I uploaded Tyren's 4th birthday party pictures. If you have any to share, I'd love to see them! It was a great time! We had some really wild animals romping around at Tyren's animal party! :)

I think I finally got all the pics tagged and described...Took FOREVER!

I added the album of SCICON educational signs because now that I'm on the board at The Discovery Center, I am looking for ideas to improve things there and I had mentioned to the Board that there were some really great ideas at SCICON, especially those boards. So I took pictures of all the ones I saw, to share the link with the Board, for ideas for The Discovery Center. 

I didn't take as many pics of everything we did and everywhere we went on Saturday because I was trading off with Adam in keeping Tyren from killing himself. So I'm hoping Tim will upload some of his pics that will hopefully supplement what I took. I think he took scenery shots and such. He's quite the photographer now! :)

I went to the trouble to add an album of "extended family" to our "about us" page because there's so many family members for non-family to keep track of...when I share this site with friends, I'd like them to have a reference point for all the faces they see in the albums.

Wow, my brain was all foggy after sorting through the descriptions for everyone's pictures! I may have missed some relationships...sorry if I did! I need a rest now! LOL!

last night i uploaded all the xmas pics, including all the ones fred took. took out a few duplicates and fuzzy ones and such...but there's still a massive amount.

don't have a single pic of my kids opening gifts on xmas morning at home...because we only shot video of that. i'll have to get adam to edit a short video of that...

Tyren's blog.

Tina's personal blog.

Smith Family Homeschool Blog

Tina's local parenting resource website.

Tina's live chat site for moms.

A Ram Sam Sam

Tyren singing our first "song-of-the-week", "A Ram Sam Sam"

Tweentle Tweentle Yiddow Sta

My 2 1/2 year old, Tyren (pronounced TEERen)'s rendition of Twinkle Twinkle...With some help from his 7yr old sister, Maeven. He was a little confused initially as to how much of the song we wanted him to sing, lol. And he's saying "see it?" because his daddy is a video photographer and he's used to being filmed and Daddy always shows him what he shot right after he shoots it. Anyway, enjoy my little darlings! :)

Great thrift store find!
The bowl, 10 cups, ladel and hooks were labeled $19.50...then it was 75% off because it was over 45 days old. Final cost: $4.88. Can you say SCORE?
 
DSCF8862.JPG 2009-11-08

Getting ready for the party
Adam and Tim attaching the fence we made out of large appliance boxes, painted with house paint and marked lines w/permanent marker. Maeven made a gazebo doorway too, and painted vines on it. VERY pretty! Everyone kept saying how it looked like a wedding! :)

DSCF8863.JPG 2009-11-08

Getting ready for the party
Adam and Tim attaching the fence we made out of large appliance boxes, painted with house paint and marked lines w/permanent marker. Maeven made a gazebo doorway too, and painted vines on it. VERY pretty! Everyone kept saying how it looked like a wedding! :)


Getting ready for the party
Adam and Tim attaching the fence we made out of large appliance boxes, painted with house paint and marked lines w/permanent marker. Maeven made a gazebo doorway too, and painted vines on it. VERY pretty! Everyone kept saying how it looked like a wedding! :)


Fancy Birthday Girl & her presents table
DSCF8866.JPG 2009-11-08

Making paper flowers
One of the activity tables I had set up. Also had clothes pins for making tissue paper butterflies. All supplies purchased at dollar stores.
I was so organized for this activity that I even printed up an instruction sheet on how to make 2 different flowers and laminated a couple copies!

Borrowed tables from The Discovery Center...thank goodness for connections! :)

DSCF8867.JPG 2009-11-08

Making paper flowers
Don't ya just love Jennifer's hat in the background? So fun! LOL!
One of the activity tables I had set up. Also had clothes pins for making tissue paper butterflies. All supplies purchased at dollar stores.
I was so organized for this activity that I even printed up an instruction sheet on how to make 2 different flowers and laminated a couple copies!

Borrowed tables from The Discovery Center...thank goodness for connections! :)

DSCF8868.JPG 2009-11-08

Birthday girl
DSCF8869.JPG 2009-11-08

More flower making
DSCF8870.JPG 2009-11-08

Citlalli
One of Maeven's guests. Citlalli ("sit-lolly") is the daughter of Adam's ex step-cousin, Laural. Adam's mom was once married to Laural's uncle Bruce...which makes Adam's brother and sister (children of Bruce, different dad than Adam.) cousin to Laural. See? Ex step-cousin's child...does this make Citlalli an ex step 2nd cousin? since Maeven's cousins are technically 2nd cousins to Citlalli? I don't know, my brain is getting muddled...we just call her a "sorta cousin." :)  

DSCF8871.JPG

The tables
Floral print table in the foreground is the food table (we did our tea buffet style)...that's one of the table cloths I scored at a thrift store just a couple days ago! The table in the background is the girls' tea table (with the other tablecloth I scored at the same thrift store!)

China on the girls' table for the girls...paper napkins/plates for the grownups on the buffet table.

DSCF8872.JPG 2009-11-08

Tea table
I borrowed the tea cups/saucers from my mom's church. The bronzeware is my mom's, as are the pretty cloth napkins. I bought china dessert plates for .45cents at thrift store. Borrowed the sugar bowls/tongues, silver bells at table (for them to ring for more tea), tule around chairs from a friend. Made up "Tea Party Etiquette" sheets for each girl on butterfly stationary, one with each girl's name at each place at the table. I had people bring flowers to decorate the tables.

DSCF8873.JPG

Tea table
Also borrowed the gloves and feather boas from a friend...but they didn't stay on the girls long. Oh well. :) DSCF8874.

Family
From left to right: Eloise (Maeven's grandma), Grandma Morris (cousin's grandma), Alisa (Maeven's aunt), Mando (Maeven's cousin), Amanda (Maeven's cousin).

DSCF8875.JPG 2009-11-08

More family
DSCF8876.JPG 2009-11-08

Handsome young man
Tyren cheesin it for the camera. He wanted to be fancy too, so I put him in his Easter clothes. :) He wouldn't take his dress shoes off at bedtime! I had to cajole him out of them! LOL! Put his hair in a ponytail "like Daddy", so he felt even more fancy. :) Too cute.

DSCF8877.JPG 2009-11-08

Tyren
Pronounced "TEERen" for those uninitiated. :) DSCF8878.JPG 2009-11-08

More cheese
My brother Tim took all these pics and he said that now he has great sympathy for anyone who tried to take pics of HIM when he was little...since he did the same sort of cheesy grin whenever the camera was on him. Except Tim usually had his eyes scrunced tight as well. Goofy boys.


DSCF8879.JPG 2009-11-08

Birthday Girl
You can see the straw purse that we decorated at the party. We had all sorts of beads and laces and frilly things to sew to these bags we found at 99cent store. Most of the girls had a hard time sewing things on them though, so they didn't get as decorated as I had hoped they would. Oh well. They still added to the ambience of "fancy." :)


DSCF8880.JPG 2009-11-08

My fancy kiddos
Maeven picked her outfit out for this party like a month ago. Complete with a lingerie robe that I had from a lingerie ensemble I never wear. She liked how fancy it looked with the dress she had picked out. Too funny.

DSCF8881.JPG 2009-11-08

Working on purses
I think the moms did more of the sewing on of the pretty things on the purses than the girls. :)
LOVE Jennifer's hat! So festive! :)

DSCF8883.JPG 2009-11-08

More moms sewing
DSCF8882.JPG 2009-11-08

Birthday girl at the Birthday Tea Table
DSCF8885.JPG 2009-11-08

Forlorn Tyr
Don't know what he was upset about but this is classic Tyren when he's disappointed or upset about something now...dramatic sad face and sagging shoulders. Just like his sister, who has been doing this pose since she was younger than him. Ah, the drama of childhood.

DSCF8884.JPG 2009-11-08

Happy Birthday Girl
DSCF8886.JPG 2009-11-08

Food table
Isn't the table cloth just gorgeous?
I put cloth napkins (borrowed from my mother-in-law) over everything because we had a fly issue.
The flowers came from Laural's garden and Alisa's garden. They both brought a bunch of roses...GORGEOUS! A few other friends brought the miscellaneous flowers in vases on the tea table. So we had flowers galore! BEAUTIFUL!!
The paper plates/napkins and plastic spoons were for the grownups. The girls had the china and bronzeware.

DSCF8888.JPG 2009-11-08

Birthday girl w/fan
We made these paper fans with construction paper and doilies as well. Although I think Maeven might have been the only one that actually made one...the other girls weren't very interested. This was another activity I had set up ahead of time with instructions printed and laminated and put on the tables.
So we had paper fans and decorating purses on one activity table & paper flowers & butterflies on the other. Table cloths were just plastic ones from Dollar Tree.

DSCF8890.JPG 2009-11-08

Adam the video guy
Hubby doing his duty as video guy. Apparently our camera battery died pretty quick though (even though I had it on the charger overnight), so then he brough out his BIG HD camera (he does this for a living), so it felt like we had a camera crew on us the rest of the afternoon...what with the big camera and then my bro doing the still camera shooting (my brother is quite good and sells his pics on stock photography sites, so I had both still and video covered. Ain't I lucky?) :)

DSCF8891.JPG

Fancy Daddy
Adam had to get fancy for the party as well. He actually made most of the paper flowers the day before with Maeven. He's quite the crafty/creative guy! :)

DSCF8892.JPG 2009-11-08

Tea table guests
See the pretty flowers? Best idea to ask guests to bring flowers from their gardens!! I had no time or money to do real flowers, so this worked perfectly! :)

The fancy straw hats on the tables were from a church function my mom did awhile back...some sort of spring thing and she made pretty hats w/silk flowers to decorate the tables...so she loaned me those for the party tables and the napkins also had spring hats/flowers on them.

DSCF8893.JPG 2009-11-08

Birthday Girl
Maeven's tea cup was a present from her Grandma years ago. The cup was shaped like a flower and the saucer was the leaves. VERY PRETTY!

You can see the tea party etiquette sheet in this shot.

DSCF8894.JPG 2009-11-08

Guests
DSCF8895.JPG 2009-11-08

Putting the hostess to work
The girls got a kick out of the silver bells, which I told them to ring if they wanted more tea. They quickly decided I was a waitress and asked me for anything and everything. I happily obliged, but man they kept me hopping! I had to just stand near the table and wait to hear that tinkling. It was so funny...they even conspired to drive me crazy by all ringing their bells together a few times. Crazy girls.

DSCF8896.JPG 2009-11-08

Thea
DSCF8897.JPG 2009-11-08

Citlalli
DSCF8898.JPG 2009-11-08

At the food table
The basket has boxes of the various teas we offered. There were tea pots nearby with hot water for them. DSCF8899.JPG 2

Fancy food
My brother and my mother-in-law, along with Maeven, worked for quite awhile on these sandwiches. They used heart cookie cutters to cut out the pieces. Sandwiches were turkey/cheese, and ham/cheese. I had meant to do pb&j as well, but totally forgot. Also had bought veggies w/dip and fruit with chocolate dip and TOTALLY forgot until the next morning! Too much going on in my brain that day, I tell ya!


DSCF8900.JPG 2009-11-08

More food table
The punch was half lemonade/half cranberry juice. DSCF8901.JPG 2009-11-08

More food table
The cookies Maeven bought the week before at 99cent store, along with the tea bags. She used her own allowance since I let her know that money was tight this year and we could use her help if she wanted to help pay for some things. She actually really was delighted to buy some of the stuff. And today she offered to save some of her birthday money to buy Xmas gifts this year! What a generous girl! (But no, I won't let her use her special birthday money on Xmas. I'm just touched.)

DSCF8902.Jpeg

yummies
DSCF8903.JPG 2009-11-08

Birthday girl
Always purple and pink. I don't think she owns much of anything NOT in those colors! DSCF8904.JPG 2009-11-08

Oh lovely
Great shot of me, uh not. Helping with the tea at the food table. DSCF8905.JPG 2009-11-08

Picking tea
DSCF8906.JPG 2009-11-08

Pouring
This tea pot was another thrift store find. Maeven bought with her allowance about a month ago. Loved it so much that we designed the cake after it.

DSCF8907.JPG 2009-11-08

Eating
Nice to see she did indeed eat something other than the sweets! DSCF8908.JPG 2009-11-08

Tyren
Check out the little ponytail. ADORABLE! :) And that's my son, always with a dirty face. DSCF8910.JPG 2009-11-08

Birthday Girl
DSCF8909.JPG 2009-11-08

Grandmas
DSCF8912.JPG 2009-11-08

Fred & Adam
Adam was hamming for the camera. That's his dad...they do look alike, don't they? DSCF8911.JPG 2009-11-08

Food table
My brother with the artsy shots. I love it! DSCF8914.JPG 2009-11-08

Ayanna
DSCF8913.JPG 2009-11-08

More food table
DSCF8915.JPG 2009-11-08

Cheesin it at the food table
DSCF8916.JPG 2009-11-08

Maeven having fun
She was giddy all day! Definitely a successful party! :) DSCF8918.JPG 2009-11-08

Being silly
DSCF8917.JPG 2009-11-08

Bell ringing
Tyr enjoyed ringing the bell to make Mommy hop as much as the girls.

Tyr was just crushed that I hadn't set a place at the table for him. There just wasn't room & it didn't occur to me he would want to sit there with the girls. So I asked one of the girls to share space with him, which she had no problem doing (Ayanna's such a sweetie, and she likes Tyren, so that helped)...but then when one of our guests didn't arrive til near the end of the party, Tyr was able to take her spot.

DSCF8920.JPG

Goofy girl
DSCF8919.JPG 2009-11-08

Eating
DSCF8921.JPG 2009-11-08

Ayanna
I LOVE this shot! So beautiful! DSCF8922.JPG 2009-11-08

Girls whispering
They were conspiring to ring all the bells at once. Goofy girls. DSCF8923.JPG 2009-11-08

More cheese
DSCF8924.JPG 2009-11-08

Girly giggles
DSCF8925.JPG 2009-11-08

Sipping tea
DSCF8928.JPG 2009-11-08

Eating not-so-daintily
DSCF8929.JPG 2009-11-08

Very silly girl
She was really hamming it for her Uncle Tim on the camera. DSCF8930.JPG 2009-11-08

Guests enjoying yummies
DSCF8931.JPG 2009-11-08

More eating
DSCF8932.JPG 2009-11-08

Tea table
The big garden butterflies were a gift from Grandpa Fred. DSCF8934.JPG 2009-11-08

Birthday Tea Table
You can see how pretty the tablecloth is in this one. LOVE it!

Adam did the decor in the background. I gave him the job of balloons and streamers. Thank God for creative hubbies. I wouldn't have done as well, believe me! :)

DSCF8935.JPG 2009-11-08

Birthday Girl w/tea bag
DSCF8936.JPG 2009-11-08

Birthday Girl minus Tea Party Etiquette
I have no idea why she was sucking on it. More silliness for the camera, is my guess.
Didn't realize I should put "no sucking on the tea bags" on the etiquette sheets as well.

DSCF8937.JPG 2009-11-08

Butterfly
Really beautiful gift from Grandpa Fred! DSCF8938.JPG 2009-11-08

Uh, gross
Yeah, that's my girl. (*hiding face*) DSCF8939.JPG 2009-11-08

Proper tea sipping etiquette
DSCF8941.JPG 2009-11-08

The birthday cake
My mom did a fabulous job on the cake! Unfortunately, the spout was so heavy (made out of some sort of sugar dough stuff), that it slid down and had to just rest on the plate. That's ok, it still looked beautiful!

DSCF8942.JPG 2009-11-08

Tea pots
The cake was made to match this teapot Maeven found at a thrift store about a month ago. DSCF8943.JPG 2009-11-08

Cheesy Birthday Girl
DSCF8944.JPG 2009-11-08

Birthday Girl
DSCF8945.JPG 2009-11-08

Brooke
DSCF8946.JPG 2009-11-08

Thea & Stephanie
DSCF8947.JPG 2009-11-08

Candles on cupcakes
DSCF8948.JPG 2009-11-08

Cupcakes
DSCF8949.JPG 2009-11-08

Candles too skinny
DSCF8950.JPG 2009-11-08

More candles
DSCF8951.JPG 2009-11-08

Final candles/cupcakes/cake
Ready to be lit! DSCF8953.JPG 2009-11-08

Happy birthday girl
DSCF8955.JPG 2009-11-08

Let's light these candles!
DSCF8956.JPG 2009-11-08

Ready!!
DSCF8957.JPG 2009-11-08

Almost all the guests!
DSCF8958.JPG 2009-11-08

Party Pose
DSCF8959.JPG 2009-11-08

Gramma
DSCF8960.JPG 2009-11-08

We should all make faces like this
Ayanna showing how we should all do a goofy pic, LOL! DSCF8961.JPG 2009-11-08

Singing "Happy Birthday"
DSCF8962.JPG 2009-11-08

Happy Birthday to YOOOOOOOOOU
DSCF8963.JPG 2009-11-08

Ready, BLOW!
DSCF8964.JPG 2009-11-08

Can we EAT them now??
DSCF8965.JPG 2009-11-08

Yummy frosting
DSCF8966.JPG 2009-11-08

Serving ice cream
DSCF8967.JPG 2009-11-08

Manners Schmanners
DSCF8968.JPG 2009-11-08

Ice cream!!!
DSCF8969.JPG 2009-11-08

Not very patient
DSCF8970.JPG 2009-11-08

But Mommy, I want ice cream NOW!
DSCF8973.JPG 2009-11-08

YAY! Ice Cream!
DSCF8974.JPG 2009-11-08

I can do it all by myself!!
DSCF8975.JPG 2009-11-08

Elegant Amanda
One of Maeven's cousins DSCF8976.JPG 2009-11-08

Say cheese!
DSCF8977.JPG 2009-11-08

Party zone
Maeven did a good job on that gazebo, eh? It was fully her idea and she did the vine all herself. Also the paper butterflies that are taped to it.

DSCF8978.JPG 2009-11-08

Dancing
DSCF8979.JPG 2009-11-08

Silly dancing girls
DSCF8980.JPG 2009-11-08

Randi made it!
Randi had to wait for her sister (Maeven's Aunt Kat) to get off of work to bring her to the party...so they were there near the end. But better late than never!! :)

DSCF8982.JPG 2009-11-08

Yummy food
DSCF8983.JPG 2009-11-08

Butterfly Bompa
My dad was sitting at the chair that held Citlalli's wings. DSCF8984.JPG 2009-11-08

How many more pictures?
DSCF8985.JPG 2009-11-08

Happy Bompa Fairy
DSCF8987.JPG 2009-11-08

Opening gifts
DSCF8988.JPG 2009-11-08

gifts
DSCF8989.JPG 2009-11-08

gifts
DSCF8990.JPG 2009-11-08

Final tables
After everything's been picked through.

That's Maeven's cousin Ian in the background...he came with Uncle Andrew, Aunt Kat, Randi and Jack (Ian's little brother, another cousin to Maeven.)


DSCF8991.JPG 2009-11-08

Making tea
DSCF8992.JPG 2009-11-08

Checking out the wings
DSCF8993.JPG 2009-11-08

checking out the wings
DSCF8994.JPG 2009-11-08

Tyr and wings
DSCF8996.JPG 2009-11-08

More with the wings
DSCF8997.JPG 2009-11-08

Amanda, Andrew, Eloise
Maeven's cousin, uncle and grandma. DSCF8998.JPG 2009-11-08

More gifts
DSCF8999.JPG 2009-11-08

More gifts
DSCF9000.JPG 2009-11-08

More gifts
DSCF9001.JPG 2009-11-08

Ian
DSCF9002.JPG 2009-11-08

Randi
DSCF9004.JPG 2009-11-08

Cousin Jack
DSCF9007.JPG 2009-11-08

Huh?
DSCF9009.JPG 2009-11-08

Hey!
DSCF9010.JPG 2009-11-08

Randi
DSCF9011.JPG 2009-11-08

Randi
DSCF9012.JPG 2009-11-08

Ian
DSCF9013.JPG 2009-11-08

Flowers & girls
DSCF9014.JPG 2009-11-08

Laural
DSCF9015.JPG 2009-11-08

Ice cream!
DSCF9016.JPG 2009-11-08

Jewels!
I was going to hide these around the yard and have the girls search for them. But time ran out and I just didn't feel like dealing with that. So I just put them on an empty glass tray and let the kids take handfuls of them home, in their bags they decorated at the party.

These are glass jewels you can buy all the time at Dollar Tree and we LOVE, so always find reasons to get them. :)

DSCF9017.JPG 2009-11-08

Butterfly 2
DSCF9018.JPG 2009-11-08

Stephanie
DSCF9019.JPG 2009-11-08

Picking Jewels
DSCF9020.JPG 2009-11-08

Decorating the sliding glass door
I had put window markers next to the sliding glass door for Maeven to decorate before the party and forgot to tell her. But during the party they were discovered, apparently. :)

DSCF9023.JPG 2009-11-08

Thea
DSCF9024.JPG 2009-11-08

Missed a spot
DSCF9025.JPG 2009-11-08

Birthday banner
Too bad it turned out so blurry. I'll have to take a better pic, since its still up outside. Maeven made this banner. It says "Happy Birthday Maeven!" with butterflies on it.

DSCF9026.JPG 2009-11-08

Bompa
My dad. Maeven & Tyren's "Bompa." DSCF9029.JPG 2009-11-08

Gramma
Adam's mom, Maeven & Tyren's Gramma. DSCF9032.JPG 2009-11-08

Nana & Maeven
My mom, Maeven & Tyren's "Nana." DSCF9033.JPG 2009-11-08

Daddy
Adam. DSCF9034.JPG 2009-11-08

SCORE!
Maeven got $100 cash for her birthday from Nana and Bompa. DSCF9035.JPG 2009-11-08

Reading card
DSCF9036.JPG 2009-11-08

Drawing
DSCF9039.JPG 2009-11-08

Drawing and cheesing (multitasking)
DSCF9040.JPG 2009-11-08

I got 100 dollars!!
DSCF9041.JPG 2009-11-08

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip--Hay ride
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip--Hay ride
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip--Hay ride
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

Hay ride
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

Hay ride
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

Hay ride
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch. This is Troy, the farmer, telling us about pumpkins.

Hay ride
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch. This is Troy, the farmer, telling us about pumpkins.

Listening to a Halloween story
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

I guess it was sunny, LOL! What a face!

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

indoor haybale maze
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

indoor haybale maze
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

Maeve & pumpkin
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

This is the pumpkin that some heartless idiot later took from our front yard and threw it in the street. :(  She was heartbroken, but her Nana & Bompa took her to another pumpkin patch to replace it that same night, thankfully.

Tyren & baby pumpkin
Annual homeschool field trip to Single Palm Pumpkin Patch.

This was the extra pumpkin Tyr got, he got a regular one too.

Gutting pumpkins
Doesn't she look so grown up in this pic? I can't get over how she's nearly 9!

yucky pumpkin guts


Tyr attacking his pumpkin


hard work


enough pictures, Mom!
would ya help already?

OK, OK, I'm helping


Are we having fun yet?


more pumpkin gutting


looks like spadhetti


iwwww


Maeven hard at work


Tyr's pumpkin


washing off the gunk


still working


drawing the face


drawing the face


see my grey?
can't believe how much grey i have already. i have more than my mom, no joke!

Tyr dancing
the pumpkin gutting dance

Maeve's pumpkin face


I see a resemblance!


Squeak through the window


Henna watching us through the window


More Squeak
Our cats are littermates (sisters), a year older than Maeven. So I guess that makes them 10yrs old now! They're getting old!

Tyren
Wish that one curl had been pushed back a little. This is a great pic otherwise. Adam took it.

Tyr


Tyr show for Daddy


Tyr show for Daddy


Tyr show for Daddy


Tyr show for Daddy


Tyr show for Daddy


Tyr show for Daddy


Tyr show for Daddy


Tyr show for Daddy


Tyr show for Daddy


Tyr show for Daddy


Tyr show for Daddy


Tyr show for Daddy


Maeven working


Maeven working


Maeve pose


Tyr's pumpkin


Mommy helping Tyr


Maeven's welcome sign.


Still working


All finished!


See the resemblance?
That was a tongue he drew on his pumpkin...I just couldn't cut it all out or the face would have collapsed.

Tyren & pumpkin


Daddy, the ham/photographer


Me 1
Adam is going to put these together into an animated gif. It'll be a riot, I think. :)

Me 2


Me 3


Me 4


Me 5


Me 6
I feel like this smile makes me look like my dad for some reason...and yet I look so very much like Mom, its weird. Odd to be able to see 2 very different people blended so much in your own face. Very weird.

Me 7
Surprisingly, I like all these pics of me. Normally I can't stand my pics. But I guess I was in a silly mood and they actually didn't turn out bad for some reason, LOL!

The standard Adam pic
I've lost count of how many times he's taken this same picture of himself over the years. Dork.

Mommy's 2nd head


yum
seeds to be cleaned and baked and eaten.

Maeven's completed pumpkin


weird Daddy


Tyr writing his name
He's working on it...not quite able to do it very clearly yet, but he's getting there. :) I've not really put any work into helping him practice this yet. He did only just turn 4 a few months ago!

still working


Daaaaaad


The final faces


Take 2


Daddy & camera
Tyr took this pic.

Wall of art


Daddy posing for Tyr


Another pose


Tyrenbot 2000
Consisting of: 2 cardboard boxes covered in aluminum foil, embellishments of recyclables covered in aluminum foil, some ducting for arms/legs, and light sticks from Dollar Tree.

More Tyrenbot


Rose Fairy & Tyrenbot


Ready to go


Maeven the Rose Fairy
She had the dress, tights, wand, shoes, and pumpkin already...made the wings with her Nana from wire hangers and old tights, with roses pulled off of old fairy wings from her fairy birthday party from years ago.

See the sparkly shoes?
I had to have Adam take another pic that showed the shoes.

Getting ready to go Trick or Treating
Grandma came to see the kidlings.

Let's go!


Cheesy robot grin


Fairy wishes


Can we go now?


More fairy wishes on the robot


Put the camera down already!


Robo-Daddy
Halfway through Trick or Treating, Tyr started asking me to take his hat off between houses so his head could get some air (it was hot in there, I guess)...so Adam had to try it on.

The robo arm is actually Tyr's legs which we took off him pretty much from the beginning, since they made walking difficult.

Trick or treating w/friends
All 4 of the friends that we went trick or treating with (Clem, Thea, Ayanna & Thor) were all pirates this year...So it was 4 pirates and a fairy and a robot.

More trick or treating w/friends


Actually managed a shot of both kids
Tried all night to get something like this, finally got one with both my kids in it, LOL!

That's Thea the pirate behind Tyr.

Carefully going down stairs
I thought he was going to kill himself on the stairs all night, since he couldn't see his feet very well. But he actually did really well compensating.

Checking out the booty
At the end of the night, checking the booty. they each only got a little in the bottom of the pumpkins from all those houses.

I'm ok with that.

I think its because there's SOOOO many kids that go trick or treating on Van Ness (where we went), that they all only give out one piece per kid. I cannot even imagine how much money those people must have to spend on candy. No joke, there were SCADS of kids...like droves and droves...it was really hard to get to and from most of the houses.

I think we'll try a quieter neighborhood next year. This is the second year we did Van Ness, but with all the super scary/gross masks and all the oodles of kids...I think we're better off in my parents Clovis neighborhood for next year.

End of the night


Checking out the booty

DSCF8399.JPG
Tyren got Hot Wheels tracks from Mommy & Daddy for his birthday.

DSCF8400.JPG
Tyren got Hot Wheels tracks from Mommy & Daddy for his birthday.

DSCF8401.JPG
Tyren got Hot Wheels tracks from Mommy & Daddy for his birthday. He really likes them!!

DSCF8403.JPG
Tyren got Hot Wheels tracks from Mommy & Daddy for his birthday. I think Daddy was more excited to do them than Tyr!

DSCF8405.JPG
Tyren got Hot Wheels tracks from Mommy & Daddy for his birthday.

DSCF8409.JPG
This is the duffle bag I bought to put all his new Hot Wheels tracks and cars in.

DSCF8410.JPG
This is the duffle bag I bought to put all his new Hot Wheels tracks and cars in.That's our trashed family bedroom. Guess I should plan out the backgrounds before I take pics, LOL!

DSCF8411.JPG
Tyr in his Birthday chair eating breakfast on his birthday morning, in the newly Birthday Fairy decorated house. :)

DSCF8412.JPG
The Birthday Fairy decorates our house and leaves a message and a small present for the birthday child.

DSCF8413.JPG
Entryway decorated by the Birthday Fairy for Tyren's 4th birthday.

DSCF8414.JPG
Hallway decorated by the Birthday Fairy for Tyren's 4th birthday.

DSCF8415.JPG
Bedroom doorway, as seen by Tyren when he awoke on his birthday morning...decorated by the Birthday Fairy for Tyren's 4th birthday.

DSCF8416.JPG
Coming from the bedroom down the hallway to the entryway. Decorated by the Birthday Fairy for Tyr's 4th birthday.

DSCF8417.JPG
Kitchen doorway (going into the kitchen), decorated by the Birthday Fairy.

DSCF8419.JPG
Better view of the birthday message by the Birthday Fairy for Tyren's birthday. It says "Happy 4th Birthday Tyren!! Love, The Birthday Fairy.

DSCF8422.JPG
Lion family Tyren got from the Birthday Fairy for his 4th Birthday.

DSCF8423.JPG
Tyren sitting in his birthday chair eating breakfast on his 4th birthday. Decorated by the Birthday Fairy. Due to my new rule of no eating in the living room, he requested to sit in the doorway so he could watch PBS while he ate. Who am I to argue with the Birthday Boy?

DSCF8425.JPG
Book Tyren got from the Birthday Fairy for his birthday. He got 3 things: This book, window markers, and the lion family.

DSCF8426.JPG
Kid "animals" exploring the cardboard caves and tunnels at Tyren's 4th birthday party.

DSCF8427.JPG
Painting animal faces for Tyr's 4th birthday party. These are, from right to left, Kat (auntie), Randy (Kat's sister, so like a cousin), and Amanda (cousin).

DSCF8428.JPG
Kid "animals" at Tyren's 4th birthday party. From left to right: Brooke, Ayana, Michael, Thor. And in the back is Thea.

DSCF8429.JPG
Kid "animals" at Tyren's 4th birthday party. From left to right: Brooke, Ayana, Michael, Thor. And in the back is Thea.

DSCF8430.JPG
Brooke "dog" at Tyren's 4th birthday party. She made and brought the bone to the party. So cute!

DSCF8431.JPG
Ice-cream-in-a-bag making at Tyren's 4th birthday party. I had one mom per ingredient to give to the kiddos.

DSCF8432.JPG
Ice-cream-in-a-bag making at Tyren's 4th birthday party. I had one mom per ingredient to give to the kiddos.

DSCF8433.JPG
Maeven with her ice-cream-in-a-bag, pre-shaking phase. (This turns into ice cream after the bag shaking process).

DSCF8434.JPG
Counsin Jack and Uncle Andrew checking out the trashed snack table at Tyren's 4th birthday.

DSCF8435.JPG
Snack table at Tyren's 4th birthday party. (The trashed phase). The paper animal plates I was using as serving plates, and there are plastic plates in there that I used as favors--kids got to take home after using them.

DSCF8436.JPG
The cardboard tunnels and caves for Tyren's animal party (4th birthday).

DSCF8437.JPG
Cousin Jack attempting the disk swing with Daddy (Uncle Andrew).

DSCF8438.JPG
Ice-cream-in-a-bag shaking going on.

DSCF8439.JPG
Tyren's 4th birthday cake. Decorated entirely by Maeven!

DSCF8440.JPG
Grownups hanging out at Tyren's 4th birthday.

DSCF8441.JPG
Hanging out near the tunnels at Tyren's 4th birthday party.

DSCF8442.JPG
Tyren cheesin it with his cake. He painted his own face. He had decided ahead of time that he would be "a rainbow cheetah" and he was! You can just see part of his tail--made from black/white leopard print fleece scarf cut narrow and pinned to his butt. :) He also had green ears but they fell by the wayside early on in the party.

DSCF8443.JPG
Tyren and his cake, 4th birthday party.

DSCF8444.JPG
Tyren and his cake, 4th birthday party.

DSCF8445.JPG
Tyren and his cake, 4th birthday party.

DSCF8446.JPG
Tyren and his cake, 4th birthday party.

DSCF8447.JPG
Tyren and Mommy and his cake, 4th birthday party.

DSCF8448.JPG
Maeven holding cousin Jack.

DSCF8449.JPG
Uncle Andrew.

DSCF8450.JPG
Friends Liza (Ayana's mom) and Lex (Thor's mom), and also Thea (right).

DSCF8451.JPG
Grownups hanging out at Tyren's 4th birthday party.

DSCF8452.JPG
Tyren's cake decoration.

DSCF8453.JPG
Hanging out by the tunnels at Tyren's 4th birthday party. Left is Auntie Kat, and next to her is Cousin Amanda (in cat ears and she made a tail too.)

DSCF8454.JPG
More kid "animals" at Tyren's 4th birthday party. Left to right: Randy (cousin, cat), Thea (friend, tiger), Ayana (fried, dog), Maeven (cat), Brooke (friend, dog).

DSCF8455.JPG
Tyren and the dreaded pinata. (I hate pinatas...but he decided he wanted one this year. First and last time, if its up to me.)

DSCF8456.JPG
Tyren wacking his pinata.

DSCF8457.JPG
Tyren wacking his pinata.

DSCF8458.JPG
Watching the pinata wacking.

DSCF8459.JPG
Maeven wacking the pinata.

DSCF8460.JPG
Michael wacking the pinata.

DSCF8461.JPG
Jack wacking the pinata.

DSCF8463.JPG
Randy wacking the pinata.

DSCF8464.JPG
Awaiting turns to wack the pinata. Left to right, Maeven, Tyren, Randy.

DSCF8465.JPG
More pinata.It fell on the ground once and was repaired to be beaten more, since only half the kids had had a turn.

DSCF8466.JPG
Damaged pinata.

DSCF8467.JPG
More pinata.

DSCF8468.JPG
Ayana wacking the pinata.

DSCF8469.JPG
Brooke wacking the pinata.

DSCF8470.JPG
Thea wacking the pinata.

DSCF8471.JPG
Thor (the dog), wacking the pinata out of existance.

DSCF8472.JPG
Watching the pinata chaos. Cousin Monique, with Cousin Amanda and Auntie Alisa in the background.

DSCF8473.JPG
Tyren and his dead pinata.

DSCF8474.JPG
Maeven and Thea checking out their pinata booty.

DSCF8475.JPG
Tyren's tossed aside green ears. (this is actually the back of them, he colored one of them black.)

DSCF8476.JPG
Daddy's foot and Tyren's ears.

DSCF8477.JPG
Tyren opening gifts, 4th birthday party.

DSCF8478.JPG
Tyren opening gifts, 4th birthday party.

DSCF8479.JPG
Tyren's 4th birthday party.

DSCF8480.JPG
Tyren's 4th birthday party.

DSCF8481.JPG
Tyren's 4th birthday party, after dark.

DSCF8482.JPG
Tyren's birthday sign.

DSCF8483.JPG
Tyren opening gifts, 4th birthday party.

DSCF8484.JPG
Tyren opening gifts, 4th birthday party. Got a crown from his card from Nana/Bompa.

DSCF8485.JPG
Tyren opening gifts, 4th birthday party.

DSCF8486.JPG
Tyren opening gifts, 4th birthday party.

DSCF8487.JPG
Tyren opening gifts, 4th birthday party.

DSCF8488.JPG
Tyren opening gifts, 4th birthday party. Michael eyeballing Tyr's animal bowling set. :)

DSCF8489.JPG
Tyren opening gifts, 4th birthday party.

DSCF8490.JPG
Cousin Jack and his light sticks.

DSCF8491.JPG
Cousin Jack and his light sticks.

DSCF8495.JPG
Light sticks at Tyren's 4th birthday party. The party didn't start til 6:30pm, so I knew we'd be going into dark. So I put up xmas lights and gave the kids light sticks once it got dark.

DSCF8496.JPG
"No more pictures, Daddy! We're playing "Stumble Tag" and that's too bright!!" (game created by Maeven...stumble into each other in the dark cardboard tunnels.) 

DSCF8497.JPG
More cool light sticks.

DSCF8498.JPG
More cool light sticks.

DSCF8499.JPG
View of the tunnels at Tyren's 4th birthday party.

SCICON front entrance sign


Salamander Life Cycle Board
This sign is used regularly for the aquatic trail, to show the life cycle of the California Newt (aka salamander) since SCICON is a good place to find these little buggers, especially in the late winter/early spring. The kids get to actually handle them and see them up close. Lucky trails might even be able to see the different life stages live and in living color...I rememeber finding the egg sacs and occasionally netting the larvae...if you're lucky. And an adult salamander was often kept in a box right near this sign, during the times of the year that it was harder to find the salamanders in the surrounding areas.

Salamander Life Cycle Board
closeup of the board.

Bear Creek Trail Sign
The Bear Creek Trail is the one I believe is also known as the "Aquatics Trail"...this is a trail about aquatic life, such as salamanders and the life cycles of insects that lay their eggs in the water, and such. It used to have a really cool picture detailing the life cycles of 3 stage and 4 stage insects...dunno what happened to it...looks like it's currently in the process of being redone.

John Muir side of Bear Creek Trail board
John Muir is often talked about on SCICON trails.

Bird Identification Board
This is a cool board a friend of mine made for SCICON while we were working there...You try to figure out which bird is which sillouette. Then whne you think you have an answer, you check under the number below. These are all common birds to be seen at SCICON.

Bird Identification Board Closeup


Closeup of answers to Bird Identification.


Closeup of answers to Bird Identification.


Tree Diagram
Cool diagram of the inner parts of the tree trunk.

Tree Nursery Trail Barn
They are obviously using this barn for a lot of teaching moments now (it didn't look this good when I worked there)...There's some really great info up here! See the closeups.

Barn Closeup


Barn Closeup


Barn Closeup


Barn Closeup


Barn Closeup


Barn Closeup
I'm guessing this was a bat house that fell down? Normally I think these are put under the eaves of buildings, to encourage bats to rest there at night...since they eat such huge quantities of insects at night when they are feeding, they are very useful animals to have around!

Barn Closeup--tree parts


Barn Closeup--photosynthesis


Compost bins in the Tree Nursery
There was one more that I apparently didn't get in this pic, that was "manure".

In the background you can see some of their buildings they have to protect their tree plantings, which I'm assuming they have the 6th graders plant when they are on the Tree Nursery Trail.

Nutrient Cycle
Part of the vermicomposting area at the Tree Nursery. The bin holds tools for the trail, shovels, gloves, etc.

Solar Composting
I'll have to ask Rick Mitchell about this one...it looked like it was in the process of being built or it fell down? Not sure. Interesting idea, though...I've never heard the term "solar composting" before. I'm guessing that's what you are doing when you are not using worms, though. :)

Wormville sign
This was the sign in the vermicomposting area. Cute idea! :)

Worm bins in Vermicomposting
This is part of the tree nursery trail as well.

Nutrient Cycle Board
Teaching board for the Tree Nursery Trail.

Nutrient Cycle Board Closeup
Great conversation piece for teaching about the cycle.

Worm Board
At the Tree Nursery, near vermicomposting.

Worm Board closeup
This is a great idea for something similar at The Discovery Center's worm farm!

5th Grade Trip Board
I'm not sure exactly what this is used for...but it said 5th Grade Day Trip on it, so I'm assuming it's for that. The right side of the paper inside was falling off when I opened that side, so I couldn't get a pic of the whole thing open. But you get the gist. Cool idea for boards that can be opened when you bring a group over to it. Protected from weather when closed.

Closed view of 5th grade board


SCICON Pledge board
This board is used during the orientation walks, when the students first arrive at SCICON. It's the SCICON Pledge, which students are encouraged to learn while at SCICON.

SCICON Pledge closeup
That last line that is hard to see because of the sun glare is "water and wildlife."

John Muir Quote
This is on the back of the SCICON pledge board...and is also shared with students on their orientation walks. It's a very important concept of the connectivity of all things...which is a concept that in reinforced repeatedly throughout all the SCICON trails.

Acorn Woodpecker board
Acorn woodpeckers are everywhere at SCICON, so I'm guessing this is used to show what to look for. Perhaps on the bird trail. Also could be used to emphasize the unique characteristics of these birds and the differences in the male/female.

Acorn Woodpecker Board closeup


SCICON Communities Board
This must be for Sky Trail, a trail which teaches about plant communities at SCICON, as you hike up a 2 and a half mile hike, gaining 1500ft in elevation! You literally go through all the communities on your way to the top. It's an all-day hike.

This board shows all the communities.

SCICON Communities Closeup


SCICON Communities Board Back
This is the communities board side/back view

Life Along Bear Creek Board
I'm guessing they use this board (it wasn't there when I was at SCICON) to emphasize the life in the riparian community at SCICON. This is the first community you visit with the students on Sky Trail. And this board is located near the creek.

Picnic area by parking lot
You can see the water cycle board that I made during my time at SCICON...it has 4 boards on this little building.

Closeup of parking lot boards


Water Cycle board
Done by ME! :)

Closeup of water cycle board


Closeup of tree life cycle board.
Done by a friend of mine.

Another board
This is on the same structure as the water cycle and tree life cycle boards...I think they are emphasizing how so many products are made out of trees...but it seems to be falling apart...I'm guessing it might be one that has been targeted for redoing.

SCICON map
This is on the back of the water cycle board...it was done by a friend of mine...but I see they whited out the details...I'm guessing because there's since been a lot of new buildings created. I'm guessing this is another that will be redone soon.

Tree stump
This is in the parking lot picnic area. This area is used by the 5th grade day trips, so I'm guessing they wanted to give the kids something to think about and do.

Pine cone ID
This is also in the parking lot picnic area.

Closeup of Cone ID


Gorgeous board structure!
This one is fairly new, I think...I don't remember it last year...Or maybe I just didn't notice it. It's just gorgeous! All the paintings around it and the structure itself with the stone base. Very cool! There are like 6 different boards on this...see next pics for closeups.

Bird Board
These are birds you can find at SCICON. I'm guessing they use this on the bird trail.

More birds board
More birds from SCICON

And more birds board
Yep, you guessed it...these are also birds you can see at SCICON!

Solar systems boards
This was really impressive! Very well done! I'm guessing these are used for the Planetarium trail, where the students learn about our solar system, on their way to the final destination, the SCICON planetarium (very small one, but very cool!)

Closeups of solar system boards


Closeups of solar system boards


Galaxy board
Notice in the upper left hand corner, that says "Solar system"...shown for size effect, I believe.

Birds of prey board
This board is at SCICON's raptor rehabilitation center. They do shows at the center, bringing out their teaching birds and talk to the kids about raptors and their role in the web of life. This is part of the vertebrate trail and the museum trail, both of which end up at the museum, which is next to the raptor center. At least that's how it was when I was there...I don't know if it's still done this way for sure.

Closeup of Birds of Prey board


Closeup of birds of prey board


Closeup of birds of prey board


Raptor center boards
These boards are right next to the raptor center, where they sit the kids for some instruction...obviously used to emphasize the main points of the trail.

Closeup of Raptor Center Boards


Closeup of Raptor Center Boards.

Scicon (75 of 132).jpg
Scicon (75 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (76 of 132).jpg
Scicon (76 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (77 of 132).jpg
Scicon (77 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (78 of 132).jpg
Scicon (78 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (79 of 132).jpg
Scicon (79 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (80 of 132).jpg
Scicon (80 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (81 of 132).jpg
Scicon (81 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (82 of 132).jpg
Scicon (82 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (83 of 132).jpg
Scicon (83 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (84 of 132).jpg
Scicon (84 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (85 of 132).jpg
Scicon (85 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (86 of 132).jpg
Scicon (86 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (87 of 132).jpg
Scicon (87 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (88 of 132).jpg
Scicon (88 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (89 of 132).jpg
Scicon (89 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (90 of 132).jpg
Scicon (90 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (91 of 132).jpg
Scicon (91 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (92 of 132).jpg
Scicon (92 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (93 of 132).jpg
Scicon (93 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (94 of 132).jpg
Scicon (94 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (95 of 132).jpg
Scicon (95 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (96 of 132).jpg
Scicon (96 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (97 of 132).jpg
Scicon (97 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (98 of 132).jpg
Scicon (98 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (99 of 132).jpg
Scicon (99 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (100 of 132).jpg
Scicon (100 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (101 of 132).jpg
Scicon (101 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (102 of 132).jpg
Scicon (102 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (103 of 132).jpg
Scicon (103 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (104 of 132).jpg
Scicon (104 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (105 of 132).jpg
Scicon (105 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (106 of 132).jpg
Scicon (106 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (107 of 132).jpg
Scicon (107 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (108 of 132).jpg
Scicon (108 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (109 of 132).jpg
Scicon (109 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (110 of 132).jpg
Scicon (110 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (111 of 132).jpg
Scicon (111 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (112 of 132).jpg
Scicon (112 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (113 of 132).jpg
Scicon (113 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (114 of 132).jpg
Scicon (114 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (115 of 132).jpg
Scicon (115 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (116 of 132).jpg
Scicon (116 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (117 of 132).jpg
Scicon (117 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (118 of 132).jpg
Scicon (118 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (119 of 132).jpg
Scicon (119 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (120 of 132).jpg
Scicon (120 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (121 of 132).jpg
Scicon (121 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (122 of 132).jpg
Scicon (122 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (123 of 132).jpg
Scicon (123 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (124 of 132).jpg
Scicon (124 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (125 of 132).jpg
Scicon (125 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (126 of 132).jpg
Scicon (126 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (127 of 132).jpg
Scicon (127 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (128 of 132).jpg
Scicon (128 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (129 of 132).jpg
Scicon (129 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (130 of 132).jpg
Scicon (130 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (131 of 132).jpg
Scicon (131 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (132 of 132).jpg
Scicon (132 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

SCICON Entrance
SCICON's front gate sign.

Checking out Bear Creek
Matthew, Brooke and Maeven, looking at Bear Creek.

Frogs
There's a tiny frog in here somewhere...really there is!

The kids found tiny frogs in the little pools of water on the rocks at "Convoluted Rocks" at SCICON. They had a blast playing with them, as the next bunch of pictures can attest to. :)

Brooke and frog
Brooke called this a "frog on a log."  :)

The trading of the frog
Maeven taking a turn with the frog on a log

Matthew and frog
Matthew had a blast catching the frogs in his hands.

Brooke and frog
Brooke was very gentle with these tiny frogs.

Sally-mander
After all the excitement over the frogs, someone found a salamander in the next pool over! Christopher was very sweet, sharing handling time with Tyren, who couldn't stop giggling the whole time.

The salamander hand off


Tyr and Sally
I'm telling you, he was just tickled pink by that little bugger! Here he is just giggling away, anticipating holding "Sally-mander" (named after the song.)

Tyr and Sally


Tyr and Sally


Tyr and Sally


Tyr and Sally


ACK! It's climbing on me, Daddy!


YIKES! What do I do now??


Daddy to the rescue!


Tyr and Sally


Tyr and Sally


Sharing handling time with Maeven.


Maeven's turn.
 She's a veteran salamander-handler...since she was a wee one.

Maeven and Sally


Now Christopher has a "frog on a log."


Matthew caught another frog.


Look, ma! Can we keep 'em?


Amazing scenery at Convoluted Rocks, SCICON
Brooke's dad, Jamie, checks out the amazing scenery.

Frog Boy
There's a frog on my finger!

Frog Boy 2
DSCF7967.JPG 2009-02-14

Convoluted Rocks
Our surroundings. This area really can't be described properly. It's beyond beautiful. Even though I've been here a ton of times (one time even in the middle of the night!) I never can get over how gorgeous it is. I wish I had taken more pictures, but I spent much of my time trying to keep Tyren from taking a swim or falling off a rock and cracking his head open. A daunting task, I assure you! Hoping my brother got some better pics of the scenery. I just focused on what the kids were doing.

Convoluted Rocks
There used to be a pair of golden eagles that had a nest way up on top of that cliff. I saw them once and was able to show my trail group...pretty darn cool! I'm sure they are long gone now, though.

More puddles
What else can I get into? Well, how about this algae-slimey water? Hmmm, fun stuff!

Goofball boy
Tyren decided he had to take some wet sand home, for some reason.

Poser
Say cheese! Portrait with his sand.

I dunno
Tyren is such a ham...one never knows what he is going to do for pictures.

I'm not giving up my sand!
He really wanted that sand as a souvenir!

Tyren
Look at Mommy...no, I'm over here.

Ham and a half
I love this pic. Shows the imp in him, methinks.

My Sweet Boy
Another great pic. He's so photogenic, don't ya think? And I love this hat on him, LOL!

Sally-mander
Wouldn't ya know it? We didn't see very many salamanders all day...like maybe less than 10...(I was expecting a LOT because of the rain)...but because it was a gorgeous sunny day, they mostly stayed out of sight. On our way back to the cars, the sun was starting to go down and we spotted more salamanders in this spot by the parking area...they really don't like the sun...they come out when its cloudy. *sigh* And I was just happy that we didn't get rained on, but a little cloud cover would have been nice to encourage more salamander sightings!

Sally-mander 2
Really hard to take a good picture of a moving salamander in running water. Yeah, REALLY hard!

Snow cover on nearby hill
There was a dusting of snow in patches here and there at SCICON! Pretty exciting to see...and the nearby hills had a lot more.

Scarecrows
Maeven and Brooke made scarecrow #2 and #3. Can you guess which ones they are? LOL!  The SCICON scarecrow really looked like a man taking a pee, when viewed from the parking lot! LOL!

Sprouting acorns
I'm guessing they have the kids plant these on the tree nursery trail. The tree nursery is WAY more impressive now than it was when I worked at SCICON. They've really developed a lot of really neat things! Including this little house to keep the acorns safe from pesky wildlife that would love to eat them up! I can still remember many times going to my car and seeing turkey vultures all over the compost in the tree nursery (the tree nursery is right next to the parking lot)...I'm sure the squirrels would really love these acorns.

More acorns
This looked like such a cool project...I am very impressed with their setup! I'd love to see this trail in action.

The Tree Nymph
I've seen these in catalogs but never on a tree. Too funny!

More plants
These were other plants/trees that they were working on growing. Very cool.

Tree Nursery
The barn is where they keep some stuff for the tree nursery trail, I think...I've never actually been in there.

Tree Nursery Signs
Looks like there's been a lot of work to develop this area for the trail.

Wormville Sign
By the vermicomposting bins. (Still in the tree nursery)

Vermicomposting
At the Tree Nursery, at SCICON Outdoor School

Water Cycle Board
Probably you can't see the initials on the bottom...it was made by "T Scott"...yup, that would be ME! This is the board I made for SCICON, my end-of-the-year project...so this thing is like 12 years old...looking a bit worn, but still in pretty good shape, methinks! I copied a picture of the water cycle from a lesson book somewhere.

Picnic area
With the water cycle board.

Picnic area boards


Car ride home
On the way home from SCICON

Tyren Tantrum
Oh yah, that's a fun thing to take a picture of, eh?

5 seconds later
After the short tantrum, cheesin it for the camera again. That boy is just quirky, LOL!

Sewer cover at museum
For some reason Adam had to take a picture of this. I guess he thought it was an odd place for it, LOL!

Tree Burl
I think that's what this is called...its a cancerous-like growth on a tree. Pretty cool looking!

Tree Burl


Clouds rolling in
It was a beautiful sunny day during our time at SCICON (amazing since it POURED down rain the day before), though cold. But sadly, the salamanders don't like the sun, so we didn't see as many as I had hoped. But wouldn't ya know it? The clouds were rolling in as we were leaving!! ARGH!

Clouds hugging hilltop
I thought this looked really cool!

SCICON cows
SCICON rents out their land to cattle ranchers, to graze their cows...these little guys were near the front gate, on our way out the campus.

More SCICON cows.


More SCICON cows.


Stay off the road little guy!
You always have to watch for cows once you cross the last cattle grate on the way to the SCICON gate...they frequently get in the road!

What are YOU looking at?


Scicon (1 of 132).jpg
Scicon (1 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (2 of 132).jpg
Scicon (2 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (3 of 132).jpg
Scicon (3 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (4 of 132).jpg
Scicon (4 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (10 of 132).jpg
Scicon (10 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (5 of 132).jpg
Scicon (5 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (11 of 132).jpg
Scicon (11 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (6 of 132).jpg
Scicon (6 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (7 of 132).jpg
Scicon (7 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (8 of 132).jpg
Scicon (8 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (46 of 132).jpg
Scicon (46 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (47 of 132).jpg
Scicon (47 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (48 of 132).jpg
Scicon (48 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (49 of 132).jpg
Scicon (49 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (50 of 132).jpg
Scicon (50 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (51 of 132).jpg
Scicon (51 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (52 of 132).jpg
Scicon (52 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (53 of 132).jpg
Scicon (53 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (54 of 132).jpg
Scicon (54 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (55 of 132).jpg
Scicon (55 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (56 of 132).jpg
Scicon (56 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (9 of 132).jpg
Scicon (9 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (12 of 132).jpg
Scicon (12 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (13 of 132).jpg
Scicon (13 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (14 of 132).jpg
Scicon (14 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (15 of 132).jpg
Scicon (15 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (16 of 132).jpg
Scicon (16 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (17 of 132).jpg
Scicon (17 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (18 of 132).jpg
Scicon (18 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (70 of 132).jpg
Scicon (70 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (71 of 132).jpg
Scicon (71 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (72 of 132).jpg
Scicon (72 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (73 of 132).jpg
Scicon (73 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (74 of 132).jpg
Scicon (74 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (69 of 132).jpg
Scicon (69 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (68 of 132).jpg
Scicon (68 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (67 of 132).jpg
Scicon (67 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (66 of 132).jpg
Scicon (66 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (19 of 132).jpg
Scicon (19 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (20 of 132).jpg
Scicon (20 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (21 of 132).jpg
Scicon (21 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (22 of 132).jpg
Scicon (22 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (23 of 132).jpg
Scicon (23 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (24 of 132).jpg
Scicon (24 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (25 of 132).jpg
Scicon (25 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (26 of 132).jpg
Scicon (26 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (27 of 132).jpg
Scicon (27 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (28 of 132).jpg
Scicon (28 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (29 of 132).jpg
Scicon (29 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (30 of 132).jpg
Scicon (30 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (31 of 132).jpg
Scicon (31 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (32 of 132).jpg
Scicon (32 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (33 of 132).jpg
Scicon (33 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (34 of 132).jpg
Scicon (34 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (35 of 132).jpg
Scicon (35 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (36 of 132).jpg
Scicon (36 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (37 of 132).jpg
Scicon (37 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (38 of 132).jpg
Scicon (38 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (65 of 132).jpg
Scicon (65 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (39 of 132).jpg
Scicon (39 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (40 of 132).jpg
Scicon (40 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (41 of 132).jpg
Scicon (41 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (42 of 132).jpg
Scicon (42 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (43 of 132).jpg
Scicon (43 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (44 of 132).jpg
Scicon (44 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (45 of 132).jpg
Scicon (45 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (57 of 132).jpg
Scicon (57 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (58 of 132).jpg
Scicon (58 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (59 of 132).jpg
Scicon (59 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (60 of 132).jpg
Scicon (60 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (61 of 132).jpg
Scicon (61 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (62 of 132).jpg
Scicon (62 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (63 of 132).jpg
Scicon (63 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

Scicon (64 of 132).jpg
Scicon (64 of 132).jpg 2009-02-14

DSC_0081.JPG
DSC_0081.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0082.JPG
DSC_0082.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0083.JPG
DSC_0083.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0085.JPG
DSC_0085.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0086.JPG
DSC_0086.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0087.JPG
DSC_0087.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0088.JPG
DSC_0088.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0091.JPG
DSC_0091.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0092.JPG
DSC_0092.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0084.JPG
DSC_0084.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0093.JPG
DSC_0093.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0094.JPG
DSC_0094.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0095.JPG
DSC_0095.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0098.JPG
DSC_0098.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0099.JPG
DSC_0099.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0100.JPG
DSC_0100.JPG 2008-12-20

DSC_0101.JPG
DSC_0101.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0102.JPG
DSC_0102.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0103.JPG
DSC_0103.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0104.JPG
DSC_0104.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0105.JPG
DSC_0105.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0106.JPG
DSC_0106.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0107.JPG
DSC_0107.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0108.JPG
DSC_0108.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0109.JPG
DSC_0109.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0111.JPG
DSC_0111.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0113.JPG
DSC_0113.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0112.JPG
DSC_0112.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0115.JPG
DSC_0115.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0114.JPG
DSC_0114.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0116.JPG
DSC_0116.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0117.JPG
DSC_0117.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0118.JPG
DSC_0118.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0119.JPG
DSC_0119.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0120.JPG
DSC_0120.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0121.JPG
DSC_0121.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0123.JPG
DSC_0123.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0124.JPG
DSC_0124.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0125.JPG
DSC_0125.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0126.JPG
DSC_0126.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0127.JPG
DSC_0127.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0128.JPG
DSC_0128.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0129.JPG
DSC_0129.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0130.JPG
DSC_0130.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0132.JPG
DSC_0132.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0131.JPG
DSC_0131.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0134.JPG
DSC_0134.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0133.JPG
DSC_0133.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0135.JPG
DSC_0135.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0136.JPG
DSC_0136.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0137.JPG
DSC_0137.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0139.JPG
DSC_0139.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0140.JPG
DSC_0140.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0141.JPG
DSC_0141.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0142.JPG
DSC_0142.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0143.JPG
DSC_0143.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0144.JPG
DSC_0144.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0146.JPG
DSC_0146.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0145.JPG
DSC_0145.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0147.JPG
DSC_0147.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0148.JPG
DSC_0148.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0150.JPG
DSC_0150.JPG 2008-12-24

DSC_0149.JPG
DSC_0149.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7579.JPG
DSCF7579.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7581.JPG
DSCF7581.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7582.JPG
DSCF7582.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7583.JPG
DSCF7583.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7584.JPG
DSCF7584.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7585.JPG
DSCF7585.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7586.JPG
DSCF7586.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7587.JPG
DSCF7587.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7588.JPG
DSCF7588.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7589.JPG
DSCF7589.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7590.JPG
DSCF7590.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7591.JPG
DSCF7591.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7592.JPG
DSCF7592.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7593.JPG
DSCF7593.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7594.JPG
DSCF7594.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7595.JPG
DSCF7595.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7596.JPG
DSCF7596.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7597.JPG
DSCF7597.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7598.JPG
DSCF7598.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7599.JPG
DSCF7599.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7601.JPG
DSCF7601.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7602.JPG
DSCF7602.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7603.JPG
DSCF7603.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7604.JPG
DSCF7604.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7605.JPG
DSCF7605.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7606.JPG
DSCF7606.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7607.JPG
DSCF7607.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7610.JPG
DSCF7610.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7612.JPG
DSCF7612.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7613.JPG
DSCF7613.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7614.JPG
DSCF7614.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7615.JPG
DSCF7615.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7616.JPG
DSCF7616.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7617.JPG
DSCF7617.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7618.JPG
DSCF7618.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7619.JPG
DSCF7619.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7620.JPG
DSCF7620.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7621.JPG
DSCF7621.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7622.JPG
DSCF7622.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7625.JPG
DSCF7625.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7626.JPG
DSCF7626.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7631.JPG
DSCF7631.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7632.JPG
DSCF7632.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7633.JPG
DSCF7633.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7634.JPG
DSCF7634.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7635.JPG
DSCF7635.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7639.JPG
DSCF7639.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7645.JPG
DSCF7645.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7649.JPG
DSCF7649.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7650.JPG
DSCF7650.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7653.JPG
DSCF7653.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7655.JPG
DSCF7655.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7657.JPG
DSCF7657.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7660.JPG
DSCF7660.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7666.JPG
DSCF7666.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7667.JPG
DSCF7667.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7672.JPG
DSCF7672.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7674.JPG
DSCF7674.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7678.JPG
DSCF7678.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7679.JPG
DSCF7679.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7680.JPG
DSCF7680.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7681.JPG
DSCF7681.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7682.JPG
DSCF7682.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7683.JPG
DSCF7683.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7684.JPG
DSCF7684.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7685.JPG
DSCF7685.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7686.JPG
DSCF7686.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7687.JPG
DSCF7687.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7688.JPG
DSCF7688.JPG 2008-12-24

DSCF7692.JPG
DSCF7692.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7695.JPG
DSCF7695.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7696.JPG
DSCF7696.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7697.JPG
DSCF7697.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7698.JPG
DSCF7698.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7699.JPG
DSCF7699.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7700.JPG
DSCF7700.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7701.JPG
DSCF7701.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7702.JPG
DSCF7702.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7704.JPG
DSCF7704.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7705.JPG
DSCF7705.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7706.JPG
DSCF7706.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7707.JPG
DSCF7707.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7708.JPG
DSCF7708.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7709.JPG
DSCF7709.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7710.JPG
DSCF7710.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7712.JPG
DSCF7712.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7713.JPG
DSCF7713.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7714.JPG
DSCF7714.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7715.JPG
DSCF7715.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7716.JPG
DSCF7716.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7717.JPG
DSCF7717.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7718.JPG
DSCF7718.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7719.JPG
DSCF7719.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7720.JPG
DSCF7720.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7721.JPG
DSCF7721.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7722.JPG
DSCF7722.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7723.JPG
DSCF7723.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7724.JPG
DSCF7724.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7725.JPG
DSCF7725.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7726.JPG
DSCF7726.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7727.JPG
DSCF7727.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7728.JPG
DSCF7728.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7729.JPG
DSCF7729.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7730.JPG
DSCF7730.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7731.JPG
DSCF7731.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7732.JPG
DSCF7732.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7733.JPG
DSCF7733.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7734.JPG
DSCF7734.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7735.JPG
DSCF7735.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7736.JPG
DSCF7736.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7737.JPG
DSCF7737.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7738.JPG
DSCF7738.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7739.JPG
DSCF7739.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7743.JPG
DSCF7743.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7744.JPG
DSCF7744.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7746.JPG
DSCF7746.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7748.JPG
DSCF7748.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7749.JPG
DSCF7749.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7750.JPG
DSCF7750.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7752.JPG
DSCF7752.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7753.JPG
DSCF7753.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7754.JPG
DSCF7754.JPG 2008-12-25

DSCF7756.JPG
DSCF7756.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7757.JPG
DSCF7757.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7758.JPG
DSCF7758.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7759.JPG
DSCF7759.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7760.JPG
DSCF7760.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7761.JPG
DSCF7761.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7762.JPG
DSCF7762.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7763.JPG
DSCF7763.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7764.JPG
DSCF7764.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7765.JPG
DSCF7765.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7766.JPG
DSCF7766.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7767.JPG
DSCF7767.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7768.JPG
DSCF7768.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7771.JPG
DSCF7771.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7780.JPG
DSCF7780.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7781.JPG
DSCF7781.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7782.JPG
DSCF7782.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7783.JPG
DSCF7783.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7784.JPG
DSCF7784.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7785.JPG
DSCF7785.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7787.JPG
DSCF7787.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7788.JPG
DSCF7788.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7790.JPG
DSCF7790.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7792.JPG
DSCF7792.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7797.JPG
DSCF7797.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7798.JPG
DSCF7798.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7800.JPG
DSCF7800.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7802.JPG
DSCF7802.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7803.JPG
DSCF7803.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7804.JPG
DSCF7804.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7805.JPG
DSCF7805.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7806.JPG
DSCF7806.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7807.JPG
DSCF7807.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7808.JPG
DSCF7808.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7809.JPG
DSCF7809.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7810.JPG
DSCF7810.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7812.JPG
DSCF7812.JPG 2008-12-27

DSCF7769.JPG
DSCF7769.JPG 2008-12-26

DSCF7770.JPG
DSCF7770.JPG 2008-12-26

Alisa's spread
This is NOT my house. My house never looks that good! :)

DSC_0274.JPG
DSC_0274.JPG 2008-11-27

Lookit the concentration
That turkey cuttin is gruelin work, I tell ya!

Yummy yum yums
Alisa created quite the spread for us all!!

DSC_0277.JPG
DSC_0277.JPG 2008-11-27

Oh good god
Did I really make that face? Holy mother of something. Did someone put something in my drink? Yeah I'll blame it on someone else. There ya go. Couldn't be a face I would make...I was under duress. Sh-ya, that's the ticket.

Methinks the hubby is mocking
OK, is that a poop face or a making-fun-of-my-wife's-face-face? Things that make ya go hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

This is how you take a picture of yourself
But don't really take a picture...oh! woops.

This is how I take a picture of you
I see you see me see you. Um, didya get that?

This is how I make you look drunk.
See if I just tilt it like so...VOILA! Instant drunk pic! Either that or modern art...I forget which.

He thinks I can't see him...
But I see him...and ya gotta sleep sometime, broTHER!!

DSC_0285.JPG
DSC_0285.JPG 2008-11-27

This is what the world would look like if I were really tall
See how I LOOM over the kitchen and Eloise??

Alisa's hittin the sauce again
Hey Gramps, what are YOU lookin at?

Elephantus hatus
See this would look really cute right HERE!

Elephant hatware is all the rage in Fresno
Don't I just look tres chic? Me oui!!
Maeven, age 8

DSC_0290.JPG
DSC_0290.JPG 2008-11-27

Duh-yyyy
I forgot what I was gonna say.
It's like a deer in headlights!

DSC_0292.JPG
DSC_0292.JPG 2008-11-27

The Whole Kit-n-Kaboodle
OK well the kaboodle.

Ah technology
Texting at the dinner table. Hmmm, wonder who they are texting...oh yeah...EACH OTHER!!!
*rolling eyes* LOL!

Uncle Adam and Niece Amanda

I wonder if they'd notice....
If I ate just the bottom ornaments off the tree?

Jack, 1yr

DSC_0296.JPG
DSC_0296.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0297.JPG
DSC_0297.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0298.JPG
DSC_0298.JPG 2008-11-27

Get. the. camera. out. of. my. face.
No, seriously.
I'm actually a MAJOR threat.

Ah the look of evil
On a 3yr old's face. And the innocence of a nearby family member who hasn't at all got all the kids riled up into an all out brawl of a pillow fight, noooooo.

Tyren, 3yrs
about to pounce on Uncle Rob's brother

Don't hurt me!!
And Maeven's wondering if she can make enough air to land on top of his head.

Maeven, 8yrs
Tyren, 3yrs

Take THAT!!
Well he started it!!

Tyren, 3yrs

Hurry before Mommy stops the fun!
Bounce-bounce-bounce-giggle-giggle-giggle
Mommy never lets us jump all over our couches at home!!! WEEEEE!!! New rulessssssss!!!!

Maeven, 8yrs
Tyren, 3yrs

DSC_0304.JPG
DSC_0304.JPG 2008-11-27

No really, if I close my eyes, I can see behind me
Rob: Wah? Really? She can see me??
Rob's Mom: wow, that's amazing!!

I think Mommy had just a little too much...1
Hick!! That last batch of milk was spiked!

Whaaaaat? You don't believe me?
You callin me a liar??

Jackson, 1yr
(Kat & Andrew's son)

Told ya!
I KNEW Mommy would break up all our bouncing fun! Drat!

Tyren, 3yrs
Maeven, 8yrs
Cousin-in-law Maddy, 6yrs

DSC_0309.JPG
DSC_0309.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0310.JPG
DSC_0310.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0311.JPG
DSC_0311.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0312.JPG
DSC_0312.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0313.JPG
DSC_0313.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0314.JPG
DSC_0314.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0315.JPG
DSC_0315.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0316.JPG
DSC_0316.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0317.JPG
DSC_0317.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0318.JPG
DSC_0318.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0319.JPG
DSC_0319.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0320.JPG
DSC_0320.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0321.JPG
DSC_0321.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0321.JPG
DSC_0321.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0322.JPG
DSC_0322.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0323.JPG
DSC_0323.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0324.JPG
DSC_0324.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0325.JPG
DSC_0325.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0326.JPG
DSC_0326.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0327.JPG
DSC_0327.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0328.JPG
DSC_0328.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0329.JPG
DSC_0329.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0330.JPG
DSC_0330.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0331.JPG
DSC_0331.JPG 2008-11-27

DSC_0263.JPG
DSC_0263.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0215.JPG
DSC_0215.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0216.JPG
DSC_0216.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0217.JPG
DSC_0217.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0218.JPG
DSC_0218.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0219.JPG
DSC_0219.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0220.JPG
DSC_0220.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0221.JPG
DSC_0221.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0222.JPG
DSC_0222.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0223.JPG
DSC_0223.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0224.JPG
DSC_0224.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0225.JPG
DSC_0225.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0226.JPG
DSC_0226.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0227.JPG
DSC_0227.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0228.JPG
DSC_0228.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0229.JPG
DSC_0229.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0231.JPG
DSC_0231.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0232.JPG
DSC_0232.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0233.JPG
DSC_0233.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0234.JPG
DSC_0234.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0235.JPG
DSC_0235.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0236.JPG
DSC_0236.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0237.JPG
DSC_0237.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0238.JPG
DSC_0238.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0239.JPG
DSC_0239.JPG 2008-11-04

DSC_0240.JPG
DSC_0240.JPG 2008-11-04

DSCF6972.JPG
DSCF6972.JPG 2008-09-02

DSCF6973.JPG
DSCF6973.JPG 2008-09-02

DSCF6984.JPG
DSCF6984.JPG 2008-09-02

DSCF6975.JPG
DSCF6975.JPG 2008-09-02

DSCF6982.JPG
DSCF6982.JPG 2008-09-02

DSCF6961.JPG
DSCF6961.JPG 2008-09-02

DSCF6986.JPG
DSCF6986.JPG 2008-09-02

DSCF6960.JPG
DSCF6960.JPG 2008-09-02

DSCF6964.JPG
DSCF6964.JPG 2008-09-02

DSCF6974.JPG
DSCF6974.JPG 2008-09-02

Seren, Maeven & Our Turkey
We had friends Seren and her mom, Tiffiny over for Thanksgiving again this year.

Maeven & Our Turkey
Maeven & I made this turkey bread basket together to decorate our Thanksgiving table.

Seren, Maeven & Our Turkey


Seren, Maeven & Our Turkey


Maeven Goofin it up


Cheeeeese!!!
For some reason, this was Tyren's "Cheese!" pose.

Smith men "Cheeeese!!"
Daddy had to join in on the fun!

Maeven "Cheeeeese!"
Maeven's not to be outdone by the men!

More cheese


Maeven and Turkey


Seren
Seren seems less than enthusiastic with the food. :)

Seren


Nana & Bompa's Frog
Apparently a bullfrog has taken residence in a puddle in the backyard.

Adam and Dad ("Bompa")


After-Thanksgiving crafts
Tiffiny and Seren doing crafts, Tyren looking on...Adam, Mom and Dad in the background.

Maeven's Pine Cone Turkey
She didn't really get much into this project, unfortunately. :( Ah well.

Maeven's Turkey Closer


Maeven & Friend
Maeven DID have fun making pipe cleaner people! :) Front teeth show no signs of coming in after months of being gone.

My Sexy Adam
This is his sexy raised eyebrow look to me. Makes me weak in the knees! *BIG GRIN*

Seren Crafting


Silly girls
Thats a cornucopia on Maeven's head. She definitely has inherited Daddy's silliness!

Seren's Pine Cone Turkey
With just a little help from her Mommy.

Bompa
Just sittin, watchin Tyren and Nana play on the playground.

PUUUULLLL!!
Tyren was really determined to dig out these play carrots in Looney Tune Land...but they were attached well.

Still trying
He was not going to give up!

Let's try this one
Darn carrots are stuck fast!

ACME Fun Factory
Adam feeding balls into one of the many ball shooters in the Looney Tunes ACME Fun Factory.

Haw Haw, Gotcha
Maeven & Adam had a blast shootin those balls!

Maeven's Turn
Shootin balls in the ACME Fun Factory.

Watching out for Air Attacks
There were 2 levels of shooters...kids above were shooting balls down below on the lower level too.

Collecting more ammo
Balls balls everywhere!

ACME Fun Factory
That's Adam back there, loading up for another round.

Who's having more fun?
The kids or Adam?

Hee Hee, I'll Get Ya!
Maeven, loading up for more rounds.

Tyren on Looney Tunes Playground
Big cartoon play things to climb on...Watched over by Nana.

Bugs Bunny's Mailbox


Cheesin it for the Camera
I see Daddy peeking from behind there!

Baby Tarr-eh
Baby's Carrots

Oh yes, I rule the world
These are MY carrots, MINE MINE MINE! You cannot sneak up behind me Dah-ee...I see you there!

Carrot Boy and Daddy


Baby & Mommy
In the Butterfly Pavilion.

Butterfly


Butterfly


Butterfly


Looking at butterflies
Maeven and Nana in the Butterfly Pavilion.

Butterfly


Here Butterfly, Butterfly
Maeven REALLY wanted one to land on her! There were others that had some land on them and she was very jealous!

Butterfly


Butterfly


Butterfly


Patient Maeven
She really tried to get them to come to her...maybe next year they'll listen.

Butterfly Pavilion
Butterflies fly around freely...its a very cool exhibit!

Butterflies


Butterfly


Butterfly


Butterfly


Butterfly


Mama Lion


Lions Frollicking
Daddy lion started rolling around on his back right after we got there...so funny how much like a domestic cat they look

Lions


Daddy Lion Rolling


Tiger Show
Maeven & Nana were up closer than us and nearly got sprayed by the white tiger in this show!

Tyren Hoppy Frog
This was by far Tyren's favorite ride! The Hoppy Frog!

Hoppy Frog


Hoppy Frog
You can see Daddy and Tyren in the mirror.

Maeven's 7th Birthday Cake
OK so I didn't have time to bake a cake, even though I had meant to...oh well, it was still yummy!

Letter to Birthday Fairy
The Birthday Fairy decorates the house/leaves a treat on kid birthdays. Maeven put in a special request this year.

Cake 2
Maeven decorated it herself.

Salsa King
Tyren wasn't bothered by the "medium"-ness of the salsa at Maeven's party. He chowed down with the grownups.

Auntie & Cousins
Aunt Kat and Cousin Jack (and Cousin Ian)

Posing w/family
Maeven with her new baby cousin, Jack and Aunt Kat.

More family


More Baby Cousin


Ian & Tyren
Cousins playing.

Ian & Tyren


No pictures
Uncle Andrew doesn't like his pic taken.

Birthday Cake


Uhhh
No idea what she was looking at.

Cousins swinging
Ian and Maeven on our rope swing.

Cousins Playing
Fall has fallen in our backyard...leaves leaves everywhere! And its only just begun! Unfinished sand pit to the left.

More swinging


Cheesy Bompa


Cousins playing


Cousin Ian


Tyren the Ham
What's Caillou say?

Silly boy


Swinging cousins


Swinging cousins


Birthday excitement
Everyone looks like they're having such fun! Background, Adam and Andrew, front, Maeven & Tyren.

Sleepy Baby Jack


Brothers
Adam & Andrew...both are so photogenic, ;)

No more pictures!
Bompa seems to not like the camera in his face.

New Ponies
Maeven got cash for her birthday and we promptly went out to Toys R Us after her party and let her spend it.

Playing with Birthday Ponies


Don't Eat it Daddy!
Daddy thinks the ponies would taste good.

2007_0602_0001.JPG
2007_0602_0001.JPG 2007-05-29

2007_0602_0002.JPG
2007_0602_0002.JPG 2007-05-29

2007_0602_0004.JPG
2007_0602_0004.JPG 2007-05-29

2007_0602_0003.JPG
2007_0602_0003.JPG 2007-05-29

2007_0602_0002.JPG
2007_0602_0002.JPG 2007-05-29

2007_0602_0001.JPG
2007_0602_0001.JPG 2007-05-29

2007_0602_0007.JPG
2007_0602_0007.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0008.JPG
2007_0602_0008.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0010.JPG
2007_0602_0010.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0011.JPG
2007_0602_0011.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0012.JPG
2007_0602_0012.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0015.JPG
2007_0602_0015.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0014.JPG
2007_0602_0014.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0013.JPG
2007_0602_0013.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0016.JPG
2007_0602_0016.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0018.JPG
2007_0602_0018.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0017.JPG
2007_0602_0017.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0020.JPG
2007_0602_0020.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0019.JPG
2007_0602_0019.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0021.JPG
2007_0602_0021.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0023.JPG
2007_0602_0023.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0025.JPG
2007_0602_0025.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0022.JPG
2007_0602_0022.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0024.JPG
2007_0602_0024.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0029.JPG
2007_0602_0029.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0027.JPG
2007_0602_0027.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0026.JPG
2007_0602_0026.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0031.JPG
2007_0602_0031.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0032.JPG
2007_0602_0032.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0033.JPG
2007_0602_0033.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0034.JPG
2007_0602_0034.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0030.JPG
2007_0602_0030.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0035.JPG
2007_0602_0035.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0036.JPG
2007_0602_0036.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0038.JPG
2007_0602_0038.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0039.JPG
2007_0602_0039.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0028.JPG
2007_0602_0028.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0040.JPG
2007_0602_0040.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0041.JPG
2007_0602_0041.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0042.JPG
2007_0602_0042.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0043.JPG
2007_0602_0043.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0044.JPG
2007_0602_0044.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0046.JPG
2007_0602_0046.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0045.JPG
2007_0602_0045.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0037.JPG
2007_0602_0037.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0048.JPG
2007_0602_0048.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0049.JPG
2007_0602_0049.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0047.JPG
2007_0602_0047.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0050.JPG
2007_0602_0050.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0051.JPG
2007_0602_0051.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0052.JPG
2007_0602_0052.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0053.JPG
2007_0602_0053.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0055.JPG
2007_0602_0055.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0056.JPG
2007_0602_0056.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0057.JPG
2007_0602_0057.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0058.JPG
2007_0602_0058.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0059.JPG
2007_0602_0059.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0060.JPG
2007_0602_0060.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0061.JPG
2007_0602_0061.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0062.JPG
2007_0602_0062.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0063.JPG
2007_0602_0063.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0064.JPG
2007_0602_0064.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0065.JPG
2007_0602_0065.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0066.JPG
2007_0602_0066.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0054.JPG
2007_0602_0054.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0067.JPG
2007_0602_0067.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0068.JPG
2007_0602_0068.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0070.JPG
2007_0602_0070.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0071.JPG
2007_0602_0071.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0073.JPG
2007_0602_0073.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0074.JPG
2007_0602_0074.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0069.JPG
2007_0602_0069.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0075.JPG
2007_0602_0075.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0072.JPG
2007_0602_0072.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0076.JPG
2007_0602_0076.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0077.JPG
2007_0602_0077.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0078.JPG
2007_0602_0078.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0079.JPG
2007_0602_0079.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0081.JPG
2007_0602_0081.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0080.JPG
2007_0602_0080.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0082.JPG
2007_0602_0082.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0084.JPG
2007_0602_0084.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0086.JPG
2007_0602_0086.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0088.JPG
2007_0602_0088.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0091.JPG
2007_0602_0091.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0092.JPG
2007_0602_0092.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0085.JPG
2007_0602_0085.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0083.JPG
2007_0602_0083.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0093.JPG
2007_0602_0093.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0087.JPG
2007_0602_0087.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0094.JPG
2007_0602_0094.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0095.JPG
2007_0602_0095.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0097.JPG
2007_0602_0097.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0099.JPG
2007_0602_0099.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0101.JPG
2007_0602_0101.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0102.JPG
2007_0602_0102.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0103.JPG
2007_0602_0103.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0096.JPG
2007_0602_0096.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0104.JPG
2007_0602_0104.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0098.JPG
2007_0602_0098.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0100.JPG
2007_0602_0100.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0106.JPG
2007_0602_0106.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0105.JPG
2007_0602_0105.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0107.JPG
2007_0602_0107.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0110.JPG
2007_0602_0110.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0112.JPG
2007_0602_0112.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0113.JPG
2007_0602_0113.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0114.JPG
2007_0602_0114.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0116.JPG
2007_0602_0116.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0109.JPG
2007_0602_0109.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0108.JPG
2007_0602_0108.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0111.JPG
2007_0602_0111.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0118.JPG
2007_0602_0118.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0117.JPG
2007_0602_0117.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0121.JPG
2007_0602_0121.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0122.JPG
2007_0602_0122.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0123.JPG
2007_0602_0123.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0124.JPG
2007_0602_0124.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0125.JPG
2007_0602_0125.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0126.JPG
2007_0602_0126.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0119.JPG
2007_0602_0119.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0120.JPG
2007_0602_0120.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0129.JPG
2007_0602_0129.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0130.JPG
2007_0602_0130.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0131.JPG
2007_0602_0131.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0132.JPG
2007_0602_0132.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0133.JPG
2007_0602_0133.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0128.JPG
2007_0602_0128.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0136.JPG
2007_0602_0136.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0137.JPG
2007_0602_0137.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0139.JPG
2007_0602_0139.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0140.JPG
2007_0602_0140.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0135.JPG
2007_0602_0135.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0141.JPG
2007_0602_0141.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0142.JPG
2007_0602_0142.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0144.JPG
2007_0602_0144.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0145.JPG
2007_0602_0145.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0146.JPG
2007_0602_0146.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0147.JPG
2007_0602_0147.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0148.JPG
2007_0602_0148.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0150.JPG
2007_0602_0150.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0149.JPG
2007_0602_0149.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0152.JPG
2007_0602_0152.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0153.JPG
2007_0602_0153.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0156.JPG
2007_0602_0156.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0157.JPG
2007_0602_0157.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0158.JPG
2007_0602_0158.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0159.JPG
2007_0602_0159.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0154.JPG
2007_0602_0154.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0160.JPG
2007_0602_0160.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0161.JPG
2007_0602_0161.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0163.JPG
2007_0602_0163.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0151.JPG
2007_0602_0151.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0165.JPG
2007_0602_0165.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0155.JPG
2007_0602_0155.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0162.JPG
2007_0602_0162.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0166.JPG
2007_0602_0166.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0169.JPG
2007_0602_0169.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0168.JPG
2007_0602_0168.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0164.JPG
2007_0602_0164.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0171.JPG
2007_0602_0171.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0172.JPG
2007_0602_0172.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0173.JPG
2007_0602_0173.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0167.JPG
2007_0602_0167.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0174.JPG
2007_0602_0174.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0170.JPG
2007_0602_0170.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0176.JPG
2007_0602_0176.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0175.JPG
2007_0602_0175.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0177.JPG
2007_0602_0177.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0178.JPG
2007_0602_0178.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0179.JPG
2007_0602_0179.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0180.JPG
2007_0602_0180.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0181.JPG
2007_0602_0181.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0183.JPG
2007_0602_0183.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0184.JPG
2007_0602_0184.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0185.JPG
2007_0602_0185.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0186.JPG
2007_0602_0186.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0187.JPG
2007_0602_0187.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0188.JPG
2007_0602_0188.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0189.JPG
2007_0602_0189.JPG 2007-05-30

2007_0602_0182.JPG
2007_0602_0182.JPG 2007-05-30

assorted 035.jpg
First visit from the Birthday Fairy. Gift: Birthday crown and cape.

assorted 036.jpg

Modeling her new birthday crown and cape from The Birthday Fairy.

assorted 038.jpg

Birthday princess snacking on a carrot.

assorted 039.jpg
assorted 039.jpg 2002-11-04

assorted 040.jpg

Birthday ice cream cone clown from Baskin Robbins. A tradition we, sadly, never quite got off the ground enough to remember in years to come. Oh well.

assorted 041.jpg
assorted 041.jpg 2002-11-04

IM001203.jpg

I love this picture of our little Birthday Princess. :)

We don't seem to have a picture of the cake...it was a Duplo (Lego) block...we did Lego colors: red/yellow/green/blue for the decor for the party. And encouraged everyone to bring Lego/Duplo as presents (if they wanted to bring something), since we got her a Duplo table for her birthday. She got SO much Duplo for this birthday, it was awesome!

IM001204.jpg
IM001204.jpg 2002-11-09

IM001205.jpg
IM001205.jpg 2002-11-09

IM001206.jpg
IM001206.jpg 2002-11-09

IM001208.jpg

Temoc (friend) checking out the new Lego table.

Bbbbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.jpg

I'm not sure who had more fun with the table. LOL!

big boys toys 3.jpg

Yeah, Daddy enjoys Lego...just a tad.

Royal Maeven at Duplo.jpg

Maeven & Temoc at the new Lego table.

First package.jpg

Opening gifts at Maeven's 2nd birthday party. This is a wooden puzzle in the shape of her name.

That's my mom helping, and Tessa on the right of the picture, Emma with her back to us. And me helping my mom try to bring the gifts back to Maeven's attention. (She appears to be having too much fun with the party blower, LOL!)

Adam on railing 2.jpg
Adam on railing 2.jpg 2009-07-12

Manda shared with Mom.jpg

Cousin Amanda and Auntie Alisa playing with flubber we made at Maeven's party.

cake table 2.jpg.jpg

On the far left is Emma, next to me is Tessa, then me, then Maeven, Temoc and his mom Jean (sitting), and in the background is Monique.

Lousy picture but you can sorta make out that the cake was a Lego brick. Had cupcakes on top to make the raised parts of the brick.

Those are our playstands my dad made for us in the background next to Monique.

Duplo draws a crowd.jpg
Duplo draws a crowd.jpg 2009-07-12

Adam imprinting his hand.jpg

Playing in the flubber we made at the party. Everyone got to take home a bag that they made themselves.

Leaning Tower meets The Blob.jpg

Emma and Uncle Tim (my brother) watching Maeven's cousin Mando play with flubber and Lego Duplo. Cousin Monique in the background.

Construction worker.jpg

Uncle "Bob" (Tim) having too much fun with the new Lego. Maeven called him Bob for awhile because she couldn't say "Tim", so I told Tim to pick a new name, something she could say. So he picked Bob. And there ya have it. We all called him Uncle Bob for about 2 years, LOL! Occasionally still comes up.

Monique making flubber.jpg

Cousin Monique working on her batch of flubber.

cake table 3..jpg
cake table 3..jpg 2009-07-12

Duplo crowd.jpg
Duplo crowd.jpg 2009-07-12

Maeven puzzle.jpg
Maeven puzzle.jpg 2009-07-12

perched Hunkle BOB..jpg

Uncle Tim perched, Uncle Mando in the background.

IM000050.jpg
That's Maeven sitting on my mom's lap. Kodai is in front of her.

IM000047.jpg
IM000047.jpg 2006-08-07

IM000048.jpg
IM000048.jpg 2006-08-07

IM000040.jpg
IM000040.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000033.jpg
IM000033.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000046.jpg
IM000046.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000032.jpg
IM000032.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000038.jpg
IM000038.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000039.jpg
IM000039.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000034.jpg
IM000034.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000053.jpg
IM000053.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000037.jpg
IM000037.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000031.jpg
IM000031.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000041.jpg
IM000041.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000029.jpg
IM000029.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000042.jpg
IM000042.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000036.jpg
IM000036.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000049.jpg
IM000049.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000044.jpg
IM000044.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000030.jpg
IM000030.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000045.jpg
IM000045.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000051.jpg
IM000051.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000035.jpg
IM000035.jpg 2009-07-12

IM000043.jpg
IM000043.jpg 2009-07-12