The LaBass Loudness

Park day in January!

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Graham is so funny!

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In the car the other day we were listening to Christmas music. Asher asked us,
"Mom, what is a mistletoe"? Without evening flinching Graham said, "It is a toe with a missle in it" LOL We laughed soooo hard! I just love it when Graham gets talking:))

Color it ginger

2011-12-26T16:26:00.000-08:00

The week before Christmas Bob and Nena brought over this really cool ginger bread house made out of cardboard for the boys to color. It was really cool and fun to color!

Christmas Eve hike

2011-12-26T16:22:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve we went on a hike to try to get the boys tired. We succeeded. We thought it would be a 2 mile hike but it ended up being closer to 4:) Oh well, they were supper well behaved that night at the family party;))

Christmas 2011

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Christmas was wonderful! We really had a great time. So much that the day post Christmas felt more like a Christmas Hangover than anything;) Christmas Eve we have the tradition to go to Scottys parents house for a Christmas Eve party. Matt and Tara came along with us. It was fun to see family and friends. Then Matt and Tara came home with us for a sleep over:) Christmas morning we opened presents at our house and then had Church at 11am. After church we hurried down to canyon country for a family party on the LaBass side. After that party we drove back to Newbury Park to open presents with Nena and Bob. We got home just exhausted. But we sure had fun.

We really focused on Christ this month to get the boys ready for Christmas. There were 4 Mondays this month so for Family Home Evening we made Christ the topic. Week one we learne about the birth of Christ. Week two we did the life of Christ. Week three we did His death and resurrection. And week four we will do His second coming. The Christmas spirit has been really strong this year. They boys have gotten into the spirit of giving too. One day they had hand picked some of their very favorite toys and wrapped them before I knew what they were doing. Then they were asking me to drive them to a certain boys house so they could leave the presents at the door, ring and run. So we did. It was so fun and they really felt good after it. They both bought gifts for everyone in the family and were so excited to have everyone open those gifts. They sure are growing up fast. We feel very blessed to have our sweet kids. And we are very grateful for our Savior and for his perfect example for us!

Bath time

2011-12-26T15:52:00.000-08:00

Graham and Pepper love to snuggle. It was so funny last night because when they were in the bath Pepper wouldn't stop giving Graham hugs. I had to Kodak the moment:)))

Here are some last minute pictures to post before I print this years blog!!

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Here is our family picture tree this year. We love to put pictures of the past year instead of ornaments. We find ourselves constantly looking at the pictures and laughing at the memories!!

Graham loves to snuggle Pepper. Whenever he has her he asks me to take a picture. They are so cute together

These are just random pics of the munchkins. Gotta love'em

Asher and I just being silly!

My two handsome boys!! We sure love our munchkins

This is Grahams soccer team from last season and our end of year party. We got a blow up slide and had some yummy food.

More pics of Scotty on his night riding buddies. He had a night ride almost every week this year. He loves it!

We love to watch Pepper walk around. We spend lots of time just watching her :D

Utah Valley Marathon 2011

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Here are pics that I forgot to post of the marathon in Utah!!

Family Yellow Stone Trip last summer

2011-11-30T14:50:00.000-08:00

I am finally getting to this post. It will be a long one. We take a vacation every year with our friends that live in Idaho. This year we decided to go up their way. We all wanted to go up to Yellow stone. So I decided to find a marathon in Utah that I could do. The trip ended up being about a week and a half. We were able to visit a lot of old friends and enjoy the beautiful mountains of Utah.
This was our first stop! We were on our way to Vegas and needed a break so this is what we did. Looked silly:)

On our way to Idaho, we decided to break up the trip. Our first stop was in Las Vegas. We stayed in Circus Circus and played at the fun dome all night. It was a blast! We really had a great time!

Here are the boys fast asleep! Too much fun!

While we were in Provo we stopped by BYU and reminisced:)) The funny thing is that the whole time that we both were in school at BYU we never owned one piece of clothing that said BYU on it so this trip we got everyone a shirt :)

This was one of Scottys class rooms that he used to take Asher to when ash was a baby. Scotty used to sit in the chair that Asher is in and Asher used to sit where Scotty is sitting:)))

We stopped in Provo so I could run the Utah Valley Marathon. We stayed in a hotel and I guess this is the only pic we have for that whole time. I did great in the marathon. I did a 3:19!!

After the marathon we stayed at our friends house, the Sainsburys:)). We slept there and then the next day made a mad dash up to Idaho:))

Scotty left his IPad on top of our car and drove off :( It was such a sad moment. Luckily we went to the Apple store and they just gave him another one:))) The only other thing that happened on the trip was that we woke up one day and had a flat tire on the car. It was easily fixed.

We drove all the way up to Idaho to play with our friends the Turviles:)) We love them. So, after we played at their house we drove to a great cabin to sleep. We spent part of a day at Mesa Falls, then in Yellow Stone National Park. We also ate at Big Juds. And no, none of us at the whole hamburger:)) We had a great time!

We went to this cool cabin up in the mountains just outside of Yellowstone National Park. The cabin was HUGE! It doesn't look huge from this pic but let me just tell you that it was :) We had a great time sleeping there and exploring in the forests around.

This is us on our way back to Utah from Idaho:)
Here we are at a rest stop hanging out! We loved being packed in our little car:)))

After Idaho we drove to my parents house in Kaysville and stayed there for two days. While we were there we took the train into down town Salt Lake City and played. We went to the Gateway mall, then to Temple Square and visited the tabernacle, then we had lunch and played at the mall again. We really had a blast. We were so tired when we road the train back to my parents house!!

After we visited with my parents, Scotty and I decided to go to the Bountiful Temple, where it all began!! We were sealed there 9 years prior!! Now look what we've made!

Happy Asher in the car!

As we drove home, we stopped at a gas station just outside of Los Vegas. Graham decided that he had to go to the bathroom. As we walked into the station, Graham leaned over and pushed that big red button just next to the front door. Yup, he did. That big red button was the emergency shut off button. So, the entire gas station shut down. No gas could pump and highway patrol cars came and everything. Needless to say, we had to have a "don't push red buttons" lesson. LOL

My sweet P :)

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I have no idea how Asher did this!

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Yup, he fit in to this little thingy. I sware that these things are made for babies but hey, I guess they are for 7 year olds too:)))

Grahams new ouchy!

2011-11-17T12:40:00.000-08:00

Graham got a new BMX bike for his birthday so he has been riding really well. In fact, he has been riding faster:)) The down side of this is that he is crashing more :( This is his last war wound from his last crash. . .

Santa Barbara Marathon!!

2011-11-17T12:36:00.000-08:00

This marathon was not my best. Infact it was my worst because I didn't finish it :( Ya, it was no fun at all so I stopped before I was injured seriously. But even though it was a hard race I still gave Mirna and I the best outfit award of the day;)))
Here we are before the race. . .

Here we are after. . . still smiling :))

Asher as Bumblebee :))

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Peppers first birthday party!!

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We ate some yummy food and had a cute cake for Pepper. We can't believe that our baby girl is 1. She is such a joy to have and as Asher says, "She is the shinning star or our family". We couldn't imagine our family without her. Pepper is the best!!! Happy birthday baby!!

Graham snuggling me after a hard day:))

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What would I do without my Grahammie snuggles!!

Family Halloween picture!!!

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Crazy sock day at school

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Graham as a ghost

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Pepper as a Pepper

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Peppers bath time:))

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swimming graham and scotty

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St. George Marathon pic :)

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Graham is an AYSO boy!!!

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Graham is playing soccer! He is so fun to watch. This last game he scored two goals and his team won 3 to 0 :))) Go Graham!!!

Pepper and her wagon

2011-10-05T12:42:00.001-07:00

Pepper loves to go for rides in the wagon. She will smile as big as she can for who ever will take her on a ride:)))

Night rides

2011-10-05T12:40:00.001-07:00

Scotty is still doing his night rides with his buddies. It looks like they have a lot of fun!!

St. George Marathon

2011-10-05T12:31:00.000-07:00

I ran the St. George Marathon this year. I didn't train for it so I was very happy when I ran a 3:18:07:))) We made a small trip out of it. We even were able to see my parents along the way!!!

This is so typical Graham. Where ever we are, if he is tired he will just lay down on the ground and he won't move:))

AYSO boy!

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Asher is playing soccer this season and he loves it. I am enjoying the change from baseball. He is really good too:))

My family party

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Graham decided that he wanted to have a family party one day. So he set up the whole thing:)) I loved it!

First day of school for 2011

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This is the first year that both boys are in school!! Asher is in 2nd grade and Graham is in Jr. Kindergarten. Jr K. is a program for kids that are old enough to go to Kindergarten but would be the very youngest. So instead of holding him back a year we get to put him in this program and then next year he goes to regular Kindergarten! He loves it and I love the time alone with Pepper:)). .

Graham had his 5th birthday!!!

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Graham wanted a firetruck birthday party this year. We had his kindergarton friends over and had a great time. . .

Scotty LaBass turns 32!

2011-10-05T11:59:00.000-07:00

Scotty had a birthday! He turned 32 this year. We had fun!! I took him to Sky High for a night of jumping on the trampolines then we ate at In'n Out. I know, gross but he wanted to eat there:)). Then I got him tickets to go see Boyce Avenue with his brother. Scotty said that the concert was awesome!! I made him this cool surf cake. .

I am so glad that Scotty was born! I love him sooo much. He is the best husband, dad and example to all of us :P

Pepper Ciarallo LaBass

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Can you tell that we all love Pepper so much!!!

Family pictures of all kinds:)

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Pepper already is into shoes:)))

The cutest buns you ever did see:))

Ace came back from Hawaii to visit us:)))

Graham is talking again. . .

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Graham says the funniest things ever. This was the last one. .
Mom- "Graham, why did you take off your clothes again while you were jumping on the trampoline?"
Graham- "Because I like to"
Mom- "Graham remember that our bodies are special and we need to keep them modest"
Graham- "Well, mom. . .(thinking hard). . If I can't take off my clothes how am I going to be a rock star?"
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Haaaaaaa.
Good point Graham:)

Aunt Tressie and Uncle Jon

2011-08-20T21:44:00.000-07:00

Tressie and Jon came out for Gracies wedding so we took advantage of the visit and went to Magic Mountain with them!! It was fun. .

Grace and Joe's wedding!!!

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Grace and Joe were sealed at the L.A. temple on August 6th. It was sooooo beautiful. Enjoy the pics. . .

More night rides for Scotty

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Mormon night at Dodger Stadium!!

2011-08-20T21:17:00.001-07:00

Every year Dodger Stadium has a "Mormon" night and this year we went!! It was crazy. We liked to be in the stadium. Asher ate a Dodger Dog and the boys all had peanuts :) We got to sit by our friends from the ward. . the Patricks:)) Pepper was loving the attention they were giving her:)) It got cold so we had to go before the fireworks but we did have fun:)))

This is my friend Amanda with Pepper!

Scottys Adventures

2011-08-18T08:38:00.000-07:00

This year Scotty has been going on night rides with his buddies. They love to ride in the dark because it is a whole new adventure. They find all kinds of animals and gross stuff. Here are a few of their pics:)) Enjoy. . .

4th of July

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For the 4th we went on a hike and then we went swimming and had a BBQ. It was fun. Here are pics. .

Just a few random pics!!

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Ashers' 7th birthday party!!!

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I can't believe my Asher is 7. That means that next year he will be baptized. Smokes. He is growing soooo fast. We are continually impressed with Asher. He is very sharp and has the best sense of humor. He is a great big brother and loves Graham and Pepper. The other day he stood next to me and he is about 2 to 3 inches away from my shoulders. He loves to bike, swim, run, play hand ball, play dodge ball, jump on the trampoline, play with friends, build things, play soccer, play baseball, go to sea world, be on the leader board for ticket to read, eat at subway, play the xbox kinect, eat ice cream from the ice cream man, cotton candy at Magic Mountain, swim at Hurricane Harbor, play at Fo Fo Figglies, and be the best reader in his class:))) Asher is the best helper around the house. He sure knows how to clean:)) He is the best reader. When we do scripture study in the morning he hardly needs help with his verse. He can read all the words and if he doesn't know the words he can sound them out. It is fun to see him read to Graham and Pepper.
We ordered a HUGE blow up slide and obstacle coarse for his bday party. It took up the whole front yard. I took pics of them but I can't find them:( We had fun at his party.
Here is a pic of Ashers cake. I am sad because I took some really good pictures but I can't find them :( so this is all I have. If I find them I will post them. Asher wanted an Iron man bday so this was the iron man face with the computer chip lines underneath:))

Here is Asher hitting the pinata I made. This picture doesn't show the whole thing. I need to find a better pic of it. . .

Here is a better pic of the pinata!

Peppers first time. . .

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In the burley trailer on our family bike ride!!!

She did great. She was so comfy that she fell asleep!!!

Pepper loves her food!!!

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Charity FHE

2011-07-25T07:36:00.000-07:00

I've been stumped for awhile on how to make FHE more effective. I hate just talking "at" my kids because they get bored and so do I:)) After a lot of pondering and listening to talks from General Conference,our Stake Conference, and Elder Bednars talk when he came to our stake to talk, I concluded that; 1- for my kids to gain a real testimony, they have to ACT on true principles, 2- As parents we are responsible to provide our kids with the opportunities to ACT on these true principles. So I totally changed the way we do FHE now. First we introduce the topic (which I plan as I watch the kids develop and see what understanding they are ready for) then after the topic is introduced, they each have a part of the lesson that they were asked to do earlier. Then the magic happens. We go and ACT on the principle. For example, one day we did "Being a Missionary". After Scotty and I showed the boys our mission pictures and talked about the basics of a mission, we gave the kids pass-a-long cards and asked them who they wanted to give those go. They picked their people and we went out and let them give the cards away. They loved it and they felt the spirit of being a missionary! It was awesome.

The time that I never want to forget was the time that we did charity as our topic. We talked about it and helped them understand the spirit behind it. Then we went to our friends house who was needing some help because she has 4 kids and her husband travels all the time. We got there and cleaned up their house for them. Asher and Graham were so in to it. They cleaned up so well and were so happy. Then after I asked them how they felt, Graham said, "I felt so warm inside". So we recognized the spirit and explained that this is how we feel when we have charity for someone. When we were done we considered it a success. Then the next day I was in the car with Ash and Graham. We came to a corner where a homeless guy was standing there with a sign asking for money. Asher looked at him and said, "Mom what is that guy doing? What does his sign say"? So I read the sign to him, "Homeless. Please help. Need money"
Asher said, "He doesn't have a home"?
I said, "Nope"
Then he was quiet for a minute. In that minute I was thinking that the bumb needed to go get a job :)
Then in a very urgent voice Asher said, "Well, Mom, aren't you gonna help him"?
I said, "What do you wanna do?" I was really trying to put all my thoughts aside.
Ash said, "Well, I have my quarter that I was gonna get a gum ball with. I can give it to him". Just so you know, getting a gum ball at HomeDepot is a big deal at our house.
I said, "You want to give him your quarter instead of get a gum ball?"
Without even thinking he said yes that he did. So I flipped the car around and pulled up next to the guy. I gave Asher some more quarters to give him. Asher opened his window and gave the guy his money.
The guy smiled sooo big and said very sincerely, "Thank you so much. God bless you".
Then as we pulled away I could feel the spirit radiating from Asher. I said, "How do you feel Ash?" and he said that he felt so happy and warm. So again I recognized the spirit and commented that he had charity for that man. Asher was so smiley. Then Graham pipped in, "Well, Asher. Now you can't get a gum ball, but I can because I didn't give that man my money". The big tease.
Asher commented, "I feel so good right now that I don't even want a gum ball"
I was so proud of Asher. He is really growing and learning. Such an amazing boy!!!

Words of wisdom from Graham

2011-07-25T07:33:00.000-07:00

Graham said, "Mom do you know what to do if you get on fire"?
I said, "No. What do you do"?
Graham said, "Well, if you are on fire you STOP, DROP, AND WIGGLE"!!!!
I died laughing when he wasn't looking!!!

Pepper and my zebra chair

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Asher's Dodger end of year party

2011-07-19T16:06:00.000-07:00

At the end of Ashers baseball season we had a little party at our house for the kids and their families. Ash had a great year playing and is ready for a break from baseball:))) Scotty coached him for 3 seasons straight so he is ready for a break too. Asher is going to play soccer in he fall.

I made a cake for the party. I put all the boys names on the baseball. It was a fun cake to make!!!

The eye poke

2011-03-22T12:44:00.000-07:00

Ash got poked in the eye the other day. We didn't think much of it because he wasn't complaining too much about the pain. I still took him in to the doctor just in case. After we saw how big the cut was in his corneal the doctor was amazed that Ash wasn't complaining any more than he was. If you look for the green part in his eye you will see the area that was punctured. .

Scissors

2011-03-22T12:37:00.000-07:00

The other day Ash and Graham got hold of the scissors and played hair cuts. . .

Needless to say I had to buzzzzzz off all their beautiful hair. Really, if we lived in the 80's I probably could have kept the step down action but since it is 2011 I decided to cut it all off. They were sooo funny. .

My latest creations

2011-03-22T12:28:00.000-07:00

These are my latest cakes. The barbie doll one was for a friends daughters birthday. The spider man one was for a different friend's son's party. And the bow one was a practice one. They were fun to make!!!

Grahammie vs his numb lip

2011-03-22T12:25:00.000-07:00

Graham had two cavities filled the other day and left the dentist with a numb lip. During the car ride home he managed to basically eat half of his lip. It got huge and looked very painful. I am happy to say that it is all better now:))

Dodger Baseball for Asher

2011-03-22T12:16:00.000-07:00

This year in baseball Ash gets to be on the Dodgers team!! Scotty is his coach again. These are pics of the opening ceremony. . .

Pepper

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Pepper's making vitamin D and then she is oh so snuggly!!

Dr. Seuss's Birthday

2011-03-22T12:07:00.000-07:00

Asher and Graham made these awesome hats at school for Dr. Seuss's birthday!!

Our little Grahammie

2011-03-22T12:02:00.000-07:00

Here Grahammie was very sick and he fell asleep on the floor. But that isn't why we took these pics. We are still trying to figure out what he ate???? Any ideas???

My little entrepreneur

2011-03-22T11:34:00.000-07:00

The other day I was putting Pepper down for her nap. After she was down I went looking for the boys in the backyard. They were no where to be found. I was looking everywhere yelling their names. I still could not find them. So I ran inside and asked Scotty if he had seen them and he said that he hadn't. We both went running everywhere trying to find them. Then, Scotty found them. They were coming out of our neighbors house from ACROSS the street. Mind you that the street in front of our house is a busy street. Asher had a dollar in his hand. When we asked them what they were doing Asher explained that he wanted to buy an IPad and that he had to earn around $600 so he was going door to door selling sea shells. Our neighbor across the street was his first customer. We had to come down hard on the "crossing the street" thing but the whole American dream that Asher has caught, we just couldn't crush!!!

Valentines Day

2011-03-22T11:30:00.000-07:00

This year was fun for Valentines day. We cut out a bunch of hearts and decorated the window above the sink with all the hearts. Then we had heart shaped pancakes for breakfast, heart shaped sandwiches for lunch and heart shaped pizzas for dinner. The boys loved it!

2011 Family pics!!

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The Solvang Century

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Scotty and others did the Solvang century bike ride two weeks back. It is a 100 mile bike ride! Scotty said that it was a lot of fun and he will probably do it again. Here are a few pics from the ride. . .

Happy Birthday to 33 year old me!!

2011-03-20T15:11:00.000-07:00

This is really late. My birthday was back in January. Even though I turned 33 I still feel 12. I forget how old I really am sometimes. For example, the other day at church I happened to be wearing the EXACT same outfit as a 15 year old in our ward. Same top and skirt. It was a funny because I realized that I haven't matured much. My body is just getting old, not the spirit. Now I have an even greater excuse to not grow up, I have a baby girl that will do all the fun stuff with me:)))Anyways, we went out for dinner for my birthday and here are a few pics from it.

LaBass Family pics

2011-03-03T14:08:00.000-08:00

Great Grandpa Nebs died on Valentines day. Even though the passing away of someone is very sad and heart wrenching, Neb's passing was very sweet. He was able to go and be reunited with his sweet heart on Valentines day. We love and sure miss Great Grandpa Nebs. There is a silver lining to this story. Because of his passing, we were all able to get together for his funeral. We took family pics with the LaBass side. It was fun to be all together again:)))

I made this!!

2011-02-27T20:11:00.000-08:00

Our scouts had a luau this week to raise money for their summer day camp. I made this cake to take to the dinner. Pretty cool ha!!!!

I liked doing it so much that I am thinking about starting to make them for other people and charge a small fee:)))

Pepper Ciarallo

2011-02-24T13:58:00.001-08:00

Pepper is growing so fast. It is really easy to see how much we love her. There are like 5,000 pics of her on my camera;) I chose the best ones. . .

This was the first time I painted Peppers toes. I think that I painted more of her toes than her toe nails:)))

I love her face in this picture

It is obvious that Pepper is very loved at our house. Asher said that she is the "Shinning star of our family". The boys are always asking to hold her or give her kisses. She loves them too. Every time she sees them she is all smiles and giggles. What a lucky girl!

Cake Pops!!!

2011-02-24T13:54:00.001-08:00

My friend had a baby shower and I got all creative. I made her these cake pops. I have decided that I hate cooking but I love baking!!!

You're retarded

2011-01-04T20:33:00.000-08:00

My dad has just retired!!! Asher thought that we were all saying that my dad had retarded. So one day Asher was talking to my dad and Ash said, "Papa Joe, you can come to our house anytime because you are retarded". We all were laughing for ever.:) Here is my dad and mom playing the Kinnect!! We love that thing.

This was my dad after all that playing . . .

Pepper's blessing day

2011-01-04T20:29:00.001-08:00

We blessed Pepper the other day. It was beautiful. Pepper had the cutest tutu skirt and flower on her head:) I sure love having a girl!

Pics of the kids

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Christmas

2011-01-03T10:44:00.000-08:00

We had a blast this year for Christmas. The favorite present was the xbox kinnect. We love that thing. We spent the day with Aunt Pati and Scotts parents and family. It was great fun.

Pepper and the boys

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Ashers Reading Award

2011-01-03T10:12:00.001-08:00

Out of 27 kids in Ashers class, 6 got awards for somthing that they do the best. Ash got an award for reading. I was so proud of him:))

Ashers Christmas program

2011-01-03T09:51:00.000-08:00

Asher had a Christmas program at his school. It was very cute. My favorite song that reminded me that I live in California and not Utah was this. . We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a happy hanukkah, we wish you a happy quanza. . .

My favorite Christmas decorations

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Here are my favorite Christmas decorations for this year

Pepper and Santa

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Bowling

2010-12-21T09:42:00.000-08:00

We went bowling the other day. It was fun. I think Graham scored the highest:)))

The New Bathroom

2010-12-21T09:35:00.003-08:00

Yup! It is finally done!! We have lived in our house for 2 years without the second bathroom done. Finally we were able to finish it and it is beautiful:))) Enjoy. .
This is Scottys very first tile job. I'd say he did a fantabulous job:)))

Here are the boys enjoying the bathtub. They sure missed having one these last 2 years

Just a little bit of "Loudness"

2010-12-01T14:15:00.001-08:00

Welcome Pepper Ciarallo LaBass

2010-11-29T15:57:00.001-08:00

Pepper Ciarallo is here!!! If you are confused on how to say her middle name it is like this: Ser-e-llo. That was my grandmas maiden name. Here is the story. . . I had a regular appointment with my doctor on the 1st of November. My due date was the
4th. I was huge and ready to be done being pregnant. My doctor asked me about the "kick count" that I was doing for Pepper. I noticed that she wasn't moving all that much so the doctor sent me to the hospital to do a stress test just to make sure that she was OK. When I got to the hospital they hooked me up and monitored how many times Pepper moved and how many contractions I was having. After they were done they told me that Pepper was moving just fine but that I was having contractions every two minutes. Hummm. I could feel them but not very much so they sent me to Labor and Delivery just to be monitored for a bit longer. After 30 minutes of watching my contractions the doctor told me that I was in labor but my contractions weren't strong enough to throw me into active labor. She then asked me if I wanted to have the baby that day. Of coarse I said yes and so they moved me into the delivery room. They hooked me up to the pit and then broke my water. Then they gave me my epidural. After I started dilating it took about 2 hours before I was ready to have the baby. After a few pushes my sweet baby Pepper was out!!!! Pepper weighed 6lbs and 9oz. She was 19 1/2 inchs long. She was born at 11:46pm on Nov. 1st. 2010. I love her soooo much. She is so wonderful. She is a very easy baby and very mellow.

I was very blessed to have my mom and dad at my house for 3 weeks after Pepper was born. They basically took care of all the house chores, food, laundry and Asher and Graham so I could recover and enjoy my Pepper. Now Pepper is a month old and growing fast. Here are a few pics of the whole experience:))
Welcome baby Pepper!!!

Da Boiz!!!

2010-10-16T17:26:00.000-07:00

Ash and Graham have done some pretty funny, cool, amazing things lately! I really need to work a bit harder to keep up with everything that is going on here before I forget. So here is an update of the last couple of weeks. . . .
Graham. . .
Graham has been playing T-ball. He seems to like batting a lot but when he has to sit in the outfield he starts to play with the dirt. He sure is cute when he runs from base to base.

Graham has been riding the BMX track a lot lately. He is getting fast and pretty coordinated at it. I love watching his little body ride with that huge full face helmet on:))))

This is really funny. We had to get a new car seat for the baby. It came in a huge box. Graham was sooooo excited to play with the box. He pulled out his crayons and markers and colored the box for like 3 days. Then one night he insisted that he wanted to sleep in his box. I was laughing so hard. After he went to bed we found him like this. . .

We found a monkey eating a banana at our house. . .

Asher. . . .
The other day Asher and Scotty went for a bike ride. It was BMX night but Ash had a croupe flair up so they decided to do something a bit less physical so Ash could get better. They decided to go to Sycamore park here and ride on the huge boulders. Hmmmmmm. Asher is super coordinated usually so up until now he really hasn't had any major injuries.. . until he met the boulders. He was riding around a bolder that had a loose piece of wood on it. Some how Asher's tire caught on the wood and his bike flipped out from under him and he "took a trip to Indonesia" or flew over his handle bars. He landed on his chin. Blood went everywhere. Scotty saw what happened and rode over to Asher. Scotty used Ashers shirt to hold over the area to put pressure to stop the bleeding. After the blood had stopped they rode home. I was a little shocked to see all the blood but I'm proud to say that I didn't freak out;) We put him in the shower and got the running water to clean out his chin so we could see if a simple butterfly bandage would do the trick or if he needed stitches. After the shower we laid him down and we both looked at his chin. It was sooooo deep. We didn't say anything out lout so that we didn't scare Asher but we just looked at each other and knew that he needed stitches. So I bandaged him up the best I could and Scotty took him to the ER. At the ER they had to give him a shot to numb the area then they salt water blasted the area to clean it out. Then he got 5 stitches. The poor little guy didn't get home until after 12am. I kept him home from school the whole next day. He was pretty sedated the whole day. Here are a few before stitches pics and after. Enjoy!!!

Today Asher did his first Triathlon. It was kids distance so it wasn't very long. He still has his stitches in so he couldn't do the swim but he did the bike and run. They didn't place him because he didn't do the swim but he passed everyone on the bike and was in front when he finished the run so we figure he would have taken first or second. He had a lot of fun and wants to do more. I have always said that he will be my Iron Man:)))

As for me I have 19 days left and we will have our baby girl!!!! I will take a belly pic. another day:)))

Happy 4th Birthday Graham!!!!!

2010-09-20T09:04:00.000-07:00

My baby turned 4!! It is so weird how fast time flies. It seems like just yesterday I was in the hospital with Graham and he would only sleep if he was right next to me, not in the little bassinet. Now he is so big and as cute as ever. He has perfect little features. We love his nose and long eye lashes. And boy does he have an attitude:))) My favorite thing about him is how snugly he is with me. He will snuggle right up to me and be content for a long time. I love his snuggles and kisses. Here are a few pics of him on his birthday and other activities that he is doing:)))

For Grahams B-day we invited his little friends over and had a water party. We got a huge Jolly Jumpers blow up water slide and then the kids also had the trampoline. It was so much fun. Here are pics of the cake and pinata and stuff!!!!

Asher hitting the pinata

Graham hitting the pinata

Happy Birthday song to Graham!!!

This is Graham in his T-ball uniform. He is loving playing T-ball.

33 weeks and counting

2010-09-13T18:32:00.001-07:00

I've got 7 weeks left and I pretty much feel like my skin can't stretch anymore. My belly is HUGE. Sometimes I wish I could just take the whole thing off and give it to Scotty to carry for a while:))) But alas, I just need to hang in there for a bit more. Than we will have a cute little baby girl:))) Anyone wanna know what we're gonna name her???? Well too bad:)))) That is a secret:))))

Snuggly boys!!

2010-09-13T18:04:00.001-07:00

I love it when the boys are snuggly:)))

Grahams first day of pre-school!!!

2010-09-13T17:59:00.001-07:00

Yup, that's right. Graham is going to pre-school. Nope, I can't believe that he is old enough to be going in the first place. The plus side is that he loves it and is always so excited to go. The minus side is that I am home alone for 3 hours:( I miss my munchkins all day. With Asher gone all day Graham was getting a bit bored. Attending pre-school has helped with that. I hate it when your kids have to grow up:)))

Labor Day Hike!!

2010-09-07T16:44:00.000-07:00

We decided to go on a hike for labor day. We went to Wildwood in Thousand Oaks. It was a beautiful and long hike. It took us 2 1/2 hours to finish the whole thing. We had to talk a lot of breaks for little Graham. Asher did the whole thing and still had energy to spear after:)) We hiked to a water fall and then had lunch. It was a fun day!!!

Scottys ouchy

2010-09-07T16:35:00.001-07:00

A month or two ago Scotty was riding the BMX track with Ash and Graham. Scotty did a really cool jump and then crash landed. He got pretty beat up. His eye was all cut and bleeding. It gave him a nice shiner for a week after. He had a mild concussion too. Poor guy. Well, here are a few pics of his face after. p.s. I have no idea what I was laughing at:)

Asher's first day of 1st grade!!

2010-09-01T15:27:00.000-07:00

Asher started 1st grade last week. He is loving it!! He has a great teacher. . Mrs. Taggart. I like her because she is a runner;))) Anyways, I just can't believe that he is so grown up:( School starts at 8 and he doesn't get done until 2:30. All day I am walking around the house just watching the time go by slowly until I can go pick him up. It is hard to have him gone all day:( But he does love it and is doing well so I guess I can't home school him:)) I love this pic because he is wearing his sketchers that he loves and his Tony Hawk shirt. He is so funny:)))

Miranda's Birthday!!

2010-09-01T15:23:00.000-07:00

We got to have my brothers daughter Miranda over the other day after her birthday. We made her a cake out of doughnuts:))) It was cute and she loved it!!

30 weeks and counting.

2010-08-26T09:39:00.001-07:00

Here is my belly at 30 weeks. We are sooo almost done. ps. I cut my head out because I didn't do my hair:))) hee hee