A Festivus Miracle! (Snow Part Deux)

I posted yesterday's blog prematurely, I couldn't imagine that it would get snowier, but it did. Sorry there are a million pictures, it just amazes me! I've never seen anything like this up here. It snowed for nearly 20 hours straight. It may seem silly for those of you who live in snow but it is totally fascinating to me! School was canceled for David and Joey for the rest of the week, so happy early Xmas break to us! David and his boss are calling it a Festivus miracle! :)

This was just before sundown the day of the storm.

Here's our snowy friend Thomas.

The airplane teeter totter in my backyard.

My house the day after.

David took the boys sledding in our front yard!

Looking down my street the morning after.

I had icicles on my house!

We drove out to David's work to see how the conditions were. Above is David's school, below is the wolf we almost ran over on the way there! (Yes, it is a wolf and not a wild dog, I didn't get very close for obvious reasons!) What a bizarre day!

Does it snow in Apple Valley?

Yes it does!!!

We do see a little snow every year up here, but we've never had a storm like this one.
It doesn't even feel like California at all!

This is my house all covered in snow.

Here's my mom's house all covered in snow.

Joey's school district canceled school halfway through the day, so here are Cy and Aaron all bundled up and off to pick Joey up.

We went to Sabrina's to build a snowman!
(I'm a little sad, because my good camera had a dead battery, so I had to settle for my wee one!)

Ruby refuses to go outside.
Whenever I open the door she hides behind the couch and shivers! :)

Joey's Faces

So it drives me a little crazy, but I love it! I can't get a picture of Joey smiling anymore, he always makes some silly face just as I take the picture. I was looking through recent photos and I just started cracking up because there were so many of my goofy faced boy!
Here are a few of my faves! :0)

Happy Thanksgiving mom! I gave myself a haircut!

Other than the fact that my mom made her best turkey ever, this Thanksgiving was kind of a bust for us. Don't get me wrong, any day just hanging out with family and eating food is awesome, but last night and today were a little chaotic. We went to Disneyland yesterday and at about 9:00, Joey started screaming that his ear hurt. We left and took him to urgent care and of course, he had two ear infections. I figured as much; no kid begs to come home from Disneyland unless something is really wrong. We had dinner/lunch at my mom's and that was great, she made a delicious meal and we had a good visit. Some of the usual family were missing so it was a little off though. David's parents are in Europe (LUCKY!) so we didn't do anything with his family today. I used to gripe about having to travel to two places on TG but now I realize that I wouldn't have it any other way. I missed his family this year. To top things off, Joey had and allergic reaction to the amoxicillin and we had to take him back to urgent care. We live an hour away, so I wasn't thrilled, but we went and got him a new prescription. He is feeling better thanks to the motrin and the little bit of amoxicillin he ahd before the bad reaction. I did get to see Bolt in 3D today with David, Aaron, Megan and Evan. (Joey is going through a scared of the dark phase so he wouldn't go.) That was really fun, it's a cute movie, I recommend it for the kiddies! :)

We finally came home and sat down to watch House and Bones. Having boys, who usually have very little hair, I never expected to encounter an "I cut my own hair" experience. But my sweet Aaron found daddy's beard trimmer and gave himself a little touch up. He was so proud when he came out to show us, I just smiled and got my camera. I am seriously so thankful fo that little boy, he just made my day, seriously! So here are some pictures of the fun...

Here's daddy finising the job. :)

He wasn't happy about gettng the rest of the haircut, he's never liked them much.

But we had to do what we had to do.

I have so much to be thankful for, I love my life!
But here are just a few things that I am especially thankful for today:
1.I am thankful for my mom and family, they work so hard to have nice family gatherings.
2. I am thankful that they've drastically improved the whole 3D experience, it used to make me sick, but thanks to the updated technology I had a great movie going experience today.
3.I am thankful that gas is so cheap, the extra trips down to the doctor would have been SUPER expensive if we had had to do this two weeks ago.
4.I am thankful that my DVR finally got my season pass right and recorded my shows.
5.I am thankful for all of my family, I wish I had been able to see everybody today.
6.I am SO grateful for my kids. They are just filled with pure joy and there is never a dull moment in my life with them around.
7. And last but certainly not least, I am very thankful that we already took our Christmas pictures this year. :)

I am way behind and I have so many pictures to share. So I decided to make a slide. These are pictures from our Halloween festivities. Except the pictures of Aaron and Cheeto, those are from a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy! :)

Joey's First Field Trip

Joey's class went on a field trip to the local Pumpkin Patch today. We have a very cool family that has a farm and they do a U-Pick deal complete with a corn maze and pony rides. I had so much fun riding the bus with Joey and his friends. It is so funny how fascinating a bus is to a group of five year olds.

I got to chaperone, it's kind of a big deal since they only let the responsible parents ride the bus.
(that's just a joke for my friend Sabrina)

Here's Joey and his friend Jayden being cute in front of some pumpkins.

Outside the corn maze.

The free pumpkin at the end.


"Say PUMPKINS!!!!"

A Busy Week

We've had a super busy first week of Joey's Fall Break! Last Saturday Grandma Renae and Grandpa Phil came up to watch a Teeball game. They really enjoyed watching the little guys play. After the game, Joey went bowling with a friend for his birthday so we took Aaron, Cy, Grandma, and Grandpa, to the Apple Valley Air Show. Aaron's favorite part was watching the Black Hawk take off. He said "Oh my gosh mom! What is that helicoCter going to do?" It was so huge and so loud. Amazing!

Grandma tried to show Aaron the inside of the airplane. He has become a little camera shy lately. I'm not sure what G-ma is laughing at here, maybe it was because I hit my head on the underside of the wing.

Here's Daddy, Aaron and Pappa in front of an old car.

We met up with some friends at Disneyland on Thursday. This is Kayla and Joey goofin' around!

Joey, Matthew, Kayla and Danny.

Here's Joey being cool on the carousel.

I had an appointment early on Thursday morning so we stayed at the Doubletree in Ontario the night before. We got an awesome deal on Priceline, if you haven't tried it, you should! Here are a couple of pictures of Cy playing IN the drawers.

I realize these are all out of order, but I only have a few short minutes to work on the blog before the kids start climbing the walls, so just follow along. :)
Rachel's (David's sister) birthday was last Sunday so we went down for dinner and treats. We had a blast just visiting and playing SingStar. If you haven't seen the video of Joey singing 'We Built This City' scroll down and watch, it's worth it for sure!

Beautiful birthday girl.

Joey showed us his angry face, I think because he couldn't play Spyro or something. I love the angry face, he is so serious but we all have to try not to laugh at him because it hurts his feelings.

Baby Cy is wishing Auntie Rach a very hapy birthday!