3eee Weee

FUN...

thanks to moose's all you can eat palou... omg... she out did herself!  that cake was pretty good too... a labor of countless delirious hours of love.  gabel had a blast... swimming, playin' a lil' ping pong, and i think even some Wii golf with his cousins.  i don't think he took a nap that whole weekend so he was coastin' on a serious OC high... cake wasted to the max.  so it was gabe's day on sat... mika's on sunday... and brennan's on memorial monday!  ...good-times overload. 

boy BLISS

Babe Party

The Big Reveal went off without a hitch...  everyone led us to believe that they were clueless... so fun was had by all.  the chef and i decided that last pinata reveal could not be beat so we scrounged up another colorful bull to beat up.  this round though chef out did himself... he took it one step further with his cunning white to blue flower magic trick... & everyone was baffled by Houdini's centerpieces.  sandra boiled up about a million of the best ViEners (a give away to some)... and mother's garden boisenberry pie was a hit.  we're so stoked to reveal our baby-boy bliss!  ok maybe me more than the chef but he's falling in line nicely.  ;)  baby name reveal to come. 

~thanks Lord for our boy wonder!  

prego daze

"happy easter easter bunny"

Easter at the Hayes' was fun for all... with a traditional hunt and the most delectable french toast this mouth has ever tasted.  (note to mouth: make sure to add vanilla and cinamon to your next batch.)  The Pacific Amphitheatre to follow was a prinkling, sun burning mystical... our service was just as amazing... guest speaker Francis Chan was a sensational blessing.  Back at Moose's pad the 2nd hunt was on... & Gabel did rather well considering he was the only tot.  Dev and Toad kicked off their annual death match and tides had changed! ...Toady was victorious for the 1st time in history!  Way to go Toad!  Filet shishkabobs were se manifique... what a feast. What a day. 

Thank you God for your Son...

Thank you for offering us eternal life.

birthday yum

Scrumptious steaks, peppercorn mushroom cream sauce, scalloped potatoes, & snow peas... homemade double layer confetti cake and whipped frosting!  Coastal cruise, SOLVANG, mini ponies, Flag Is Up Farms, picnic, playtime, wine tasting.  mini golf & Brophy Brothers Restaurant and Clam Bar... mmmm.  See?  Bliss.

cheapest fruit in the world

FRUIT STAND - PART I

homemade love

Nothin' and I mean Nothin' beats homemade FISH N' CHIPs.  Goodness!

FALL COLLECTION

DOUBLE THE FUN

Never too late...

I'd like to state for the records that in Dec 2010 Gabel was a Santa fiend!  Ok well maybe not quite that, but definitely not the scaredy pants he once was.  This year the draw to seek out and take pictures with Santa stemmed from the deep desire to obtain the reward... the coveted Christmas candy... the cane.  Mr. Gabel seemed to have a Santa radar... he virtually mapped out the location of approximately 5 different Santas and sniffed out their candy canes like a teeny bloodhound.  Santa was a very busy old man this year!

                            

THE KUMQUAT

      Lookin' good little bugger! 

OH HAPPY DAY

January 17th 2011 marks the date of our discovery.  Hello little one.  Hello new life.  Though we have quite some time before we meet... we smile when we consider the moment, the hour.  We pray for you daily, your big brother too, because we are so very glad you have come into our lives.  Thank you Lord for our newest member... watch over him/her... and have your will in their life starting now.  We are grateful beyond measure!

EYES FOR YOU

Gabriel's secret admirer sent him a lovely package on Valentines; shark swim trunks, a reef shirt, and these wonderfully intense swimming goggles. NOW he is ready for summer! bring on the swim session... and the daring reptiles.

THEATRICAL ON THEATER LANE...

BELIEVE IT OR NOT - Part II

swap meet-saturday, august 27, 2010: finding what we could find we stumbled upon a kitchy, green, unassuming guitar. little did we know it would be touched by a genius, it would become legendary. gabel a huge fan of all things music, drew near to the instrument like flies to dung and what he did next may surprise you. looking up he closed his eyes... as if channeling all great guitar legends at once... he smirked... a ray of light cast over him... i believe the clouds had there been any parted, but i can't be sure. he was all there was in the swap meet... all else was no longer and he rose above all the nothingness. and he strummed... he strummed i said... and it sounded something like this...

BELIEVE IT OR NOT - Part I

so the gabel, the duke and myself found ourselves in sunny santa barbara on business... monkey- business that is... and while meandering along the boardwalk we stopped at the skate park to take in the talent. before long little gabel had hopped up on the park wall to take a closer look at the gravity defying spectacles before us. a twinkle in his eyes... a tremor in his legs... and a hint of mischief written on his face. off he ran, into the skate park, into the mayhem of screeching wheels, into the tumult of teen spirit, enveloped by adolescent body odors laid out like a wall of smokescreen, never to be seen again. ...but if you could have seen him on the other side you would have seen a toddler defying all odds... aquiring a stray board... dropping into the bowl for a warm-up-sesh... careening in a perpetual motion... carving effortlessly... like a hawk, soring tirelessly... and finishing with a kicktail wallplant. ...transitioning into the stairs and landing a half cab impossible... followed by a basic fakie ollie and finally pulling off a truckhook impossible and a finger crusher. he completed the course tic-tacing toward a ramp and in honor of Andy McDonald he pulled off a wicked backflip! phenomenal skate sesh... phenomenal phenom.