Posted in Landscape, tagged fire, Landscape, Sunset on December 28, 2009| 2 Comments »
I have been holding onto this little gem for too long. I came across it recently and it happily ended up in my “Photo’s to Blog” folder. This was taken almost two years ago.
Photo taken by: Natalie Hoffman
Photo edited by: John – This Moment Captured
Posted in Families & Children, Personal, tagged Canyon Lake, Christmas, family, fun, Santa Baby, Trains on December 22, 2009| 4 Comments »
What do trains and santa baby have in common you ask? Absolutely nothing, I was just drawing a blank and it was the first thing that came to mind. Umm where was I… (I think I’m in the middle of a sugar coma… too many coooookies)
Oh yeah, Sunday’s Christmas Party! We all headed out to Canyon Lake and goofed off pretty much all night. It was a blast. Giuliana got all dressed up in here Santa Baby outfit, way too stinking cute and there were toys everywhere (due to the super fun gift exchange). We actually did a little photobooth action and had a dance contest (with a cash prize!), but you’ll have to check back later for that. No time now. Here’s a few (completely random and unrelated) shots that caught my eye.
Oh that’s what trains and santa baby had in common?! I knew I was going somewhere with that! …ooh is that a sugar cookie…mmmm
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Posted in Families & Children, Personal, tagged Children, family, kids on December 21, 2009| 4 Comments »
On Saturday, Elise decided she was going to make about 4,000 Christmas cookies. My kids, upon waking from nap-time, thought Christmas had come early. And, to their shear wonder and delight, were permitted to try pretty much all of them. Well, you can imagine what ensued. Imagine kicking a large ant hill at which time every ant in the colony comes rushing out in utter chaos, scrambling to figure out what just happened. Adreniline surges (along with large quantities of sugar in my kids case) and its fairly hysterical. Running around, jumping into the wall, bumping into each other…and then falling over fast asleep. HA! Well we decided to tap into this cookie induced surge of holiday goodness and get a bunch of random props and toys and stuff and have some photo fun. So what you are about to see is post cookie eating. Mostly JohnPaul but Maggie and Sofia decided to join in the Christmas-sugar-rush as well. No way JP was going to have all fun!
Note: No cookie crumbs have been removed from any faces or hair or clothing
Another note: My son is not a terrorist (see pictures below)
Yet another note: All cookies have since been disposed of, or hidden to prevent any more insurgent outbursts
Ok one more note: The Blitzen Crocs are Elise’s and she is super stoked about them… complete with removable fluffy inserts
One of the last notes: I did not actually kick in, or step on, or near an ant hill, I had a bad experience with this as a child (or at least my brother did) and I am actually quite fond of ants. They always seem to scurry around with more determined purpose than I do. Ants are my heros.
No More Notes After This One: 10 points for the person who knows the name of the small yellow tractor found below (Leave your comments/answers in the comments section below)
Ok, this is where you leave your comments. Right below where it says, “Leave a Comment”. Remember 10 points to the person who guesses correctly the name of the yellow tractor and it can’t be my wife… Elise stop typing! Merry Christmas Everyone!
Posted in Families & Children, Maternity, Personal, tagged Elise Pascale, family, Maternity, newport beach, Pregnancy on December 17, 2009| 5 Comments »
The day before we had our 4th child, Giuliana Rose, we snuck out of the house and headed to Newport Beach’s back bay. For any of you who have ever had the pleasure of experiencing the back bay, you know our pain. The back bay, especially when its low tide, is so stinky and bug infested it will make a pregnant woman go into labor (which it actually did in our case). Oh Yes! Within hours we were racing to the hospital, and when I say racing… well if you haven’t read that post (click here), you need to. It was an adventure and then some. Anyway, we attribute that adventure to the one we had the night before at, yes you guessed it, the back bay. We had been planning on some prego pics for weeks, but with 3 little ones at home… the best laid plans of mice and blah blah blah. We finally did it and set our sites for the Newport Beach Back Bay (which from a distance…and during the day… and during high tide… is quite breathe taking and fun to explore). We parked the car and dredged through reeds, muck, and critters…and actually had some fun.
In between shots, we could be seen jumping up and down while frantically waving away the swarms of flying-prehistoric-size insects. It was as though they were laughing at the fact that we had practially submerged ourselves in “bug-spay” as they kamakazi-dived into our eyes and ears and mouth and pretty much any other opening they could find. Ok, ok, ok a little too graphic I guess, but i’m just trying to paint the picture that it was a minor miracle that we made it out alive. So, without further adoooooo My beautiful, amazing wife, fellow adventurer, and mother of our four incredible kiddos. Presenting….. Elise Marie! WOOHOO!!!!
P.S. (thanks babe for your shear white knuckle bravery in taking this adventure with me! Next time I’ll try to post the pregnancy pics before I post the new baby pics! HA! Next time! Bring it on!)
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