Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all of you! We hope your day is as magical as ours has been...

Love you all,

Stacy, Christina & Shelby

Halloween Ninja

Nonna wasn't able to make costumes this year, but she sent Shelby $ so he could pick out whatever he wanted. He was sooo excited to get a Ninja costume! Thanks, Nonna! :->

Shelby and his girls....Alex (left) and Gianna (middle). These 3 are a complete Jerry Springer Drama show. Example told to me from one of the teachers:

Alex: Gianna, you're not marrying Shelby, I'm marrying Shelby!

Gianna: No you're not, Alex, I am!

Alex: Well, then I'm not coming to ya'lls wedding!

His buddy, Kyle.
Another bud, Silas. Stacy saw Matthew in the hardware store on Saturday and asked what kind of home repair he was doing. He told him it was for Silas' costume. How awesome is this!
Everybody loves a parade...
Proud Mommies! Left to Right: Kim (Jakie's mom), Angela (Carson's mom), Carol (Isaiah's mom) and me (Shelby's mom) :->
Shelby & Carson
Ms. Debbie, Student Worker. Ms Mary said the other day Ms. Debbie showed up and Shelby said, "Are you going to let her play with us today!" Feedback that she'd been assigned too many administrative tasks...lol
Brown Elephant Class teacher, Ms. Mary

Shelby, Isaiah and Nicholas

Shelby instigates the fight...chose Gianna to present the flower to.

Ummm...Strawberry Shortcake?
Trick or Treating at the Williams' that night
Angela, me & Staci (Gianna's mom) had to get in on some of the fun and convince the kids it wasn't as scary as it seemed.
This guy cracked us up with his traveling liquor cabinetWhat a fun night and a cute crew!!!
Every man wants to serenade his girl with lovely music...

GG Weekend 2011 - Napa Valley

GG's hit Napa in October. Our annual GG Weekend was most memorable! My girls came to me and enjoyed a weekend here in my paradise. It was so special...and so much fun to share my joy with my beautiful, loving girls.

Thursday night I picked up Jamie & Julie at SFO. Friday we picked up Cantrell & Laurie at Oakland...and then it was off to Napa to kick off the weekend with lunch, cocktails and LAUGHS!

Jamie flew from Virginia, where she resides w/hubby Eric & 2 boys Peyton & Lucas

Julie flew in from Dallas, where she resides w/hubby Billy & 2 boys Jackson & Harrison

Cantrell flew in from Austin where she resides w/hubby Jeremy & son Tatum

Laurie flew in from Austin where she resides w/hubby Jonathon & son Dominic

All mothers of boys! 5 random friends came together in college only to go out and raise 7 boys! I'm sure there's still a chance for a girl in there somewhere. Can you imagine "family" reunions then! Poor little thing.

After shopping at one of my favorite places! Betty's BoutiqueFriday night my friend, Brent Olsen, came out to take our photos. It was the first year in the 9 years we've all been getting together that I didn't have to pull some crazy self-timer tricks. It was so much fun!

What an awesome job Brent did!Verizon bars... not on purpose, btw, so I cracked up when I processed the photo.
We hired a driver and started our tasting day at Mumm Napa. It was absolutely gorgeous!

The first pour...
I had so much fun w/pics here...
Off to Round Pond. This was Julie's fav from a prior trip to Napa w/her hubby. It was also amazing! We could not have asked for a more beautiful day, either, the weather was heavenly!
After lunch we tried Cliff Lede where an acquaintance from a party works. It was equally lovely.
You'll soon find a pattern of Jamie's jumping for joy... (you crack me up, James!)
This was hysterical! Cantrell was skyping on her phone with hubby & baby when we left. We were all too busy cooing with Tatum to pay attention to anything else. Then, we were well down the road on to the next place before Laurie realized Cantrell was casually sipping on her glass of wine still! OMG!
Clos Pegase...this place came recommended by our waitor at Mumm Napa, so we made it our final stop for the day.
It was just as gorgeous and we loved sitting outside, relaxing and enjoying yet more laughs....
And another place for me to get camera happy...LOL...it's all about joy...
Work it girls!
After a little freshening up we were off to downtown for a lovely dinner.
She's like the energizer bunny, I swear...
LOL....this one cracks me up! It's in front of Oakland airport about to drop off Laurie & Cantrell on Sunday. :-< I sure hated the goodbyes!
Luckily I had an afternoon in San Fran with Julie & Jamie before I had to officially mend the hole in my heart that ached...
We enjoyed lunch at Pier 23 Cafe. The blue cheese burger was to die for!!!!!!
That's it, folks. One AMAZING, UNFORGETTABLE weekend with some of the strongest women I've ever met. Each inspire me in so many different ways, and together we make one hell of a crew! I love you, GG's!!!!! I can't wait till next year's adventure!