Pinewood Derby!

Sorry...late post...lots going on here and I totally forgot to post about Gregory's Cub Scout Pinewood Derby!!

This year the Bears had a poor showing...Only 3 kids participated ~  and the red car was Jeremy's and his mom just died last week so it was more of a memorial to her <3 font="">

And they're off!!

Gregory got the "Judges Choice" for his batman car!

AND he won 2nd place for his age group!

Here's a close-up of his car and trophies! :)

Whooo Hoo!!

My little man scored his first three pointer!!

Happy 78th Grandpa!!

Today we all gathered at Aunty Kristin and Uncle Bob's house to celebrate Grandpa's 78th birthday!

Grandma made a HJUGE pot of cioppino.  We couldn't even fit everything into the pot!!  Had to cook in stages

Grown ups (minus Uncle Bob) had cioppino and the kiddos had spaghetti

Grandma and Grandpa with the kiddies

Stuff We've Been Up To

Well, it looks like it's almost the end of January and I haven't been posting much (anything).  Here's some stuff we've been up to!

This month Bailey was in charge of leading our scout troop meeting.  She had to pick a badge she wanted the girls to work for and plan an activity.  She decided to do a "Blanket Project" and make fleece blankets for the SPCA.  The girls did a great job and now i just have to get them to the SPCA :\

JJ decided he liked this one for himself

LOTS of basketball!  Practice Saturdays, Games Sundays...GO DIABLO!!  (G scored 8 points last weekend!)

Sparky turned 7 so Bailey planned a party for him.  

He loves party games!

She even set up a photo booth!

OH!  Here's a biggie!!  We all went to see a movie.  You'll  NEVER guess!!

OMG!  I went to see a STAR WARS movie!  My first ever.  Good thing Ryan was able to fill me in on all the parts I didn't understand!!  Actually wasn't that bad.  I'll go see the next one...maybe

Hehe.  I was thinking this was going to be my highlight!  Daddy got me a blueberry icee to keep me awake

And even bigger news!!!  Sparky sitting with Daddy.  First time he actually walked on to him and cuddled. :)  Made Daddy's day!!  He even gave him a few head bumps

HAPPY 2016!

I don't know what happened to 2015, but 2016 is here and it's gonna be a GREAT year!!  

This morning we hopped into the van and headed to Stockton.  This year we all pitched in and tried to do most of the work today.  Mom and Uncle Frank did a lot of the prep work yesterday and we had a lot of helping hands today to make our New Years feast!  We all gathered at 4pm for dinner and had more food than we could've ever imagined!

On our way to Grandpa and Grandma's house

Rolling spam musubi

Cutting duck

Photo stop

Brent and the newest member of our family ~ Kylie

Shrimp cleaners/cutter

Making gomae

Stuffing inari

Me and Daddy doing a selfie

Daddy on his tippy toes trying to be tall like Oliver

Rolling spring rolls

BBQing ribs

Uh...Looks like I'm just taking a break, but I was working honest!

Bailey's favorite fried shrimp

Dinner

Eat up!

The oldies table

Chattin'

Oh, my new bud ~ attached to my leg ~ big brother Brayden 

Just some of the food we fixed this year.  I thought I was doing pretty well taking pictures of everything, but now that I'm sitting here at home I realized I'm missing quite a few! :\  Keep cursor on the pic to keep slideshow moving :)

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