Another Week Passes By

In the kitchen window, nice and warm in our cozy house, sits our last color of fall. Time moves forward - ready or not.

The snow is beautiful tonight.

Last week Camber & Co. whipped up a delicious batch of our

favorite Clam Chowder. The girls are wonderful chefs! Check out the recipe here from Market Street Grill. It's a bit different than our old stand by ~ Bratten's...you actually bake the roux for thirty minutes but it's delicious!

A nice peppery bite to it.

(Don't forget the good, crusty bread!)

Ashli, Camber & Taylor

Last week the girls had a Personal Progress night in their PJ's.

We thought their Pink treats were Pretty great!

I'm afraid we have been bit by the crochet bug. . .

Wish I had taken a photo of the itty bitty shoes

I made for Lindsey's baby.

I think they will fit her for a total of 5 minutes :)

Our Crazy Road Trip

So two weeks ago I got this cRaZy idea in my head to surprise my sister's family who were going to be at Disneyland and join in on the fun! We have been wishing we could be there together for about 8 years now and with Camber's bday that week (free admission on your BDay ! ) So truely, on sunday afternoon we decided to do it! We convinced Lindsey and her cute little tummy to join us for a rockin' good time and the next day we were off bright and early! Sometimes those impromptu, crazy ideas are just the best ideas ever! Twelve hours later we found the hotel where the Jacklin's were staying and lucky for us their door wasn't closed tight so IN we went! We spent two, carefree, wonderful days at Disneyland & California Adventure. We happened to be there on the slowest week of the year, with Camber's BDay on the slowest day of the slowest week. That meant NO LINES FOR US!! It was really a blast and we did a lot of laughing and made some great memories. The drive home was a long one ~ especially with a 90 minute delay on the freeway only hour our into our trip ~ but we made the most of it and did some crocheting and car dancing and lots of good gab time with snacks! We have a plethora of photos, so you can skim through them if you'd like. Disney is great when you choose the right time of year to visit ~ it was magical for us!

*Sorry that all the vertical photos don't show very well*

Make a Smilebox slideshow

happy 11.11

Not that everyone celebrates eleven-eleven . . . but it is a wonderful day to celebrate . . . especially when it is in remembrance of many happy moments in the past at 11:11pm :] Why was it that morning or night we would always glance at a watch or a clock and that is what the time would read. Must be love. True love. Today we celebrated by lunching together at Elements ~ one of our favorite restaurants in our lovely city. Most often we are far too full for dessert, but let me just say that the dessert chef is spectacular!

Celebrate the little things in life.

Life is going by too quickly not to. Today at lunch, we began dreaming of where we might celebrate this very date two years from now . . . 11.11.11

I say let's dream big!

*Pretty Cool....tonight Mark delivered a baby on 11.11 at 11:11

and she weighed 6.6 *

Happy Birthday Camber !

November 4, 1992 a beautiful dark haired,

blue eyed little girl joined our family

with a twinkle in her eye and spunkiness to match it.

We sure love you, Camber!

Happy 17 xo

Birthday Dinner Menu: Chicken Mushroom Soup with Ravioli (with the good crusty bread!) and Strawberry Salad with Mango Dressing. For dessert ~ Double Lemon Sorbet

. . . all of her favorites.

Browsing thru a *Ski* magazine...dreaming about being in the powder.

* * * *coming soon ~ crazy road trip slide show * * * *

Costume Party Slideshow

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Happy Birthday Janell!!

'2o Something' years ago...when that title was probably a TV show...this sweet little miss joined our family. What a gift she has been to all of us. We hope you are having a spectacular day, Janell! We will be thinking of you and waiting anxiously to see another of your famed costumes.

Lots of LOVE from all of us.

Happy Halloween!

Friday night we had an awesome Halloween Party - wanting to get to know some of the new neighbors who have joined our sweet little neighborhood. Let's just say that a costume party is a GREAT way to really get to know each other! HA! We had some very good laughs! In due time I will be back to give a few details about some of the games we played - but Liam requested some costume photos...here you go, buddy. Hope everyone has a boooootiful night! See ya later - alligator!

Jessie & Woody at the Ward Hoe Down

Diana & Gayle...they aren't going to love these pics. but it was funny to see the faces they would pull and how hard they were laughing trying to figure out what they were tasting!
We played some great games. One was a potion tasting station where each guest sampled a little swig from 13 different containers (in little 2 oz cups) and had to guess what they were tasting. It was harder than you'd think and so funny to see what people thought they were drinking. After that we played *Whack*. Everyone sits in a big circle and chooses a Halloween name for themselves. The person in the center has a large whacking stick made from rolled up newspaper. When your name is called you have to stand and say another players name before you get whacked. The hardest part of the game is remembering when you are the guy in the center and have just whacked someone...you HAVE to say another players name before you sit down or you can get whacked back and be in the center again. Lots and lots of laughs!! The last activity of the night was skit time! We divided into 2 groups and each group had items on a tray they had to incorporate and into their skit. They all had to act in character of how they were dressed and had to come up with a Halloween twist with a mixed up fairy tale. They were great. I think our cheeks were sore from so much laughing. So nice to get to know some of our newer neighbors and enjoy the holiday together.

"Father Time & Mother Nature"