In fond remembrance of a sweet little piggy named “Patches” who brought lots of joy to many children & adults too. Bye Bye Patches. Thanks for the smiles you gave to us.
Max & Patches
Emily & Patches
Emily & Patches
Emily & Patches
Max & Patches eating grass
Christian & Patches
Kathy & Patches
Alex & Patches
Emily, Grandpa Dale & Patches
Oma & Patches
Patches trying out Max’s cool mini kick board scooter
You will be missed.
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Emily is 4 years old today
Loads of pink Princess presents from Aunt Denise, Uncle Paul, Kyle & Alexis
Emily excited to open her very first BD present
OH MY! It’s flat & hard. What could it be? What could it be?
Anticipation …
SILVERLICIOUS!!
OH! PINK LEGOS!!
Max helps her open the next one! A PRINCESS PUZZLE!! COOL!! They put it together straight away.
Princess Aurora earrings, necklace & bracelet!
Next is a cool seek & find Princess book! Thanks Aunt Denise, Uncle Paul, Kyle & Alexis!!!
Next up is a beautiful pale pink & white striped smocked sundress from the Oma!!
GORGEOUS DRESS from United Colors of Benetton! Pictures forthcoming. THANKS OMA!
Daddy helps Emily open her gift from Grandpa Dale
It’s a beautiful doll with long blonde hair! THANKS GRANDPA DALE! And, for the pink & purple Princess tricycle & matching helmet that you got for her earlier this year.
We traveled through Ecuador for 16 days with 15 of our closest friends & family members to include a total of 19 travelers in our group. Here are the individuals in no particular order:
Cousin Nick
Cousin Alex
Cousin Charlie
Aunt Claudia
Uncle Mark
Brave Cousin David
Great Uncle Dorian (aka “GUD”)
Grandpa Dale
The Oma
John
Papa Dave
Friend Mary
Friend Evan
Friend Emma Jane
Friend Sean
Emily
Max
Wallace
And, here begins the tale …
Oma sent Max & Emily a cool cardboard house for Easter! We opened it a wee bit early (okay, a month early!) ’cause the rain has been relentless & we needed something to entertain the little rugrats!
This cool casa cabana has a door, 7 windows and spy holes!
Emily having fun decorating it.
Sean, Alex & Emily decorating the house as Max pops his head out of a spy hole to find out what’s going on with his house painters! 
Emily is totally into yellow so she would only color the house with a yellow marker! HUH?!?! It’s been PINK! PINK! PINK! What’s the sudden switch to yellow?
Alex & Sean helping to decorate the back door.
Sean really getting into it.
Max writing his name on the front door! THANKS OMA!!!! This has provided Max, Emily & friends with a lot of fun!
Oma arrived yesterday afternoon with a beautiful pink Princess Aurora dress for Emily!
Emily was thrilled with her new gown and her Oma’s arrival
Oma & Max “cheesing”. Both kids were delighted at her arrival and wanted to sleep with her last night. Lucky OMA!
You know Emily
and Max,
and Kedryn
and Brynn,
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen,
But do you recall, the most famous reindeer of all?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shiny nose,
And if you ever saw it,
You could even say it glows.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah …
We had a wonderful Christmas in California this year with my dad, sister Suzanne, niece Brynn & nephew Kedryn. This was the third Christmas without my mom and the first Christmas with us all together since her passing. The chaos & craziness of 4 little munchkins running around certainly provided diversion and prevented us from sitting down for a minute & dwelling on it. No time for sitting with these crazies. Nonetheless, her presence was there and she certainly was on our minds during the holidays as she is every day.
One of Emily’s requests from Santa was nail polish! Boy was she thrilled to find it in her stocking and Papa Dave was happy to paint her fingernails and toes!!
She also received a pretty lavender long sleeve Ariel shirt from Aunt Denise, Uncle Paul, Kyle & Alexis
And a beautiful doll named Marianne from The Oma & Grandpa Dale which Brynn quickly took an interest in
Another highlight for Emily were princess & castle decals for her room from Auntie SuzyQ & Papa Dave. SuzyQ & Brynn took the time to put them up for her and she was thrilled to walk into her new Princess Room!
Max’s only request from Santa was a marble track!!! He was over the moon to receive not only one, but TWO marble tracks!!! He couldn’t get enough of playing marbles!
Papa Dave showing Max & Kedryn how to use the new race car track. The boys loved it!
Brynn was happy to receive a pink Hello Kitty purse and a pretty scarf from The Oma! She actually wore the scarf while ice skating in Tahoe! It was more of a designer, decorative scarf than a winter scarf, but Brynn didn’t seem to care! She wore it with flare!
Brynn with her new panda pillow pet from Emily & Max which she named “Oreo”
Perlar Beads were plentiful and also a huge hit with the kids! Kedryn with a fish that I made for him which he named “Q” after his mama! Ahhhhhhhhh!
Papa Dave, Max & Emily with a gift of Petit Fours from Uncle Frank. The kids were anxious to try their first petite four.
We hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Christmas with family & friends. Here’s to a fun & fabulous 2011!
A beautiful plaid holiday dress from Oma
Emily being silly
Thanks Oma!!
Thanks Oma for the pre-Christmas light up Snoopy Christmas shirt! Emily was watching Rug Rats when I took this picture and she refused to look at me!
Emily in her new pretty purple Halloween Minnie Mouse Nightgown from Oma
Max in his cool new orange & black Halloween Mickey Mouse pajamas from Oma. Max was telling me that the flash was too bright so he was closing his eyes. Thanks Oma!!!
Papa Dave, Auntie Suzy Q, Cousin Brynn & Cousin Kedryn met us at the Washington National Zoo on the hottest day in history according to me. They were picking us up to take us back to Suzy Q’s house in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Oma & John with Max & Emily
Brynn & a tired ‘n hot little girl
Brynn & a tired ‘n hot little boy
Wallace carries Max through the Zoo
Wallace, Oma & Brynn take a short break
Papa Dave strolls Kedryn & Max
Cousins
Papa Dave points out a gorilla to Max
Brynn & Emily bonded immediately and got along great the entire week we were together. Brynn was the “Big Sister”.
Brynn attempts to carry Max
Max & Brynn
Brother & Sister
