I Left Reno With 4 Cupcakes

I so wish I had taken a picture of all four because on the plane Michelle and I each had one......and then (In San Jose) there were two. I wonder if there will be any left when I get to Burbank? So Good! Thanks, Kevin (and your significant other who will read this before you)

I Took This Picture Today

When A Sev 1 Morning Gets Worse

Kim Thomas Your Req's Just Got Approved!

What are you going to do next? I'm going to Disneyland!!!!!!!

Phoenix Centric?

"Oh, patients...I forgot we have hospitals"

Tamara's Tree

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of seeing a pop-up-tree for the first time. I was amazed by it and thought it was really nice (I think I will have one). Tonight on my flight home "Sky Mall" was advertising the same type of tree. Too cool and Tami started it all! P.S. With custom embroidery the possibilities are endless-thank you!

Casting Shadows

Making Cookies At Grandma's

Today, we (Sydney and I) went over to Grandma's to make cookies with Joshua, Elizabeth, Becca and Grandma.

I will say they all had fun but hands down Elizabeth enjoyed it the most. She stayed engaged the whole time and used her artistic edge to make the best looking cookies. Great job, Liz!

Thanks, Grandma!

Brooke's New Smile (Right In Time For Christmas)

Loving Starbucks & My BFF

Christmas FSO Style

The props for this all go to Joe E in Sacramento. The FSO Christmas Tree is comprised of all things technology including the following ornaments: USB Connectors, Telephone buttons, keyboard keys, Memory sticks, Hard Drive parts. It also includes cable garland and a the star is comprised of a hard drive platter and monitor mount spacer. Pretty impressive and I love the Christmas spirit!

I Wonder Who's Up There

We Love Aunt Grace

First Hockey Game

Friday night we took the girls to their first professional sports game in Anaheim. They made it well through the first two periods and then fell off a bit in the 3rd. We left with 8 minutes to play and right before the Flyers tied it (then won it in overtime). Good game, lots of food. Go Ducks, Go Flyers!

The Reindeer Get on Facebook

Epic Windstorm

Last night when I posted that it was windy I had no idea just how much wind we had in store for us. All night I was terrified that the neighbors tree was going to end up in my bedroom, little did I know that we actually would lose our front tree along with almost everyone else in our neighborhood.

Pasadena was hit hard. Stop lights snapped in half, over 450 public trees were lost (not counting parks), many cars in our neighborhood were lost but luckily there were minimal injuries. The girls thought it was very exciting "Look mom, the tree is in the driveway!"


I credit SAngRiA with the title of this post.

It's Windy

As Seen In San Francisco

Welcome Randy!

The girls welcomed "Randy the Reindeer" to our house today. He was promptly put through the Thomas girls initiation activities.

Black Thursday...And Friday

Photo 1: Becca, me and Mom waiting for Toys R Us to open (8:50PM, Picture taken by James

Photo 2 and 3: If you recall last year we managed to get into the Disney store before everyone else and we did it again this year. Our receipt was the longest ever and there were multiple trips required to get everything out to the car. (10:45PM)

Photo 3: Mom poses next to one of the Black Friday recharging centers at Westfield Mall. At a recharge center you could sit in comfortable leather couches and have free snacks/drinks. (12:00 AM)

Photo 4: After some sleep and a return trip to the Disney store (6:00AM) where we had an almost equally long receipt/cost we met back up with Abbey and Becca at Target.

Photo 5: After breakfast/Starbucks we all went home. During the day I visited Target again, Michaels, and Costco. After dinner Sydney, Brooke and I had a Starbucks run and Bed, Bath and Beyond trip. I call this picture
"The End of Black Friday".