Summit, NJ

Last week Dallas and I went to Summit to see the O'Neils and Jake and Em.

We had so much fun hanging out, playing with the kids, making yummy treats and going to the Rangers game!

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view of NYC on our flight in


the Statue of Liberty from the plane window


Dallas was so good on the flight and in the airport!
He was such a helper and had to pull his own suitcase

these two cuties were so excited to see each other!

our first night we went to Jake and Scott's rec league basketball game
It's pretty entertaining when you have former NBA players on the teams!

Dallas loved watching his uncles in action!

Dallas and Lizie being silly and having fun together

cutest little Eliza

these two were so cute and had so much fun together

(when Dallas wasn't tackling Eliza and putting her in headlocks...)

cute sisters Eliza and Alexa

Dallas and Eliza had the time of their life cruising around in Lizie's Barbie jeep!

Dallas attempted driving, but kept crashing, so Eliza mostly took the wheel

Eliza got this little vanity for her birthday and one night while we were all in the kitchen I noticed Dallas was missing...I went into the family room and he was admiring himself in the mirror! I asked him what he was doing and he told me "putting on my makeup, mommy"

uh-oh, don't tell Teag :)

Dallas, Kira and Eliza having ice-cream after their baths

Alexa had sports day at school so she wore her Rangers jersey...she looked so cute!

just playing around :)

Eliza enjoying her lollipop

Soooo.....Lisa and I attempted to make Bakerella's cupcake pops.

They looked nothing like they were supposed to, but they were DELICIOUS!

Jake and Scott actually said they are one of the best things they had ever tasted.

Lisa holding up one of our finished pops next to the picture of what they were supposed to look like...we were DYING laughing SO hard at our pops!

We showed the girls and Alexa said "um, they don't look very good", but once the girls tasted them they were loving them too

Lisa and Kira working on dipping

Don't look too close!!!

the kiddos playing around and being silly

Dallas had a blast wrestling with Uncle Jake

Scott took the kids for a ride around the house on his suitcase...they may have enjoyed this even more than the park!

so funny!

Lex getting in on the fun

Lisa and I took "the babies" to walk around the shops in downtown Summit.

They were so cute wearing their backpacks around!

love them!

Lisa and Lizie coloring together

so sweet

this was Eliza striking a pose for me :)
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Rangers Game!

I was so excited to experience my first Rangers game!

This was definitely the way to do it...fun gift bags, dinner in Suite 200 before the game and front row seats behind the team. The Rangers lost, but it was such a good game and so much fun.

I am totally a fan!

HAD to get my picture here :)

It was fun to be in NYC...it is funny because for how many times we have been to Summit, we don't ever go into the City!

Jake, Lisa and I in Scottie's office before the game

The Rangers!!!

I was an instant fan watching these guys in action

Henrik the goalie is my new favorite player :)

We even got a fight!

I remember going to Golden Eagle hockey games when I was little and Kim and I would dare each other to yell "fight! fight!"

Jake, Em and I in our fun seats!

after a big goal!

If it wasn't a school night the kids would have come too.

Alexa and Kira sport their jerseys and give the players five when they come in and out of the tunnel...so fun! Keeks has even gotten a stick from one of the players :)

Em and I

She and Jake are expecting in February and were discussing which Rangers jersey their little girl will be wearing at the games next year

The business men busy at work at all times...

and cute Mr. Dallas on our flight home!

He was so good, yet again. He was all set with his pirate's booty and his Cars dvd :)

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Thanks for a great week O'Neils and Jake and Em!

We can't wait to see you in a few short weeks for Christmas!!!

HaLLoWeeN 2009

It was a perfect day for football! The T-birds played UC Davis and it was a big game for us...

luckily SUU dominated and went into half-time up 42-21.

I tried getting Dallas into his costume for the game, but he wouldn't have it, so we went with his trusty old t-bird shirt instead :)

Dal LOVES getting a hot dog at the game. Usually he goes with ketchup, but being Halloween he decided to try a little something more...sour blue powder. SICK.

However, he seemed to like it because he ate almost the entire thing

He brought a bucket of candy to share with his friends, and didn't mind indulging in a few Nerd Rope's himself. And suckers, and shockers and Reece's and who knows what else.
Whatever, it was Halloween.

Kenna Pupunu was such a cute little cupcake!

Dallas thought Thor was an awesome 'scary guy'

A little MJ tribute for halftime

Dal was fascinated with the 'spooky cheerleaders'

coach daddy doing his thing

Dallas and Mommy

YAY!!! Final score SUU 56 - UC Davis 35!

Dallas and Daddy on the field after the big win

Dallas and Emily Brahman had a blast chasing each other after the game

we have to remind him that girls don't like being tackled so much...

all the kiddos running around wild after the game

Then onto Halloween night...

We had great plans to go trick-or-treating with the Pupunu's, but when it came time to get his costume on Dallas was FREAKING OUT! He had been talking all about being Elmo, so when he didn't want that we tried a few others...lion, batman, incredible, but he didn't want any of them.

He just kept saying he wanted to stay home and play. We didn't want to traumatize him for all his future Halloween's, so we ended up just staying home, eating chili and cornbread, eating candy, watching football and playing cars and football.

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Here he is "trick-or-treating"...

just putting all the candy from our big bucket into his little elmo bucket

I couldn't even get him to humor me and put on his costume for a picture,

so this is all we got!

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I'm thinking by next year he will be ready for some serious trick-or-treating :)