Looking forward to Thanksgiving

I know that Halloween isn't even here yet, but I am really looking forward to another Thanksgiving in the mountains.  I think this is our 10th or 11th year - can anyone confirm?  We are switching it up a bit and going to Keystone instead of Breckenridge.

Gobble, gobble, gobble.

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BATMAN!

We walked outside and had a present on our front step.  A batman cave from Nana and Papa.  Neato!  Thanks Nana and Papa - we love you!

It's fun to go to the zoo with your brother....

But it's even more fun to go with your buddies....

Little Helpers

The boys love to help me in the kitchen .  I'm pretty sure this will go away fairly soon so I am taking advantage of this kind of time with them every chance I get.  I LOVE anything pumpkin - pumpkin pie, pumpkin bars, pumpkin bagels, pumpkin muffins (and I am looking forward to Justin's pumpkin beer).  So what a great day to make pumpkin cookies.  They measured and stirred and Jake set the table.  Oh, and the cookies were YUMMY!

Dragons

 2008 Dragons!  

The season is over - ha! that was fun.  

Pumpkin Patch

We went on our annual outing to pick out our pumpkins.  The weather was WONDERFUL this weekend.  79 degrees on Saturday and 72 today (which was perfect weather for golfing.....so we went)

that's a power ranger mask on his head




This is the reason I haven't been regularly updating the blog.  I REALLY like my new computer but haven't exactly taken the time to learn how to be proficient on it.  Give me some time :)

Soccer

Soccer has been in full swing for a couple of weeks now and I am bummed that I haven't had any posts (dumb computer problems).    The name of the boys' team is the Dragons - cute!!!  If you've never been to a 4 year olds soccer game trust me, it's HYSTERICAL!  Now I feel the need to brag on my boys a bit.....last Saturday the Dragons scored a total of 7 goals.  Jake scored the very first goal and had a total of two.  Ben scored 4 goals!  

WONDER TWINS - ACTIVATE!!!!

What's with the crowns?  Grandma and Grandpa took the boys to Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus the night before and bought them crowns.  On the way to the soccer game, Jake and Ben decided that whenever someone scored they got to wear the crown.

Both of them were pretty stinkin proud of themselves and couldn't get the smile off of their face. Daddy had the boys on his lap for a victory photo.  Jake was giving a thumbs up - Ben was giving a "Four! I scored FOUR goals!"

School Project

The boys come home from school with some sort of craft or project everyday. This is one of my favorites.

They were given a big stack of magazines/catalogs and told to cut out pictures that represent their family. I have to be honest, I LOVE the fact that BOTH of my boys think of me as a 6 foot, super skinny, 20 something J-Crew Model. Ben said "and that is your necklace and big purse". These are keepers!

Napa

After Erik's golf tournament we headed to wine country in Napa Valley, CA. The weather was perfect - we went with some wonderful people, we stayed at a great place (Napa Valley Lodge), and ate and drank WAY too much - it was perfect!

I hope those wonderful people will pass along some pictures - turns out I didn't take enough.

In the caves of one our tours - tons of wine in those barrels.

The cute little courtyard at our hotel.

More Napa

We went on private tours of two wineries - Castellina Di Amorosa which was in a castle and to Domain Chandon and learned how they make sparkling wines (Deborah would have loved this one).

More aging wine in the caves.

This was one of our tour guides. We tasted 13 of their wines - this is totally how they getcha. Here, taste this, and this, and this. The next thing you know, you are shipping a case of wine home.

Champions PGA Tour Pro Am

Erik was invited to play in a Pro Am at a PGA Champions tour event in Hickory, NC last week. (Pro Am - a day before a big tournament a Professional plays a round with an Amateur - for charity)

The Champions Tour has the guys like Nick Price, Hale Irwin, Greg Norman, Craig Stadler etc. on it. Erik played with a really nice guy from California named Pat Laverty - he just joined the tour recently. Although he didn't play a round with a big name, Erik found himself on the driving range and practice greens with a few of them.


In the first picture he is putting with Curtis Strange (Erik in the blue). OK, so he may not have been putting WITH him, but he was close.






The tournament was a shotgun start and as soon as they headed out to their first tee box it started to rain.

Pro Am

I went along to watch Erik play and even though it rained most of the time I really enjoyed being there.

WOW can it rain in North Carolina!

First Day of Preschool

It was the big day. The boys did GREAT!

That's just stinkin' cute!

This is where Ben tells me "bye mommy".
"We aren't leaving yet Ben, we are staying for a bit to talk to your teacher".
"That's ok, other mommy's and daddy's are leaving now so you can go too".

The big walk in to school.