Horse Races

Jeramie and I went to a little league fundraiser at the Santa Anita Race Track. We had never been to the horse races before.... so many people were surprised by that. We had our own private area in Clocker's Corner and the 3rd race was named after the little league. Jeramie is hooked and wants to go back to the races.... I paid attention through race #3 and then I was bored. Luckily, 100 of our closest friends were at the fundraiser so the day ended up being a lot of fun.

Valentine's Day Parties

Blake had a fondue party in his 2nd grade classroom and that was something I had never experienced in the classroom.... it was WONDERFUL! Blake has an extremely energetic and creative teacher this year who loves to celebrate with her students. Aiden's party was fun too! The kindergarten class presented a play that day for the entire school about THE GOOD SHEPHERD and had a party after that. Aiden's teacher talked with all of the parents before the play began about how blessed she has been by this class. We hope she knows how blessed we are that she is Aiden's teacher! Those were some tired kindergarteners!!!! Aiden was a sheep and wore a long sleeve white shirt and sweat pants to school and by the time I saw him at 1:00 pm he was covered with dirt from head to toe. He was a darling little sheep!

Happy Birthday Papa Rich

Papa Rich turned 63 on February 12th and we celebrated at Tokyo Hibachi with my dad, Yvette, Aunt Mandy, Kamie and Joel. Thanks Yvette for treating all of us to a yummy and fun dinner and HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA RICH!

Bowling

We went bowling during Christmas Break with the Wiersma's, Griffith's, Clark's and Ebenhoch's at 300 in Pasadena. This place was not your average bowling alley. It was very fancy and even a little bit swanky. We were told that it is a lot of fun to go at night with adults and leave the kids at home... we'll have to try that sometime. Anyone interested?

Happy New Year!

We had a last minute get together at our house on New Year's Eve with the Gossett's and Surrell's. The kids wore pajamas, mommies wore sweats and dads wore jeans. We played "Just Dance" (of course). The Gossett's brought a couple of other WII games as well. We just hung out and chatted and played a board game just before midnight (New York time). We celebrated at 9:00 pm which was perfect since we all have small children.

Merry Christmas!!!

In the very wee hours of the morning, two little boys woke up their parents and grandparents (Papa Rich and Yvette) and crept downstairs to see what Santa had left them. While the adults started coffee and took a couple of moments to wake up, the boys opened up their stockings. We have had a tradition in the Shaon house since I can remember of ME dividing the packages according to the name tags and we open gifts one at a time in order of youngest to eldest. I don't know why we do it this way, but this year was no exception. We did let the boys open ALL of their gifts first before we opened ours. We had a wonderful breakfast casserole and bacon and the best tamales that my dad and Yvette bring each year. Dinner preparations began shortly after 12:00 noon. My sister Amanda joined us that afternoon when she finished her shift at work. I hope your Christmas was as wonderful as ours!!!!

Christmas Eve (part 2)

I know it seems silly to continue writing about Christmas Eve 2009 when February 2010 is almost over, but I don't think I can continue if I skip events, so here we go. After Christmas Eve dinner and opening presents, we played THE BEST GAME EVER!!! Just Dance (WII) Oh my goodness, it was so much fun (thanks Lauren for bringing it). We went out and purchased our very own copy the day after Christmas.