Long Overdue

Not just blogging, but the awesome trip we took to meet up with some college buddies back east. We will NOT wait that long again to vacation together, because I love these girls, and their families!

Once upon a time, there were some friends, of the best kind. (BYU in the '80s was awesome!)





Then they all got married, made babies, moved far away, and waited way too long to meet up again. 20+ years go by, but true friends never change.





We were missing a couple friends on this trip, but will get the whole gang together the next time. I have many more pics to share, so stay tuned!

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We got a nice visit from "Babo."



We made all natural harvest cookies. Our art for November.



Apple dumplings. With ice cream. Homemade.



NOW I can post about December! Nothing like the last day of the year to get ya goin'. . . .

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The 10th Anniversary festivities began--self portrait at the San Francisco Ballet.



We hiked over Ladera.



Lily played a sheep in "Tom Turkey," her 1st grade play.



Lily turned 7! We bowled, we played, we danced.



We ate cake.



We feasted.

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Max burned his thumb (car lighter + curiosity = ouch).



We went to the beach.



Lily's teeth got really wiggly.



We drank our last cup of Postum, forever (bring it back, Kraft!!).

Life in review 1

To recap a bit of our life these past few months . . . .

Some cousins came to visit.



Max turned 9! (Note to self: don't put candles in molten chocolate lava cake . . . .)



We celebrated at Legoland.

This is LA, baby

"What?" you ask? What are we doing with Jon Heder? The one and only Napolean Dynamite? Well, we had a ourselves a funky Friday night in downtown Los Angeles. Paul's band, GoGo 13, was asked to play a gig at The Roosevelt Hotel for a film's after party. It's a kooky independent documentary called Hi, My Name is Ryan, made by some Mormon guys, and one of the songs in the film is an Aquabats song. Since the lead singer of GoGo 13 is brothers with the Aquabats guy and co-wrote the song, they got to perform that song, and a bunch of others. There were about 4 bands that played, lots of LA-type people, artists, a silent auction . . . . Oh, and Money Mark from the Beastie Boys, too! All in all, a very eclectic mix of people. And Jon Heder! It was fun.

Ahhh . . . Halloween

This was the first year that Max dug in and carved his pumpkin all by himself--he even scooped out the guts! Yea, Max! He did a great job. Lily had help with her "cat" pumpkin, well, probably more help than she needed. I just can't help myself! That was a fun night.


We got this princess costume for Lily and once she saw the collar that stood up, she was inspired to be a Vampire Princess.



And lest you think I was a lazy costumer this year, when Max said he wanted to be Indiana Jones (about 8 months ago), I started looking for an appropriate Indy shirt. They don't exist. So I dyed one! AND I sewed the gun pouch out of felt, because those don't exist either. He had a whip too, a real one, but just didn't want to carry it around when I wasn't about to let him "use" it--not with all those kids around! All in all, we had a great Halloween. They gladly handed over their junk candy for some awesome Trader Joe's and Whole Foods confections, and each got to pick out a toy at Toys R Us. Now on to the next holiday!