Trip to Arizona...

 On the bus again...

 Waiting to bard our plane...

 ipods in hand...

 My baby in the mall racer...

 At the Lego store...

 The boys minus Aiden (he was being a punk)

 Baby on a bike...

 This boy chows down...

 Swimming in December... Only in Arizona...

 I sat poolside with this chub a lub...

 Look at those cheeks and hands...

 The boys hiked a mountain...

 They made it to the top!...

Tired boys at the airport...

We went to Arizona again after Thanksgiving and had fun like always.... squishing on my baby, sister time, shopping at the mall and swimming of course! 

The fro-hawk...

 Before...

 Look at those locks... :(

 In the process...

 The fro-hawk...

 All done..

My baby looking so grown up...

This little man thinks he is so grown up being almost 6 years old now... :) and he wanted to have a mohawk like Xavy so bad... So I gave in. :)

Happy Thanksgiving...

 Pop fixing the garbage disposal Thanksgiving eve...

 My cute table...

 The boys playing Memory...

 The Thanksgiving food...

 My plate... Yum!

 Crazy Aiden...

 Pop and Aiden enjoying a bite..

 This stubborn punk eating Pizza on Thanksgiving...

 Enjoying the view Thanksgiving night..

 Cozy inside...

This Thanksgiving was a bit different.. It was the first Thanksgiving in my 30 years where I didn't get to see most of family..  Everyone has basically moved away.. it's sad and we missed them dearly! We actually skyped with them and chatted for a bit so that was fun.
Pop came over the night before and we started making Nana's Stuffing.. He taught me how to make it.. I was peeling the carrots and clogged my disposal and Pop took it all apart and told me to try it and water and grossness went everywhere! I screamed and ran away while pop just sat there covered in it! It was so funny. We got it all fixed and cleaned up though. The next morning I got up and finished cooking everything and we had a good meal. I'm getting pretty good at this cooking thing! :) who would have known! Xavy my VERY picky eater and stubborn child wouldn't even join us at the table because everything was "Gross" he said! GRRR....  so he had himself a pizza instead! The nut...  We had a very peaceful day playing games and I ended the night curled up in front of the fireplace admiring my sparkling tree! Happy Thanksgiving!!  

Happy Halloween 2010

 Pop and the boys cleaning out the guts!..

 EW! Pumpkin guts!

 My pumpkin! No mess and looks pretty good if I do say so myself...

 The finished pumpkins!

 My trick or treaters...

 Aiden as a skeleton guy...

Xav as Michael Jackson... Check the moonwalk out.. :)

Halloween was weird for us this year... It was the first year we were all alone! :( The boys were bummed that their uncle wasn't there to take them around and we missed seeing the baby and wished he could have been with us to trick or treat but we made due without them.... It was a rainy night but that didn't stop the boys! I followed in my car and they went running house to house.. They got tons of candy! Earlier in the day Pop came over with lunch and we carved pumpkins. It was fun..  the boys really get into now and it's fun to have little traditions with them.  Happy Halloween!! :)

Dusk...

My favorite time of day is dusk...  When the sun is setting..  I love to go for drives and listen to music.. It's like therapy for me. :) Thinking about the future and what it has in store for me... The sky was SO beautiful this night..  a pinkish/purplish color.  My fav! :)

Arizona for Xavier's Birthday...

Boys just waking up to the table all decorated for Xav's Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Xav!

On the bus at the airport...

SO exciting!

Remember where we parked and hold on tight!

Walking to our gate..

Little jet setters...

Me and the birthday boy!

Thumbs up!

Ready for take off...

Hahaha.. Look at their faces! Laughing so hard during take off!

Ashie and baby...

dipping his toes in...

He missed the boys so much!

Aiden being Aiden... Getting into trouble...

Xav at his birthday dinner...

Xav and his uncle...notice the lego's... can't go anywhere without them...

Aiden made an A for Aiden out of his bread...

Make a wish!

The man wrap... The boys always try and put their towels on like men do! lol..

The shopping!! Aw... ;)

Cousins... The love each other!

My doodle! Him so cute! I miss him so much!

A tired Aiden waiting to board our flight home...

ipods in hand... they are ready!

So much has been going on that I haven't blogged about.. I'm not so good at this! My son Xavier turned 8 years old!! I can't believe it! Time has just flown by and now my chubby big baby is a tall (and growing taller by the day) big boy! This year we flew to Arizona to visit AshieB and baby! They moved and left us.. :( so we went down to see their place and celebrate Xav's big day! The boys had a BLAST on the plane. The giggled so loud during take off and landing! They thought they were so cool.. They each had their own roller suitcases. We had so much down there. Eating, swimming and shopping! (oh the mall down there is FAB!! ) I'm so jealous!! It was so fun and so good to see to my sisters Kim and Ash both moved away. Kim and Jake drove down and hung out too. Good times! Happy Birthday, Xav! Your such a fun, good boy!