On one of our outings with the Lukacs', we went to this great park near by their house. Julio put Gabriel in the swing and he loved it!! I think he may have sat in a swing before, but didn't really notice. He noticed this time. :)
Whao!!!
Yahhh!!!
I'm having fun!!!
Ayden was "so swong" (as Ayden like to say 'so strong') to climb to the top of this rope structure with Daddy.
Before leaving to go back home, we were able to go out to breakfast with Granny, Papi, Frank and Brandon to celebrate Papi's birthday on December 29th!
Cute cousins!
I love this shot of Uncle Frankie and Brandon!
The yummy ice cream cake!
The pinata...this of course went over well with Ayden. "I get to smack something with a stick?" Really, I won't get in trouble?"
My sister invited their friends over. The same family as the earlier post of all of us bowling. Lots of boys and one more too...Brandon. Oh and I forgot to mention Benjamin. He was only days old. :)
Yahhhhh!!!!!!!!! Candy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even Gabriel got to take a slide down the bouncy house slide!
Julius got carried away as usual with the party planning and rented this gigantic jumpy house! It was loads of fun though!
This is Brandon and Julio jumping together!
Jake and Ayden posing with their new matching batman costumes. Jake's birthday is on Jan. 23 and Ayden's is the 1st of January, so for about two years now, we have celebrated them together before we leave CA after Christmas.
Ayden as Batman!
Happy Dads!
Ayden was so excited to try bowling for the first time, which of course doesn't surprise anyone! He loves anything active...such a love for life this child!
The lucky "10" balls! It had been years since I went last, it was a lot of fun!
Marcie in action!
Here I am trying to give Ayden some tips on how to roll the ball down the alley. It was one of my thoughts for giving the ball enough ummmff to get it all the way down there!
We had fun out with The Lukacs' friends, the Slay's. They have four boys under the age of 9! People must have been thinking, "Do you all think you have enough boys?" We had a 8 month old, a 2 year old, a 3 year old, two 4 year olds, a 5 year old, a 6 year old and a 9 year old...enough! :)
If you've been following this blog or know Ayden, he has been into all things robot! So, I asked my dad if he could find Ayden a real robot for Christmas. So, here is Ayden's "coolest" toy from Christmas...The Robosapien! It is amazing what this thing can do! 
Gabriel's favorite Christmas toy was this peg set from Grandma Gayle!
Checking out what Robosapien can do!
Thanks Grandma Gayle!
And thanks Grandad! 
Gabriel discovering Christmas gifts for the first time!
He was certainly interested in opening one!
The older boys scoping it all out before the "dig in!"
"Look what I got!"
All the kids checking out their loot!
All vegged out in front of the boob tube! Our cousins came over for a visit to see little Benjamin.
Aunt Kathy, Cousins Vanessa and Matt. These are the only photos I have of them all since my camera's battery died on Christmas Eve. We traditionally have a gathering at the house of these cousins...the Bergers. It was a yummy dinner and a fun time with them!
Vanessa playing with Gabriel.
I was so happy to get together with my old roomie friends from Chico, Lindsay and Kristin!! They were nice enough to drive up to my sister's house fom San Jose to visit for the afternoon!
Lindsay brought her little guy Garrett who found all kinds of toys to play with! He is getting so big, he is already almost 1 1/2!! Such a cutie!
Ayden goes literally wild when he gets together with his cousins, Samuel and Jacob! Over our Christmas vacation in CA, the three of them had so much fun together, WE at times were going crazy! :) No, it has been really fun to watch these three cousins grow up together. My sister and I said to each other a couple of years ago, we have to cherish them while they are young together and I think we really have. Now, we just need to visit more often! :)
Welcome little Benjamin John Lukacs! My little nephew was born on December 19th, right before we arrived in CA! Our boys illness kept us from getting there for the birth, but we arrived when he was only 3 days old, so we didn't miss much! :) Gabriel and Benjamin got to have their first Christmas together and the older boys had a blast too! Benjamin is already almost 6 weeks old at the current date and growing fast! It is crazy...Benjamin's birthday is the 19th, my sister's (Benjamin's mom) is the 20th and mine is the 21st! Sooooooooo many birthdays right around Christmas in both families (Pancho's and mine), it is nuts!
A happy Momma!
Biggest brother Samuel! He is just so good with the baby. For as active as he and his brother are (and Ayden for that matter too!), Samuel is amazingly gentle and loves to hold the baby. Samuel is growing up!
Proud Papa and happy big brother Jacob!
Ahhhh! My little nephew, isn't he a cutie?!
Here we are after going to a nice place for brunch on December 21st. It was a sunny day and not too cold!
We have a million of these kind of shots all throughout our time together...we'll have to put them in a photo album one day and see all the different places we've been and how different we look over the years!
Here's my first born cutie!
