Busted

The laundry basket was full when I left the room. I say Brenna was making a mess, Christina counters that she was helping her sort the colors.


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Now playing: Coldplay - Trouble
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Thanksgiving 2010

Every year as a family, we try to alternate Christmas and Thanksgiving between Shafter and Sonora. Thanksgiving this year was spent in Sonora.

We ate at the Cummings house, who also had a couple other families over for the feast. The guy in the green sweatshirt came all the way from Japan. He was James' host parent when he lived in Japan.

Connor enjoyed spending time with his cousin Trent. They spent some of their weekend watching Thomas the Train...

...while Brenna enjoyed eating all the mash potatoes she could handle.

We also celebrated Trent's second birthday. Aunt Christina made him a special Thomas cake.

And finally the boys helped Grammy and Papa put up their Christmas tree. A few ornaments were broken and only the bottom half of the tree got decorated but they sure had fun helping.

Overall, it was a great weekend, except for the flu and cold that Christina and I caught. We are better now and are ready for the next big holiday.


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Now playing: Caedmon's Call - Thankful
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Family Picture 2010

Brenna's First Snow

This morning we woke up to a dusting of snow, enough to play in. I am not sure how it went from 70 last week to snowing today but we all are enjoying it.

Brenna only stayed a few minutes outside, but it was long enough to memorialize the moment on film.

Dillon and Connor played for an hour in the snow. Connor was hesitant at first but loved when I got hit by one of Dillon's snowballs. Grandmas, no need to worry. Connor was wearing gloves most of the time but took them off right before I took this picture and we all went inside moments later.

Afterward, the boys had to cuddle under their blankets while Mom made them hot chocolate.

And here are the first snows for Connor and Dillon.


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Chart Toppers

On Monday Brenna and Connor had their 9 month and 2 year old appointments. Of course, if you do the math, each appointment was over a month past due.

Brenna weighed 23 pounds and 3 ounces (90th percentile) and measured 31 inches long (off the charts).

Connor weighed 31 pounds (75th percentile) and measured 36 and 1/2 inches (90th percentile).


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Comic Con (and Dil) 2010

Last week Grandma Sharon and Papa visited and Grandma Sharon took advantage of the after Halloween costume sales. Dillon loved running around the house in his hero outfits and would do so all day if we let him. Connor, on the other hand, only wore his for a few minutes.

These two Supermans (Supermen?) are ready for flight. Their Kryptonite? Nap time.

Spiderman showed off his spidey skills by climbing up the door jam.

Brenna was amazed at her brothers super human talents.

For previous super hero adventures look here for Batman and here for Iron Man.


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Showtime

Last week I attended the Lakers-Kings game with a few coworkers. Our local Rec Department was able to score nice tickets at a very good price. I forgot my camera but thankfully my coworker Ree was smart enough to bring hers to capture the night on film.

I could barely hold my excitement. Of course I was going to wear Lakers gear to the game and to my surprise, about half of the crowd in Sacramento decided to join me in donning a Laker jersey.

We got to the game early, which allowed us to watch the Lakers warm up. But my time observing Derek Fisher and Pau Gasol stretch was cut short because our group was picked to be a part of the "high five line" during introductions. This meant that we would be on the court when the Kings came out to warm up.

The downside of being picked was we all had to wear a Kings shirt. I was constantly harassing the Kings employee who was in charge of the high five line and joking I was going to trip Tyreke Evans as he ran through our line. (All you non-Laker fans get a good long hard look at me wearing this shirt because the picture will self-destruct once you leave this blog.)

Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson's seat was by where we were standing so Ree got her picture snapped with him.

I tried my best to behave while on the court but I made sure to hide the Kings logo any time a picture was snapped.

Eventually the Purple and Gold bled through (along with that goofy look on my face) for a picture. And yes, that is my old school Eddie Jones rookie jersey. Take a walk down memory lane with these Eddie Jones dunks and this finger roll.

Finally, I couldn't leave the court without photo evidence that the shooter's toe was on the line. The game itself was great as the Lakers won 112-100 and Kobe notched is 17th career triple double.