Tree time

OK...so I'm a little behind but keeping things in order here I thought I'd post these tree photos.

We went to our usual tree spot to pick out our tree. It was pouring rain so the tractor/hay ride wasn't running which was a bummer for Cameron. Somehow every year he ends up driving the tractor so when it was closed he probably would have rather come back another day. But we were there so we tromped around in the rain and mud and found ourselves the perfect tree.

Running into Santa was a huge plus, he gave out huge candy canes.
Finding some shelter under the trees.
Every year we walk over looking for a choose & cut and end up getting a pre-cut from the barn. We still have to go through the motions though. We ended up getting a great tree. I will show you some pics in the next post. Christmas, here we come!

Gobble Gobble

Well beings that Christmas is 2 days away, I figured I'd better wish everyone a Happy late Thanksgiving. With some early snowfall we made a last minute trip to Tahoe to get some skiing in over the holiday. Here we are hanging out between runs (see even Thanksgiving football on in the background).

This is the first year we have all 4 been able to ski together. It is so cool going on the runs with the boys. Poor Eddie gets held back but its worth every green run he does before we know it they will be out skiing us.
Coopers first "official" lift. He did great getting on and off and the boys had so much fun skiing together.
So, not a bad way to spend Thanksgiving although if we ever do it again we will skip the Thanksgiving dinner buffet and just order a pizza. There is something about filling up on stuffing from a buffet that just isn't right. :)

The Happiest Place on Earth!

Wow...I think I finally figured this out. I hope you enjoy this slideshow of our Disneyland trip. It's a bit long so before you start you may want to pop some popcorn and slip your slippers on...get comfy & enjoy!

Happy Birthday Cameron

Cameron celebrated his 9th Birthday the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We started the day heading home from a last minute ski trip to Tahoe for Thanksgiving. A surprise snow storm changed our original plans so we spent the holiday in Tahoe and came home on Cameron's birthday. I posted these pictures in the wrong order so we'll start with the evening first.

Cameron's favorite gift. He had been talking about this for about a month. Lucky we came through with it, nothing else seemed to matter.
The happy look when he discovered his gift....worth every penny of it.
Cracking up at a "gag" gift we got him. Once again worth every cent!
A little pose in the snow after breakfast. Can you tell we got a bit distracted while coloring? haha
On our way into his Birthday breakfast.
He couldn't have asked for a better spot to pose for a birthday picture. He'd been wanting to climb on this thing for days.

HAPPY 9th BIRTHDAY CAMERON. xo

Wow

We went on a little vacation last week. More on that in the next post, I'm trying to sort through all the pictures and make it a good one. It was so awesome to fly right out of Santa Rosa @ the Charles M. Schultz (you know the Peanuts Cartoon guy) airport, about 20 minutes from our house. We had never done that before and it was so beautiful to see Sonoma County from the sky.

Coming in for a landing on our return flight. AMAZING!

Approaching the airport.

A nice shot of the Golden Gate, San Francisco & Alcatraz (Becky - Holly would appreciate this one :-) )

The Golden Gate Bridge & Grandma Sylvia's house on the way out of town.

Yes, seeing it from the sky was just a reminder why we feel so lucky to live in Sonoma County. I am going to be working away to get a good vacation post up in the next few days....can't wait to share!

A Little Sunshine

We had a visit from the sunshine state. My step-mom, Carol came out from Florida and spent the weekend with us. My sister, Becky and cousin Ethan came out from Sacramento and we all had a blast hanging out. We haven't seen each other in a few years (she came to visit when we were in Mississippi). It was so fun catching up with each other and just hanging out!

We had to do a golf cart ride and run down to get from fresh eggs from one of our neighbors
A fun dinner in Occidental - I think we ate anyway. Homestyle Italian food. (Her meatballs are better :) - Carol we are cooking next time!)
A quick hello with Billy as he headed out to work
Whale watching in Bodega Bay. We saw several. It was really cool as they normally aren't in this bay.
A fun dinner @ Billy's work.

It was so great to spend time together. I guess it's our turn to head that way next time. Glad you came out Carol!

Happy Halloween

We hope you all had a fun Halloween. The boys had a good time. They had a Halloween parade and party at school on Friday. That was the kick-off the the Halloween fun. We went to a cool pumpkin patch on Saturday a friend has been telling me about. It is on a dairy farm. They do hay rides, have a corn maze, lots of farm animals to visit, a great jack-o-lantern pumpkin selection, great edible pumpkin selection, sell their cheese & ice cream and have a potato garden where you dig-up your own potatoes to buy by the pound.

They loved racing up this hay stack
the newest jack-o-lantern posing with his buddies
hay ride
Cameron said milking this cow felt "strange"
Ready to get some candy. We went for about an hour they counted candy and got 54 pieces. Not bad!

The boys also made and decorated cakes for a carnival at their school. They did a great job decorating. Their cakes were a hit when we dropped them off.

Let the Holiday Season Begin!