Happy Birthday Daddy!

We love our daddy, grandpa, husband, our Rocky!

Happy 52nd Birthday my love!

*Picture taken Sunday, December 5, 2010*

First Solid Food & Play Doe

Oloiso is almost 5 months so we thought we would try some solid foods. His first bite of rice cereal. He didn't have much but it's a start.

Olivia got some play doe from church so we thought we would play with it. It was a family event. It was fun to see every one's creative side and what they could come up with. The things we do to entertain ourselves.

Alia and her snail. Olivia and her snail.

Selena and her snail. Alia and her sea shell.

My pumpkin. Olivia's piggy.

Alia's piggy with a gangsta lean. Selena's flower.

Grama wondering why her snail looks so strange. Grama and her heart.

And the finale . . . grama's man. Hmmm, don't ask.

The funniest part was watching and listening to grama make her creations. She is so much fun to be around. You are almost guaranteed to laugh. That's why we love her.

*Pictures taken Sunday, August 22, 2010*

The Costumes

Victoria, Olivia, Sora & AliaOlivia as a witch. She was getting into character.
Sora as a vampire.
Victoria & Alia as hobos.

Carving Pumpkins

Before. The start of our messy but fun escapade.

This was a really cool dremol tool Summer brought for the carving fest but it was terribly messy.
Yeah, I just got finished painting the walls behind me white and yes, some of the pumpkin skin ended up on the walls. This tool flung pumpkin everywhere. Next time we'll have to put some covering on the table or use this tool outside.

The end results were definitely worth the mess.

After.

Haunted House

We had a wonderful weekend and tons of fun with some friends making a haunted house, carving pumpkins & just hanging out. This is Sora with Shasta (Summer's daughter).

This is Olivia with her best bud Hayden (Summer's son)

They all worked so well together. They decided on their own that the pairs would be Olivia & Hayden, Sora & Shasta. They decided that Olivia & Hayden would put the house together & decorate the walkway. Sora & Shasta would get to decorate the house. I just love it when they make their own decisions with no fighting or arguing and everyone is happy about the outcome.
It was quite messy.
Nearing completion.

They demolished it and started eating it before I could take a picture of the final product.

So the haunted house had this black icing which we ended up putting on our lips. Hayden had the orange icing on his since he was the only boy. It didn' go on so easy and was pretty disgusting once it dried.

Growing Up

So Alia is already 15 1/2 and going to her first Homecoming Dance. She went with a good friend of hers that she has known since elementary, Neko. Grama Pat took her dress shopping and well it's hard swallowing the fact that they grow so fast. Here are some pictures of her.