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Friday, January 16, 2009

Firsts

Liah's first full face of make-up (for dress-ups of course)!
Maia's first pedicure!

Stella's first encounter with PediPaws!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

I normally don't post out of order, plus I am trying to come to the realization that I don't have to post EVERYTHING!
However, when I neglected our girls' day with Auntie Manda at the San Tan mall, I heard about it. So~

After 6 hours of shopping we went back to Gaga's for some fun. We played with Gapa and got a "good behavior" pep talk from Ga!
We shopped at all the kid stores first. We love Disney, Build-A-Bear, the pet store, the "glitter" store and Pumpkin Patch. We scored a few awesome treasures and our NYE outfits blogged below.

We had a yummy lunch, a nap and a snack all during our marathon. Liah even passed out on the floor of NYCO prompting a half hour "break" on the benches. Mom and Auntie got a few nice things also. Mom didn't even eat off the ground!

The highlight of the trip had to be the family bathrooms! Holy Cow! So nice! Below is a postable pic we took. The luxury potty included: 2 potties (adult and peanut sized), a strap seat to wrangle children, a changing table, a rocking chair, a double sink and enough room to fit our bags, a stroller and 4 people who danced in front of the mirrors! Yowwweeeeee! Good times! This was huge after experiencing the meager conditions of other mall bathrooms so called family space!

All the fun:

Liah rocking out to mall radio, entertaining passersby!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy 2009!

Sending wishes of health, happiness and love for 2009!

We had a wonderful New Years Eve at the Cistolos. We were surrounded by awesome food and amazing people.
The kids played, the adults laughed.

The Goodens made it until the ball dropped (the second time)! Maia clocked out at 12:30 and LJ made it until 1:30, our little party trooper!

It was great way to kick-off a great year! Bring on 2009! :)

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Cousins rule!

We had the awesome chance to hang with our cousins Xavier, Cheyenne and Jaylin.....
But missed hanging out with these cousins :( (which is a small bunch of our crazy beautiful family)!

However, we are planning the "Cousins" reunion tour summer '09!

Miss you, love you!

Monday, December 29, 2008

Holy Christmas Goodens!

Here is the invite that sparked the madness! :) We hosted the holiday fun at our house!
Here we go.... backwards through Christmas!
I planned the normal photoshoots! A selected few "good" shots:

Dad and girls

Lauren and Manda= BFs, not a couple: not that there is anything wrong with that! :) (Happy Hanukkah Lauren!)

Mom and girls

Gteam

Grammy and Grampy

Gaga and Gapa

Meme and Pap

Again- I love this pic!

Aunt Stephanie

Aunt Manda

Auntie Lauren
Taking pictures with children is frustrating, side-splitting and exhausting... especially with farm animals all around! ;)

The family, fun and food:

Some highlights:

Feliz Navidad D-roni, thanks for the hoochie doll!

We finally used my dining room table! woooooo

Pap won both the plate game and pin the nose on Santa.... cheater! :)

Gapa doesn't understand how he didn't "win" singstar!

In the morning we had Gaga, Gapa and Aunt Manda over for Christmas!

They went OVERBOARD gifting. We are so appreciative!

Prior to Christmas they took the girls shopping for us at the Dollar Tree. This is one of my beautiful, precious gifts!? I laughed so hard I cried. Liah thinks it is exquisite. It sits proudly on my dresser!