Playing with paper.....again

The anticipation......

2011-07-11T18:25:00.000-07:00

Here are some pretty cute pictures of us waiting in the waiting room before the ultrasounds. Everybody was excited and wondering if Rick and Ali would be having a boy or a girl. Aunt Amy taking advantage of all loving....as she should....lucky girl. the room was kinda nice, it had the Disney movie Cars playing to entertain the kids while we waited.
Now Trevor getting some of that love.

I'm so glad we got pictures of Haylee smiling before, because she was NOT too happy with the outcome. She really, really wanted a little sister.....BUT alas, it is not meant to be Haylee. Yep, Rick and Ali are having themselves another little boy. Poor Haylee just kept shedding tears the rest of the night. I know she will love and adore this new little guy when he is born, just like we all will.

And Heather's little guy was just so darn cute. It was a 3D unltrasound, so you could really see details, and it was amazing. I thought it was funny that Erick sucks his bottom lip, and that's just what Brayden was doing in his mommy's tummy. It was sooooo cute. And this little guy, has some chubby cheeks. I love babies with chubby cheeks. It just makes me want to get my hands on him even more than ever. He really was pretty cute.

Pretty flowers....

2011-07-09T07:53:00.000-07:00

I love having fresh flowers in my house. I wish I could afford to have a beautiful fresh bouquet delivered every week, but alas....that is not going to happen. So, instead I have surgery, and then my wonderful sweet friends bring me beautiful flowers instead....I even got two homemade cards.....LOVE it. If you know me at all, you know I love handmade things. Thank you so much to all my friends and family for the love and help they have given while I am recovering. I have to say, I'm going a little stir crazy being couped up in the house. Gary and I did go out on Thursday and grabbed some lunch, and because I was dressed and feeling good, I did waaaay to much, and then suffered for it later that night.....back in jammies I went....ugh!!!! Today will be a fun day though, because we are going to an ultrasound place to find out if Rick and Ali are having a boy or a girl, and Heather is going to get a 3-D ultrasound of Brayden. Exciting and fun day ahead.....thank goodness.

I will post later all the details of the ultrasounds....I'm hoping it's a girl for Rick and Ali, but they feel like it's a boy....we'll see here soon.

Surgery day....

2011-06-30T13:00:00.000-07:00

I figured since I am having my surgery today, that I would post the cute pictures of Erick when he had his surgery last month.

How cute is he here with his hospital bracelet?
Gary and I put together a post surgery basket for him with toys and tasty treats for when he was recovering. I think it helped....hahahaha

He looks a little tired. Can you see how this little boy just would melt a grandma's heart? Just out of surgery and still smiles for the camera. And looks cute I might add!!!!

Heading home and happy about it. Everything went well. Thank goodness.

Giving dad some loving here.

A happy little boy headed home with his goodies.

I hope I am as happy and look as good as Erick does when I come home from my surgery today....hahahaha

I won't be such a good sport and let anyone take a picture of me though. hahahaha But then again, I'm no where near as cute as Erick is!!!!

Enough said!!!

Trampoline fun at Grandma's house

2011-06-29T11:46:00.000-07:00

A few weeks back Nicole threw Jeff a dessert party at her parents house for his graduation from Cal State Fullerton. While we were there the grandkids had so much fun on their trampoline in their backyard.....theirs is built into the ground.

When it was time for them to leave, needless to say, they didn't want to go home.....especially Erick. So, as I was walking with him back into the house holding his hand, he says this to me, "Grandma. I really need you to get a trampoline for your house." I replied back with, "don't you want one for your house instead?" He quickly says, "No, I need it for your house." Now, first of all you have to know the sweet little voice in which he is speaking to me.....or should I say to my heart.....I melted.....and yes, I lovinly caved in to his request.

So, you can see that we now have yet another trampoline in our backyard....this time with walls. Our kids went through 3 trampolines while they were growing up. I loved them when I was a kid too.

I have for your viewing pleasure pictures of them having fun on the new trampoline in Grandma's backyard. I must add that Heather and Trevor lovingly pitched in for this purchase as well. They wanted the grandkids to be as happy as me and Gary. Thanks Heather and Trevor!!!!
Lucy joining in on the fun.

She loves it. I've put her on it without the other kids, and she doesn't like it as much. It's pretty cute to watch her try to bounce.

Girl cousin bonding time.

I think he's happy. What do you think?

Zach playing with the doggies.

I'm sure there will be many fun memories made on this trampoline. Let's just hope none of them are injuries.

Smiles and Frustrations.....

2011-06-27T10:59:00.000-07:00

Today I have a few pictures to show some of the smiles and frustrations we experience here at the Thompson household.

First picture brings me a smile.

Last night Jeff, Nicole and Lucy came over to visit. This morning I woke up to find this cute little toy that Lucy had been playing with in the pantry. I just giggled and grabbed the camera. I have often found cars in the mixing bowls in the cupboards after Erick and Zach have been here too. It just warms this Grandma's heart to see these little treasures left behind.Now this picture, did NOT bring me a smile!!!

This is the book Heather was reading yesterday.

Lovely isn't it?

Now, I asked myself this morning, "What on earth would make a dog want to chew up a book when their bone is right there?" I guess we will never know what makes a puppy do the things they do. It makes me think of my friend Tracy's blog where her dog ate his leash. I guess there could be worse things huh?

Well that's it from here for today.

Have a wonderful day until next time.

In n Out Picnic Time

2011-06-25T10:30:00.000-07:00

We are lucky enough to have 4 of our 5 children work at the In n Out offices. I must say that In n Out knows how to treat their associates. Every year around this time, they have a picnic. All of the In n Out trailers are there. If you love In n Out burgers.....they are even better from the trailers....if that's even possible. It's all the food you can eat.....which can be a bad thing too....hahahaha They have burgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob, fruit, cookies, browinies, ice cream, drinks, popcorn, and I know I'm forgetting some of the good food there. The kids get to take a guest with them, and this year Gary and I got to be 2 of the guests. It's at Wild Rivers and it was such a hot day, it was nice to cool off in the water after we ate.

Here is the adorable little Lucy with her drink.

She had a BLAST.....

Lucy having fun being thrown in the air.

A group photo.

Our In n Out Associates!!!!

Gary and Jeff being silly.

In the stroller and on our way to the water park.....

She was so cute. When she would get wet, she would clap and say yay!

I love that little bum.....

Making friends.

She has SOOOO much fun on the slides. She just wanted to keep going back and back. If she had to wait for another kid to go down, she got frustrated. She LOVED it!!!!

Then Jeff, Nicole, Amy and Lucy went in the little area where you circle around the area in some water with intertubes.

Bundled up and ready to go home.

We sure did have a good time.

Thanks In n Out for being such a great company.

We are so proud of Jeff....

2011-05-23T19:00:00.000-07:00

Saturday, May 21, 2011 was a very happy day for our family.

Jeffrey Eugene Thompson finally acheived his goal, and graduated from Cal State Fullerton College. We are so proud of him, and all the hard work it took to get here. Him and Nicole made many sacrifices in their early years of marriage for this day to come true. I know they both feel that it was all worth it.

Here he is all smiles walking to his seat as the ceremony begins. He sure looks happy. I, was bawling like a baby as I was taking these pictures. They were happy tears, but it sure messed up my make up for the day....; )

After the ceremony is over.....waving to us with much relief.

Time for hugs.

Here he is with his very proud wife Nicole.

The proud parents.

Proud big sister Heather.

Proud little brother Trevor.

And a motivated little sister Amy, to go on and finsih her education and be our next college graduate.

The proud in laws.

And his wife, and brother in law Michael.

I couldn't help but think during the ceremony where all these people were going to find jobs? Luckily Jeff already has a good job, and another possible prospect ahead.

Good luck to all those graduates.

Good luck to you, Jeff, in your future.

We are so very proud of you and all the hard work and dedication it took for you to get to this point. I've always known as a little boy, that you were going to do something good with your life.

Go Titans. Go Class of 2011. Go Jeff Thompson!!!!!!!!!!!

My Cubbies fans

2011-05-02T17:43:00.000-07:00

How cute are these guys? They are going to the Dodgers vs Cubs game tonight at the Dodger's Stadium and Amy went and bought them all T-shirts. How cute is she?

And yes, if you were wondering, she bought one for Gary.....he's just a rebel and refused to wear his.....you know the saying...Every party has a pooper, that's why we invited you.....well that applies to him. Go Cubbies!!!!!

Guess who's already 1????

2011-04-10T18:10:00.000-07:00

Can you believe that a year ago, this sweet, adorable little girl blessed our lives with her presence. The year hasn't been the same. She has become the happiest, most loving little girl. We are so happy to have her in our lives, and can't wait to see what the rest of her fun life brings.

Love you Lucy.

Check back for more fun pictures from her amazing party her mother threw for her.

A day at Disneyland

2011-04-05T09:17:00.000-07:00

We had 3 of the grandkids all last week while Rick and Ali went to Cabo for some relaxation. We decided it would be fun to take the kids to Disneyland one day so they could have some fun and relaxation....hahahaha

What a fun day we had. We also brought Lucy with us.

The girls posing. This is my favorite picture of the day. We were just finishing up lunch at the Mexican restaurant at Disneyland, and the kids posed for this adorable picture.

Haylee took a special book to get autographs from the characters. We were pleasantly surprised to find Ariel just standing there waiting for Haylee. Haylee was in heaven and I must say a little "star struck". It was cute.

The girls posing for a picture together.

Erick jumped on this car and wanted his picture taken.

At one point, Haylee and Grandma snuck away to ToonTown to get some characters autographs for her book. We waited in line for Minnie Mouse, and then Minnie had to go "potty" and left for a few minutes....we saw Goofy come out and left the line and went and got his autograph instead. Haylee was happy.

Then we went to Mickey's House to find Mickey. Isn't Haylee so cute sitting in one of Mickey's chairs in his house?

Finally, we got to Mickey and got a signature and a picture.

Then we went over to California Adventure and got an ice cream. Lucy was asleep and Zach was too little to ride Soarin over California, so Grandma stayed and hung out with them. Here is Zach enjoying the yummy ice cream cone with Grandma.

Now we're off to some other fun adventures together.

Grandma Barbara worked at Disneyland for 25 years and has been retired for 15 years. She was kind enough to go with us and sign the kids in. So, she went on some fun rides she had never been on before, like Monsters Inc.

This is what Lucy thought...hahahaha

Then we went over to A Bug's World and rode on some fun rides. Those girls sure do love their Aunt Heather.

Grandma and Lucy on Heimlich's caterpillar train ride.

I really wanted to take Zach on Autopia, so we headed back for Disneyland.

Here he is driving the car. He sure did make me giggle on this ride.

We had a great day. It truly is a magical place for little kids.

Thanks Grandma Barbara for making that day possible for us.

We loved every moment of it.

Hayden's baseball game....

2011-03-07T17:00:00.000-08:00

Hayden has grown up soooo fast. These pictures just prove it. He has become such a good looking and well behaved young man. I sure do love this guy. He warms my heart.

Here he is warming up in outfield. Doesn't he look cute in his uniform?

My camera was acting up and I didn't get a very good picture of him up to bat, but here he is looking cute on 1st base talking with his coach.

The other team took a time out so he's resting on 1st base.

How cute is he here???? He's on second base getting ready to run to 3rd base.

Game is over, they won!!!! woo hoo.... The team had their little team meeting afterwards and here Hayden's coach is awarding him with the team ball for playing such a good game.

Way to go Hayden!!!! We are so proud of you!!!!

Here he is with his team and his team ball in his hand.

A picture of Hayden with his proud dad.

We love you Hayden and wish we didn't live so far away so we could see more of your games.

Go Phillies!!!!

Erick's baseball game....

2011-03-06T20:20:00.000-08:00

I cannot believe that Erick is old enough to play baseball already. Saturday was a super fun day for us. We went and watched Erick play his second baseball game, then off to watch Hayden play his baseball game....and then we went to Haylee's baptism. It was a full day, but a great day.

Look how cute Erick is in that baseball hat of his. Adorable. Here he is hitting the ball. Way to go Erick!
Running to second base.

He was fun to watch being shortstop.

I love that kiddo.

Another time up to bat, and a different view.

Off and running to first base.

Game's over and they have their team chant.

After the game posing with his proud daddy.

I have to say that watching T-ball is the best. I only remember one little boy using the T, but they have no idea what they are doing out there. At one time, they had 2 little boys on 2nd base....love that. Another time a little boy was being told to run home, and instead of running to home plate, he ran into the dugout. Too cute. I wish it could always be so innocent and stressless.

Tomorrow I will have pictures of Hayden's game.

How cute is this picture?

2011-01-29T18:02:00.000-08:00

I just had to put this adorable picture on the blog.

This is little Lucy getting a story read to her by her great grandma Suppenbach. So stinkin cute. Lucy just loves books. Let's hope it stays that way.

Introducing Daisy...the newest Thompson

2011-01-15T08:56:00.000-08:00

So before Christmas, Heather was at the pet store buying dog food for Dallas, and saw this cute little girl. She really wanted to get her then, but we said no more dogs.

Well, the other night she went to the same pet store for more food for Dallas, and she was still there. Turns out Gary and I were eating dinner at Island's just down the street. She came and met us and we drove over to the pet store, and we just knew she would make a great playmate for Dallas, so she came home with us.

Isn't she cute? Heather named her Daisy. Here she is smiling for the camera. Happy and content in her new home.
Dallas was thrilled to have a "sister" to play with all day. They get along great which is really nice.

Tomorrow the family is all coming over to meet the newest family member. She fits very well so far, and we just love her to death.

I just had to share these

2010-12-30T16:00:00.000-08:00

If you're reading this blog, it's because you most likely know me. So, you know how much little Erick just melts my heart.

He came up to me on Christmas day, with these pictures behind his back and said he had a surprise for me so close my eyes. These are what he had for me.

Those will stay on my refrigerator until the kid gets married and then probably still then.

I LOVE THEM!!!! How cute are they? How cute is the way he spelled I love you?
I love how he has a big smile on his face too.

I know these probably don't bring tears to your eyes like they do me, but I just had to be a proud grandma and share my little treasures.

The beginning of Christmas festivities....

2010-12-28T14:00:00.000-08:00

We started the Christmas celebrations on Sunday, December 19th at my mom's house for Navajo Taco's......yumm-o!! It was fun to be together and enjoy each other's company again.

How cute is the little LuBear in this picture?
We had all agreed that there would be no gift exchanging this year....well....my mother doesn't listen.
Look at all the beautiful quilts she let us pick from. They are all just gorgeous. She brought a big pile of quilts that she has made over the years, and were just sitting in her closet. She told us to each pick one from the oldest to the youngest.....I guess being the oldest has it's perks on days like this.
Gary is holding the quilt I picked out. I LOVE it. I told my mom that even though when she made this quilt it wasn't for me originally.....I feel as if she made if especially for me. It is sooooo me.

My sister Lora made a beeline for this quilt.

Ali went straight for this quilt, since Rick was next and he told her to pick....Amy had her eye on this one though....again it pays to be the oldest sometimes....lol

Heather went for the quilt that looked the warmest.....she definetly got the thickest, warmest quilt. I have cuddled down in it and it is wonderful. Good choice Heather.

Nicole was soooo happy that this quilt was still waiting to be claimed. She had her eyes on this one from the beginning. If you could see it all you would see the cute fabric that was used. It reminded Nicole of a 50's tablecloth, and I could totally see it. So they were happy with their quilt too.

Trevor was next and by that time all the big quilts were gone....sorry Trevor. He got a really nice, and very warm, smaller quilt. It has Christmasey fabric so we had it on the couch during Christmas and cuddled into it too.

My mom realized that all the big quilts were gone, and she went into her closet and found more bigger quilts. Trevor got a choice to switch, but decided to stick with the one he had. Amy then picked out this quilt, but still really wanted the quilt that Ali had already nabbed..... so, being the wonderful sister-in-law that she is....she let Amy have the quilt she picked and took the one Amy is holding up. Ahhhhh, such love!!!!

Even, the great grandkids got to pick a quilt out. This is the cute little butterfuly quilt Haylee picked. She put it to good use immediately.

So did Erick with his quilt.

Little Zach checking out his quilt.

I didn't get pictures of it, but she even made quilts for her 3 granddogs.

It really was a nice night. The food was delicious, the company was AMAZING, and the love was felt in the room that night.

Little Lucy now in her jammies trying to pull herself up.

It was a great start to what turned out to be one of my top 3 favorite Christmases of all time.

I will share the rest of our celebrations on another post.

Have a great day.

Tis the season to be baking....

2010-12-14T17:04:00.000-08:00

So Sunday night Amy was over and decided she wanted to make those cute little peanut butter cookies with kisses on top. She said she had a really good recipe from her friend Casey.....So, we let her bake!!!! Isn't she just the cutest little baker? I think so. Heather made the comment that this doesn't happen very often (Amy baking) so we needed to get a picture of it. So, out came the camera and onto the blog it goes!!!!
And can I just say the cookies were delicious!!!!
Way to go Amy!!!

Erick's reptile party

2010-11-30T16:02:00.000-08:00

Wow! Can you believe it, Erick's 5 years old already? Where has time gone? He had quite the birthday party too. He invited his kindergarten class and friends from church and most of them showed up. It was a FULL house, but tons of fun. It was definetely a memory that he will not soon forget.

They had a couple come with tons of Reptiles and a nasty surprise I will show you later....ugh...come and share with all the kids and their parents. There was face painting as you can see here on Erick's adorable face. And Haylee's....
And Ali made this adorable snake cake.

He started out with some Iguanas. They were huge.

The kids got to be hands on with all the reptiles and they loved it.

Here's a close up....Better be careful kids, he looks like he would eat a small child....hahaha

Then out came the snakes....(Grandma hates snakes....that is one of my fears)

Then he brought out bigger snakes....( I hate snakes)

You'll notice Erick kinda feels the same way Grandma does, he isn't sitting on his chair anymore....that's my boy Erick.

Hayden didn't seem to have a problem holding it though. He's tougher than me and Erick I guess.

Then what happens????? The guys brings out an even bigger snake. He asks Erick who he would like to help him hold it. Erick scans the room looking around.....zones in on Grandma's fearful face.....and PICKS ME!!!! Are you crazy Erick??? Did I not share with you my fear of snakes???? Now, I can't show that fear to him at his reptile party. I want him to have fun and touch them, I just don't want to touch them. So Grandma sucks it up, and out of the much LOVE that I have for Erick, I help him hold the snake. I was a little apprehensive at first.....

but I knew if I didn't hold it, Erick wouldn't either so we faced our fear together. That was complete and total LOVE for that boy. He owes me BIG TIME now.

More creepy crawly things. Hayden is loving it.

Then out comes a 120 lb. tortoise. It was pretty big.

The kids all couldn't wait to get their hands on it.

Then he brought out another one that was the size this one was when it was a baby. What a huge difference.

Now on to the surprise. Since when do Madagascar Cockroachs count as Reptiles????? Now, I don't care how much I love Erick, I wasn't going to hold one of those things.....NO WAY!!! In fact, I made the comment that if one of those got loose, I was gonna have to step on it.

Luckily Erick didn't have a problem holding it all by himself. Whewww!!!

Then a turantula....I have no idea how to spell that...sorry. He wouldn't let the kids hold the spider. The just got to peek from a distance with this one.

Then a gecko. He was NOT happy. The kids touched his feet to see how the feet are so clingy.

This is Erick with his friend Vinnie from school.

More lizards.

Then this ugly thing. I don't even remember what it was. I think some sort of lizard.

I love how Erick's hand is cautiously on the guys shoulder, like he's ready to take off running if that thing gets loose.

Then out comes the Grand Finale. This great big huge 150 lb. Python....

I love the happy face on Erick. He really was having a good time.

Now Rick gets to hold it. Have fun Rick!!!

Family picture time with the snake. Haylee wasn't having any part of it. When we told her to go get her picture taken with the snake, she said NO WAY!! When we told her she didn't have to touch it, just sit there she was fine.

Gary wouldn't get in this photo. That thing was heavy too.

Okay, on to the fun stuff.....The cupcakes. Zachary has the right idea.

Then present opening time. He got lots of fun toys from his friends.

Getting loving from dad.

It was an eventful party that's for sure. I'm glad I didn't have to clean up after that one. But what a memory!!!!!

Happy Birthday Erick!!!

We love you!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2010-11-25T10:41:00.000-08:00

Have a wonderful day everyone!!

A fun Halloween night

2010-11-02T09:16:00.000-07:00

I think this is the first time in 30 years we weren't home on Halloween to pass out candy. We decided to go to Wildomar and trick or treat and have fun with the grandbabies. I mean isn't Halloween for kids anyway??? I guess big kids like to participate too.

Anyway, do you see why I am willing to drive an hour to spend time with these guys? Look at all the loving I got when I got there. I love these kiddos. 3 of my favorite boys that's for darn sure.

I brought some games for Halloween that I thought the kids might enjoy playing. Haylee didn't want anything to do with any of it, but the boys had fun.
I put some candy corn in a bowl, gave the kids a plastic spoon, and a bucket. They put their bucket at the other end of the room, and they had to get some candy corns in their spoon and run across the room with the candy corn in their spoon and dump it in their bucket. The first one to fill up their bucket won.

Here they are filling up their spoons, with little Zach watching closely.

Running to fill up their buckets across the room.
It ended up being a tie....very convenient don't you think? wink wink.
When they were done, Zach took one of the spoons and started filling up "his" bucket....his mouth. hahahaha
The other game we played was wet and a lot harder to play. We filled up a container with water and I had some plastic pumpkins. I blindfolded them and gave them a slotted spoon and put them in front of the pumpkins and they had one minute to see how many pumpkins they could get out. They thought this was going to be sooooo easy, until I put the blindfold on and they couldn't see anymore. We had some good laughs.
This is Hayden giving it a go.

I think he got two out total.

Erick giving it a try.

He found one. You'll notice his other hand is all wet....he was cheating by using it and feeling around for the pumpkins...had to give him credit for thinking of that....silly kid.

Then Zach took a turn without the blindfold. He had more luck....wonder why? But, he just had fun playing in the water. We had to totally change everything on him when he was done. He was dripping wet.

Trevor and Amy started carving the pumpkin later. I love Trevor's ewwy gooey hand.

Haylee came in to help.

So did Hayden.

And then Erick.

The completed pumpkin. Good job Trevor!!!

Then we got ready for trick or treating. Haylee was a witch again. She did her own make up, don't you love those cheeks? So beautiful!

This was Amy and Hayden. Zach did NOT like these masks. Hayden tried to hold him and he just turned away saying Uh uh. He wanted no part of it. Can't say I blame him.

Zach in his cute little dalmation again.

Even Dallas dressed up. I think it lasted a whole 5 minutes. He was not too thrilled to be a "HOT" dog!!!!

I had to take a picture of the street we were trick or treating on. Yep, Elm St. Luckily we had no nightmares....on Elm St.

Erick and his friend Nathan coming back from a house trick or treating. They were so funny because they would run back yelling, "We said thank you".

Little Zach and his little friend Ryan got to travel in style in the wagon with Daddy pulling them. It was so cute because Ryan would feed Zach candy as they were going.

Look at all that candy!!!!

We were sitting in the family room talking and I heard something behind us and looked and found Zach swimming in Dallas' water. He had dumped the water bowl on the floor and was literally trying to swim in it on the floor.....again...we had to change him because he was dripping wet. It was pretty funny.

We had such a good night. I just love being with the grandkids. I wish Jeff, Nicole and our little Duck could have joined us, then it would have been the perfect evening. Maybe next year.

So now we are on to November. Crazy huh?

I do still have some cute pictures to post of when we went to a pumpkin patch. Soon!

Trick or treating at the Happiest Place on Earth...

2010-10-30T09:36:00.000-07:00

Trevor heard from a friend at work how much fun Disneyland's Trick or Treating night was, so we decided to go and see for ourselves. Oh my goodness....it was soooo much fun and so worth the money. A picture of the kiddos before we went in. Don't they look excited? This is why Zach isn't in the picture....he was resting up for the festivities.
He was the cutest little dalmation puppy.

Haylee was an adorable little witch.

And little Lucy was a duck, but this isn't her costume.

We took some fun family pictures.....this one is of the girls.

And one of the guys.

Me and Gary

Trevor and Amy

Haylee, Mason and Hayden

Nicole, Lucy and Jeff

Amy, Lucy and Heather

Ali and Rick

and Erick gettin some loving from Amy and Heather

I love this shot of Hayden, Mason and Haylee. We were right in front of Pirates of the Caribean and they had the fog on the water with blue lighting. Such a perfect backdrop for the picture.

They had lots of trick or treating spots, and did we load up on the candy.....oh my goodness. Our little witch, Haylee, getting some treats...

Mason getting in on the candy action.

Even the adults were trick or treating. Heck, I think Rick got more candy for his kiddos than anyone else. It was soooo much fun watching him.

Amy holding Erick getting some candy. Gary cracked me up, he would say to them....chocolate only please. He didn't want to be bothered with those apples, and carrots or even skittles. Too funny.

Heather with two very sleepy and exhausted little ones at the end of the night. I think it was like midnight when this picture was taken.....can you tell?

The ride home.....Totally passed out cold. I just love how Erick has his head on Mason's shoulder.

Haylee took off her witch dress and passed out. She does NOT look comfortable to me at all!!!

I have to say that I had so many darling pictures on my camera. I had the cutest video of Erick driving the Autopia cars. He just kept yelling....Oh my gosh...Oh my gosh....Oh my gosh .... I'm driving a car....I'm driving a car. It was the cutest thing. I was laughing so hard I could hardly hold the camera in place to capture that wonderful moment in time.....I also had a really nice family picture of all of us together.....why didn't I post those you ask? Well, it's because I'm an IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was showing everyone the cute video while waiting in line for Space Mountain, which Erick was tall enough to ride...had a cute picture of him standing next to the height measurer with a big huge grin because he was tall enough.....yep, gone!!! I played around with my camera not knowing what I was really doing.....and I ERASED ALL MY PICTURES ON MY MEMORY CARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am still sick when I think about it. But, I will always have that memory of Erick driving the car in my head, and will cherish that forever.

What a great night we had. We have definetly discovered a new family tradition. If I have to dig for cans from the neighbors trash cans to find the money to do this again, I will. It was just toooo much fun.

A VERY happy Lucy girl.

2010-10-10T15:26:00.000-07:00

We were laughing so hard watching little Lucy rock out on her new bouncer. I just had to share it with others. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Enjoy!!!!

Complete Randomness

2010-09-29T17:05:00.000-07:00

I haven't really posted any pictures lately....probably because I haven't taken many lately. So I thought I would just post some random pictures.

Last Sunday we went to Rick and Ali's for some lovin from the kiddos and we went on a little walk. Zachary loves Dallas and was trying to love him all through the walk. It was pretty cute. I can't believe how fast this little guy is growing up.
Heather in her new car with little Lucy.

Amy and LuLu Bear. I love these girls.

Not much, but better than nothin!!!

Keep smiling.

Jeff's little family

2010-09-21T09:28:00.000-07:00

I just had to blog this picture because it is just tooooooo cute!!!!! We were all at a wedding Friday night and Heather snapped this picture, and I absolutely love it!!!

Just had to share.

Hope it made you smile.

It did me.

Family Fun pictures

2010-08-23T14:43:00.000-07:00

How cute is little Lucy? She was getting quite a kick out of her cousin Haylee. They are both such sweethearts and Haylee just loves having another girl around. So stinkin cute.
Grandpa and Lucy.

I have an adorable video of ERick and Haylee rockin out I will try to get posted too.

"Sweetest" evening with the grandkids

2010-08-21T09:40:00.000-07:00

Gary and I went and spent some time with my mom yesterday, and on our way home stopped by Rick & Ali's and the kiddos to spend some time with them too.

We all went to downtown Temecula for some dinner and fun. We ate at the fun hamburger place with outdoor seating and a mister. It was good food and a fun atmosphere. The people sitting in the next booth brought their dogs with them. Haylee was just sitting there loving on their dogs. I had been to this same place a few years before with my mom, and knew there was a fun candy store close by. So, off we went looking for it. How cute is this picture of Grandpa with the kiddos?
This wasn't the candy store, but we couldn't pass up a cute photo op. Zach was not interested as you can see in the background.

This was such a fun "Sweet Shop". I knew the kids would love it, and they did.

I told the kids that they could all fill up a bag with candy, and Grandma would buy it for them. They had so much fun going around looking at all the different candies to put inside their bag.

Decisions, decisions, decisions.

All Zach wanted was a sucker, and he wasn't going to wait until we payed. He was soooo cute walking around the store with his sucker.

Paying for the candy with Grandpa. I have to say that this was the MOST expensive candy we have ever purchased, but it was worth every penny watching the kids' faces light up with joy as they filled their bags.

How cute are these faces???? One of the joys of being a grandparent is pay back to your children, by getting the grandkids all sticky in the car and revved up on sugar.....ahhhh sweet revenge!!! hahahaha

Zach didn't even last the whole 15 minute trip back home. But, he does have a tight grip on that sucker of his.

I think the memories of this night will last a long time. It was such a fun time.

What is a summer without the beach???

2010-08-12T15:25:00.000-07:00

Wow. Here it is August and this is the first time we got to the beach. Most summers we have been there at least 4-5 times already. So, we were glad when Rick said his buddy Kris was coming down with his family from Idaho and we were all going to the beach.

Gotta have sunscreen while at the beach right??? Zach is getting sunscreened down here. Kris and his son Tayson bonding.
Erick playing in the water with his friend Nathan.
I love this picture of Erick and Rick going out into the water together.

Zach playing in the sand. He wasn't too fond of the water. He stayed on dry land.

Erick was getting ready to run out with a boogie board, and I told him to smile for the camera first. This is what I got. I sure do love that smile....and that kid.

Back at the firepit getting ready to roast hot dogs.

Zach kept smiling for the camera and putting on the cheesiest grins. I had to capture it on camera of course. This is just one of many adorable pictures of Zach that night.

Rick, Gary and Kris bonding around the fire.

Erick and Heather. How pretty is the sunset in the background.

Bonding after the sun is going down....or were we trying to stay warm???
Both, I guess.

Smore time.

Nathan eating his smore.

How cute are these two???

Awww...a three way kiss....

It really was a fun night. Thanks Rick and Ali for planning this and putting it together.

Maybe next year we will get more beach time in during the summer.

Another summer....another pool party at LeeLee's

2010-08-06T10:48:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday was a fun day. It was a pool party at my sister & brother-in-law's house, and Hayden finally came home from visiting his dad.

My sister Lora....aka LeeLee. Me & my mommy
Hayden was so happy to see his brothers and sister again. Gary & I were lucky enough to pick him up from the airport and then we brought him to the pool party. Well, we got to the pool party before Rick & Ali and the other kids, so Hayden was waiting patiently to see them.
Here he is going to love Zach. You can see how happy Zach is to see him again too.

Erick telling him a story before the hug.

Haylee was sooooo excited to see him again. Dallas, awkwardly joining in on the hug.

Mommy getting in some lovin.

Trying to get Zach's attention for some love.

We just had a fun time in the pool.....on floatie things....

...jumping in....

...being thrown in....

....and getting lovin from the dogs.

Erick started something.....he started pushing in Haylee....

and then Hayden....

then mom got in on the action.....

then Haylee joined in....

...luckily noone got hurt....and everyone laughed and had fun with it.

Grandpa and Zach.

How cute is this little guy?

Such a cute picture.

Totally content in Heather's lap. Erick does love his Aunt Heather.

We really did have a good time, as you can see in Erick's face.

Thanks Lora and Danny for another fun pool party.

Can't wait for next year.

Pictures that make me smile....

2010-07-10T18:41:00.000-07:00

Lucy being adorable!!!!

2010-06-26T08:59:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Grandpa and I got the privelege of babysitting little Lulu. She was in the cutest, happiest, giggliest mood. It was soooooo much fun playing with her. I couldn't NOT get the camera out and capture some of this cuteness. Here she is being adorable with her Grandpa. How cute are those chubby cheeks? She went to the doctor's on Tuesday and was 14 lbs. Her daddy still has her beat at 16 lbs at 2 months. It just gives you more cheek to kiss, is how I look at it.
Can you see the angelic glow above her head??? hahahaha That's because she was such an angel the whole time she was here. I love the joys a new baby brings into our lives.

Thanks Lucy for coming over to Grandpa and Grandma's house to play yesterday.

You absolutely made our day!!!!

The almost wedding pictures and a little bit of Lulu...

2010-06-21T17:19:00.000-07:00

How handsome and beautiful are Amy and Jeff in these pictures? They were kind of in a wedding on Saturday.....what a long, dramatic, ridiculous story. They were actually there for the sealing in the morning at the temple.....just didn't make it for the reception. I just wanted to show off how nice they looked that day. Nicole did Amy's hair and make up for the wedding and I think she looks amazing. I was wondering what Nicole was going to be able to do with Amy's hair because it is pretty short, but it looks AWESOME. This is the front, and you can see how pretty her make up is here too.
And this is the back of her hair. Isn't it pretty?

How cute is Lucy in her bumbo chair? I call her my little chunky monkey. She's taking after her daddy. He was 16 lbs. at 2 months.....chubba. I love chunky babies and all their little rolls of cuteness.

Such a cutie pie. I love this little girl!!!

Thanks for peeking in, and have a happy day.

Little Lucy's blessing day

2010-06-13T21:44:00.000-07:00

Today was a very special day in our family. Little Lucy was blessed at church today by her daddy. It was such a beautiful blessing and made me cry. Lucy was a very good girl and didn't cry at all. You can see she slept most of the time in church....and for pictures. She got to wear the same dress Nicole was dressed in as a little baby, so that was special. Jeff and Nicole with little Lucy.
This was a hard picture to get just right. This is all of both families all together. We took up a lot of space in church today.

Then afterwards we went to a park for some lunch. Grandma Suppenbach got a cute picture with the sweet little one.

Then we got a 4 generation picture.

Then the girls got a picture together. Haylee babe was sick today and Ali had to stay home and take care of her, so they were missing in our picture of the girls.... = ( I'm not sure where Nicole was at the time.

I jumped into a picture of Heather and Erick being taken.

It was a fun day. I love being together with my family...whatever the occasion.

Hope you're feeling better soon Haylee....love you.

Feel like smiling????

2010-06-05T10:46:00.000-07:00

I love these peeps. These pictures just make me smile.

Are you smiling yet? I am!!!

Happy Memorial Day Everyone

2010-05-30T13:15:00.000-07:00

Gary's Retirement Dinner

2010-05-23T13:15:00.000-07:00

Gary is offially done with AT&T as of last night. AT&T paid $500 for a dinner, at a restaurant of Gary's choice for his retirement dinner. Gary picked the restaurant Northwood's Inn. The whole family was there and boy did we have a fun night.

This is our first family picture taken since Lucy was born. I sure do love this group of people. This is Gary with his boss Cindy (in the plaid) and Gary told her to bring a friend with her, so she brought her friend Donna (in the brown).
While we waited for our table to be ready....there was 15 of us so it took a few minutes....we took pictures to kill the time. How cute is Hayden here?

Haylee was afraid of the dead animals on the walls and ceiling. She found comfort with her Uncle Trevor.

Lucy is getting so chunky. I love a good healthy baby.

I love this picture of the boys.

Quite a group.

What a funny face from Hayden. Typical 9 year old boy not wanting a kiss from his little sister.

We had a great night together. The food was DELICIOUS, the company even better.

Congratulations Gary on almost 31 years with AT&T.

Angelic smile....

2010-05-19T17:50:00.000-07:00

Ali asked Erick to give me his angelic smile. This is what he gave me. I love this kid. He is so stinkin much fun. A wild child at times, but he knows how to melt grandma's heart. Another little sweetheart. He can melt my heart too when I can get him out of his momma's arms. He is a mommy's boy right now.
But you can see I did get my hands on him at one point. All I can say is being a grandma is the best thing. LOVE BEING A GRANDMA!!!!

Isn't she beautiful. I love this little girl. She has such a sweet heart, with so much love to give.

They love to play games on the computer. Aunt Amy was playing with them too. Amy had to get her loving in that night too.

Hayden heads straight out to the basketball hoop when he gets here. I love it. You can see that the hoop is really close to the fence, and many times the ball gets thrown over the fence, and he ends up coming in because the ball is gone. So, Amy in her wisdom moved the basketball hoop so this doesn't happen anymore. Good job Amy!

One of the things I really love about Erick is that he loves to cuddle. So, we cuddle a lot. Amy got a picture of us cuddling while we were watching the new Ice Age movie. So much fun.

I love it when these guys come over and bring their parents with them. We always have a good time.

My wonderful children....

2010-05-10T17:53:00.000-07:00

I have some of the best kids. They were so sweet to me all Mother's Day weekend. On Saturday Trevor was at Target and saw the German Chocolate cake mixes, he remembered it was my favorite cake and made it for me. (He hates that cake, so it made it even more special) Yummy in the tummy. I loved it, it was D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!!!
And Jeff and Nicole brought me these beautiful flowers and some Lindt chocolate, some white chocolate covered popcorn....yumm....and a scrumptious chocolate cookie. What can be bad about any of that??? Nothing!!

And they smell soooooo wonderful.

Then Sunday Trevor surprised me with some more treats. He had a beautiful bouquet of flowers, and LOTS of yummy chocolate treats, and some snickerdoodle cookies. Such a sweetie pie. I love him.

Then later that night, Amy said, "by the way mom, you have some treats in your fridge. Have you found them yet?" We weren't home at the time so I couldn't wait to get home to see what it could be. I go into my scrap room.....and yes I do have a little fridge in there with waters and sodas....and I found this cute little surprise.

As I opened up that wonderful smelling Target bag, this is what I found inside. Lots of tasty treats. It just made me giggle. My kids do know their mother and her love of chocolate. I have plenty to keep me happy for some time now. She also made me a cute little card with a coupon for a day of fun with her. Could a mom ask for more lovin from her babies? I think NOT!!

And I got to spend Saturday night with all my kiddos and grandkids. It was a great night. I truly feel blessed to have been given 5 wonderful kids, and 5 amazingly fun grandkids.

Thank you everyone for all the hugs, kisses, and loving. It was a wonderful Mother's Day weekend. I hope you all had a great day too.

My baby is 22....wow....

2010-04-25T20:13:00.000-07:00

Amy is my baby and she was 22 last Saturday. Wow!! Where has time gone?!?

It seems like just yesterday she was a little baby like Lucy being passed around.Here she is with Grandma Suppenbach in front of the traditional birthday banner.
My sweet girls....Amy, Heather and Haylee.

And little Lucy was also a star that night. It was the first time a lot of the family had seen her, so everyone got in line and poor Lucy was passed around all night. She was quite a trooper, and didn't fuss much at all.

Grandma Suppenbach was sooo excited to get her hands on her.

Aunt LeeLee was next.

And my brother Dwayne who lives in Minnesota was down visiting and he was able to hold her too.

Grandma Thompson got her turn.

Rick looks good with a baby girl in his hands doesn't he??

Ali looks so happy to finally get her hands on little Lulu.

Little Zach was NOT happy that his mommy was holding another baby. He just didn't get the whole fascination with this new little Thompson.

Erick sure enjoyed his new cousin. I love the little smurk on his face, with his nose with a rug burn.

Haylee was so happy to finally hold a girl baby. My two granddaughters.

Little Lulu got a little fussy by the time Hayden got his hands on her....she settled down pretty quickly though.

We had to get a picture of all 5 together. This isn't the best picture taken that night, but I love these kiddos.

I'm really looking forward to more fun family functions, and watching these guys grow up and have fun together.

...and baby makes 5

2010-04-20T18:22:00.000-07:00

How cute is this picture? Okay, maybe I just like it so much because these are all my little grandbabies together.

These little guys make me so happy.

Our little Fashionista....

2010-04-17T08:54:00.000-07:00

Isn't she just precious??? Her mommy dresses her in the cutest little outfits....and hairbows. This is me holding her for the first time in the hospital...do I look happy or what???
Now this picture just makes me smile....Daddy changing the diapers.
Good job Jeff....

Another adorable hairbow....I just want to kiss those cheeks.

Cuddly and loved.

It's Amy's birthday today and everyone is coming over tomorrow to celebrate and play pass the baby. I can't wait to have all my little grandbabies in one room together. Now that will make for one happy grandma....Oh..and you can be sure there will be tons of pictures to share.

More Lucy pictures

2010-04-12T15:48:00.000-07:00

Aren't they just such a cute little family?

I sure think so. I just love that little tongue. Even though she looks cranky in this picture, she is such a good baby. The only time she gets fussy is when she's ready to eat...and isn't that how we all are??
This is one of my favorite shots. She's just so perfect!!!

I had to get a shot of her hands. They are so tiny. She seems to always have them clasped together.

She smells like new baby too, and I just love that smell.

Congratulations Jeff and Nicole, she's just perfect!!!

We FINALLY have a new baby girl....

2010-04-10T19:33:00.000-07:00

Introducing to the world....Lucille Amelia Thompson. She joined our family today at 4:32p.m. Her mommy did a great job. She weighed in at 7lbs. 12ozs. and was 20" long.

We are so proud of our new little addition. You can definetley expect to be seeing many pictures of her on my blog.
Look how proud her daddy is? It is so wonderful to see my son so proud of his own daughter. She already has his heart wrapped around her little finger.... We didn't get a chance to hold and love and cuddle her yet, but there will be much more time for that. But we did get to watch her get her first bath in the nursery. She was not pleased to be bathed.

The nurse was nice enough to hold her up for us so we could get a good view.

It just warms my heart to see how happy my son is.

I think he kinda likes her.

Keep peeking for more pictures of this new little princess to come.

Welcome to the family Lucy.

We couldn't be happier to have you here.

Playing in the backyard & makin wishes....

2010-04-05T08:46:00.000-07:00

Saturday afternoon we were blessed with the visit of Rick and the little ones. Ali & Haylee were at a birthday party here by us, so the boys hung out with us while they were at the party. I'm so glad they came by because we sure had a fun time.

Look at how big these boys are getting. I can't believe how fast kids grow up. It's crazy, and unfair that time is going by so quickly. We headed out to the backyard for some sunshine since it was a nice day. In my lovely backyard we have all kinds of plants...aka...weeds...in the yard. Erick discovered a dandelion and said, "Look Grandma, I have a flower for you." I told him to make a wish with it and then blow on it really hard so his wish would come true.
The picture below is of him thinking of his wish....notice little Zach in the background...so stinking cute.

And this is Erick making his wish. He just cracks me up!! He looks like he's praying.

Then he blows really hard so his wish will come true. He then gives me a great big hug and said, "Grandma, I wished for a really fast car." I then asked him if the car was for him or daddy to drive. He replied with "both of us". I think he has a while to worry about that fast car since he won't be driving himself for a few years.

Then we just had fun with some wiffle balls and throwing them for Dallas.

How cute is this little guy?

We sure had a good time. I love these kiddos.

Happy 25 Trevor

2010-03-15T15:04:00.000-07:00

It's so hard for me to believe that my youngest son is 25 years old.

He is a BIG sushi fan, so he wanted to do Sushi for his birthday dinner. He had a "few" friends....only 18 of us total....join him for Sushi on Saturday night. We had a whole room to ourselves. It really was nice. Here is the birthday boy with his balloons from Emily, and Amy....the one who planned and set this whole night up. It was wonderful Amy .... Thank you so much.
It was an all you can eat Sushi place....Oh my goodness....I have never seen so much gross, disgusting, raw fish and rice in all my life. Can you tell I'm not a sushi fan? This is just one of the many plates of Sushi that was brought out. Everyone loved it and was SOOOOO full when they left. Luckily I wasn't the only one ordering food from the kitchen, Nicole being pregnant and all couldn't eat sushi so I wasn't the only one not eating that ..... stuff!!!

He even got a little bowl of ice cream with a candle. Make that a good wish Trevor.

Just a few of us after dinner in front of the restaurant.

Then the next day....Sunday....his actual birthday, we had a fun family dinner here at the house. Here Trevor is with Amy and one of the many great gifts she gave him for his birthday. I thought this one was soooo thoughtful. She bought a frame and put 3 pictures of the two of them that Trevor just randomly had displayed in his room, and put them in a picture frame and took some stickers and wrote BEST FRIENDS. They really are best friends too...I love it.

Everyone hung out and had fun. Zach wanted to say hi to his little cousin, that he is waiting to meet, and crawled into a very pregnant Nicole's lap.

So sweet.

I love this picture Amy took of Hayden.

Gary and I with our 25 year old.

How cute is Erick's face in this picture? I love it. There's a lot of candles there Trevor.

But...with some help he was able to blow them all out.

Happy Birthday Trevor. I hope you know how much we all love you.

Valentine's Day Fun

2010-02-27T08:18:00.000-08:00

I just love having family get togethers. I will think of any excuse just to get the family all together under one roof. This time the excuse was Valentine's Day. I made some homemade lasagna, and we ate and hung out and had a fun time.

I was trying to capture a kiss on camera here.

Amy and little man had fun together. He is just walking all over the place now....so grown up and proud of it.

We read story books together. Zach loves to read books, so Heather happily read to him.

I wanted to get the kids a little something for Valentine's Day, but didn't want to get them candy. So they got a small little present to open.

I love watching kids open presents. The look of anticipation on their faces is great.

Instead of candy, Grandpa and I got them puzzles to put together.

I LOVE this picture of the four of them. Such silly kiddos.

We really had a fun time putting them together.

Hayden's was a little trickier....his had 500 pieces. He looks a little overwhelmed here.

I love the look on Amy;s face in this picture....so determined.

Even Grandpa jumped in to help.

We got the edges all put together on Hayden's and then they had to go home and we had to undo it all....I know he can do it though.

We had fun and the kids left happy, and that's all that matters to me!!!

Families are the best thing we have. I sure do love mine!!!!

Birthday/Superbowl Party

2010-02-08T12:55:00.000-08:00

How stinkin cute is that little boy's face in this picture? Oh my gosh I love him!!!!! It still amazes me how well Erick can find his way around the internet....I just hope he never comes across something inappropriate....but he was teaching "me" how to play things. It was cute to watch him and fun to be a part of his computer world. I love him too!!!! Heck, who am I kidding I just love all those kiddos. Hayden and Haylee are just as loved.
Little Man loving his Aunt Heather.

He was sooooo cute playing with this little guitar. I have a really cute video of him dancing to it while it's playing. I'll try to remember to upload it on the blog. It just made me smile.

Giving Haylee birthday kisses.

Our little Princess Haylee gets to put another candle on her birthday cake. It's hard to believe that she is 7 already. She turned 7 on the 7th....which unfortunately for her ended up being Superbowl Sunday. She didn't care.

Here she is giving Uncle Jeff some loving.

She had her best friend Prestley over for the party. Here they are getting ready to open Haylee's presents.

She is into Barbie and Hannah Montana right now, so it was a Barbie, Hannah Montana DVD birthday.

More goodies from Aunt Amy.

Opening her present from Prestley.

Just a guess, but I think she really liked it. It was a jewelery box.

Uncle Trevor got her Sleeping Beauty DVD which is going away and happens to be her favorite Princess. The aftermath......

Time for cake and ice-cream.

Helping put her candles on the cake.

Zach finally felt a little bit better and was having fun with the

Toy Story Mania box. He looks like he's reading a book. Did I mention that I love this little boy???????

Saying our goodbyes. Haylee sure does love her Uncle Trevor.

Happy Birthday sweet little Haylee.

Another great night with the babies. I really can't think of a better way to spend my weekends.

Zach is "ONE"...where has the time gone????

2010-01-29T08:18:00.000-08:00

It's hard to believe that little Zachary is already one years old. I remember Ali coming screaming out of the bathroom that she was pregnant....and now here we are almost 2 years later....crazy!!!

The kids had a birthday party for their friend Ethan Jones on Saturday and it was a Tai Kwan Do party....thus the headbands. Aren't they just so cute? I just love those little faces.....
What's a party without a few balloons?
The very happy smiling birthday boy.....in half his birthday suit here.

Notice his little teeth in this picture with his mommy. Those teeth just make him so grown up. Him growing up is so bitter/sweet.

He is pretty much just walking now. Here he is strutting his stuff around the house. He was so proud of himself and what he could do.

I call Zach "little man" and so that's what I had put on the cake.....Little Man is 1.

Ali bought him this adorable birthday hat and he wanted no part of it.

Heather had to help him blow out the candles so mommy could get a picture. How cute is that smiling face????

So, we did the traditional ....put them in the highchair with a piece of cake to devour....well, Zach just very carefully dipped one finger in and licked off the icing....no devouring on his part at all.

Heather tried to encourage him by putting his face closer to the cake....that's where the blue icing got on his cheek....but nope....just the one finger scoop was all he was into.

Then, it was time for presents. I found these cute little cars that I got him, but didn't want to wrap them. So, I just stuck them down to the top of his presents. He saw the cars, ripped it off, and could have cared less about the presents....ha ha ha. He just wanted to play with his new cars.

So, the kids opened his presents for him. They didn't mind one bit.

You can see here that he isn't even interested in the opening process.

Until what's inside starts coming out. Then he wants to check it out. Ali said he loves to go into the library of the preschool and just sit and look at books. So, he got lots of fun new books to look at.....and feel.

Erick liked the toys too. We got him a see-n-say, and when you pull the lever sometimes it sings Old McDonald had a farm. When it does that, Zach will sit and do a little dance to it. It was the cutest thing. He really does love music too.

Trying to figure out how Erick got it to sing......I sure do love this little boy and just couldn't imagine life without him in it!!!!!

Happy Birthday to you sweet little Zachary. Grandma sure does love you!!!

Cuteness Ahead.....

2010-01-13T15:00:00.000-08:00

So, we went to Rick and Ali's again on Sunday. When we got there I went into the kitchen to put down my salad I brought.....and this is what I found..... Little Zachary looking for some yummies in the refrigerator. Obviously someone had it opened and then he crawled in there because he can't open it, but I thought it was pretty cute.
Hayden helping Ali make deviled eggs. What a sweetie.

Gary commented that life just doesn't get much better than this....

Emily went with us for some fun and lovin.

Heather getting her exercise in for the day.

I love those lips!!!!

Cute story: Zach's high chair was perfectly Dallas' height. Dallas of course, being a dog, went over to beg for food....Zach of course, being a sweetheart, shared his dinner with him.

Zach had to get in at least one bite. It was really cute to watch these two. They truly do love each other.

Dog pile on Uncle Trevor.

A twister burrito....

Haylee is in there somewhere.

Erick fell and cut his head open last week. These are his two staples he got as a result. We were calling him staple head most of the night.

I love this picture of me kissing Erick.

Zach just chillin with his toys.

We had another fun time together.

2168 who do we appreciate????....Heather!!!!!!

2010-01-09T13:45:00.000-08:00

We are SOOOOO proud of Heather. She ran her first half marathon today. She sprained her ankle last week and didn't think she would be able to run it. But....she has that stubborn streak she inherited from her mother and was determined to run it regardless.....and she made it!!!!!

Here we are waiting for her to come around the corner.....

Heather's number was "2168"....that's why the 2168 on the sign. How cute is Zach reading his book? I love this little boy.
Heather has been spotted coming around the corner, so we got in the street to root her on.....Go Heather Go!!!!

Here she comes with Amy and Emily as her supporters.

Haylee had to give her a hug as she runs on by.

And there she goes...... off to the finish line....with a VERY sore ankle.

Heather's fan club. We were all so proud of her. Thanks for taking the picture Emily. Emily was part of the fan club, she just took the picture for us.

Heather and Krista. They both work at In N Out together....you'll notice their shirts if you look close enough.

Zach getting in on the loving.

Cute story: So, as the runners were running past us, I made the comment that I was so proud of them. I asked Erick, "Aren't you proud of them?" He replies with, "NO, I'm only proud of Heather!"

After the race, Heather needed some fuel. So, off to the newly opened Cafe Rio here in California.....oh yummy.

What an adorable face.

They have the best pork salads.....so yummy.

What a great way to start the New Year Heather.

Now you can mark that off the list of things you want to accomplish in your life.

We are all so proud of you Heather.!!!!!!

New Years Resolutions

2010-01-01T10:07:00.000-08:00

This is why I make no New Years Resolutions.

It's bad for you!!!

Have a great 2010!!!

Happy New Year

2009-12-31T23:57:00.000-08:00

HAPPY 2010 !!!!

Ho Ho Ho....Ha Ha Ha....

2009-12-30T08:18:00.000-08:00

I think one of the funniest and will be the most talked about moments on Christmas Day was towards the end of the day. Ali's birthday was on Monday, the 28th. Heather, Amy & Trevor all went in on a gift for Ali's birthday, and Heather had asked Trevor to wrap it for them. While Trevor was in the back room wrapping Ali's gift, he had this brainstrom....and what a brainstrom it was.

Everyone decided that it was time for Ali to open her birthday present....on Christmas night....and Trevor says for everyone to wait...he has a surprise. He comes running down the hall with 3 more presents and tells the kids that they still have one more present to open. He tells them to sit in a row and face a certain way and that they have to open their presents at the same time. The whole time he is doing this we are all thinking .... wow Trevor when did you pull off getting these gifts. I thought he had already been amazing with his gifts, and was even more amazed at what he was doing now. So, the kids open their gifts all at the same time....and it turns out that all Trevor had done was rewrap gifts they had opened earlier.....it doesn't sound as funny reading it as it was being there....but it was so hilarious. Hayden picked up on it right away, you can tell by the look he is giving Trevor in the picture. Haylee was a little confused saying, "what? now we have 2 giga balls." And Erick, he was so excited to get Twister....he was totally clueless.
We got a great big laugh out of that one. Trevor was laughing so hard, and so was I. I love his sense of humor, such a fun guy to have around. Then we got down to business and Ali opened her gift.

I think she likes it.

Erick had the right idea when it was time for dessert. Forget the bowl and spoon, just go straight at it with the container and scooper. That boy is truly a Thompson!!!!

More Christmas picture fun...

2009-12-29T15:06:00.000-08:00

Ho Ho Ho!!!!

Hayden had a Tech Deck Christmas.

Uncle Trevor went Christmas shopping for the kids at Target one day not quite sure what to get them. He figured he would just puruse the aisles and see what looked fun. Well he sure did score. He saw this Cars bike and was the only one left, so he put it in his cart thinking "maybe"....then some lady came up to him and asked him where he got it, and he told her it was the last one....that made his decision that he was getting that for Erick. Turns out when Erick was at Target one day with Rick and Ali, he saw the Cars bike and told Ali he really needed that. Needless to say, Erick was a happy camper when he opened it up. We saved it for last.

Look at that happy face.

Haylee already putting on her fake nails. She is all female.

Thank goodness for pictures to remember the great times we had.

Now on to making New Year's Resolutions.....yeah right.

Some Christmas Memories

2009-12-28T08:57:00.000-08:00

I love this picture of Zach and Dallas. Dallas is sooooo patient with Zach. Zach just loves to be around Dallas and do fun things like....pull his ears, tug at his jowls, pull on his stub of a tail....you know things dogs just hate, but Dallas never growls or snaps at him. Dallas will look over at us sometimes like, "are you going to stop him?" Zach steals his bone, and Dallas just looks like "are you gonna give that back?"
Cuddle time.

Rick, Ali and the kiddos spent the night on Christmas Eve. They are getting ready to open their new christmas jammies.

In their mathcing jammies. Don't they just look like they have mischief on their minds????

Erick starting the present opening on Christmas morning.

Zach's first Christmas. He is getting ready to open his very first Christmas morning present.

Uncle Trevor was the man this year with the kids. He got them some amazingly fun things for Christmas. He is reaping the rewards with lots of thank you hugs. He truly did deserve those hugs.

More hugs for the Easy Bake oven. Every little girl should have an easy bake oven.

Haylee's taking after Grandma and like to scrapbook, so I got her her own supplies. I can't wait to see her beautiful creations. This girl is very creative and talented.

I think he likes it.

We had a great Christmas. Having kids around on Christmas is just the best thing ever. The joy and happiness on their faces just makes everything about Christmas that much better. I have tons more pictures from Heather's camera too. I will post those later.....just in case you didn't get enough from this post.....ha ha ha

Here is just a preview of the fun Christmas at our house....

2009-12-27T09:23:00.000-08:00

How cute are my two Santa boys? Trevor and Zach were having a moment, and I had to capture it on film. I love these two boys.
Haylee wanted in on the action.

I wish this picture hadn't turned out blurry.

That little face is adorable blurry or not.

And this little butt.....I just cracked up with his diaper hanging out the side.

Christmas is just not Christmas without the magic and excitement that children bring. Wait until you see some of the darling pictures we got on Christmas morning.

Christmas Party at Grandma Suppenbach's

2009-12-23T07:42:00.000-08:00

Sunday we all went to my mom's to celebrate Christmas with her. It was so much fun to all be together again. When Erick got there he had to show us how he could ride a two wheeler....and boy does he ever. He hauls butt on that thing.
My mom made Navajo Tacos....which are a family favorite....and oh so delicious. Then we opened presents. Erick started the festivities, and got the movie Happy Feet.

After giving Grandma a thank you hug he went over to Heather, hugged the movie and said, "I've always wanted Happy Feet as a Christmas present". Such a silly kid.

Next was Haylee to open her present. Grandma put on a "special" hat while she opened her gift.

She was so cute opening her present. She sees it, and says, "Oh, it's a skirt....well, actually it's a purse." It was so stinkin cute the way she said actually. I think she likes it.

Giving thank you hugs.

Next up....Hayden. When he got his unopened package he could tell it was a video. He didn't seem too excited, probably thinking what little kid movie will this be.....BUT he got a big surprise. Grandma gave him I Am Legend. He was so excited as you can see. He had it on his Christmas list.

Grandma got an extra big hug for that one.

I thought this picture was typical. Zach needed some "extra" help to open up his present. Zach is in there somewhere helping.

He got a truck. I thought it was so sweet how Erick very lovingly, no rivalry at all....went and showed Zach how it worked. These two boys are so cute together. Erick truly has nothing but LOVE for his little brother.

I absolutely LOVE the arm around the shoulder. Look at how happy Zach is. This is one of my favorite pictures of the whole night.

Zach trying to get to his new toy.

I took it out of the box for him so he could play with it. I think he likes it.

Zach sporting his rendition of a Christmas hat.

Since Erick is such a monkey, he got to wear the monkey hat.

Haylee and Erick in their hats.

Heather got in on the hat action. After all.....Heather and Haylee are BFF's.

I had to get some cuddles in myself.

Can't leave out Grandpa.

Wow!!! Hayden is getting so grown up.

Grandpa wanted a picture with the grandkids.

Zach was not cooperating.

It's so hard to believe that our kids are all grown up. You'll notice that I am the shortest in the group.

Jeff & Nicole.....& Lucy.

The Thompson Family

Me and my sisiter Lora. She's looking good, she's lost a bunch of weight and I'm jealous.

Mom, Lora, and me.

We sure had a fun time mom. Thanks for the wonderful evening, the yummy food, and most of all unconditional love.

Opening presents

2009-11-24T09:25:00.000-08:00

After John's Incredible Pizza...see previous post....Rick and Erick were able to open presents. Erick had to help daddy open his presents....Oh the anticipation....I love the look on Erick's face. The present isn't even for him, yet he is so excited to open it and see what it is....you gotta love the innocence of children. Hayden is just as excited...if not more....because he saw what it was.
It's a Wii. Everytime we go somewhere that has a Wii, Rick is wanting to play it. So, we figured let's just get him his own. I think he likes it.

Erick opening his presents now. I love how Dallas is in there watching.

Spongebob Connect Four from Uncle Trevor. I think Haylee likes it too.

His expressions in the next few pictures are so stinking cute.

Everytime he comes over to our house, Erick is asking to watch Wubbzy's Big Movie. We bought him one, and one for our house as well.....grandma's gotta be ready.

Figured, one Wubbzy movie wasn't enough, so we got him one for Christmas too.

It is so much fun to see the excitement and joy in kids as they open their gifts. Of course, I don't know how much joy there would have been if they were clothes. It always crack me up, how they open clothes, then throw them off to the side and onto another present until they get to a toy.

Happy Birthday Rick and Erick. We sure do love you guys.

John's Incredible Pizza Birthday Celebration

2009-11-24T08:17:00.000-08:00

For Rick and Erick's birthday celebrations, we decided to party at John's Incredible Pizza. It is new to our area and looked like a fun place, so we tried it out. While we were waiting for everyone to arrive, we took pictures outside.

Here we have the beautiful Amy and the adorable little Zachary. Granpa and Haylee
Erick loving on Trevor.
Erick giving Grandma some of the love.

I had to get a picture with the two birthday boys, Rick and Erick.

Zach hugging Grandma.

Amy, Barbara, and Gary.

Walking downstairs to get in line.....boy we had no idea what was in store for us. I don't think we would have taken pictures outside for so long if we had known.

Zach eating coupons.

Jeff and Nicole practicing..... = )

Standing in the looooooooooooong line. Erick has this total fixation with Heather right now. He just can't love her enough.

See all those people in the background???? That is only maybe 1/10 of the people inside. It was CROWDED!!! but FUN!!!

Erick didn't want to eat first, he just wanted to go play or ride rides. So, Uncle Jeff tried to take his mind off it by giving him his present to open. .... he still wasn't happy.

I think this is my favorite picture right now. ERick pouting BIG time.

He finally got to the presents and started playing with them. Jeff used to love to play with Battle Beasts as a little boy, and these little toys totally reminded him of those, so he got them for Erick. So cute.

Eating his pizza so he can go play.

Erick was hilarious playing skee ball. He would throw the ball, and whether or not it went into a good hole, he would take his hands and pull them back while saying "YES". It was really cute to watch. He had a blast.

My beautiful girls Heather and Amy.

Heather playing with Lucy.....well kinda.

This game Nicole is playing was fun....hard but fun.

Rick won the kids this alligator. They were all excited.

It really was a fun night. John's Incredible Pizza really has it down well. There are all different kinds of rooms to eat it....so everyone isn't together and so loud. It's a buffet, so it's all you can eat.....no waiting for your pizza like at Chuck E. Cheese. The food was DELICIOUS considering it was a pizza buffet, and the price was right. The game room was totally seperate from all the food, which was also nice. They had TONS of games and fun rides for everyone. If it wouldn't have been so darn crowded it would have been an absolutely perfect place. Next time we know NOT to go on a Saturday night.

New Moon Madness

2009-11-20T07:58:00.000-08:00

Well, I think Trevor and I have started a new tradition. We, once again, waited in line for hours to see Twilight- New Moon. He took the day off. As soon as I got home from work, we both got things together, ran to Target for some munchies, and headed to the theaters. I won't bore you with all the details of the ups and downs the theatre put us through, but it all worked out perfectly in the end, so the rest doesn't really matter.

We purposely bought enough tickets for our group to see Twilight at 9p.m. and then New Moon in the SAME theatre at Midnight, so we could get preferred seating. While it was hard to sit through Twilight again when we were all so anxious to just see New Moon, it was better to sit in the theatre in a warm comfortable seat than out in the cold like last year. This was just a little view of the crowd waiting to get in to the theatre. It got way bigger and a little bit crazy and loud toward 8:00p.m. This is what makes the experience so much fun.....I think at least.
This is one of the teachers I work with at Katella, and my dear friend Christine Garcia. We are both big Twilight fans. We don't see eye to eye on some parts of the movie, like she doesn't like Jacob....she had the nerve to boo at his parts....{big grin}....where I, on the other hand, have always liked Jacob. I guess you could say, I play both teams. We were lucky enough to be in line close together so we could visit while we waited. She even sat right behind me during the movie. That made it even more fun.

Trevor, Me, Ali, and Amy waiting for the movie to start.

Amy, her friend Eric, Nicole, and her BFF from high school Kristina, also waiting for the movie to start. I didn't get Patrick and Mary sitting on the other side of Trevor. We had a group of 9 of us, and it was so much fun to see it together.

I would just like to say that New Moon was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G... It was sooooooooooo much better than Twilight. What made it better you asked???? Well let me tell you:

1. Edwards sparkle didn't look like glitter or sweat on his face.

2.No awkward acting moments from Kristen Stewart.

3.Jacob's body was just NOT hard to look at at all!!!

4.It actually followed the book better than Twilight did.

5. The wolves were believable when they transformed.

6.You didn't have a chance to miss Edward, because he was all through the movie.

7. I cried in three parts....yes, I shed a tear in this one.

8. The music was good....but then so was Twilight's.

It was just an all round better movie. Chris Weitz did a wonderful job. You can tell they had more money to work with on this movie. Now, let's just hope that Eclipse can meet it's standards. Here's to June 2010!!!!!!

Have you ever had a dream?????

2009-11-18T05:57:00.000-08:00

As a teenage girl, I would always dream about someday being a mother. When I was in high school and all my friends and I would sit around talking about our dreams, I would tell them my dream was to be a wife and mother. They were a little shocked that I had "small" dreams in their eyes. To me, those were the only dreams that were important. I never wanted to be a career woman. I felt the most important job for a woman was to be a good wife, and raise children up into the world to contribute good things to society. Well, I did become a wife. 30 years ago today, my dream of becoming a mother came true. I can hardly believe that it has already been 30 years that Rick, that little bundle of joy, became the reality of my much anticipated dream. He was then, and still is the joy of my life. I am so proud to be his mom, and am grateful to him for putting up with being the "first"......mistakes are always made with the first one. = ) He has brought so much joy into my life, and started off being the beginning of a wonderful family. I love you Rick!!!! Happy Birthday.

I must say though. I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that my oldest child is 30!!!!! How can that be????

Happy Anniversary Rick & Ali!!!!

2009-11-16T20:05:00.000-08:00

I can hardly believe that it has only been 6 short years that Ali, Hayden and Haylee came into our lives. It seems like they have been a part of our lives forever. I say that in the most loving way. I truly feel so blessed to have such a wonderful daughter in law and wonderful mother to my four wonderful grandchildren. Someone who loves my son as much as I do, unconditionally. Thank you so much Ali for all the love you have brought into our family. They were lucky enough to get away for their anniversary weekend to Palm Springs. Heather was also lucky enough to be able to join them in the fun. Being the sweet, kind, caring sister, aunt, and sister in law that she is....she brought along the makings for a fun anniversary cake. The kiddos making the cake for their parents. This was the only picture Heather took that I could actually post....Erick was .... shall I say....all natural...and this is the picture that the box covered his goods. What a crazy kid.
Heather took some A-M-A-Z-I-N-G family pictures while they were there.
Aren't they such a good looking family? I just couldn't be prouder.

Heather got some of the cutest pictures of their fun weekend. I will be posting some randomly through the week. There are some really cute ones, so be prepared for some smiles.

I sure do love you guys.

Happy Anniversary, and I can't wait for many more ahead.

Cutting the cake....

2009-11-01T08:19:00.000-08:00

A professional videographer I am not. I am soooo grateful to Trevor for letting me use his camera since mine is broken. It's moments like these that just need to be captured forever. While it isn't the best video, it does capture the moment.

I cry every time I watch it....I'm a sucker for happiness what can I say??? Enjoy.

Oh by the way, it turns to sideways early on in the vidoeo.

Sex Cake Party Fun......

2009-10-31T20:53:00.000-07:00

Talk about a fun way to spend the evening.....Jeff and Nicole got an ultrasound this morning. They took the results in a sealed envelope to her cousin who makes cakes, and she made them a cake to reveal if it was a boy or a girl. They wouldn't know the results until they cut the cake.....what a fun way to find out. We ALL were there and it was a BLAST!!!!
Pictures of us waiting for everyone to arrive so we could cut the cake.

Look at this cute little belly. Nicole is 18 weeks along....almost halfway there already.

I was soooooo excited this morning and wanted to play, so I made banners, one for each since we didnt' know what it would be. I had so much fun putting those together wondering which one it would actually be.

I also took snickers and wrapped them in blue and pink wrappers with ?? on them. Everyone took the color that they thought it might be.....

as you can see, most people guessed a girl.....were they right?

Everyone anxiously waiting for the "big cut".

It's a..... this is the cake before it was cut. Will it be pink, or will it be blue?????

There were actually two different cakes. The one that is the right sex of the baby is the one with the ...It's a...on it.

I absolutely LOVE the look on Nicole's face in this picture.

Before Jeff even finished cutting the cake he could already tell what it was.....can you see it on the knife????

Nicole is so happy.

This picture is priceless.....I LOVE the look on both of their faces....notice they are holding hands. This is just so precious. Thanks Heather for capturing such an important moment.

It's a Girl!!!!!!

Lucille Thompson is on her way.

The proud parents with their pink cake.

Jeff holding a boy. He will have to wait just a little bit longer for his own son.

Afterwards, we went outside and took some group pictures. Nicole's brother in law Justin had his horse head on and my mom loved it and wanted a photo. Such a silly Grandma. : )

I had to get a group photo of most of my boys.....poor Trevor couldn't get the night off of work. He was here in spirit.

Had to get a picture of the girls too. Justin joined us for some fun laughs.

Heather, Emily, and Amy.

Afterwards, we went to In-n-Out for some dinner.

What an adorable face.

What an amazing night we had. We are soooo excited for Jeff and Nicole.

A funfilled Saturday ....

2009-10-11T08:11:00.000-07:00

Look who came over to play at Grandma's house. I haven't been feeling very well most of the week. I got a text from Heather Saturday morning saying she was taking the kiddos to see "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", and wanted to know if I wanted to go with them. Well, I really wanted to see the kiddos, but was worried about sitting through a movie and not feeling all that great. I decided these moments don't come around all the time, so I was going to suck it up....oh yeah, and share my germs.....it's only fair, they share their's too. ha ha ha

It was a really cute movie, and even more fun to watch the kids....and Amy....giggle through the movie. After the movie they came over to play while they waited for Rick to get off work. Hayden's Grandma Kathy, who lives in Seattle, was in Santa Monica and wanted to visit. So, they got ready at our house and headed on up to Santa Monica. The boys built some tower thingy....yeah, that's my word for it....it was fun to watch them play together....even Zach got into it.

Hayden was very proud of his creation thingy....and wanted me to take a picture of it. So, here is Hayden's, Erick's and Zach's masterpiece.

How cute is this little girl? I really don't think this one has an ounce of testosterone in her at all. She is ALL girl. Ali put hot rollers in her hair, and she loved it.....Have I ever mentioned how much I love this little girl????? She is so stinking cute.....I just love her.

And isn't she absolutely beautiful?????

I'm so glad we got to spend a fun Saturday together.

Flattery or frustration????

2009-10-09T07:49:00.000-07:00

They say when someone copies you it is the best form of flattery right????

Well, I'm going to jump to conclusions and assume that Amy is flattering me and not just frustrated with me. ha ha ha For those of you who know me, know I love to make cards and scrapbook....I call it playing with paper...thus the name of my blog. Well, Amy asked me a few weeks ago to make her 2 cards. I would have normally been all over that, but lately my mojo is just not there....that happens every once in a while. I told her I would make the cards, and just dropped the ball and never got them made....I'm soooooo sorry Amy....I really am.

Well, Amy needed another card for a good friend. So, this is where I'm wondering if she was flattering me, by wanting to make cards too....(the copying part)....or just plain frustrated with me (because last time I dropped the ball) These pictures are of Amy at my desk making her card herself. I was VERY proud of her and her determination to make this card. She literally spent HOURS in there creating. (If you're reading this Dave you will see just how much time and love went into that card for you.) ; )
I love you Amy and am proud of the awesome card you created all on your own.
(You'll notice her Blackberry isn't very far away as she creates. That thing is always close by.....ha ha ha ha)

Yep....more pictures with the babies....

2009-10-07T14:26:00.000-07:00

I was feeling very grandmotherly....ha ha ha...and made some chocolate chip cookies. These were my little cookie monsters. Erick and Haylee kept sneaking cookies before dinner. Grandma caught them and captured their "sneakiness" on camera. How can you get mad when they have such cute faces while they enjoy their dastardly deed????

How cute is little Erick in this picture? You can tell that Zach wasn't feeling very good in this picture. Poor little Zach has been sick all week. He was happy though for not feeling good. He is such a good baby. Rick and Ali sure got lucky with that one....but who knows what's ahead right???? ha ha ha

Who is this stranger in this picture with me???? Well, that's my brother Dwayne. He is down visiting from Minnesota. It was good to see him. He got to see little Zach for the first time. Unfortunately, they both weren't feeling their best. (Can I just say that my smile in this picture is just plain goofy.....oh well)

Another fun time together as a family. Can't wait to do it again.

It's the little things in life that count....

2009-10-04T08:54:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday was such a GREAT day!!!!!!!!!!!! We haven't been able to have Sunday dinners for a while because Rick's schedule had him working Sundays. Well, his schedule has changed again and he once again has Sundays off....Yippee!!!! We were lucky enough to have EVERYONE there too. It was just a wonderful day for me.

Erick and Haylee wanted to wear an apron like Grandma and be here helper, so they each got to pick one....(grandma has plenty). They were so excited that they were Grandma's helper that they wanted to take a picture of all of us in our aprons. Aren't they just adorable??? I love my little helpers.....and especially those great big smiles on their faces. At one point, Erick went into Grandpa's room and put on his work boots. It was just too cute to not get a picture of that.
The above picture is of Grandpa and the little bundles in the spa. This was Zachary's first time in the spa.....and he LOVED it. It was so cute to watch him splash the water. This is Grandpa's special time with the kiddos. He loves to go in the spa with the kids and just watch them have fun in there. (Erick had pink eye and as a result of everyone being in the water with him....they all got pink eye the next day....Grandpa said he would do it all again, it was so much fun.)

The picture below just makes me smile every time I see it. Let me set the stage for the picture here...I wasn't sure what to make and asked everyone what they wanted. I got a few different requests. So, I made 3 of them. We had homemade Lasagna, Chicken Enchiladas, and homemade Macaroni and Cheese. For dessert, I also made 2 different things. Haylee was my little helper remember, so when we went into the kitchen to serve dessert, she said, "Welcome to Best Friends Bakery." I thought that was so stinking cute. She helped Trevor and I serve the dessert and then she got down to business. She made her own menu for her "Best Friends Bakery". The picture is her menu.

She wanted to post it where everyone could see it from the dining room. I have this display of pictures with magnets facing the dining room, so that's where we put it. The thing I love the most is on the bottom of the picture frame it says, "Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." Well that's how I feel about Haylee's sweet little menu, it's a little thing, but one day when she's all grown up and we look back on this day, it will be a big thing....just being together as a family is a big thing.

These sweet little moments with my family are the best.