Christmas 2009

Christmas is here & what a great month it has been. We had fun parties at school and with family. We visited w/ Grandma & Grandpa Tavis, had dinner walked the lights in Belmont Shore. It's a tradition we really enjoy. Went with the Barden's to see lights in Rancho also. We had plenty to keep busy including raindeer food, cookies for Santa.

Piano Recital

The kids piano recital was really great this year. Karen Fishback is a fantastic teacher~

Chavez Party

Annual Chavez Christmas at Aunt Irene & Uncle David's house ~ We love having our Mexican Christmas w/ really good food. Irene & David sure know how to throw a party. Grandma & Grandpa, Brennen & Ashley and our family all came together to enjoy the evening together. Spencer & Alex played some carols, David played & sang on his guitar "Grandma got ran over by a reindeer." Can't wait for next year, Merry Christmas!

Hafer Party

The traditional Hafer Couple Party, always a great time!

Sat. evening

After the beach we came home and roasted S'mores in the back yard, yum-yum!

Barden/Chavez Beach Day

The Saturday before Thanksgiving the Barden's came down & we went to the beach. It wasn't too cold and Spencer got to surf w/ Eric and Kory & James. I dug a hole for the girls to play in and they had a great time together. We planned on taking our Christmas photo @ the beach and Shannon found a picture of a sandman in a magazine. Brilliant idea! Eric just laughed because he didn't think it would work. But....it did and everybody helped. We used cookies for his eyes, seaweed for his nose & scarf, shells for his smile, the handle from our bucket that broke for his earmuffs and sand claws for his hands. His name is Newbe (newport beach) the Snowman! We each got great Christmas card photo's from this day!

Fall Soccer

Soccer finished up in November with Samantha making 2 goals her first season! She was the only 4 year old and the smallest so it was great watching her play. Spencer had fun but it was a hard season w/ only 1 win for his team.