THANKSGIVING 2009

This year it was our year to go to the Beardalls for thanksgiving. Here are a few pics.

Hurry up with that Turkey I've been anticipating this meal for months.

Wow that's a lot of people, I hope there is enough food.

Whats this you ask? well this is the perfect dinner roll, and its creator Marc.

My Laura getting her grub on.

I'm glad I don't have to clean up! Mmm that roll looks good.

Aiden, Keyton, and Conner trying to play on the computer.

Charlittle and Ash climbing all over the Beardalls beloved antique piano, someone should get them down, oh well.

Who has time for a nap? After dinner all the real men went and played paintball.

After loading down with turkey and countless rolls what better activity than paintball! Me, Marc, and Cole getting ready for some sweet action.

Marc, Cole, Me, and Nick. Korey came to but had to leave early for work.

We spent an hour building a sweet course and by the time it was done it was to late to play. It was one sweet course I wish you could see it unfortunately I sent my camera home with Laura.

Game Time

Traditionally in the evening we engage in some intense gaming, it gets crazy at the Beardalls

The Poppy, master of the white board.

All that gaming can really take its toll. Whats up with the Cheez-Its in your hair?

Charly, and Ashlinda are always hyper.

Later Cole and I had a small disagreement. He said that sprite and 7up tasted the same, and I disagreed so we had Laura administer a taste test. The first test turned out inconclusive.

Cole and Grammy

On our second test we used 4 different samples 2 of each and this time we were able to mach them up and distinguish between the two proving that I was right and they indeed have different and distinct flavors sprite being the more desirable.

Happy Birthday Laura

Happy birthday to my Sweetheart!

Happy Birthday!! You are beautiful on the outside and in and I love you so much. Thank you for all you do for me, and for being such a sweet person.

Laura went to see the movie about nothing (new moon) so the kids and I took advantage of her time away. We went to wally world and got a bunch of arts and craft stuff and made some totally sweet homemade birthday cards.

Laura's birthday breakfast. Nice cards!

Later we went to the Beardalls and had dinner. Laura's Grandma made this cake, however it was not exclusive to Laura. Sarah, and Marc also have birthdays in November, so in order to not let any one person feel more special than the other it was determined that the cake was to be shared. Each individual who's birthday was being celebrated was allowed to blow out the candles at different times. This creates a great conflict for me, you see I love cake but I have this minor hang up about eating cake that others have blown on (especially kids). I believe that it is impossible to blow out candles and not have a small amount of saliva end up on the cake. Now when it is just one adult blowing out the candles I would assume it is safe to partake of the cake, but if it is a child or more than one adult great caution should be exerted. After much deliberation I did have a piece. However if even one child were to blow on that cake I would have had to forgo the cake.

When around family there is no shortage of kids to tease. Here is Keyton after being placed on top of the cabinet.

Disneyland Vacation

Pulling the suitcase to the shuttle, kids can make the most boring thing cute.

It was a quick 2 hour flight we sat by this sweet old man who was a mechanic for Delta and he told us all about the Boeing 737 we were on.

L.A. is so Huge I took this pic just before landing.

Our first night in Disneyland. There was a couple sitting about 3 feet to the left of Laura, they were totally making out and they were not about to stop for anyone! However the chick was kind enough to cover her face with a paper so she wouldn't be seen in the pics. How thoughtful of her!

How Special!

Here are some pics of some of my favorite rides.

The Grizzly River Run

At the entrance there is a sign that says "You WILL get wet, you might get soaked"

Emily was very worried that she would get wet and for some reason the water just kept pouring in on her. Laura fared out pretty well.

Korey got wet that time but the water pattern seemed suspicious, leading us to assume that it may have been an inside job.

A picture is worth a thousand words. When we took the kids I told them that just last week a raft had rolled and they should keep their hands on the seat belt buckle so that if we roll they can escape. Well Keyton got nervous and had his hand on a buckle (he didn't know that it was Aidens buckle). Aiden was so nervous he would not let go of Coles leg for the entire ride.

The first Drop! I had my thumb partially over the lens but look at the fear in Aidens eyes.

Now that's how to give a dirty look.

A bugs Land

Mom and the kids with the 3D glasses on. Cute! Why is Laura so sweaty?

When the 3D show started Charly reached out and tried to grab the Butterflies. She got scared of the "Mean Bugs" and hid her face in my or Laura's side.

The Tower of Terror

The tower of Terror is one of my favorites. I love the detail of the building it seems like a real Hotel.

Me and my Sweetheart in the lobby area.

On the ride looks like Em was freaking out before it even started

Why buy a picture when you can just take a pic of the monitors. The quality is just as good right? You can easily find me (the fat guy in the back corner)

When we split up Laura took Aiden on the Tower of Terror, she said he freaked out big time, and that was before he even got on the ride.

Indiana Jones Ride

Who says strollers are just for kids. Waiting for everyone to return from the Indiana Jones ride.

Soarin over California

This is one of my favorites, it feels like you are alone in a real flying apparatus with 40 other people next to you.

We also went to the Aladdin show where I took this amazing picture

The Disney Peeps

Charly and Handy Manford

Shamri was afraid of Manny the mammoth so I told him to give her a hug.
I think Handy Manny is a complete and total wuss bag, he knows nothing about construction. If he were a construction worker in real life he would totally get his A** kicked.

Cruella Deville is so mean! She made the kids act like puppies.

After waiting 45 minutes they finally got to meet Winnie, Tiger and Eeyore.

We have pics of the other princess too, but Bell is definitely the hottest.

Laura took this picture.

We split up and the women folk took the kids to the parade see the sweet pic Laura took. Korey, Cole, The Shamster and I went to the fun rides in California adventure we got wet again and it was cold.

The kids got to go on the Dumbo ride. Luckyyy!

The food at Disneyland is comparable to School lunch on a bad day, with high prices. Its the worst.

We started stomping mustard packets to make them pop but there wasn't much sweet action in that so by putting one under the leg of my chair I was able to increase the pressure, decrease the time of eruption and triple the distance of squirtage. It got all over Cole and the bench, Sweet!

Lost and found

On our last day I somehow managed to loose all 3 cell phones that we own. We later found mine in the Hotel, and our extra phone was under the seat in the car. Laura made the mistake of lending me hers and of course I lost it as well. We just got hers back yesterday the Disney lost and found folks were gracious enough to mail it to us.

Santa Monica Beach

On Saturday we took the kids to the beach for a few hours before flying out.

playin in the sand. That's me in the background trying to find any amount of food in Laura's bag. It really chaps my hide if I cant eat!

Keyton and Aiden

A true and genuine Beach Bum

Its a nice beach but kind of ghetto, I took Aiden to the bathroom and it was totally trashed. The stalls had no doors and there were guys using them (#2) in front of everyone. Thats why I didnt take a pic I didnt think they would appreciate me taking a picture while in such a volnerable state.

No vacation to California is complete without a trip to the In-n-Out burger. The food may not be the best tasting, or nutritional, and you have to wait in long lines to get it, but damn it, its cheap.

Ridin in the shuttle to the airport. I hate the end of a good vacation:-(

The shuttle ride back to the car gave me some final minutes to get in some good quality teasing with the kids.