The Holidays Are Here!

The holidays have come and gone and we had another blessed year with our family and friends. We are so thankful for everything we have and all of our family and friends. Christmas Eve we had family and friends come over for Dan's traditional Pozole and it was delicious as usual. Santa came by to visit the kids and give them a special pre-Christmas present. They loved seeing Santa come for a special visit, and the light in their eyes when they saw him was so heartwarming. Then on Christmas Day (after opening presents at home) we went over to my Mom's house for more presents and to spend the day there. Now it is time to pack up all of the Christmas decor and get ready to bring in the New Year fresh and new.

Christmas Day at Mema's

Riley and Denton opening presents
Uncle Kevin in his Christmas Morning glory
Christmas morning at home
Riley loves her robe from Santa
Goar family on Christmas Eve
I can't believe how big my babies are
Papa, Mema, Uncle Kevin and the kids
Ande and Jim
Dan, Erin and Lily
BFF's Gabe and Riley
Uncle Kevin the reindeer
Gabe and Riley in awe of Santa
Hugs for Santa
Denton sizing up Santa

Mickey's house

Last weekend we went to Disneyland for the day. It was Denton's first visit (if you don't count the time he was in my tummy) and Riley's 3rd (she doesn't remember the other times as she was much younger). Denton had a blast and loved everything. Riley was scared of the rides you would think she wouldn't be (Mr. Toad's Wild Ride and Pinocchio) but she loved the Haunted Mansion, go figure. Denton loved the carousel and would have stayed on it all day if we let him. They of course both loved Dumbo. Riley's favorite part of the day was when she got to meet Rapunzel. We waited in line for 45 minutes to meet her and when it was our turn she got shy and didn't want to take a picture with her. We literally shoved her into Rapunzel's arms and she got some great pics with her and Rapunzel was so sweet to her, talking to her and making her feel better. Now Riley is so thankful that we got the pictures with her, she even took the pics to school to show her friends. We had a great time, but were so exhausted by the end of the day.


Goar family in front of the Princess Castle
Mema and Denton in line for Dumbo

Mommy and Riley

Dumboooooooo

Riley on Dumbo

Riley and Rapunzel

Riley and D on the carousel

Pull harder Riley!

Don't worry, Mom's got this Toon Town

Riley about the ride Mickey's roller coaster, so brave!

One of the many parades

Daddy and D on a ride

Mema and Riley on the train

This picture turned out so cool looking and totally not planned!

Halloween Time

Halloween has already come and gone! I can't believe it went by so fast. This year Riley dressed up as the Tooth Fairy and Denton was a skeleton. We had a blast going around the neighborhood with a big group of neighborhood kids. We had wagons and strollers full of kids going from door to door. The kids ended up with soooo much candy, I had to take some of it to the office (shhh don't tell them that) and there is still a TON left at home. Enjoy the pics of the kids and their friends.

Riley as the Tooth Fairy
Neighborhood kids going door to door

Daddy and Denton

The whole group

Big D getting ready to head out

New Mexico Visit

This past week we made our yearly visit out to New Mexico to see Dan's family. Riley and Denton love playing with their cousins and we love getting to see family that we don't get to see very often. We spent our time mostly just hanging out and visiting, but we did get to go to cousin Nevaeh's soccer game and also to a birthday party for a family friend (sadly I forgot to take pictures at the party, but it was a really fun time). The kids got along great and we had a fantastic time.

Riley and Denton in the playhouse that Grandad built
Riley and Nevaeh playing in the backyard

photo shoot!!! (this was one of very many they wanted to take)

Denton decided to lock himself in Jack the puppy's cage

Could not get Denton and McKenzie to sit still at the same time

Denton loves giving hugs to McKenzie, here he is in action

Aunt Rachel with Denton and Riley

Denton and Mommy mugging for the camera

McKenzie at her sister's soccer game Best soccer player in New Mexico, Nevaeh

Brothers with Denton (he LOVES his Uncle Mikey)

Aunt Rachel with Riley

Dan taking a morning snooze with the girls

Movie and cuddle time for the girls

We're still here!!!

Sorry we have been MIA from the blog. It has been such a busy summer. It was filled with weddings, weddings and more weddings; days spent at the pool; Bar-B-Ques with friends; picnics; trips to Sea World and Padres games and just weekends spent running around! We are very sad to see it come to an end but are looking forward to a fabulous fall and winter. Take a look at some of our pictures from the summer!