better looking boy.


The First Fondant Cake

Weight Training!

Well....I took the dog for a run and came home to a new bench. We needed a bench for the weights. Time for weight training. Each day it becomes more like an official gym! A.K.A. "The Man Cave". Who needs a place to park the cars....not that we ever parked our cars in the garage anyway! ; )

A Blast from the past

This is how I feel some days. To give you some insight to this video, we went to a dinner show when we were in Disney World. We have one son, who wanted to do everything right, and the other who was doing it because we forced him. It just goes to show, that we are pre-wired with certain character traits that are beyond our control. If this doesn't make you chuckle, you must really be having a bad day. Enjoy!

40th Birthday!

Carlos' 40th birthday is approaching quickly, it's officially the 21st of September. But for years I've heard Carlos say things about surprise birthday parties. Mostly why have them, I don't ever want one. So of course, that was all I needed to turn an already planned labor day picnic into a "Surprise Party". It was last minute, but it came together.

You know the "Murphy's Law" Theory, what can go wrong will. Well up until Sunday morning, I couldn't have asked for more, everything was falling into place perfectly. Until.....I was trying to get Carlos out of the house with his brother. As I was sitting in the kitchen talking to Tara & Jose, scheming our plan for the day. I hear Champ bang on the door.( I had forgotten he was outside, that was my first mistake). On a normal day I just open the door and in comes Champ, and on a normal day I cover the new "off-white" sofa and chair, just in case there was a mishap. Today I was going to uncover the sofa's and since we just closed up the sofa bed, I told Jose don't worry about covering it. (Second mistake).

As I opened the door to let Champ in, he came barreling in, faster than my brain registered that the area at the bottom of the steps was flooded with water, mud and mulch. I turned and screamed, but it was to late. Across the couch at least twice and around the house in a circle until Jose could catch him. Under normal circumstances I probably would have taken pictures, but I took one after the couch was half cleaned. Thank God for Tara, she cleaned the whole couch. But if there was any hope of Sammy having a Dog, it is long gone.

What had happened was, Champ likes the new welcome mat. He was playing with it. (tearing it apart). And then he goes a little wacky, running back and forth like a mad man. He bumped the faucet in the front of the house. Since Carlos was in the shower, I didn't recognize that the water was running. I think it took three days for the water to dry up. It was obviously running for quite awhile.

Even with the little setback in the morning, the day was a success. Carlos was surprised!

The dog helped the day start out great!


Everybody has to bring something to their party!


Inger put together a great picture display of Carlos. It was a hit, everyone loved it. - Thanks Inger!


Kira is always happy to have Chloe around. She's always surrounded by Boys!


It was a beautiful day to spend with family and friends.

First Day of School

So I'm late on posting this, since we started August 27th. But school has started for everyone, and seems to be going well. Alex's first day was a little crazy. They switched his teams, so he was a little upset the first day, but all is going well now. 5th & 6th grade. Time flies.