Around the Country in 9 days...

So, our little fam has just returned from our trip back southeast (AL, TN, SC) and we had an absolute blast!

First we landed in Huntsville, greeted by Deedee and the kids. Vegged out at her house for a few hours and Dave finally got to see their house. Then it was off the Mom's in Nashville for the beginning of our belated Christmas. I just loved those days filled with Goodwill trips, puzzling, playing games and just enjoying each others company. After a few days hanging out with Mom and Tom and with some stop-ins by Jen and Brody(what a sweetie pie!), Craig and his girlfriend, and Jared, we made the long drive to Dad's in South Carolina.

Dad and Sue were all geared up for our tardy Christmas and they were so sweet to even leave their decorations up for us! It was so nice to be able to just relax, drink coffee and take the occasional shopping trip. Dad and I even got in a round of golf at their local par 3 course. We were also lucky enough to have Aunt Wanda, Lisa, and Granny make the trip while we were there. It was great to see Jesse and Jay again too! We also got to hang out with Deedee, Brent, and the kids the entire time! Charlotte and Sarah were fast friends...it was sort of a love-hate sort of thing...dotted with marathon hugs and coffee cup slugs (poor Sarah)

All in all we could not have had more fun! and we thank everybody involved for creating that for us!

beware the "panty-head gang"

Cuddlin' Cousins

being silly on Grama and Grandad's bed

Dad and Deed and anonymous baby doll

Sir Ephraim Statichead of Cute-alot

cheezin'

Granny and Charlotte were fast buddies

Charlotte loving Granny reading her a story

"where's the fire! panty head brigade is on the call"

whats more fun that banging a tree with sticks?

The Happiest Place on Earth

(Mommy Blogger alert!)
Yep thats right, our fam just returned from a weekend in So Cal and a day at Disneyland. When contemplating what I wanted to do to celebrate my big 3-0 birthday I decided what better way to celebrate getting old than to go were you cant help but be young! Lucky for us, our sister and brother in law live 10 minutes away so they let us crash with them in exchange for a little Charlotte time :). ( Thanks guys!)

Well, we had a blast and it was well worth the steep ticket price. Charlotte loved pretty much every minute of it from the Tea Cups to the Winnie the Pooh ride. Oh, and the sugary treats helped too.


This was the scene driving in to the park due to the local fires...makes kind of a cool pic.

Charlotte and Mommy in front of Cinderella's Palace
Daddy and Charlotte on Dumbo
This one on the tea cups, she looks like a big girl!

The Princess on her thrown

Happy halloween!

Halloween this year was a little less scary than last year. It all started with the selection of the right pumpkins.

Then we carved them up.

Little Snow White was all set for the evening.

Enjoying the spoils, lollys are her fave.

progress

Today Charlotte wore big girl panties all day and keep them dry!

Tomorrow is another day and we will try to keep up the "Dry spell".

wish us luck! ~Dave

Happy Birthday Hubby!

Yes, its Meg, resurfacing in a post for my Dave. Yesterday was his birthday and unfortunately he had to be in class all day learning for a possible career change. So when he returned Charlotte and I were ready with presents, lasagna, and cake...who could ask for more right?

My attemp at a bike cake turned out better than I expected (with the help of my friend Alexis) But I drew the bike, complete with chocolate cake "off road" wheels.

wedding at Spanish Bay

My friend Rudy married his long time girl friend yesterday at the Carmel mission. It was a beautiful wedding, and the reception was beyond belief. I'm not much of a golfer but I must say playing a round or two on these links would be RAD!
I wish I had taken a picture of the bride and groom.

just an average thursday

Today like every Thursday Charlotte and I go to the beach. The only thing different about today was I remembered to bring the camera. Yeah!!! We usually chase birds and get chased by waves. We draw letters in the sand (her favorite letters are S and O), and tell all the elderly walkers hello. We also practice our running skills. I got to tell ya, she is getting fast.

Yep just an average Thursday. ~Dave

Charlotte is silly

Charlotte saw the video of B-Ro and started Laughing and crawling around. Meg was able to catch some if it on film, and I decided to blog it.

ode to the Mee-mee

Thanks Beaker, you rock!

home owners yeah!!!!

Cleaning, painting, boxes, work work work, nap, work work work.

This is fun!

Where is the box with the shampoo in it?

Hey look at this Meg and tell me if it is straight.

The party never ends, so if you are comming bring your hammer!

~Dave

Fathers day with my girl

For fathers day we headed over the hill to my brother Dans house. When everyone showed up, we took a short walk to the park near there house and snaped a few pictures. Later we all went for a swim. turned out to be a real relaxing day, I guess any day pool side is a good day.

love to all. ~Dave

this shot is for granny, Queen of the food in the mouth photo.

Our little dare devil

Meg and I took Charlotte to the park yesterday, she just loves to swing. In fact she can't seem to get enough. I started to push her and she looked like she wasn't having fun. I asked, "Do you want to go to the slide?" She said, "no more! more!!!" So I began to push her higher. She said "more! more! more!!!" It got to the point that if I pushed any harder the swing would have produced slack in the chain!

"MORE!! MORE!!! MORE!!!!!

My wife the Model

Every now and again Meg does some modeling for her work. I've asked her about her modeling career and she says "I don't have a modeling career" LOL it's fun to tease her. I love my bride, she is rad. I love photo shop too. If you click on the picture you can tell (maybe) that there is some one standing next to Meg. (I turned her into a brick wall ).
peace out ~Dave

old pals

I love the silly relationship that Charlotte has with her Mee-mee.

They are old pals, Mee-mee has been there for her from the beginning.

They always together for every nap.

Alway there...when she gets sick.

Always has time to snuggle and watch a movie.

yep, nothing like old pals.

time to sing and dance

I have not posted a video in a while.

Thought this one was cute.

Kind-of dark but cute.

(The lighting not the topic).

Can any one name this song?

If you can...I promise to post again soon!

FYI: Most of the pictures that I post are taken by Meg,

then edited and posted by me.

Just wanted the credit placed where it belongs.

Love to all. -Dave

Grama Ryans Birthday

On Sunday we went to my mom and dad's house for my mom's birthday. I worked in the yard with my brothers and dad, while Meg had fun with the kids!

Charlotte and Jackson learned that it is good to share. There is room on grandpa's tractor for two!

This is Cody and and Jack playing in the dirt, and Cody is showing you his work face!

On Wednesday we went to sign some loan papers (yeah!!!!) and what do you know, it is near this cool park. Any one know this kid?

As you can tell Charlotte hated it.

new pix of the chubby one

Hopefully the six folks that read this blog will forgive me for not posting in a while. We have been real busy tring to find a house! (all fingers and toes are crossed for good luck) here are some pictures from Bill's 60th birthday party!

Charlotte and I were chasing bubbles in the backyard, and she got her pants dirty. So for nap time I just removed them. Before falling asleep, she removed her diaper. This is me trying to implement the tools given to me (by my Sister inlaw) FO FREE.

p.s. it can be free for you too...just check out The Pigbear and her Buddy Ro and download the updates for your photoshop.

static head and new fish

Charlotte and I had fun playing tents and tunnels, and I used a fleece blanket for the roof...static head, enough said.

And we got some new fish! Its nice to see some fresh color in the tank.

ttfn ~Dave

learning something new

Charlotte is not yet well enough to go back to daycare, so she is staying home with me. Today for the first time I attempted to put Charlotte's hair in pigtails. I ended up laughing hard enough and long enough for Charlotte to join in...and long enough after that for Charlotte to stop laughing and stare at me like "what the heck are you really laughing at"? I took pictures to share, posted, then re posted after reading Erin's blog. Two things new in one day. Not to shabby. ~Dave

It might take a little time, but with practice hopefully I will get better at both.