Costume Parades

Vincent dressed up as Spiderman for his preschool parade. All the kids and teachers were adorable.
Daniel's school had a costume parade the day after Vincent's, apparently they had a blast from the looks of this picture.

New Cousin

Travis joined our family as the ninth cousin and Dominic's little brother on September 30th. He smiles a lot!
Dominic is such a good big brother. So sweet. He's also doing his part to pitch in, getting potty trained this week. Go Megan!
Gavin and Dominic are best buddies. They have so much fun together. It is such a pleasure to watch the friendship grow.

Vincent is so sweet with babies.

My little baby is almost 3, striking a pose.

Daniel turns 6

Daniel was so excited for his 6th birthday. He made signs and hung them around the house announcing how many days left until his birthday.

He got a cape, so now he's really a knight in shining armor. This goes well with his new cowboy boots.




Gavin was pretty stocked on the Opitmus Prime that Daniel got for his birthday. He slept with it for several days.
Daniel took a lot of time and care decorating each cupcake. They were full of love...and sprinkles.
Everyone had fun with the new presents. A couple years ago, after the birthday boy would start getting really upset at gift opening time because he couldn't play with the toy, but instead move on to the next gift, we just started opening presents as family members walk through the door to celebrate. I really hope no one minds our lack of etiquette in this area. But it really is fun watching them open and then get excited to play with each gift before moving on to the next.

Fall Festival Fun

Fall festival at Daniel's school was lots of fun, especially with Dominic and Travis there.
Daniel was so excited to go to the pumkin patch and ride in his first school bus. He got to sit next to Kate, so cute....

until we found out that they sent the shorter bus so not all the kids could fit. He had to get off the bus and ride with a buddy in our truck. He was so, so sad. But we still had fun at the pumpkin patch and there is another field trip planned with a school bus involved.

Pumpkin Patch

Vincent's preschool class visited the pumpkin patch. He just loves his buddies. It was fun spending the day with him. During class picture time, he just couldn't keep his shirt down. His belly button showed up in most of the photos.


We got to go on a hay ride. At first, Vincent was nervous about it and he wanted me to hold him tight.

Fleet Week

We got to the Marina at noon to watch the Blue Angels at 3pm. The boys played on the rocks for four hours with a little Star Wars break somewhere in the middle. Our buddy Isaiah joined us. It was fun despite the fact that the airshow was just a little too far away to be of any interest to the boys. Throwing rocks is MUCH more fun.

Half Moon Bay