Dollar Bowling

I took Lincoln bowling today with his cousins and my friend Lisa and her son James. She actually planned it, I just tagged along! And although there was a slight melt down on my Son's part about half way through, it wasn't all that horrible! And can I say my little guy is one buff kid. He was lifting his bowling ball all by himself and carrying it to the lane. Of course it wasn't a 15 pounder or anything but even with a 6 pound ball I was pretty impressed!

Tuesdays is dollar bowling at the Texas station so it makes for a fairly inexpensive activity. Especially if you can stay away from the snack bar! :) We bought two games for all the kids, but I think if we go again the little ones really don't need that many. They were pretty much done after the first round. So the other kids got a few more chances to practice their bowling skills!

After bowling, Lincoln and I picked up some lunch and headed over to the park to enjoy the beautiful weather we were having today! It was gorgeous! While we were there, I got a call from my sister who then came and joined us along with Lisa and James, and the Weinands. I think I spent over two hours at the park! And although I am sure there were other things I could have done today, like finishing the Christmas clean-up that was much more fun!

Merry Christmas 2009

Even though we split the day between two families I did not feel totally overwhelmed as in years past. To get the day started we had to wake Lincoln up for Santa at our house, so it took him a minute to warm up to the idea of opening presents. But once he realized he was getting some cool stuff there wasn't much coaxing to do . Other then trying to get him to stop playing with one toy long enough to open the next one :)

He has been into Dinosaurs lately so many of his gifts revolved around that and of course he got some new cars, because what little boy doesn't love to push cars around on the floor! Sadly, we didn't have much time to play at home before heading up to my Mom's house. But it wasn't much of a loss because once there we got to enjoy a yummy breakfast and open more gifts. We got some great things including some new Wii games, including Toy Story Mania and Super Mario Brothers. Both of which I think will be a blast to play.

From there we headed up to the LeFevre's where Lincoln once again got to open some awesome gifts. Including more dinosaurs and Mario Cart- which he was totally excited about! I just hope they realize what they have done to themselves! When he goes to Aunt Rachel's house that's all he wants to do! Now he will have his own game to play, and since he doesn't actually play the game he is going to need some help! We also ate a wonderful lunch, Prime Rib to be exact! It was so good!!

We did get to hang out for a little while at the LeFevre's before heading back to Nana's for another get together there with the family. Thankfully, we missed dinner as I am not sure I would have been able to eat anymore! Although, I did manage to leave room for pie!! And I must say it was so yummy too! Maybe it tastes better when you are the one who makes it!!

So overall, it was a very full day, but it was great to spend time with family and celebrate with my little boy!

Happy Birthday x 2

Today is Justin's birthday (he turned 32) which he will now share (something he is not too excited about) with our new...... niece! (Rachel never finds out what she is having so we are always kept in suspense until the end) The baby doesn't have an official name yet, so we can only refer to her as Baby Girl Terry but hopefully Rachel and John can figure something out before they leave the hospital. Brian and Ann say it is quite a hassle to leave and have to complete all the paperwork after the fact, an experience they had to deal with when they left the hospital with Danin. But they have a few more days to figure it out, as they probably won't be released until Wednesday morning.

I took Nana up to see the baby, so here she is holding her newest great grandchild! I can't remember what number this puts them at but its getting up there!

Christmas Lights

We took Lincoln to see the Christmas lights out at Sunset park again this year. Basically, a bunch of different companies from around the valley set up light displays throughout the park. Then between Thanksgiving and Christmas the park is open to car tours for a small fee. They even have a radio station you can tune in to for Christmas music to listen to as you move through the park. Lincoln's favorite displays were probably the "dinosaurs"! (Not all of the ones he pointed out were actual dinosaurs, one was more like a sea serpent.) But he is two so we will give him a break!

I took pictures, but can not seem to find them aywhere, but will post them as soon as I do! :)

My Little Entomologist

Okay, so Lincoln has been overly interested in bugs lately. He follows them around, picks them up, and gets excited when he sees a fly! He has also decided that Bees are great things. Nana Fe has a bunch of bees in her backyard, and he loves to watch them. He even talks to them from inside the house. Well, today he tried to touch them. And I bet you can guess what happened- that's right he got stung. But he did not just attempt it once, but twice in one day. So he did not learn his lesson very well. Luckily, we did find out that he's not allergic, so I guess that is a good thing!

Happy Turkey Day!

It was a day full of family, food , and fun! But since there was no football, it wasn't truly Thanksgiving, at least according to Brian! But I think, we had enough of everything else to make up for it. It was pretty crazy as usual, as we split the day between two families, but they were spread out far enough from each other to not make it completely insane.
Lincoln started out the day by making a new friend! GrandNana found a praying mantis in the backyard, so they put it in a jar and Lincoln carried it around. He was so cute with it. Talking to it and showing it the turkey. And when we were on our way to the LeFevre's he wanted to make sure the bug was ready to go too. It was adorable!
We hung out with the LeFevre's during the morning, blowing bubbles and taking pictures. Lincoln is obsessed with the camera, but he doesn't want to be in the picture, he wants to take the picture. SO it is quite hard to actually get him to smile and look at the camera without his arms stretched out for the camera. Sadly, most of the pictures Lincoln takes are just slivers of objects as he places his fingers over the lens. One of these days there might be more than one that comes out clear without help! But here is one of Aunt Rina that he had a little bit of help with the hand placement!
After enjoying some great food and pleasant company we headed for Nana & Papa Emersons, or in other words we went home! We enjoyed some more yummy food like the traditional Curried Cauliflower and a very moist baked turkey as well as a fried version. But sadly had to resort to canned gravy due to a little bit of scorching of the gravy--oops! I myself have never attempted to make the gravy, as just the explanation of the process is more than I can handle! :) For heavens sake how are you supposed to take it to the edge of being burnt without really completing that process? So although my Mom was frustrated with herself, we all survived!
Overall, we all ate too much as usual but sure had a ton of fun doing it! I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving as well!

Disney with the Girls

What is it with Disneyland! Perhaps it really is a magical place!? Whatever it is, I am enjoying it this weekend! Some of my old buddies from Roy Martin came to Anaheim for a Girls Weekend and so far it has been great. We drove down yesterday after work and will drive home tomorrow. So we don't get to spend to much time living it up. But I think that's okay because I'm already missing me boys!
Two of the girls have never been here before so it's fun to see their reaction to everything Disney! I think we have taken it pretty easy on them so far though. We are going to go into Disney California this evening so we'll see how they fare on Tower of Terror! I love that ride!! (Justin doesn't though so I like being able to ride it without being by myself.
We were a little worried when we first entered the park this mornig becuse the lady that ran our tickets through really made a fuss of telling us we had to make sure and get our hand stamped if we left- even those with Season Passes - because it was really busy. But based on the crowds we've seen we are not sure what crowds she was talking about. For heavens sake the standby line at Indiana Jones was only 25 minutes long. I think the longest line we stood in so far wa for the Matterhorn and that's only ecause it broke down while we were in it and we contemplated waiting for it to open back up. And to top it off the weather has been great, right around 65. So not to cold an not to hot! It's the perfect weekend to be here, but I hope no one figures that out. :)