THE VANDY KIDDOS

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Lazy Morning..

can you tell we are being lazy this morning and staying warm inside? I love these days with my little ones!!!

I am not a big TV watcher, but for some reason I always get hooked on The Bachelor...yes I know it is so cheesy and silly, but I love it. Christina is also an avid fan and we are forcing Sheena to be a fan as well. The new season started last night, so we enjoyed it all together in our jammies. Of course we made Andy take some pictures of us to document us acting like little high school girls getting all giddy about the drama of the show, with a roll of his eyes he snapped a few pictures and then headed off to bed. Can't wait until next Monday girls....

1st Snow Trip of the Season

Having fun with the Snow

We headed to the snow last Saturday with the whole family...it was a little icy, but the boys still had a blast and Allie enjoyed her first trip to the snow. She spent a lot of time in the warm car with grandma, but she did venture out for a sled ride with Lukey. The boys are so excited to have Uncle Paul, Aunt TT and Uncle Jesse here to do things with. Luke was very brave this year and played the whole time in the snow, which was a big improvement from last year. We can't wait to head up to the snow again, it is beautiful and such a fun way to spend the day.

He's Amazing...we love him so much

Daddy went back to work yesterday and we already miss him so much...he is amazing and we thought we would let him know how much we love him and appreciate him, so here you go daddy....Thank you for...making lego command centers for hours with Andrew, playing on the floor with the kiddos, grocery shopping with Allie (she loves daddy time), keeping the laundry going (you're way faster than mommy), raking all the leaves with the boys, driving us all the way to LA, letting mommy sleep a little longer in the morning, helping the boys get ready in the mornings, getting our fire safe box put together, taking us out to eat, helping Luke go to the big boy potty, and the list could go on and on.
We appreciate all the help when you are home daddy...mommy loves having four hands instead of two!!! We are so blessed to have such an amazing daddy, we LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Happy New Year

We are officially starting our 2009 Blog...we did well documenting 2008 and our goal is to do the same in 2009. Thanks for reading about our adventures and keeping up with our kids. We look forward to a great year!!!

Happy 90th Birthday Grandma

My grandma is turning 90 on January 4th....she is an amazing lady!! Our whole family made a trip to Seal Beach to celebrate with her. We spent the day at her house playing on the beach (Allie loved her first attempt at playing in the sand), playing a large game of BINGO, eating, and we ended the night by taking a gondola ride through Naples. Grandma decorates her house so beautifully for Christmas and she has a gigantic village that the kids love, especially Luke, he spent a lot of time just hanging out by the village and looking and moving all the people. It was great to have her entire family together..we all love her so much!!
The boys also enjoyed opening some Christmas gifts from grandma and aunt Emmie and they especially loved playing with my cousins Jack & Frank. I wish these boys lived closer to us because they are so good with the kids and the boys love doing stuff with them. Aunt Emmie made Luke a special birthday cake, so we sang to him and he loved the extra attention, as you can tell from the picture. It was also a special treat to have Aunt TT and Uncle Jesse with us. They drove all the way from Tennesee with their 2 dogs. They are in the process of moving out here, so this added to the excitement of the weekend.
We were also grateful for the time we got to spend with some of our dear college friends and their kids. We spent the night at Eddie and Sally's house and it was great to have the kids play together and spend time talking and hanging out...(can you guys move about 400 miles north?) I also got to go with Sally to her Bootcamp at the glorious time of 5 a.m. She runs an amazing business all on her own and I don't know how she does all those early mornings. We ended our trip having lunch and hanging out with 12 of our Biola friends and all our kids. We went from no kids to LOTS of kids very quickly..6 couples, 12 kids...we're almost outnumbered. Somehow we managed to not get any pictures at lunch together..due to chasing all the kiddos around the shopping center.
We then drove home to Sacramento and it took us a long time, but we managed to get home at 11:40 p.m., just in time for New Year's Eve...Andy, me, and Allie were up to give eachother a New Year's kiss and then head off to bed!!!