July 2008 
July was a busy month for
us. After returning from Oregon Bill celebrated his 44th birthday on the 8th. Bill
didn't want to do anything too big so we we went out to dinner and Alana made
him a chocolate cake with whipped cream and fresh strawberry filling.
Unfortunately we managed to polish off the whole cake over the course of the
week. Just the calories we needed.
Tyler finished summer school about mid-month and we celebrated our 9th wedding
anniversary. We didn't do anything too exciting, just a nice family dinner at
the Beachside Cafe. Alana received a dozen long stem roses and a giant balloon
in the shape of a 9 that Tyler immediately took as his own.
The last weekend of the month we went up to Morgan Hill to visit Grandma and
Grandpa Mok. It was our second date with A Day Out with Thomas and this time
there were a lot more people and things to see. And of course, Tyler walked
away with a couple more trains for his collection.
Oh, we have also added to our collection of animals. For Tyler's birthday he
had received a little bug/animal enclosure. We decided to put a little
Fire-Bellied Toad in it. It was a small container, only big enough for 1 toad.
When we were in Oregon we left the toad with the neighbor boy Shane who
happened to have 6 toads of his own. Well, I guess Tyler was feeling a little
toad-envy after seeing Shane's set up. After we returned we went to the pet
shop to pick up some crickets to feed our toad and Tyler had to check out the
other toads at the store. He turned to me and raised 2 fingers and said
"two fwogs Mama." So after some research we bought a nice terranium
and we now have a total of 3 toads, one for each member of the family. Tyler
loves watching them eat and jumping around the cage. Mom hates having to feed
them live crickets.
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Bill’s Birthday
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Bill’s
cake before we devoured it |
Uh
oh! Someone got into the frosting! |
Tyler
singing Happy Birthday to Daddy |
A Day Out with Thomas - The Roaring Camp Railroad in Felton, CA
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Always
the goofballs |
It’s
not like we don’t have one of these at home… |
Grandpa
is just thrilled with the whole train ride with Thomas thing |
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great shot of Mama, but Tyler didn’t want his picture taken |
Hey!
Look over there! |
All
right, don’t smile. I’ll just take the picture anyway. |
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Tyler
shows off more of the trains he suckered Grandma and Grandpa Mok into buying. |
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The Toads
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Tyler and the Big “9” Balloon
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