The weather outside is frightful...

We had a fun time setting up the tree last weekend. It is going to make the next month really drag for a few of our family members, especially seeing presents under the tree. Today it is really raining out and getting cold (65 :) I am sure it will turn to snow by the time it gets to Utah. Have fun!! I told my friend yesterday that I wanted to go down to Malibu on a cold day and get Hot Chocolate and pretend it was winter :) Luckily that's as close as we get. Happy Winter!

Fun week with Gma & Gpa Brodine

We had such a great week going to the beach, spending the day at Disneyland, and going to the Griffith Observatory. Gwen, Paige and Grandma got to go see Wicked on Friday for a girls outing. It was so good and we all loved it! We also had a very fun time playing the Wii. We would find Grandpa playing tennis or bowling by himself sometimes :) We are sad the party had to end. Back to our routines and school tomorrow! :)

Happy Thanksgiving

Despite a few major setbacks, we had a very nice Thanksgiving day. I ordered a Honeybaked Ham, and was going to pick up Marie Calendar pies. I usaully pick everything up on Tuesday to avoid the major crowds, but we went to Disneyland with Gma and Gpa that day so we pushed it to Wednesday morning and prepared for some lines. The first blow was when I walked up to the Honeybaked Ham store and it was totally gutted. What??? My reaction too! The sign on the door told of the nearest stores, 30 minutes north or 30 minutes south. While I was standing there at least 4 more people came by and were in the same boat. Who had we called and where were our hams. The woman at Trader Joe's said it had closed about 2 months ago! Off to Marie Calendars. Way too long of line. Grandma saves the day by making her own pumpkin pie and Paige and Seth helped. Doesn't it look great? Thank goodness for people who cook! When we got home I called the number I had for HB Ham and told them my frustration. The girl told me I could pick it up there. "Where is there, and where are you?!!" I said. Needless to say I will be calling the corporate office next week and ask who had the bright idea of forwarding the phone # to a store 30 minutes away without notifying the people ordering on the other end. But Albertson's sells a great ham! :) and it's only minutes away. Thanks to Grandma we had a wonderful meal and a pretty relaxing day.

Tomorrow we are "Off to see the Wizard" I mean Wicked. Should be fun!

My, what big feet you have

This summer we bought Paige new tennis shoes. By the time she put them on a few weeks later they didn't feel right. Ok, so I returned them. School was about to start, so we went out and bought 2 more pairs of shoes. First day of school comes and she puts on the cute pink and white addidas. "They don't fit right, too tight". OK, are you sure, we just bought them a couple weeks ago? Luckily the slip ons were fine. We make the special trip to the Skechers store spend lots of time looking, trying, making sure. One of the problems was that she was right between girls and womens. I felt sad telling my 9 yr old, at the time, to disregard those cute sparkly blue or pink shoes on that side of the store and to focus on the ladies shoes that are severly lacking in what a young girl wants. Luckily they had some white ones with a few rhinestones, and a cute pair of black converse type shoes. We started by trying the 6 1/2, then asked for the 7, then had to ask for the 7 1/2!! My she's growing by the minute the guy said. This must be true!! because 3 weeks later they don't fit right! AARRGG! "Are you sure they don't fit? we just got them. where are they too tight?" We haven't had time or luck finding new tennis shoes, but she needs them for PE. When coach C said "the pink sparkly slip on shoes are okay but not great" as Paige tried to sit on her shoes so the coach wouldn't remember they were hers, it was time to get serious. Long story longer, she went to tennis and didn't have anything but the pink sparkly shoes, so I suggested trying on my size 8 1/2 shoes with some thick socks. They worked and she even wore them to school on Wed. for PE! Her feet are growing by the minute! She even wants to share shoes :)

Laugh out loud

This clip is hilarious. We had another that was longer, and better, but I couldn't get it to upload. This will have to do. Future singers of America. Super cute!!! After soccer games, can you tell? and spit out the gum Paige.

Hannah Montana!!!

Emily and Paige

Dancing and singing!

We had a lot of fun at the Hannah Montana concert last night. It took us a long time to inch along in rush hour traffic to get downtown, but we made it with time to grab some food and get to our seats. Paige had fun singing all the songs, screaming after every song, and looking through the binoculars to get a better view. And no, we didn't pay an arm and a leg. Our friends luckily got through on ticketmaster and we paid $26 plus $10 service charge. Steep, jk:) The same tickets were going for $300 on the other websites trying to resell them. Crazy!! We lucked out. We had a great time with our friends Linda and Emily. Thanks guys!!!

Pumpkin Patch

Thanks for coming!
They're turning into pigs!

Which one to choose?

Munchkin family

Fore!!!

King of the Maze

This is a little late, but we had so much going on with Halloween. We had so much fun when Grandma and Grandpa Strong came to visit the weekend before Halloween. They came to the soccer games and then we all went out to the Pumpkin Patch. We go every year and enjoy the corn maze, tomato shoot, fun games, picking pumpkins, and my favorite, the kettle corn. YUM! We love when our relatives visit. Thanks for coming Grandma and Grandpa.