monday nite highlights

the schmids decided to do a surprise drop in after work...
and of course ben is as cute (if not cuter) than ever.

everyone looks so happy!!!! (except for mister)

kyle teaches ben some important life skills

serious cuteness

feliz cumpleanos, nort!

family and friends came from near and far to celebrate grandpa nort's big 85th
with a mexican themed fiesta. highlights of the evening included
partying with all my cousins, aunts, uncles, and family, steve's
margarita's (whew!) and the pinata....

fiesta!!!!

me & grandpa nort

cousin josh & his wife disa, nort & us

sami smooching the burro head

lin, nort & lar

the cousins & the birthday boy (sami, jess, josh & gnort)

the whole damn fam...

buddy...almost as cute as mister?

i was OBSESSED with pona's dog, buddy...check out his hair- it's
like a coconut or something?! he was so cute...i wanted to bring him home with us...

arizona trip

we headed to sunny phoenix last weekend to celebrate grandpa nort's 85th birthday.
it was so nice to hang by the pool in the warm weather and have a couple coronas in the middle of winter!
we went hiking with lar up to the top of camelback mountain, and the view was amazing!!!
while we were hiking, linda and the pipers were out buying fiesta decorations for nort's party---
and showed up at the pool with sombreros for everyone...

los quatros amigos- patti p, steve-o, lar & lin

linda & thad showing off their sombreros

cacti

me and lar (what's with the hands on our hips pose?!!)

self portrait at the summit-thad, me and lar

my cute guys

the lairds on top of camelback

happy 2008!!!

the clems hosted a super fun new year's eve fete-
complete with dee-lish snacks (cheese fondue anyone!!?!!!! awesome!!)
too much alcohol, fabulous company and a midnite
dance party (thanks JV!!!!) we had such a fun nite and definitely
paid for it on new year's day...whew!!! we're getting too old for this...

happy new year!!!!

eeek! 2008 already?!

christine & thad give bill some new year's smoochin

mike, colleen (she's mad at mike here), kyle & anthony (who isn't cutting his hair til JUNE?)

the lairds & bradley eugene

guest appearance by ben!!! nice binky, uncle!

jv & sweetness

the hostess with the mostest

amy, thad & me

bill & thad

i give thad the boot...

anthony, sweetness, jv & colleen

weekend fun

this past weekend we had visits from lots of
our favorite people...the heit family was
up from san diego
and thad's friends bill & christine came up from northern
california (placerville to be exact)
i spent a snowy afternoon with the heits at
sunriver- got to hold little campbell!
sunday was bill's birthday and christine
made us a whole mess 'o' sushi to celebrate...yum!

la heit familia

ldawg & her babydawg

we couldn't resist trying this furry boot on lil' cee

christine, the proud sushi chef

birthday sushi for bill

earmuffs!

how cute are these!!!! i have always wanted a pair of earmuffs....
leave it to ldawg to find the cutest most unique ones in town.
mister likes them too!