Christmas 2011

Just wanted to post pics of Christmas this year.  We had a wonderful quiet morning and then went to Church.  We spent the rest of the day playing, wait I mean the kids spent the day playing Gary and I spent the day cleaning. 

Uma in her princess gear from Grandma Niece

Uma and I playing Legos on Christmas.

Happy Holidays everyone and I have more pics posted on FB.



Finally Pics From The Party

Well this year we had a great turn out.  Thank you to everyone who came.  As always we had a great time.  Here are this years party pics.  Happy Holidays and we will see you at our house next December.

Hawaiian Themed Dinner

Time for our white elephant game. 

Look a moose that poops jelly beans.  Yummy moose poop.

The fortune teller gift was a hot item

I think this gift may have been movie tickets but no one would confirm that.

So exciting

Look at these two cute party people

Steve did a great job surviving the party without Amy to help with the kids.

And by far the best gift of the night was brought by Shane and yes that is a picture of Gary.  It was open by Amber Graves who wanted to keep this awesome artwork but at the end of the night traded me for some PlayDoh.  I stole the PlayDoh from the Ahees who in return ended up with the movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, someday to be a movie classic. 

5th Annual Cobine Christmas Party Dec 17th

It's almost here!  Time to party and celebrate the year with our friends and neighbors.  This year's theme is a Hawaiian Theme and everyone is encouraged to wear their best Hawaiian shirts or their hula skirts. 

As always we (the adults) will be playing white elephant.  Bring either one gift per person or per couple.  Please keep gifts under $10 and we encourage re-gifting as well as being a dirty Santa (wrapping a used item). 

Dinner for the kids will be served at 6pm followed by the adults.  Child care will be provided. 

Hope to see you all there 652.4498

Uma in her Party Dress (purchased before we decided the Hawaiian Theme)

We're Back From The Islands

We have returned from the Islands of Hawaii, and we had a wonderful time.  We arrived in Maui on Tuesday.  Spent the entire day at the beach with our good friends the Eyres.  We went to the beach and played in the sand and surf.

Had and Cam back together again, like Pb and Jelly.

On Thanksgiving Day I ran a 16 mile race with one of the Maui running clubs.  I lead the women the first 8 miles, and then.... the next 7 miles were up hill.  Not a little hill, but up the side of a crater.  I lost my standing.  And I must say the running clubs in Maui are no joke.  There were no mile markers and only two unmanned water stations.  I didn't even find the first water station.  After my race, Aja and I cooked our turkey who I named Pablo.  He was a very tasty bird.

Uma and I working on Pablo for dinner.  I was still in my race clothes.

Friday, again we explored the island and took the Eyres to our favorite beach DT Flemming.  Our kids just had the best time and hanging out with the Eyre family made us want to move to Hawaii even more.

We then went to Oahu.  I can tell you now that Waikiki is not our place.  But we did have a good time and loved the Northshore.  We had a chance to check our the Triple Crown and spent most of our time on the beach.

The only low point we had on this trip is that Uma and Fox both had the stomach flu. So the Hilton Grand Vacation Club house keeping staff may not love us.  Both kids have fully recovered now and everyone is happy to be home with our pets and getting ready for Christmas.

Uma and Fox watching the Triple Crown

Gary and I on our date night in Waikiki

Payton after boogie boarding all day

My favorite pic of Uma on the Northshore