PJ Nite

Snow Balls!

I started to miss blogging with the past couple months without a computer. Then one of my boys said, "Can't you blog at the library?" So, here we are, one boy on each side of me checking out www.jellytelly.com.... first post in a while..

With all the blessings of local rain, we actually had an evening where there was a 100% chance of rain. This week we had a previously planned trip to Mammoth that was cancelled, and instead we hoped to bring the kids up to play with snow one day. This was our opportunity:

We drove just a bit under an hour away and were so excited to see the snow on the mountains, in the distance, then all around us, and on the trees: [excuse the rotation, i'll come back and fix that!]. The kids said the snow ball fight was their favorite part of the trip:

We came home and snuggled up in a warm room to read and hang out:

Mama teaches Baby too swim!

A new baby hippo was born at the zoo weeks ago, and Pete has been desiring to visit. We spent a Sunday afternoon there, and most of our time was spent "oohing" and "ah-ing" at the Hippo pond. Here the mother is guiding the baby into the water. The mama looks SO big with the baby hippo next to her.
The mama was teaching the baby while we were there. Guiding the baby as it was in the water, then lifting the baby up to get air. It was fascinating.

The boys were "boys" and were tree climbing right after and being silly. Here is our younger son' "EEEE" pose:

And now you can tell they are on a tree:

If you are in the area, maybe try to stop by :-) Happy Hippo Day!

The Cat Walk

 What a blessing to have a picture of the three sisters together. We were hiking the zoo with our 3 boys and the main animal attraction on this trip was the Big Cat family - mountain lion, cheetah, jaguar, leopard, et al. Josh enjoyed seeing the differences between the cats. My favorite sight that day was seeing the panda bears. The have such personality! It was one of the bear's birthdays, and he had tons of bamboo to feast on.

Crazy Hair

It was a crazy hair day in our parts

Saying goodbye to another tooth

Trail Hike

christmas morn 2010

Wow! Aidon and Josh crawled into our bed at 4AM on Christmas morning. Josh fell right back to sleep and Aidon actually stayed up and waited for us all to come out to family room to start our morning!

Loyal father, Pete, got up too and they looked through their stockings that were filled with stuffers from the Suggett clan, while waiting for Josh to wake up...

I can't even remember what time Josh woke up, but I think it was 2-3 hours later, 6AM or 7AM:

Singing Happy Birthday

What better gift than the promise to spend eternity with God in Heaven?

God, the Son, came down from heaven. He entered as a baby, was crucified as an adult, and rose again, proving He was "I AM." He lived a life span, infant to adulthood, and in his sacrifice, He covered our lifetime of sin. So, with God's forgiveness through Jesus Christ; God cleanses us and makes us white as snow as we accept Him as our Savior.

We continued our tradition of enjoying a birthday cake for Jesus on the 25th and singing Happy Birthday: This time, we made sure it was an ice cream cake - the traditional family bday cake.
Happy Birthday to you, Jesus!
Thank you Jesus.

Christmas Eve 2010

We were blessed to continue our Christmas Eve tradition of gathering together at the Concepcion's house. Although Bob & Minda were in our thoughts and prayers, they were enjoying the holiday in the Philippines [only the 4th time they've celebrated Christmas there over the past 50 years]. Marnie and Jason hosted this evening with lots of support from Robin. Missy is faithful to make sure we have yummy desserts!
The Christmas tree was beautifully decorated by Lolo, Lola, Marnie, Jason, Oma, Missy, & Nico in early December The kids' enjoyed playing, eating, and of course being glued to the television before dinner:

A few days before Christmas we planned a family fireside dinner indoors - on a blanket, near the Christmas tree, with a fire, and s'mores for dessert! The boys got really into it, and made a construction paper fire to sit around during dinner:

Josh moves in close just as I snapped this photo! They are both finished with the spaghetti dinner and ready to roast marshmallows:

Enjoying our first round of indoor s'mores:

Thanksgiving Tradition 2010

Lolo Bob led us in prayer around our Thanksgiving feast. It is an honor to have the tradition of celebrating this holiday with the same group of families since the early 1980s:

Concepcion Clan:
For the four of us, its a blessing that it is a late dinner, since Pete typically works on this day every year :-)