*Our early Christmas present*

~Meet Bentley~

Bentley is an English Bulldog puppy who is now 8 weeks old.

We are so excited to have him join our family!

A small detour...

Sunday morning we left Fresno and headed home. After getting stuck in traffic and having some car problems we decided not to do the drive in one day, and stay the night in Mesquite. When we reached Vegas we decided to find the Ethel M's factory since we had some time, and they are our favorite! We went there thinking we would just get a box of chocolates and then be on our way, but were surprised to see it all decorated with Christmas lights. Cohen was so happy to finally get out of the car and he loved running along the path looking at all the different lights, it was the perfect place to stop!

Chocolate tower

everything is edible!

At the end of the path we saw Santa's chair, so I thought it would be cute to let Cohen go sit in it, since it was late and I assumed that Santa came during the day. While Cohen was playing in the big red chair I heard bells and turned to see Santa walking up! Since we were already there Cohen got to see him with out waiting in line. It worked out perfect! Cohen kept looking at him and pointing saying Ho Ho Ho, and he didn't mind talking to him, but forget sitting on his lap! The closest he would go is in mommy's arms.

Our Trip to Fresno

This year we spent Thanksgiving visiting Cam's sister Michelle, her husband Gregory, and their son Donovan in Fresno. It was great to get out of the cold weather and to finally get together at there house. Just a warning...most the pictures are of Cohen and his cute cousin Dono, they played so cute together I couldn't resist!

Ginger & Michelle waiting to eat Thanksgiving Dinner!

SpLaSh TiMe

Going for a ride! Cohen LoVeD Donos car...maybe it will be a Christmas present from Santa this year!

SoOo Cute
Dono & Cohen loving there Capri sun's
Cohen really wants a dog...he loved Burberry!

Friday morning we all piled into Greg and Michelle's car and drove to Walnut Creek to meet/visit some of there cousins. We toured the town and visited with there families. That night we stayed in their cousin Georges guest house...there were a ton of spiders which made it interesting to say the least :) The next day we took the kids to the park to play and then headed back to Fresno.

~Twins~

Michelle & Ginger

Heathcliff

Georges son

Cameron & Gregory

All the boys

CoUsInS

Cam, Michelle, James, & George

cute Donovan playing in the leaves

Our last night in Fresno Gregory and Michelle took us out to dinner at Ruth's Chris! It was a first for Cam and I, and we loved it. Thanks again!!

We had a great time visiting and want to thank Greg and Michelle for having us. We miss you guys already and can't wait to see you during Christmas!

*New Moon* Premier

Thursday night I went with 3 of my sister-in-laws to the New Moon premier at midnight! It was such a great night out, we all got team Edward shirts just to make it fun, and then when we got there they were doing free eye bling, glitter, and feathers so of course we couldn't pass that up. Then we headed over to Z Tejas to get 1/2 off appetizers, to kill some time until the movie. When we headed back it was CRAZY! Wow, there were people (mostly girls) everywhere! The line to the concessions went all the way outside! We fought our way throw everyone and got our goody bag and then found our seats. The movie was great, and to my surprise I didn't even have to fight staying awake...I guess it was all my red bulls :)

The ZoO!!

Today we decided to go to the Zoo since it had been awhile, and because we hadn't seen all the new baby animals!

Cohen's 20 month pictures

OK so it has taken me awhile to post these adorable pictures of our little man, but here they are! I love how big he looks, although it does make me a bit sad that he is growing up so fast. I can't believe he is 21 months already and will be 2 in only 3 more. I love this age he is talking like CRAZY! He will basically say anything you ask him to, but he's getting really good at putting 2-3 words together by himself! Some things he says are, more please mommy/daddy, up please, football touchdown, trick-or-treat, thank you, excuse me (if someone burps or sneezes), just to give you an idea. He will also name every character on Yo Gabba Gabba and then tell you what color they are. He is SO smart and its been so much fun to be home with him and watch him learn new things. I am so thankful for my little family and feel so blessed.

Trick-or-Treat

Cam & Ginger in there full body PJ's

Cohen borrowing daddy's glasses

Our cute little family
Wizard of Oz
Robin family

Molloy family

Look at the big smile on his face!!

Priceless

Trick-or-Treat

Cam, Ryan, & Greg

This year we spent Halloween at the Molloy's, since we had so much fun their last year. Before we head out trick-or-treating, they do chili and baked potato's, along with a few different salads, YUM! Unfortunately Cohen started showing flu like symptoms just before getting there, but he kept saying trick-or-treat so we decided to see how it went. He didn't eat anything which was no surprise considering he hadn't all day, but as soon as we put his costume on him and went outside he was ready to go! And I'm not kidding he lead the way from house to house. It was fun to watch Cohen and Riley trick-or treat together, and get excited to pick there own candy and put in there bag. They loved it!