A Littler Hello

I think the video says it all...

Love and Hugs,

Stephanie, Anna and Jaiden

Goofing around

Sometimes, When Jaiden and I are brushing our teeth, he gets out my bag of barrettes and wants me to put them in his hair. Tonight was no exception. He's even sporting the pink monster truck shirt that Nanay made for him... Even teddy had to join in the fun...

Enjoy,

Steph (Anna and Jaiden)

A Little Catch Up

This year, to show our support for our "community", we attended the Atlanta Pride festivities. It was July 4th weekend and this year was a bit different because instead of it being at Piedmont Park (as it has been for so many years past) it was at the Atlanta Civic Center. Many of our friends boycotted the festival because of the new location but we attended. It was a great time and there was even a bit of ac around... One of the places we visited was the Mega Family Project area. They had a great room set up for the kids with lots of activities and snacks. They also had Turner Broadcasting there taking free professional pictures of any families that wanted to step in front of the camera. We were of course game so here are the results. I wasn't sure how they would come out (it being July in Atlanta) but I think they're great!
Enjoy!
Stephanie (Anna and Jaiden)

Our new deck

Last weekend, we took on the project of building our new deck. A few years ago, Anna and I built an arbor over our upper deck. This year, we decided that we needed to add some decking under it to complete the picture. We had some help from a cousin and here are the results.

the MN Adventure link

Here is the snapfish link for ALL of the picture from our recent adventure...
Enjoy
http://www1.snapfish.com/share/p=44321217722214098/l=412024445/g=5029776/cobrandOid=1000131/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB

Our Trip to MN

Last week, The 3 of us took a trip to the land of 10,000 lakes, Minnesota. The Aho side of the family was having a cousins family reunion so we decided to take the trip that I haven't taken in 25 years, up to Virgina MN. At the least, we figured that we would meet some new family and have a little down time. Well, We did meet some GREAT people but as for downtime... well... we didn't see any of that. :) I can't possibly begin to explain our trip here. We did so much that I'd be writing for days. I am going to post the pictures on Snapfish so when I do, I'll post that link too so for now, here are a few teasers.

The family reunion at the Finn Fest.

Jaiden and Nanay dancing to the Finn music.

Steph and Pat (Pat)

Leah and Jaiden.

At the Mall Of America (echo, echo, echo...)

And the most exciting thing about our return is that Jaiden is now sleeping in his own big boy bed. Eveyone is very excited!

The Yellow River Game Ranch

This weekend was a beautiful weekend so we decided to go to the Yellow River Game Ranch. It is a local petting zoo with just about every kind of animal you can imagine. We had a great time and spent most of it chasing Jaiden (like usual). A lot of the animals will walk right up to you and eat out of your hands but the few them are in cages have tubes into the cage so you can still feed them. I think Jaiden enjoyed these the most. He didn't quite know what to think about the squirls and deer coming right up to him. When they did, he would just throw the food to them.

The bears were my favorite. The one would sit on this platform and just wait for you to throw them food. They were so fun to watch. (I think there were a total of 6 bears.)

It was a bit hot so when we got done, we went into the bathroom to wash our hands and faces...

After a long day, we decided to get out the fabulous AVON foot bath and scrub. Jaiden and Nanay had a little bonding time soaking their feet.

Hears to another great chapter in the Banguilan book.

Love and hugs to you all,

Stephanie, Anna, and Jaiden