Hannah and me tak'n a ride at the Renaissance Festival.


Hannah was obsessed with the cow at the Festival.

Not sure what to say....

A trip to the zoo must make the little ones realize

how much they love each other...

Back from Disney

Disney Land was wonderful. We could not have gone at a better time of year. The longest line we ever had to wait in was 15 minutes. We didn't even have to wait in line to get food. My parents met us there with one of my sister's little girls. We also took one of Hannah's best buddies and her dad. All three girls had a lot of fun. Needless to say their favorite ride was the merry go round. We took a drive out to Newport beach before we headed home. We went to the Crabcooker to eat. Awesome choice, thanks to Dave. The beach was deserted. We were the only ones there which made for great photos. The girls didn't even notice how chilly it was. They enjoyed playing in the sand and running along the beach. My mom took most of the pictures at Disney Land so I will post more later when I get them from her.

Dad's and their little girls

Well Hannah definatley takes after dad in the "I'm gonna fix it" catagory. She wipped out a screwdriver to help dad fix the motor to my washing machine. Thank goodness they fixed it. I didn't want to have to buy a new one. Hannah went bowling with dad , her friend Kayleigh and her dad. The sure had fun. They loved bowling and enjoyed pizza for lunch. Of course Hannah didn't want any help getting the ball down the lane. Everything is all about doing it herself. Charles nudged the ball a littel when she looked away so it would make it to the pins. Yesterday I told hannah "wow.. I'm a bad mom. I should have wiped that chocolate off your face a long time ago". She replied "No, your a Good mom". How sweet is that? Well of course, you know me....... not much to say. So the only thing left is to tell you that we will be going to DISNEY LAND next week. We are so EXCITED. Maybe I'll actually post pictures when we get back instead of waiting for a month or so. I'll get better, I sware.

Sunset in Tucson... Wow!

Christmas is over...

Well, Christmas came and went. That was fast. We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We had a great Christmas. The only thing missing was family of course, since we live so far away from all of them. Hannah loved all of her gifts. Her 4 Wheeler was a big hit. She made dad go around the block with her in the freezing cold. She got a "build your own candy necklace" in her stocking. Kinda hard to build a necklace if you keep eating it. Just watching Dad and Hannah together was my favorite Christmas gift. On New Years we hung out with some other couples and played games. Well, actually only one game. It was Settlers of Cattan and it took over 3 hrs to play. Of course, I won and one of the other players wants a rematch because they think they can beat me. Dream on (hee hee). We thought for sure Hannah would tucker out by 11 or so. Not the case. She didn't go to sleep till we got home around 1:30 am. What's up with that? One of my New Year's resolutions is to keep up on this blog better. We'll see if I can do it. We hope all of you have a great year ahead of you.

Family in town for Thanksgiving

We had a full house over the Thanksgiving weekend. We had 10 extra people and an extra dog. YIKES! Most of them boys.... need I say more. It was really nice having family in town. Hannah enjoyed playing with her cousins. She doesn't get to see them often enough. We all took a drive up Mt. Lemon and went to the Cookie Cabin for cookies and hot chocolate. Yummy! Hannah and a couple others got a little car sick on the way up. Hopefully Hannah doesn't take after me. I was always car sick when I was younger. I threw up A LOT. I was not allowed to sit in the front seat. Anyway it was sad to see everyone go. Back to being Quiet again. Can't wait for Christmas.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween.... where did the year go? As you can see Hannah was a bumble bee for Halloween and we dressed up as Woody & Jessie from Toy Story 2. That darn Jessie wig was sooooooo heavy. We had a lot of fun though. Charles is working nights now and going to school 2 nights a week. It will be a small adjustment. Still here in Arizona... Dreaming of moving someday, but I think we will be here for quite some time. We have made some really good friends. It would be hard to leave them all behind. Well, that's about it... maybe I'll think of something better to say next time. Looking forward to Thanksgiving.