2024 Wrap-up

 Holiday Program

Gavin had was in his school's Holiday program in early November.  Such a handsome boy!

Tito's Birthday

Tito turned 80!  We had a big party to celebrate.  His sister, Margie, her husband, Roger, and Tito's brother, Ricky flew in from California and Carrie came in from New York to be with him on his big day.

Tito wanted tapas and desserts for his birthday.  We had friends, family and neighbors.  Rylan and Gavin were so excited that so many people came.  They asked if the entire neighborhood was coming and went out to count how many cars were at our house.  We had a great time.

Basketball

Kaiden started playing basketball in December. 

After 3 games they are undefeated.  Kaiden was named defensive player of this game.

Christmas

We got together with the boys to decorate cookies once again this year.  We had fun and as always more of the decorations were eaten than put on the cookies!

realized I did not have a picture of these two in front of a Christmas tree.  Notice the NOEL letters on the mantle have been changed to read LEON.  Their father taught them well.

This is the only picture I have from Christmas Eve.  We traded gifts, played the left-right game for silly presents, played a hilarious game of I Spy With My Little Eye during dinner.  It was a great day.

Halloween 2024

 

Goofballs

 Tito was in rehab the weekend the boys stayed over.  He was recovering from surgery due to a brain bleed.  I tried to get a picture when we visited but one or more of them looked silly, so I asked everyone to make a funny face.

Sleepover

Nathan and Stacy went to Las Vegas for a combination anniversary birthday trip and I kept the boys for the weekend.  We visited Tito in rehab, went swimming, played games and cooked.  Actually, the boys did most of the cooking. 

Trevin cooked breakfast every day, Kaiden cooked dinner and the younger boys helped make cookies and muffins.  

 Gavin wanted to make a vanilla pound cake - no idea where he got that idea.  I have never made a pound cake, so we improvised with my lemon bread recipe and came up with a satisfactory outcome. 

Eight

 

Gavin turned 8 in September.  He is our favorite 8 year old in the world.

Guess Who

 Guess who showed up at Rylan's birthday party,

Five!

Rylan turned five yesterday.  

 

He sunk down behind the counter when we started to sing.