Thank you for taking the time to check out what our family has been up to lately! Hope you enjoy these little glimpses into the lives of Brendan, Tiff, Dylan, & Makena...


Thursday, June 10, 2010

LITTLE MAK







MAKENA LOVES TO POSE FOR PICS NOW IF YOU SHOW HER WHAT FACE TO MAKE! THEN SHE WANTS TO COME IMMEDIATELY CHECK OUT THE FINISHED RESULT! SHE'LL SAY, "SEE- KENNA!" SHE IS SOOOOO MUCH FUN...




The Food Network star that is dying to come out of me took over as I volunteered to make Super Mario Bros. mushroom cupcakes for my nephew's birthday party! I had such a blast, and it was all worth it when I saw the look on Will's face... His biggest wish was to get fondant on his cake somehow, so I made the white mushroom dots out of fondant on top of my homemade buttercream frosting... they turned out cute if I do say so myself! Not to mention my arms got super-mario buff from rolling out that darned fondant!




Makena is becoming such a beautiful little woman- as her brother likes to call her! She really looks up to "Bubba" and calls him her buddy all the time now. They love to play outside together, watch Tom & Jerry together with snacks, and play their DS's side-by-side... I love to watch their relationship blossom just as I love to watch her grow up.

GO DODGERS!


It's that time of year again, and Dylan started U-7 league coach pitch baseball! He is on the Dodgers, and loves playing 1st or 2nd base. He still bats left-handed and can really smack it good this year! (thanks to lots of good practice with his Dad in the backyard!) At his last game, he was up to bat last on his team, and hit a GRAND SLAM to bring everyone home! It is so much fun to watch him enjoy the game, and to watch his Dad enjoy him playing!




GLEE! GIRLS TRIP TO CALI!













To celebrate my Mom's 40th birthday and Mother's Day for all of us, my sister and I took my Mom and headed off to LA for a fun Girls only weekend! From start to finish we had such a good time, and packed it full of memories... Our biggest event there was going to the GLEE! Live in Concert at the Gibson Ampitheatre on Universal CityWalk. It was such an awesome show and since we are all bonified "Gleeks" we sang along to every song and laughed at all the fun routines from the TV show. The weather was gorgeous, we ate good food, we shopped, we had a pool & hot tub at our Hilton (right on the CityWalk), and we bonded over chickflicks and good chit chat! ALSO: a big shout out of thanks to our 3 super-hubbies who held down the forts at home and took care of the kiddos while we were gone!


Cool Uncle Benj!

When I went down to LA in May, I got the chance to meet up with Benj for dinner at Universal CityWalk's Bucco de Beppe's. We had enough food to feed a small army and it was delicious! It was so fun to see him, and of course, he brought tons of cool "swag" for the kids! Thanks for being such a rockin' Uncle!

Fun at the Thompson's!




We always have such a good time hanging out and playing with our friends... and yes, I'm talking for our kids & not about us adults! :)
This was such a fun night with beautiful early summer weather... we BBQ'd, played outside, went on a walk, & the kids even found "dino eggs"!