Thanksgiving Day at Tony and Teresa's

Even with a four month old baby, Tony and Teresa hosted Thanksgiving for 23 people. And what a superb job they did too!

From top left: Marcus, Jeffery, baby Tony, James, Nicole and Alex.

Marcus wanted to hold baby Tony and when he got him Tony started crying. Here's Nonna giving Tony a much needed nap. And Teresa and baby Tony, aren't they cute!!

Alex turns 15!!

November 18th Alex turned 15. He had three friends come over on Saturday, they played football, basketball and many games of XBOX. He got lots of hats, five to be exact. How many hats does one head need? According to Alex, a lot!! He got the much coveted Phillies hat, two NY Yankees hats, a Detriot Tigers hat and an Arizoma Diamondbacks hat. The Phillies hat is in honor of a schoolmates brother, who is a pitcher for the Phillies. And he got a Wii. They had a blast! His friends' XBOX was hooked up on one tv in his room, and we rolled the old big screen in there too and hooked the Wii up to that. What a hoot! The boys spent the night and we had a big breakfast in the morning. They all had a good time.

Go Seahawks!!

During high school football season I was taking Alex and one of his friends to an away game and Nicole came with me. She knew we were going to a football game and desperately wanted a football helmet. I told her it wasn't like going to the Mariner's where you could pick anything out at the gift shop. So for her birthday she got a Seahawks outfit. Now on Sunday's when the Seahawks play she either puts on this uniform or her Seahawks jersey. Sometimes, you just can't always have a Princess......that's what happens when you have two big brothers!

Halloween at the Padilla's

If you can't tell Nicole was a princess for Halloween. I was so grateful she decided not to be a firefighter again! Not that there's anything wrong with that, but after having two boys I was really looking forward to "girly" costumes. We got it this year!! Here's Alex channeling his inner Bob Marley, we actually think he looks more like Whoopi Goldberg than Bob. But he's Bob Marley and that's the story he's sticking to.

Carving the pumpkins

Nicole and I went to the pumpkin patch after soccer practice on Oct. 23rd. Then we carved pumpkins on Oct. 28th. Nicole's pumpkin had a ghost on it, mine was a kitty with a star and a moon, and Alex's said "wicked".