Brooke's Birthday

Brooke turned 5 yesterday. We had a little family party for her last Saturday. Here she is with her cake. It had the Disney Princesses on, of course. She was a little under the weather for it but still managed to open her presents and eat some cake.

On Brooke's real birthday we went to her school Halloween party and then came home and smiley face pizza for lunch! She opened her presents from us. We gave her a kids digital camera which has been having fun with ever since. She also got the Barbie and the Three Musketeers movie she has been wanting. That night we went out for dinner at Applebee's with Bob and Loree. The crew there came over and sang to Brooke. Both kids thought that was a little loud and covered their ears. She had an ice cream sundae for a treat there. It was a good day!

Any Given Sunday

Ever have one of those days when you just really don't do anything and it feels so good! That was us last Sunday. Brooke was a little under the weather so she spend the day on the couch. We watched kids shows, football and then just hung out. Below is Riley talking on the Blue Tooth to Grandpa Milty with his cool shades on from Grandma Carol.

Vicki's Birthday

I turned 39 on Sunday. I am not getting any older than this--it stops here! :) Eric and the kids gave me a cake plate that I have been lusting after and apparently a very entertaining card. They baked brownies for me and we had pizza for dinner. Yummy!

Picking Pumpkins

We grew some pumpkins in our backyard this summer. We were surprised how the grew so fast and so big! The overtook the rest of the garden. The kids picked them over the weekend--luckily a couple of them survived the early freeze we had--and now they are displayed on the front porch. Brooke's face in the last photo proves it was a worthy endeavor.

Pix from Asia!

Here's some pictures from my most recent trip to Japan and Singapore.

Pix #1 - Mt Fuji - Japan (look very closely) behind the mountain ridge.

Pix #2 - Wakeboarding by East Coast (Singapore). No boat!

Pix #3 - Steve and I cruising the streets of Chinatown (Singapore)

Pix #4 - Eric and the Dawn Riders (Singapore Cycling Club!)

Pix #5 - Me with the Tokyo skyline at 250M (750 feet!) on top of Tokyo Tower

Pix #6 - Friday night in Shibuya! (Tokyo)

Pix #7 - Shabu Shabu dinner with friends!

Pix #8 - Shabu Shabu (my favorite); thin slices of beef filet, noodles and vegetables. Its awesome!

Circus

We all went to the circus on Friday. It was pretty entertaining. The first photo is of the acrobats. The did "Five Men High" although the photo only shows four. One more person was sprung into the air and landed on the top guy's shoulders.

Here are some clowns--you guessed it--clowning around!

The elephants put on a great show.

This guy was my personal favorite. He did a little skit with what we thought were stuffed animals but there turned out to be a cute little dog in an elephant costume. He was so good!