I missed Thanksgiving 2009

This was a Thanksgiving not to be forgotten. The stage was set to have our entire family meet at Seaside in 3 condo units that Mom had reserved for the entire family (families). My Uncle Miles, Mom, Robert and Jiyoun, Buck and Teo, the Renz 5 (us), and the Gobels (4) and my youngest sister Eden was to be coming later.

Then insert broken arm, ER, splint, and a drive home on Thanksgiving for us. Then we found out that Robert and his wife were headed home to San Diego due to a work emergency for him.

BUT, I did manage to get some photos of the only time outside the condo...

Christmas Tree Farm

Just a few pictures of us getting our Christmas tree. This year it was cold, but no snow like last year. We are a focused group... go in... look briefly... pick our tree. We don't look for the perfect tree, we look for the perfect side (haha). The tree goes into a corner and I don't bother with inside of it.


This is Nate below.


Here the boys had to lift the tree back up since Kevin cut if too quickly and I didn't get a chance to take a picture.

Halloween 2009

A day at the park

Hunter and Kevin at Yellowstone

Hunter and his Dad left for Yellowstone on Tuesday afternoon and were there watching "old faithful" by Wednesday afternoon. So far so good and the weather looks wonderful.

Visit with Grandma Rhyneer

The pictures are a bit out of order but you get the gist :)

Lego Ship with some brotherly love

This is Nate's hand and ship you are looking at. The great story here is that Nate really wanted a lego ship that looked just like the one that Will had made for himself. You can see a section of it in the picture. Will is the naked boy in the background.

Anyway, Nate didnt' think he could make one so Will said he would make one for him and that is exactly what he did. Nate is just as proud of the ship he didn't make as Will is of his own ship.

I am always amazed at the things that the little ones can make at the age of 3 1/2 and I believe that is directly due to their older brother being so prolific with his own lego building.

A visit to the dentist x 3

Well, I decided to take all three boys to the dentist at the same time. This actually worked out quite well and I didn't do too much running around. Luckily, the dentist they see has an incredible office that can accommodate multiple appointments at the same time.

Hunter is a pro at this so he did great. He has one cavity, but I don't consider that all that bad considering he is almost 10. Opted for a silver filling since its going into a baby tooth and I gave him the option of having the filling done and the sealants at the same time or to have it done in two trips. He opted for all an once... that's my boy... I would have chosen the same thing.

He gets Nitrous Oxide too just because its his first numbing experience, but he's had that before when he had his stitches so he should be ok.


The twins did great. This was their first x-rays and they both were perfect. Will decided he wanted to be the talker while Nate was a bit more sedate. No cavities, but a "watch" for Nate.