Pardue Mania: April 2007

An Australian Gal...

We had a great day at Disneyland with the Pike family. Stephanie, Derick and Juliet were visiting from Australia. Juliet and Grant were quite a match.

At times...Juliet rendered Grant speechless. Amazing!

New Years 2007...

Crazy...kids!

Grant is such a pro...watch out Carmichael!

He loves to ride!

Christmas Cheer

As expected...Grant did not like Santa.

We had such a warm Christmas...this is how I ended up.

Tools...tools...tools. Boy toys! Grant was in heaven with Brent's new tool set. I think he will have to share.

Aunt Heidi Rocks!

My Auntie Heidi just turned 30 years old. As a birthday gift, we gave her race car driving school. It was the best! She smoked all the guys...some she passed twice. Awesome!

They could not believe that "she" was there to drive. She showed them!

My First Birthday...

This was my favorite gift from Grammie and Papa. My mommy told them not to get it for me...good thing they did not listen. I make the best motorcyle sounds. I even know how to twist the throttle. Don't tell mom...but I can even trick ride this beast!

I LOVE cake!

I had also had fun with Hannah and Nate at the boutique the following day. My firetruck is so cool!

Let Us Celebrate Fall...

We had so much fun at this pumpkin patch with our little pumpkin.

Aunti Stephie and cousin Amara met me at Downtown Disney for Halloween. Neither of us dressed up for this event...we just came as cute kids!

I dressed up as a dalamation for Halloween. Auntie Heidi bought this for me before I was born. She spoils me!

The final leg of our fantastic trip!

Morro Bay for our family reunion - Sept 2006

My first lemon...YIKES! McClintocks Steakhouse in Pismo.

Mom's actual birthday was spent wine tasting the Santa Ynez Valley.

Jalama Beach...a favorite! Happy Birthday, Mom!

Part 2 of a great trip...Ouray!

We had amazing weather. The fall foliage was just about peaked and we had over a foot of snow fall.

Grant enjoyed the snow and cold weather.

However...the cold weather did crazy things to him...

Coonskin hats??? What???

We were so blessed to have such a great trip. It was hard to leave. So we added this extra day to the end of our mountain time in Durango, CO.

A long, long time ago...

OK...We have been so bad at keeping our blog up to date. We sincerely apologize for this delay. Life has been good to us these last few months as you will see...beginning with this wonderful 3 week Colorado trip. This trip began with a visit with Monique and Marnix (and girls) from Europe in the Sequoias. We then left for our favorite place...Ouray, Colorado for a week. This trip was established to celebrate Mom's 60th birthday. So we continued this trip back to CA and joined Brent's family reuinion...and ended in Jalama Beach...Mom's official birthday destination. Great trip!