Girls Weekend

The women in my family (and a couple guys too) headed up to Reno to celebrate my aunt's 50th birthday. We had tons of fun and decided it's something we should do more frequently. It was great to get away, even if it was only for one night!

My cousins decorated their mom's hotel room door & room (she was mortified!)All the girls at dinner... Slots!!

The BIG $5 margaritas By the time we got back to the hotel at 2am, the heels had to come off

Outdoor Fun

We've been enjoying our beautiful fall weather lately! Ayden just loves to play outside and we are so lucky to have a great neighborhood to play in!

Computer Nerds

I had to do some work when I got home the other day so I told Ayden he needed to play by himself. He said, "Mommy, I need to check my email too." and grabbed our old laptop that we let him use sometimes. He joined me on the bed and played his Playhouse Disney games while I did my work. It was so great that I was able to get my work done and spend time with him too! He's getting so good at using the computer, it's scary! When Ken got home, I told him to grab the camera and Ayden said, "Daddy has to take pictures of me checking my email."
*Disclaimer - please excuse the fact that I look like death - it had been a long day at work and Ken was supposed to take some pictures of just Ayden and he didn't, so you're stuck with me too*

Ring Man

I've finally got my camera back so here are a few pics from my mom's wedding. I don't have mny because everything was so busy, but here are a few - more to come when we get the professional ones.

Matthew & Dominique

Our little familyOur big family

The Ring Man!
Ayden wouldn't walk down the aisle to be the "ring man" (as he called it). My mom tried to get him to walk with her and hold her hand, but all I heard was "I just want my mommy." So, in the end, he job was just to be cute for pictures. Maybe part of the problem was that he didn't get a nap. Which also explains why on the way to the reception he fell asleep with his hand in the bag of goldfish. I took the "long way" to let him sleep as long as possible.

It was a great day and a fun time was had by all - congratulations Mom & Frank!

our little artist

Lately, Ayden has been really getting into coloring...especially with pens. He doesn't care too much for crayons & markers, but LOVES pens.

*And he's finally holding it correctly! Thank you preschool!*

I think they've been working on cutting at school too, because all of the sudden he is able to cut things on the dotted line - I love it!

We were joking that this looks like a cell - He's a genius :) And the biggest skill of all - the letter A!! As you can see, it's still a work in progress, but at least sort of recongnizable.And we can't draw with pens without drawing all over our face, of course.

Our little drummer & a picnic

We had a pizza and movie night the other night and let Ayden eat on the floor, watching the movie (he thought this was the best thing ever!) Despite the blanket, he still managed to make a mess, of course!Ken snuck up on Ayden with the video camera, it's so funny to see the moment that he realizes he's being taped.

Ayden in the newspaper

Ayden's preschool had a little article in the Rocklin newspaper about their field trip to Fairy Tale Town!

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