Dinner in Hollywood

Tonight our friend Justin was in town for a business trip. We got to meet up with him and his family in Hollywood for dinner at a nice restaurant. Sorry Ethan, we had to leave you at home for this one. We had a lovely adult meal with friends.

Dan, Justin, Nichole, & Chelsea

Samaritan's Purse

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Opperation Christmas Child is just one of the amazing things Samaritan's Purse does. People fill shoe boxes with candy, toys, clothing, toothbrushes, etc. for kids and they are then delivered to children in need all over the world. Our family has donated shoe boxes filled with goodies for a couple of years now. This year we had the priviledge to go to one of the regional processing centers and help get all the shoe boxes ready for shipping. It was so much fun and we all can't wait to go back next year.

This is only a few of the shoe boxes in this huge warehouse

(click on the photo for a better view)

Inspecting the boxes
The assembly line: Travis, Jenn, and me
Jenn and me
Jenn, my mom, and Travis hard at work
Our four hour shift is complete

Making Muffins with Grandma

Our little Ethan is obsessed with muffins. He calls them "mumi" which sounds almost the exact same as "mommy." All this time I have been thinking that he walks around saying my name all day when in reality he is begging for a muffin. Today Grandma June made muffins with Ethan. He was a huge help!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends.

Fun with Grandpa

Today Ethan pulled all the hand towels out of the kitchen drawer including the oven mits. He brought them over to Grandpa Tom and of course he made something fun out of them.

Griffith Park

Ethan had his first audition today!!! It was for a Huggies print ad. When we got to the audition a lady took Ethan into a room without me, played with him, and took his picture. She said he did really well so we'll see. Afterwards I took Ethan to Griffith Park. This was my favorite place to go as a kid. Ethan got to ride the little train and look at all the horses. I felt that he was a little bit too young to ride the horses just yet. Maybe next time. We had a lovely morning together.

He's so little!

Firemen Everywhere

My mom, Ethan, and I went for a walk after Ethan's nap today and discovered that the firemen were still watching over our neighborhood. Ethan got out of his little car to play football with them. He had so much fun and they were all so great with him! These poor guys were bored out of their minds from sitting on our street for 3 days. They finally left last night to go home to their families. Thanks Stations 108 and 124 for protecting us!

A helicoptor about to make a drop

Making the drop
Ethan being invited to play football Ethan made these guys work for him!

Ethan in the firetruck