Early Thanksgiving 08

Last weekend we had our early Wogksch thanksgiving at the cabin! It was a lot of fun. No big fights police didn't even need to be called. We all got along great. The kids had so much fun together the only time I saw Adarius and Tavian was when they needed a drink of water or it was time for bed. It was a good thing to, because I myself was busy playing Rock Band. We had our annual talent show for the kids Adarius did karate and Tavian counted to 10. Next year the adults will be participating! Uncle Ken brought up some little 4 wheelers for the kids, but the adults might of just had more fun on them! We even got my mom on one! It was such a nice and relaxing weekend and I had so much fun with all the family!

Halloween 2008!

This year Adarius chose to be Batman!! I figured this is probably the last year that Tavian will be Adarius's side kick. Last year it was Mickey Mouse and Pluto. Next year I'm sure Taye will be very vocal about who he wants to be. It was a great day. Adarius had a little parade and presentation at pre-school. He sang songs and all the kids wore there costumes. Then we headed to grandma's to show off there costumes, came home and Elan took them around the neighborhood. I love Halloween! There's so much to chose for breakfast, lunch and dinner- kit-kats, snickers, m&ms, and resess peanut butter cups. (and that's just the chocolate) lol

Yellow Belt!

"Ai-Ya!" Adarius has been taking Karate 2x a week for the last two months. He loves it and so do we! There is nothing cuter than a bunch of four year olds acting like ninjas. He just promoted to a Yellow Belt on Friday the 24th. Requirements to get the Yellow Belt: obey parents, clean room, do good in school, and attend all Karate classes. (Are these not the BEST requirements in the WORLD!!) He might just be in Karate until he is 18! - even if it is dorky to be "the Karate guy." We are soooo proud of him and all of his family was there to support him on his big day. Way to go Adarius!
"I'm going to kick your ass dude!"
"Attention!" "Yes Sir!" I love this picture just for the fact that he is standing still. That never happens.
Parent's proud moment!

Happy Birthday Taye!

I can't believe you are turning 2 how time flies. It seems like yesterday that we were welcoming you to our family and bringing you home from the hospital. You are such a special boy. You always have a smile on your face and anything can make you laugh. You bring such a sweet spirit to our family. We couldn't imagine life without you and we are so lucky to have you in our lives. Happy #2 Big boy!
Your first Birthday! I love this picture! Oh my, how have grown!!
Ok, let me first start out with an explanation why we bought our son this unnecessary present! I am completely against these and can't believe we just purchased one. We started a terrible habit with Tavian. When he was about 9 months we started putting him to bed with a bottle. We have been thinking about ways to help him give it up! The other day one of the neighbor boys was riding around in his power wheels. I looked at Tavian and said do you want one of those? He said yes and I told him no more" baba" then. He walked right to me handed me the bottle and said "garbage?" I was in disbelief, bribing would have never worked with Adarius. So that's the reason for this ridiculous gift but the boys love it!!

Pumpkins Everywhere

I took the boys to pick out their own pumpkins for carving. The only rule I had was if you can lift it and carry it to the car then it's yours. Adarius insisted that the pumpkin behind his head in this picture was his. He kept saying just get it down and I will show you that I can carry it! The only problem was I couldn't even lift it to get it down. Silly boy!

"I'm on top of the world!!"
"I can carry this one mommy"
"Hurry Mom, pay the lady. My arms are getting tired!"

Dinosaur Museum

Elan decided to take the day off on Tues. so we decided to take the boys and go do something fun. We missed them so much and just wanted to spend time with them. Here are some pictures from our adventure.
Tavian and Adarius are finally at the age where they love each other and are best friends. Don't get me wrong, they have their moments but all in all they get along great!

"Mommy, Daddy I think we just found his leg?"The boys had so much fun digging in the sand and playing in the water. FYI: Tuesday is clearly the best day to go. As you could see they didn't have anyone to fight with but themselves.

You can't leave the dinosaur museum without the picture of the shark. As you can see Tavian is holding on to the stroller just in case he needs to jump out really quick! He wasn't very confindent that the shark was pretend.

Old school NBA players

We were lucky enough to spend some time with Thurl Bailey (former NBA Jazz player) on our cruise. And coincidentally as we were leaving the LA airport, I ran into my former love of my life- Rick Fox!!!! (former Lakers superhunk) I just couldn't resist a pic!!! Isn't he hot gray hair and all!!!