Sunday, December 13, 2009

HAPPY HANUKKAH!!!!!!!

Mike was home early on the 3rd night
so we celebrated with him by lighting the menorah,
playing dreidle, and opening some presents.
fun fun fun!



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Designing new Piggy Banks!



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Playing Dreidle...

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Jake's class celebrated Thaksgiving in Style
Half the class dressed as Pilgrims and the other half as "Native Americans" as Jake would say.
They were so cute.

FIRST GRADE THANKSGIVING!




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THANKSGIVING IN THE BAY!

We had a great time in the Bay Area for
Thanksgiving and the days prior. Here are a bunch of pictures in no specific order
and a video at the end of the kids talking about what they are thankful for.
Great seeing everyone!











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Thursday, November 12, 2009

SOCCER FINAL PARTIES! 11-09

Well....the stars must have been perfectly aligned because
with absolutely NO planning help from me
Jake and Lexi's soccer farewell parties
just happened to be on the same night, same time
and same place. How cool is that?
and Mike was off work so we all were able to go.
Both kids got to celebrate with their team and
they were excited about their trophies!
I was able to get a picture of each with their coach too.
enjoy the pictures :)
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Then....11/11/01




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and now!

Celebrating 8 years!
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

EDIBLE BABY!

I was lucky enough to get to spend the morning
with Alissa and Nate who is now 7 months old.
He is the perfect baby and I loved seeing both of them.
We hope to make this an "every 3 months" or so routine.
Here are some pictures and a video from today
and one picture from Nate at home that I had to add on here as well....



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Sunday, November 1, 2009

HaLlOwEeN is hErE!!

We had an awesome Halloween.
Jake was Boba Fett from Star Wars
and Lexi was a cute witch.
We hosted a fun Halloween party in the day
with some friends at a local pizza place
and at night we left our development for the first time ever
and trick ~or~ treated in Camarillo with Kim, Mike, Zak AND Nana was in town to have dinner with us and trick or treat too!
The Camarillo Rec. Dept had a free carnival for kids so we got to
do that as well as going door to door. so much excitement and fun.
enjoy all the pictures
click on collages to make larger!




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and night....

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Monday, October 19, 2009

Fall Fun!


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Friday, October 16, 2009

PROUD PARENTS!

Jake got an award at school for his excellence on his math tests.
Only a few children were chosen from each grade to receive awards.
Mike and I both went to the assembly and Jake got to go up on the stage to receive
his award along with a kids meal gift card to a fun local restaurant, Joe's Crab Shack. Guesss where we went to lunch today??
Jake is so proud of his accomplishments. and to add to the praise, his behavior has been stellar in class for 3 straight weeks.
Enjoy the pictures!

Jake's MATH award! 10-09

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A letter to Jake from Daddy...


Jacob

I was very proud of you today. Your Mom and I are very pleased that you are doing so well in Math. It’s extremely important that you continue to do well in school so that you grow up to be SMART and SUCCESSFUL.

I will always support you and wish you all the best in life. Just be kind to your friends, be nice to your sister and respectful to your parents and you will go far.

I love you very much.


Dad

Thursday, October 15, 2009

School Pictures 10-09

Jake: First Grade
Lexi: Kindergarten


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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

soccer collage

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Sunday, September 27, 2009

TUB TUNES!

Thank you Auntie Joanna for the great birthday gift!!



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Monday, September 21, 2009

and she's FIVE!

It seems like Lexi has been waiting to be 5 for
quite a while. The day has finally come!
Happy birthday to our little Princess!

birthday wishes...

We had dinner at BJ's the night before Lexi's birthday
Here she is with her Pazukki dessert!

below is a picture of Lexi and her new Nintendo DS
Jake was showing her how it's done:)

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School Birthday!



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Lunch at Red Robin with Lily!



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Birthday Party Photo Album

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Thursday, September 3, 2009

SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE! 9-09

Tonight was Open House for both kids.
Lexi has had some major break throughs this week
with school (little to no tears)
and trying extra hard at soccer practice! (some good kicks and running!)
Lexi got up and performed with her classmates tonight
and smiled the whole time.
after all the pictures are two videos.
there were so many people so someones head
was always in my way but you can still see how cute Lexi is.
almost ready to perform
so happy to be up there singing

Lexi and her new friend Jack

(his family is behind him)

He got up from their table and came over to us and asked Lexi if she wanted to "play" when they were done eating.I quickly grabbed my camera to capture the cuteness.

Jake sitting at his desk listening to his teacher talk about her class procedures. He was SOOOOOOOO bored but he sat nicely. We Love Jake's teacher.
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Okay, I TOTALLY LOVE Lexi's teacher
but why do they have to make this "age chart?"
check out the column for who is 4 years old.
could this be what all the tears have been about??
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Lexi made this on day #1
showing us some things in her room
today she was the "counter" and counted to 8 for the whole class.
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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Lexi Plays Soccer!! (sort of...)

Well...Lexi has been so excited for Soccer to begin!
She chose to be uniform #5 which matched
Jake and his friend Luke!
Today was the first game. Lexi was a little intimidated
by all the activity. She wanted to sit with me and not play
but the coach told her she had to get out there on the field
and just stand and watch. To my amazement, Lexi did just that (and only that)
the video is hysterical. If you talk to Lexi, please praise her for not giving up.
Hopfeully in time she will actually "play" the game.



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Hmmmmm....

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FIrst soccer game! Aug. 09


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can u find jake?

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First Day of School 8-09



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Sunday, August 23, 2009

TOOTHLESS WONDER! AUG 09

Jake lost both of his top teeth.
He looks pretty darn cute!


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Monday, August 10, 2009

and she swims!! Aug 09

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Saturday, August 8, 2009

HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY JAKE!!

Here are some pictures from Jake's birthday
and a collage from the party.
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Go Lexi...Go!!

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random summer pictures

Here are some fun summer pictures
Jake had to dress silly for "Wacky Wednesday" at soccer camp.
He wore his shirt inside out and had his hair painted green.
Much to our surprise, he won an award for "wackiest"
other pictures are mike and the kids being silly
along with Julianne and Scott who came to visit.





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Bay Area Fun! summer 2009

We had a blast in the Bay Area.
here are some fun pictures. If you dont want to view them as a slide show
you can click on any picture and see them all in an album....enjoy!




Sunday, July 26, 2009

THE BEACH HOUSE 7-09

We got to spend a few days at a beautiful Santa Barbara Beach House.
It was great to see Meemah, Peepah and Auntie Jules
at supercuts getting Jake a last minute haircut!
Shoreline Park, across the street from the beach house
Mike and Peepah
Meemah and Lexi
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downtown SB at Sephora with Lexi and Auntie Jules
The Zimmys
playing UNO
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Friday, July 24, 2009

UCSB FAMILY VACATION CENTER!

The kids and I spent a week at the Family Camp where I worked for many years.We had a wonderful time and I am so thankful my dad gave this trip to us. Enjoy some of the best pictures and a short slide show....



 

 
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cute stuff ahead...

At the end of the week, the kids performed a song with their
group. Lexi was shy as I expected her to be..but she still got up
there although she didn't want to.
Jake's show was cute and he was singing with the rest of the 1st graders.
and then I put together a video montage of the week.
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Meeting Baby Nate 7-09-09


After 3 months, I finally made it to Playa Del Rey
to visit Alissa and meet her precious baby Nate.
He is the sweetest and cutest baby!
we went out for lunch and yogurt and he was so mellow!
it made me want to have another one...sort of...well not really...
but I sure liked seeing him.
enjoy the pictures!
the bottom picture I didn't take
but I took it from Alissa's website to share;)



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