MALEAH'S NEW RIDE

Yesterday was a pretty exciting day for Maleah -- she got a new bike!!

We were really trying to hold out for Christmas to get her one, but her other one was just so little for her. The kids ride their bikes out front and down at the cul-de-sac all the time and Maleah could hardly keep up on her little bike. I also started feeling really bad watching her try to keep up -- her little legs would be going so fast pedaling that I thought she was going to explode.

She chose a beach cruiser like Rena's, but in blue......

BLACKOUT

Last Thursday night we were one of the 4 million people that lost power for the night. It happened at about 3:45 - just as I was getting ready to make sno-cones for the kids after school. It was big excitement around here.....the kids ran around the house checking to see if everything had gone off and then they went over to Jacinda's and Gabby's and did the same thing. They thought it was pretty cool - except for the fact that we couldn't make sno-cones!

Once we started hearing reports that it could be off for quite sometime we started getting prepared -- lots of candles and flashlights. And as it started to get dark we decided we should make the most of it and have a party around the fire!! Good friends, food and drinks makes for a pretty good last-minute party......

Maleah got a little tired and fell asleep on Jacinda.....

Benjamin also fell asleep and had to be carried home......

Rena was the last one up so she was assigned the duty of blowing out all of the candles......

Our power ended up coming back on at about 10:30pm. Luckily the schools had already been cancelled for the next day so the late-night wasn't a problem for the kiddos.

GO CARDINALS!

Cameron has started another season of baseball and is a Cardinal this time. Along with a new name and team is a whole new set of rules for him to learn. He is no loner in the "Pinto" league, but is now a "Mustang". The main differences between the two leagues is that in the Mustang league the kids pitch (no pitching machine), they can steal and they can slide. This is all new to Cameron, but luckily it is new to quite a few of the boys and they are having fun learning.

Time to bat......

Time to catch.....

GO CARDINALS!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAMERON!

One Friday night (back in August) Cameron celebrated his birthday with a few friends - Max, Adam & Liam came home with us after school for movie night and a sleepover. Jacinda, Gabby and Benjamin also came over for movie night, but no sleepover for the girls!

This is after the kids were all outside running around playing cops and robbers -- Does Cameron look hot and sweaty??? Everyone was more than happy to take a break from the game for cake and ice-cream.....

Movie time! Cameron choose Rio for the movie.....

Took a quick break from the movie to open some presents......

Bed time! Max couldn't stay the night, but Liam and Adam both slept over.....

Breakfast in the morning.....

Cameron had a great time with his friends and is now done celebrating Birthday #9! :)