Getting the Chops Checked!

A Year in Review

Here is a small handful of what these little girlies have been up to this past year. Oh how they grow and what fun we have!!

Christmas Time

Millie loves when her Paqua reads to her...don't ask me where the name came from but thats what these girls call him!


FOUR Generation photo...wait wheres Dave? Well if he wasn't taking the photo there would have been four generations standing there!

There's four generations!!

Christmas time with the Petris family!

Our Little Ballarina

Tailor had her first performance as a ballarina. She danced at the Dickens Festival to White Christmas and yes I'm biased to say she was adorable!

Happy Birthday Dave!

For his 31st Birthday we went to Las Vegas for and overnighter. We went Bowling and while Grandma and Grandpa babysat Dave and I went out to dinner! We brought little Tay back her favorite dessert of all time... I Declair... she was in heaven.

The Headless Horseman!!

While we were out going Trick or Treating the Headless Horseman rode past us and scared the holy heck out of us all!!! It's a neighbor in our area that rides around all night having fun creeping out the kids!

Grammy and 'Paqua' came up for Halloween this year and we had so much fun carving pumpkins and playing all weekend!

What a Treat for ME!!

We went to Disney Studios to have lunch with Aunt Becky and because of her job as archives director she has a 72" plasma in her office. When I told her I missed Captain EO at Disneyland she pulled out the real puppet used to film Captain EO and then the original 3D Film! The girls needed something more on their level so to apease them she pulled out Giesele's crown from Enchanted and let them try it on.

Meet Me At The Pumpkin Patch!

We went this year to the Cal Poly pumkin patch in So Cal. There were too many to choose from and Tailor made us walk for 45min before she could pick out the right one!

It's GAME TIME!

Tailor and Nana "Cougar" are discussing game strategies. She loves to ask Grandma questions about the players, and Grandma loves to answer them!

I really don't know who looks forward to Cougar season more! Tailor or ME! We love to go to the games and hang out with everyone. Even though the cougs did not step it up this game we have a tradition of staying til the last minute and cheering them on. They better win next time dang it! I don't drive four hours for a loss!

First Day of Pre-School

It just goes so fast! Dave and I took Tailor to her first day of pre-school. Dropping her off was easy, but picking her up and seeing her walk out with all the other kids, looking so grown up was nuts! I will forever have a child in school now!

Girls TRIP!!

For Jordi's birthday, and as a thank you for helping me with my kids all summer, we suprised her and flew to Nauvoo, IL for the weekend! It was amazing and these are just a few of the many pictures that I have yet to post. We spent three days just in Nauvoo and Carthage, spent a day driving through Quincy, Warsaw, Hannibal, and getting lost, a day in Springfield (home of Abraham Lincoln), and then got stuck in Chicago for a day while trying to get home. Can you say adventure? I tell you what the great thing about flying free are the going to places you never would otherwise, but if you aren't willing to be spontanious...buy a ticket! My advice to anyone planning a vacation... plan it to NAUVOO!! If you are thinking... hmmm hawaii or Nauvoo... Nauvoo people! Every LDS person had to go at least once in their life. It gives you such a deep apreciation for Joseph Smith and what the saints went through to bring the gospel about. Words can't explain how life changing our trip was. I can't wait to take Tailor and Dave back!