Luciano to the rescue

Our dog has a special place in his heart for this toy! It is the only one he will play with even though he has about 50 other toys. If we ask him where his baby is he will go find this purple bunny. He usually doesn't have to go far to find his "baby". For example as I am typing this, Jack is laying at my feet with baby next to him. Well, this past weekend baby almost lost an ear and his neck exploded. I cannot sew, unlike my mother and husband who can. During lunch on monday Luciano came home and fixed baby under the careful supervision of Jack. It was so cute! So here's to my first post of the new year and to baby being as good as new too!

2008 Year in Review....in 50 words or less (not including the months)

January~ Unpacking
February~ HAWAII
March~ wishing we were in Hawaii
April~ still wishing we were in Hawaii :)
May~ Florida (Brianna is born)
June~US OPEN at Torrey Pines
July~ Palm Springs Marriage Retreat
August~ Birthday Bashes and New Jobs!!
September~ Mom's 6oth in MI
October~ Jack Sprat's series of unfortunate bee events
November~ Julian Apples (Yummy)
December~ 3rd Anniversary
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM US TO YOU!

The US Grant during Christmas...

In front of the NBC studio tree in Downtown San Diego
In the lobby at the hotel
In front of our hotel
Jack looking out the window. (our dog loves hotels and traveling)



For Christmas our family stayed at the US Grant. All three of us had a relaxing time and enjoyed a very Merry Christmas! It was nice to not have to think about cooking or anything else. We just enjoyed time with each other, opened gifts, and had a great time celebrating Christmas! On our drive home we ended up chasing a rainbow!

Merry Christmas!

Construction in our house

So since we have construction going in our house we thought we would construct a gingerbread house! how appropriate! It only took us two days to finish it! The first two pictures of the gingerbread house are Luciano's construction and mine are the last two. I went a little crazy with the sprinkles! :) Enjoy this holiday with family and friends! Merry Christmas Eve!

Christmas Lights with no snow?

Living in So Cal has one disadvantage during Christmas....there is no snow when looking at Christmas lights. As we were driving around last night looking at lights my husband who is born and raised in California said "You know what would be nice... snow on the ground while we are looking at Christmas lights....It just makes it seem like Christmas that way" (Look of confusion on my face) Then I remembered his grandma is from Michigan and they have gone back for Christmas a time or two. I grew up in the Midwest and went to college in Minnesota so I have experienced a white Christmas or two with the occasional ice storm, blizzard, wind chill that takes your breath away. Well at least we had rain :) I do have to admit that it did seem as though something was missing as we drove around. All in all we had a great time, and Jack loved sticking his head out the window as we drove past all the houses! Merry Christmas!

Dancing with the Stars on Tour....(don't laugh to hard)

Here is how my husband and I celebrated our anniversary. We went to see Dancing with the Stars on Tour. (insert laugh here) Our original plans were to just have a relaxing day at home and probably go out for a nice dinner. Then a few days ago my friend Kylee sent me a text asking if we were doing anything on Dec 17th because she had free tickets from work. We thought it would be something different and if anything we would laugh alot and pick up a few new moves :) The way I would describe the tour would be shameless promotions of the "stars" and cheesy! :) We did laugh alot and had a great time! Here are a few pics from the day! Thanks Kylee & Steven!