Archive for ◊ 2009 ◊

29 Dec 2009 Grown Up Girls
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Every year, Alanna and Fallon would have lunch and spend a day together in Carmel with Fallon’s mom Michelle. This year, the two girls went on their own. I don’t have all the details, but from the pictures I found on my camera, it looks like they had a great time :)

28 Dec 2009 Protected: Santa Maria Steak
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23 Dec 2009 Christmas Flashback
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I’ve been sifting through our old digital photos, trying to get them sorted into at least some kind of category (like year!) and in one humongous “photos” file, instead of a little in this file, and a little in that file. Anywho, I recently stumbled on some holiday pictures from my first Christmas in 2000 with John and the girls. They were so small!!

22 Dec 2009 2009 Christmas Dinner Menu
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Just so I don’t forget :)

Appetizers

Shrimp with cocktail sauce

Cheese Tree

Pampered Chef Pizza Ring

Olives

Main Course

Santa Maria Steak (JB’s secret recipe)

Honeybaked Ham

Roasted Green Beans with Portobello Mushrooms

Crash Hot Potatoes

Butternut Squash

Dessert

Pumpkin Pie

Red Velvet Cake Balls

mmmmmm, I can hardly wait!

20 Dec 2009 First Date?
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Jono and I took John-John and his friend McKenzie (or should I say “true love” as he says) to see the Nutcracker yesterday in San Jose. It was such a fun and enjoyable day. We picked up McKenzie and headed up to San Jose, parked in the parking garage and crossed a cute little bridge over the creek. Of course the kids had to get up on the railing and check it out!!

Luckily the theater was just on the other side of the bridge so we finished gawking at the non-existent fish, went to the theater and quickly found our seats (which were excellent – thank you Auntie Carol)!

The kids really enjoyed the first half of the play, but I think they were most interested in getting to the souvenir shopping.

After the second half of the play, we walked across the street to check out Christmas in the Park. Luckily it was still early and not very crowded (which was nice). The kids enjoyed the festive displays and Jono and I had fun watching the two of them together, they looked like a little miniature couple – so cute :)

After our walk around the park, we headed to Johnny Rockets for dinner then home. A fun day, not one John-John is soon to forget!

11 Dec 2009 Just call me Suzie Homemaker
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Fresh baked from scratch banana muffins at 6:30 in the morning! What have I turned in to?!

28 Nov 2009 OMG
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So. Good.

22 Nov 2009 Dam!
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Best dam experince ever!

19 Nov 2009 Happy Birthday to Me!!!
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Even better than birthday cake :)

18 Nov 2009 Mmmmmm
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My first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season. I’m really hoping for Starbucks gift cards for my birthday :)

But then again, do I really need to put on that extra 5 pounds?! So tasty….