Romp in the park: Part 1

This afternoon Jake and I met Nana at Hyde to see the Kids Circus (click link above to check them out). We made it to intermission (an hour in) and then Jake had a melt down. We ended up leaving.

After headed to the orchard for cider, we went to St. Mary's Cemetery to walk around and take photographs. Jakob shares in my love of cemeteries. It was chilly today and previous winds had knocked over ornaments and potted flowers, so he helped pick them up for the ones "buried under there". He is curious to know their names, and tries to "read" them- he has come close a few times.

My Fall Line Up

I thought about doing a Fall line up for Todd..but it would take forever! All I have to say is thank God for Tivo.

Brothers~ October

The Great Pumpkin Festival

Today my parents church held a pumpkin festival for the community. It was a great afternoon and the weather was perfect. Here are 2 pictures from the day..the rest can be viewed at our Shutterfly account. Enjoy!

Todd Stewart

Todd decided to upholster Jakob's chair as it was ripped on the bottom. Came out pretty nice.

Mai Ling, Mai Ling

Grammy and Grampy have a new puppy! A 4 month old Pug named Mai Ling. She is so cute, cuddly, and loves to give kisses! She snuggled right up to me and took a nap.

Jorge's Visit

Jorge came to visit from Mexico for Jaime's wedding and is staying the week for work. He came over for dinner tonight. He brought some nice presents, including a Dora Chutes and Ladders game- all in Spanish!

Nine Years Ago

We have made it this far with no major snags and I hope for many more wonderful years. We are happy, even though we get to each other at times. We are both not on the career paths that we would like, but what we hope to do will come in time. We are not living in that nice big house like we had wanted, but we make it work. We have debt like most, and that will clear sooner rather than later. We have 2 beautiful, happy boys that are the light of our lives. We have a plan, and in a few years we will be living our dream.

We celebrated with dinner at Manny's while my Mom watched the boys. The food was delicious. We donot have many recent pictures of just the two of us, I found a few of my favorites from "years ago" and scrapped them. Almost all of the kits used were created in honor of the "Think Pink" campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness (month of October).

Jaime and Adam

Jaime and Adam finally got married! They were married yesterday at the Waterview (click title for link) in Monroe and everything was absolutely beautiful. We were able to see our friends from Mexico as well as friends we do not get to see very often. It was a nice drive and it was good for Todd and I to have some time to ourselves. More pictures and scrapbook pages can be viewed at our Shutterfly account.

Brothers~September

31 Candles

Remember

I took this random picture of Jakob in one of the fire trucks at his birthday party.

*Click the title above to visit NYC Fire Dept's home page*

*Click here to visit CNN's Memorial page http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/lists/by-state/page4.html*

Fair Time

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Cool Kids

Happy Birthday Lucas

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Brothers~ August

The lower right picture is of Kaleb giving "Big Brudder" a kiss.

A Visitor

This was a pretty big spider that had spun a web between the VW and the truck.

Visiting Maura and Missy

It was good to see Maura and to finally meet Missy! We enjoyed a nice relaxing afternoon in Branford catching up. On the way back, we took the scenic route, stopping near the ocean.

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Family Night: Court Jesters

So I decided just for giggles to enter my name in a raffle at work to win (4) tickets to see the Court Jesters (Click title for link to their page) play at the PHS. I figured, if I won it would be a fun thing to do with Jake..if I didn't win, no big deal. Well, I won!

Nana was able to join us in the fun and catch the team play the Plfld HS Athletic Boosters/Plfld Fire Dept. (proceeds benefited both PLFLD DEPTS). She entered a 50/50 raffle and won (and was so kind as to share her winnings)!! Jake was able to get a cool basketball with all of their signatures.

The show was quite fun...very comical! Jakob enjoyed himself, especially when the kids were able to go onto the court at half time and dance. The main player was "Rainbow"- was he a hoot! He wore a microphone and would yell "WHOOT!" as he played and would also make comments and raze players on the other team. He would often end up in the audience grabbing men's butts and mimicking the way the girls would walk by sticking his butt out! At one point, Jake and I went out to go get a drink. I had a feeling Rainbow" might see us walk by, so I tried to make a dash for the door...yeah, he saw us and grabbed on to Jake's arm and tried to pull him on the court- FUNNY!

The best part was when "Rainbow", kneeling down with his back to the basket , made a shot from the middle of the court. It was great! And if you hadn't already guessed, the Court Jesters won.

We love the library

The boys at the library (yesterday and while I was on vacation).