Yes, it really has been a year and a half since I posted on this here blog. What can I say? I'm busy, I work too much, I'm lazy, I have nothing good to say. . . the list could go on but I won't bother. You've heard it all before. Just be grateful I'm posting now. Hurray! :-)
I just recently mailed out our Christmas Newsletter to family so I figured it was time to post it here so that all of you can
now see what's been happening this past year. Sorry we didn't get these mailed these out to everyone.
The polls are now closed and the total calls, emails, texts and Facebook messages is. . .
35!!
Just so this is documented for posterity, and for those that don't know the whole story, this is the email I sent out Tuesday evening:
"Friends and family,
Tomorrow is Steve's 35th birthday!! This email isn't going to him, so here's what I'd like for you all to do. At some point tomorrow, call his cell and wish him a happy birthday! He'll be at work, and may not be able to answer, but I'm hoping to have at least 35 of you call, and either tell him personally, or leave a message. He will love it! You can also send an email, but I'd like for him to hear your voice, if possible! Let's make this a birthday he'll never forget!
His number is 253-***-****. And email address is sparkomatic****@****.
Thanks in advance everyone! You all have my undying love and gratitude! =o)
~Andrea"
Those of you that know Steve well know that if he could have one wish, it would be to spend time with all his friends. But seeing as how most our friends are now scattered across a half dozen states, I wanted to give him the next best thing possible. That's what I was trying to accomplish with this email.
So thanks to all of you, Steve's 35th birthday will be UNFORGETTABLE! As I talked to him throughout the day yesterday, his excitement at all the calls and texts he was receiving was so heart-warming! He was sorry he couldn't answer them all because he was so busy, but those of you he did talk to made his day especially meaningful! And when I showed him the Facebook messages, and he checked his email. . . the day became just that much more extraordinary!
Now the point where he knew I was involved didn't happen until much later that night. Here's a little video of him finding out. (Sorry if the quality is bad, I only have digital video capabilities on my BlackBerry.)
Steve said it best, "Thank you everybody. I (we) love you so much!"
I just realized I haven't posted these yet, so without further ado. . .
Brooklyn just cut her hair for Locks of Love, so it was fun having a little different look for her 10 year old pictures!
I knew that Steve would LOVE this last picture so we bought it just for him! This is the look she gives him whenever he's being a crazy dad, which is always. It's now hanging above his desk, and still makes us laugh whenever we look at it! It's Classic Brooklyn! =oD
Brooklyn's been growing her hair out so that she could one day cut it and donate it to Locks of Love. Her hair had finally grown the required length so she decided she wanted to cut it before school started. So today we did it.
Okay, so Steve and I may be the only ones that think he's the cutest, but after seeing these new birthday pictures, you have to agree. . . he's a cutie! :-)
I love that we got these pictures taken after his first tooth fell out. It'll be a great reminder of when it happened.
I love this picture because it frames his Lego Star Wars T-shirt perfectly! He's been saying, "The Force is strong with this one!", in the most adorable way, for a couple years now and so I was really excited to find this shirt for him!
I love this next one because it shows his Airwalk shoes, that I didn't want him to wear in the pictures, but that he adamantly refused to take off. They're his current favorite pair of shoes. :-)
Noah's birthday was Wednesday. Since it was in the middle of the week, we decided to go out for his birthday dinner tonight. But we also wanted to do something for him on Wednesday, since he'd been making me give him the count down to his birthday for the past few weeks, and he knew that that day was his actual birthday. So that morning, kind of last minute, I decided to invite a few friends over after dinner for cake and ice cream. Boy was that fun!
For dinner tonight, Noah chose to go to Red Robin. He was excited about the waiters and waitresses singing to him and bring him an ice cream sundae.
As we were leaving Red Robin, we saw that a car show was going on in a nearby parking lot so we of course had to stop and see all the "cool cars!" One of Noah's new obsessions is taking pictures of cool cars with mommy camera phone, so he proceeded to take about a bazillion pictures. Here's a few of them...
Hey, this kid knows what he likes. :-)
He even let me have the camera for a few seconds so I could take this picture of him with his favorite MONSTER TRUCK!!! We were even deemed worthy of being photo subjects.
We sure love our little photographer! Happy birthday, sweet boy!
We spent Easter Sunday with our friends, the Molloys and the Nehrings, at Kevin's parents house in Auberry. It was a BEAUTIFUL spring day, so we had an awesome time playing and searching for Easter eggs outside!
And we can't forget our Easter hugs from the Dada!
I had even asked Lora if she would take a few pictures of Steve and I for our 10th anniversary. (It's not until June, but I won't be here, so I needed to have them done a bit early. :) She did a fantastic job, despite her subjects! :)
(We also had Kevin take some pictures of the "Girls", but I'll post them in the next post. )
We all had such a fun day! Thanks, Ma and Pa Nehring, for the invite! We sure love being a part of your family! :)
Well, we had a wonderful Christmas vacation in southern California. The weather wasn't quite as warm as we were hoping for, and therefore Noah was quite upset that we didn't get to swim, but we definitely made up for it in all the other fun things we did!
Christmas morning was full of fun presents! Santa sure delivered the goods this year. Brooklyn got the roller skates she asked for, and Noah was excited to see his asked for "Sky Captain" shark plane.
Daddy made out like a bandit with lots of dvds and music cds, and his totally cool Dogtown skateboard.
I was really excited by our present to Gramma. It turned out so cute that I now have to make one for myself. :)
Santa even brought me what I wanted! And I got some more Demdaco Willow Tree figurines for my collection too. Yeah!
