T-ball

Look out Steve Garvey here comes Steven Garvey! Steven had his first T-ball practice this week! He is on the Padres - which is the team that the other Steve Garvey played for at the end of his career (most of it was with the Dodgers). He had his team pictures this morning and Chris took some of him here before they left!


He is SO cute - I almost can't stand it (not that I am biased or anything)!

Steven is FIVE!

That's right - our "little" Steven is now 5 years old! For our family 5 is the magic year when you get to have a "friend" party. All the festivities started on Friday evening with a bowling party. I asked Steven to pick a charity that his friends could donate to for his birthday. He picked the Humane Society. So his friends brought dog treats and used stuffed animals to donate to our local shelter.



Then on Saturday we had the Garvey side over + Nana. The theme was dogs and cats. We had a hot dog bar and tuna sandwiches, along with scooby snacks and puppy chow. Grammy made a great cake with dogs on it! We had the warmest day of the year so far and it was great to be outside! Steven got an automatic baseball pitcher, so it was great that he could be outside trying it out!


The three littlest cousins playing in the backyard!

Here is Steven playing baseball

Yesterday was Steven's "acutal" birthday. We went out to dinner at Big Boy's as they were having a fundraiser for David's school. Steven devoured a strawberry belgian waffle and we even got to see Scooby Doo! After dinner the 5 of us went to Glo-Golf!

St. Patrick's Day & Skating with "Rabbit"

In honor of St. Patrick's Day on Monday we had green beans and green macaroni! The boys thought it was great - Becca preferred the traditional macaroni!

Steven showing off his St. Patrick's Day dinner - check out those blue eyes!

This morning we went to a local rollerskating rink to skate with the Easter Bunny. It was so much fun. It was geared to pre-schoolers and they can skate - Steven brought his skates from home - or you can push toys or ride on scooters, tricycles, etc. It was great for my little two who have a bit of cabin fever!

Steven and the Easter Bunny (who Becca called "rabbit") give a thumbs up!

Catching up!

Nothing really major to report - but a lot of this and that!

We'll start with David! He received another award from school last week. This one was for writing - as Chris says "there'll be no livin' with him"! He was also the "Student of the Week" and we made this poster that hung in the lobby of his school.

David and Dad had a busy day together on Saturday - they built this train track (the BEST one ever!) and this Lego convertible!

Steven has had a busy social calendar with 2 birthday parties to attend last week. He also sang with his class in a musical at the church where he attends preschool.

The one above is at the gymnastics party - on the trampoline!

This one is at the same place with his "special friend" Ashley!

Becca just keeps herself busy trying to do everything that her brothers are doing. She is starting to say two words together a lot more and loves to sing - especially Barney songs!

Our great FLORIDA adventure!

WOW! What a trip! Three kids - one van - 1200 miles (each way) - 12 days! Need I say more! Well, I will anyway!
We left on Friday afternoon the 8th and arrived in Orlando 18 hours later on Saturday morning. We spent the first part of our vacation with Grandpa Mike & Grandma Sheila at the condo! We did some swimming, some golfing, some playing and a little bit of relaxing!




We spent the afternoon and evening on Sunday at Downtown Disney to celebrate David's 7th birthday. We had dinner at the Rainforest Cafe and then David picked out a present at Legoland!


On Thursday we spent the day at the Magic Kingdom. Pop, Grandpa Mike & Grandma Sheila joined us and the boys, while Grandma Jane entertained Becca for the day back at the Villages.

It was David, Steven & Chris' first time at the Magic Kingdom. It was a REALLY fun day! We are glad that we waited until this year to take the boys, as they were just ready to appreciate it
and make it through the day!

Here we are on Dumbo. The boys two favorite rides were the Indy Cars and the Buzz Lightyear ride/game.

Steven & Grandpa Mike at the Philharmagic Show - the boys didn't look through the 3-D glasses for most of it, but the adults really liked it!

Here is the whole gang on the ferry headed back to the parking lot! It really was a beautiful and magical day!

We spent the last 1/2 of our trip with Pop and Grandma Jane at the Villages. We spent a day at Silver Springs, did some more swimming and golfing and went for rides in the golf cart!
A BIG thanks to both sets of grandparents for hosting our loud and rowdy crew!

We stopped in Atlanta on the way back to visit cousins and had lunch with friends in Lexington! It was a LONG drive home, but we made it and are getting back into our normal routines.

David's birthday - Part 1 & 2

Not sure why, but we always seem to be able to stretch everyone's birthday out and have multiple parties!

Friday night we had birthday dinner at Gup and Gams!

David still loves his Thomas trains (although I think it's a bit more about collecting at this point)

He also received the game Battleship! We've already played several times and he loves it!

Here are Becca and Claire (7 months)

Saturday night the Moreno clan came to our house - we celebrated Maximo's 10th, David's 7th and Che's 6th. Maximo brought over his new Wii and we all got to play!

The 3 birthday boys!

David got a Razor Scooter!

Mom & John are celebrating their 25th anniversary this month!

And here is what happened on Friday night right before we left for Gup and Gams house! Becca decided she needed to freshen up for the party! She's crying because I scolded her, but of course I had to get some pictures!

Field Trip

Today Steven & I went on a pre-school field trip to the Gymnastics Academy. This is my favorite field trip - I went twice with David and this was my second trip with Steven. Here are some pictures of my gymnast in action!

Our toothless star!

David was almost able to sing "All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth". He lost one on the top a few weeks before Christmas and the other one 2 days after. Here he is - I love that big gap- my heart melts every time he smiles!

Last Friday David received the Shining Star Award at school. Two kids from each of the 1st and 2nd grade classes received this award. After the ceremony he handed me the certificate and asked "Are you going to frame it?" Only one answer to that question! It is being proudly displayed on his dresser at this very moment!

David is in the front row - second from the left.

Drastic weather change!

It's amazing what a difference 48 hours can make!

Here is a picture of the boys with the snowman that they made with Dad on Saturday morning.

And here is what is left of it today (Monday)! We went over 60 today - amazing for January! We even WALKED to school and back!

Rebecca & "Dada's" birthday parties!

Hard as we try, it just gets hectic this time of the year. First there is Christmas, the next day Chris' birthday and then two days later it is Rebecca's birthday! Lots of celebrations around here! There was a party on Rebecca's birthday and then another one on New Year's Day at Grammy's. Here are some pics!

The birthday boy & girl

The kids enjoying some cupcakes after dinner out!

Becca's snow-angel cake

It takes a girl to be this excited about clothes!

Christmas in Pictures

We have had a great week celebrating Christ's birth with our family - here are some of the pictures!

Here is Becca on Christmas Eve Day!

All the kids with fun Uncle Troy

The boys on Christmas morning with their Webkinz

Becca on Christmas Day with her new doll and stroller