Thanksgiving 2008

This year we had lots of little ones to be thankful for, and I do mean "lots". We had a wonderful meal at Rick & Renee's house with about 30 people and 7 - count 'em 7 - babies.

On the couch - Kamdyn, Haylee, Andrew, and Cheyenne.
On the floor, only interested in eating goldfish are Peyton, Aiden, and Tyler.

Match the baby with the correct mother??


Can't - not all the players are in the picture-
me holding Cheyenne, Becky holding Andrew, Sarah holding Haylee, and Auntie Kathy holding Kamdyn.

Haylee getting very cozy with Kamdyn - someone forgot to hold Haylee upright.

The 10 grandchildren.

The Daddys and their babies.

Tumbling Tigris

On Sunday night, as we were getting ready to go home from Chris and Becky's house, Nono Al stepped up on the landing of their steps, got his jacket, looked at the picture on the wall, and then backed up - not remembering that there was a step. Suddenly he was going down backwards. I yelled and Chris turned and very quickly slid face first and caught Nono's head on his arms so he did not hit the floor full force with his head. Nono was a little sore the next day and Chris' arm was swollen, but none the worse for wear. Tyler kept asking "Nono Al, are you okay?"

Fast forward to Monday night - as they are putting Tyler to bed, Chris takes Haylee and starts down the stairs - steps on one of the cats, falls down the stairs, while Haylee goes flying through the air. It happened so fast, Chris thinks he caught her before she dropped, but she must have hit something in her short flight. They took her to emergency and everything checked out okay. They had to wake her every hour that night, and they took her to her own doctor on Tuesday morning. She has a few bumps on her head and a small bruise on her cheek, but otherwise seems normal.

Bob said he is going to bring "Caution" tape over to their house to block off that staircase. We don't need any more of this circus act.

Fun at the S.F. Aquarium

Tyler got to go to the new and improved S.F. Aquarium in S.F. today with Mommy and Daddy. Haylee stayed home with Grandma Donna. He loved seeing all the different fish, penguins, butterflies, and life-sized stuffed animals, but his favorite was the albino alligator. He had to go back and see him several times.

Looks like he had lots of fun crawling around in this kid's section.

Needles to say, the minute they got on the road to go home, he was out like a light. (Pictures courtesy of Mommy.)

Fun with Tyler

This morning, Chris and Tyler came over to remodel their wine racks. With Daddy and Nono making too much noise with the machines in the garage, Tyler and I went for a visit with Lala Elsa & Uncle Al, came back and had lunch, and then watched a few videos (trying to make him get sleepy). I now know everything about "Bob the Builder's" village, and am up to date on all the dinosaurs in "The Land Before Time". Before lunch, we took Tyler to our neighbor's house. He is building an airplane in his garage - yes, a full size airplane. He was getting ready to paint this afternoon but took time to let Tyler get in and take some pictures. As soon as he gets the seats in, he told Tyler to come back and "fly" the plane.

More babies on Sunday

On Sunday, the whole family was invited for Sunday night dinner at Aiden and Andrew's house. It was the first time for a lot of us to meet Andrew, who is 2 weeks old today. He seemed to have a wonderful time - he never complained about being passed around to everyone.

The 2 grandfathers look very serious as they hold the 2 youngest.

Haylee and Andrew get to know each other.

A weekend of babies

On Friday, Matt & Sarah & Cheyenne took a ride down to visit and have dinner. While the 2 girls were being passed around inside the house, Tyler was outside riding his 3-wheeler and playing with the hose and the tire seing that Bob hung up.

While we all ate dinner, the 2 girls just sat and looked around/slept and never made a peep.

On Saturday, Bob & I took a ride up to Vacaville to help celebrate Madison's 4th birthday. Matt had a fun time trying out some new additions to Cheyenne's ensemble. The hat and the sandals ended up falling off - still a little too big. We had a great pizza dinner - Madison's choice, and some delicious ice cream and cake - decorated by Johnathan.

Busy weekend

Our weekend began as everyone arrived at the Hyatt Hotel in Indian Wells for Jeff & Kim's wedding. We had a great Friday afternoon and Saturday morning lounging by the pool in the shadows of the beautiful mountains in the background. As Northern California was drowning in the rain, we enjoyed 90-96 degree weather. Then on Saturday, we went to the Vintage Country Club for the wedding. It was a most elegant wedding, perfect in every way. The flowers were gorgeous, the food was excellent, the setting was spectacular, and if you didn't have a good time, it was your own fault. Gino and Giorgio were the dancing duo of the night and kept the dance floor full.

The beautiful centerpieces and table settings...

The proud grandparents..

Jeff and Kim cutting a beautiful cake...

The 6 cousins together again...

Jeff & Kim leaving under a halo of sparklers....

All in all, a most enjoyable weekend.