Valentine's Day 2015

Happy Valentine's Day to all!  Chocolate and crepes for breakfast, some cash in a Valentine's card and a crazy JibJab photo of Mom and Dad dressed like Sonny and Cher - yep, we had fun!!

Pretty roses from Derrik

 

Soccer Park day

Cameron and his friends are gearing up for the spring season.  They are all on different teams this season but are committed to being ready and supporting each other.  They gathered at the park last week to practice together!

Ashton took a turn being goalie

February in California

Jog-a-thon 2015

Ashton participated in the school's annual jog-a-thon!  He had a great time and ran 45 laps!  The jog-a-thon raises money for school programs.

Ashton's 4th grade class  :)

Winter Formal

Ethan went to Winter Formal last weekend with a special friend from school.  Wow, did he look all grown up in his formal wear!  He had a great time!

Medieval Times Field Trip

Cameron and his classmates took a trip to Medieval Times in Buena Park, CA last weekend.  Sitting in an arena watching two knights fight - sounds fun!  He took some photos to share:

Basketball Pep Band

 

Ethan started playing with the band at the basketball games.  We joined him last night and watched him and the game.  He sure is having fun!

Cameron and Ethan at half-time

Magic Mountain Monday

We used the day off to take the boys to Magic Mountain for the day.  Ashton rode 4 different rollercoasters!  (He usually won't ride any!)  There must be something about turning 10......  We had a great day!

Don't worry Ethan, Ashton says it's not that scary.

Rollercoasters are fun!

Our new 10 year old!!

Happy Birthday to our two-digit-midget, Ashton!  So amazing that he's ten already!  We had a great time celebrating him and he had a great birthday with 2 parties.  One was with Grandma and Grandpa, and the other with his school friends.  Thank you to everyone for making his special day so special! 
We love you, buddy!!

LA Galaxy Soccer Camp

Cameron attended an LA Galaxy Soccer Camp in Torrance the first week of January.  He learned tips and plays from Galaxy coaches.  He was worn out, for sure!  A great experience for him.

New Years Eve 2014

We headed to the Hubbards for cheese and chocolate fondue on New Years and then tried to stay alert and focused back at our house to see midnight.  Happy New Year everyone!

Vacation Photos

Hanging around the house, doing some reading, packing up Christmas decorations, enjoying pajama day.....we're off to a great start for our winter break!

Wedding Anniversary #18

We celebrated 18 years together last weekend!  So great to be married to such a great guy.  Derrik posted some photos on Facebook.  We had just gotten back from AZ so most of our day included running errands but we did go out for a nice dinner and just be together. 

Faces of Christmas

The stockings were hung in AZ and we were so excited to see all the presents Christmas morning!

 

The happy faces of Christmas!

Visiting with Miss Carrie

Since our friend Carrie also lives in Chandler, we found her and took her out for lunch.  She's originally from Santa Clarita and used to babysit the boys when we first moved out here.  She's a gem and we were glad we got to see her.  We also had some moments with the Chik-fil-a cows......

Our Christmas in AZ

We had a great time celebrating Christmas with the Deckers and DeWeeses!  The Deckers were fabulous hosts and it was fun to do Christmas somewhere other than home for a change.

At the Nutcracker

 

Suzanne and the boys did their best Nutcracker moves!  No one was permanently injured in the making of this video.