Chuck E. Cheese Birthday Bash

Natalie turned 6 on Saturday and Megan turned 2 on Sunday!
The only thing Natalie wanted to do for her birthday was go to Chuck E. Cheese.
How can you turn down a request like that? The kids love it there.





Sage gladly helps the birthday girl. Go, Megan!


Natalie looks like she has this one all figured out.


Look out everyone . . .

Wild women on the loose!


Matthew is very skilled when it comes to his games. Just ask him! :-)


Rachel is a serious Skee-Ball Thrower. Can't you tell?


Going on a Sunday drive.


Turn to the right . . . and turn to the left . . .
Oh, look! A passenger!

Nice driving.


Happy Birthday, Girls!

The Elusive Sage-arama

Finally got 'im. Gosh, he looks old.

Did You Fall In???

Here are some pictures from June that are way too funny to leave out . . .

Have you ever spent so much time sitting on the toilet that your mom would yell, "You OK in there? Did you fall in???" I don't know if that's what happened here, but the story goes like this . . .

Megan is good at going stinkies on the potty, but she needs her privacy. We kinda forgot about her and she started calling.

This is what
we discovered!

Natalie wrote this sweet letter to Grandma.
It says "Dear Grandma, I love you. You're awesome! Love Natalie



And here they are coloring. Beautiful, Rachel!

Look who lost his two front teeth!




















(Sage really does live in the same house. He somehow escapes the camera.)

Silly Kids

When Grandma Shepherd came to visit, she took some silly pictures. She accidentally started out taking a video. Too bad she didn't keep it going!

A Visit from Aunt Lisa

Aunt Lisa came for a visit at the end of September.
The girls had a lot of fun coloring.






We LOVE to go to the park!

San Diego Trip in July

The Combs Family flew to San Diego for the 4th of July!

Rachel distinctly remembers walking up the stairs and seeing Shamu.

Best Friends Jorge & Marianne

And Lidia came with her kids!

It was a happy reunion!




Hangin' with the girls.

Lots of fun at Bob & Penelopes' house.

Almost 3 months later, the kids still talk about going to the beach.

Happy memories!

(pictures provided by jorge & grandma)

Does anyone know how to turn a picture?

I know that I haven't been posting and I've been a little busy. I really wanted to take my kids to San Diego for the 4th and we decided to fly there. I waited untill the last minute to book the tickets because I knew as soon as I booked the trip something would happen. So sure enough I booked the tickets and I ended up in the hospital for pulmonary emboli. Whatever!!! So I'm pretty weak and I get very winded when I walk even from room to room. Life goes on. We're still going to San Diego and we're just having to make some modifications for me.