Happy Birthday Harrison

October 16th, Harrison turned 8 years old! It really does go by so quickly! We decorated his room in streamers and balloons during the night and he woke up to a pleasant surprise! And so was the Eagle webkin he got from Grandma Bonnie- his name is Pirate and we logged on and bought him cupcakes and mystery novels already! I love these webkins- I might get one myself!

"This is the best birthday ever!" (He says that every year...) This is the joy of opening a new Star Wars playstation game. This kid lives, breathes and dreams in Star Wars.

Leavin' on a jet plane....

Going on a blogger hiatus for a week- I"ll be down in Cancun with my family celebrating Grandma's birthday!!

I'll have lots of pictures to update when I get back!
Have a great week!

Sookie

Mom wanted close-up pics of my new baby- so here ya go! Oh- and she can swim really well and LOVES the pool!

We're finally adding to our family....

And NO I'm not pregnant! We got Sammie a companion at the shelter on Wednesday night- they were unsure of each other for a little while, but now, they're best buddies! Sookie is an Australian Cattledog, probably less than 2 years old, she's very fast and strong, but a little clumsy still. She is as sweet as she can be and loves Harrison.

Here's Sookie:

Great minds think alike!

It's such a GORGEOUS day outside today- I thought I would spend some time reading out by the pool. I grabbed my book and my water bottle and found that my seat was already taken!

Halloween Decorating

Harrison's favorite holiday is Halloween- something about all the costumes and the candy...I dunno.
So, when its time to decorate for it- Harrison is in charge. We ended up having to get a few more decorations this year since we've never had a front yard to decorate. Here's some pictures from our weekend!


His favorite decoration (the one he starts talking about in July) is this smores tree my mom gave us a few years back. The smores figures are all dressed up in little costumes and they hang on the haunted tree. If you haven't seen these smores figures yet, look out for them, they are SO cute. We have a few christmas tree ornaments of them also. Happy October Everyone!

Check out this wedding cake...

Megan was a gorgeous bride and had handsome escorts to boot!

(I promised you updates!)
James' sister, Megan, was married in Fresno, the weekend after our Yosemite trip. Yes, I went from camping without a shower for three days straight into being one of only two bridesmaids! It worked out alright. But I don't have any great pictures of it- wonder why?!
I did have to rave about the red velvet cake with white chocolate fondant draped like satin. It was absolutely gorgeous and equally delicious.

I totally regret...

missing my 10 year high school reunion!
It was in San Diego this past weekend, but I missed it in order to attend the State Bar Annual Meeting- which was a smart professional move, but after looking at these pictures from the reunion, I totally wish I had gone.
For all those LCC/San Dieguito grads from '98: here is a link to the photos from the reunion, in case you missed it also!
http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/ThumbPage.aspx?e=4182055&g=0DL000FT00

When it rains...secon update coming soon- after work, daycare, homework, the vet and reading time!