A Quick Trip to the FBR Open

Although we took no photos it is worth mentioning that John and I took a quick trip to the FBR Open this week. What a great tournament. I say forget AT&T and head to Arizona.

Thanks to John's vendor, Ewing, we had a fabulous all expense paid trip including an overnight at the Westin Kierland, spa for me, golf for John, dinner, drinks, drinks and more drinks. To sum up the drinking, our host Mitch ended the night with what we called for lack of a better description an epiphany... "Not Everyone is from Everywhere." Huh? When you figure it out let us know, and we'll let Mitch know too.

The 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale is as crazy as it looks on TV. The entire hole, a short par three, is enclosed by grandstands, the photo below doesn't do it justice.

The Pile Up

Little worker-bees decided it would be a great idea to put ALL their books, ALL their toys, their toy baskets, their stools and anything else they could get their hands on into Mays' crib. While we'd like to say this was the handiwork and instigation of one little Miss Halle her Mom was quick to proclaim that Halle has never ever done anything like this. Needless to say we adults continued to enjoy our wine and every little one managed to escape injury - it's a good thing Hayden stuck close to the adults. After a long night of hard play, Mays and Dallas slept in until 9:45 AM this morning. Mommy liked that.

Mason Comes to Visit

Mason brought her parents down for a little visit this week. The boys very much enjoyed having her around and were happy to give Auntie Sage kisses and hugs. Uncle Justin even got a few too. Sage took some great photos at the Children's Discovery Museum which I'll post when I get them. We had so much fun and hope to see them again soon.

We visited our furry friends up on the hill. Here Mason feeds Simone.

The picture says it all - Mays definitely adores his cousin Mason.

Bedtime Stories

Sometimes it's just more fun to have story time in bed.

New Year's Eve

First stop was Joe and Levie's to catch up with some old friends and see their kids.

Last stop was Jeff and Holly's - we didn't make it far past midnight though, Holly was the first to crash on the couch and John and I were home by 1. It was nice to get out and celebrate with friends.

A visit to the winery

The day after Christmas we spent the day hanging out with friends, family and cousins (Katherine, David and the kids-Gianna and Giancarlo) at the Pina winery. The boys loved the tractors, we loved catching up with old friends and family.

Luke is pictured here with his 3 year old twin boys, Colin and Liam.
Dallas was in heaven, it was difficult to get him out of this particular tractor.