My Chubba Bubba

I just had to post these cute pics of my chubba bubba that I took last night.

Who Me?

A seriously happy baby!!

Loving playing with Hailey's balloons that she got from Jack and Amy for winning the school spelling bee. We are all so proud of Hailey for outspelling the entire school!!

Caught in the act! I was snapping random pics as Annie tottered up to the table and began to pull this cup of cold water down. She spilled the entire cup on herself and the floor and then preceded to wail at the top of her lungs because she did not like getting wet and cold! lol too funny!

Tuckered out after a fun evening. I just don't get how a baby put to sleep laying on her tummy ends up on her back with her legs stuck up inbetween the bars of her crib!! lol

Christmas time is here!!!

My awesome Christmas loving family!

I love my brothers!!

Me and my fabulous grandma after setting up the Christmas Village

The beautiful village


Traditionally my family always sets up our Christmas stuff the weekend after Thanksgiving. I am VERY big on traditions and I am really trying to make this the best Christmas ever since it is my last at home for two years. We had a good time getting out all of our decorations last Saturday and my mom, dad and I had our house transformed inside and out into a Winter Wonderland in just one afternoon. I love this time of year and I was very insistent that my grandparents also get ALL of their Christmas things up this year. I especially wanted my grandma to put up her Christmas village. She hand painted several buildings and people years ago and puts it up only sometimes for Christmas. So this year I went over to help her set it up and was in awe as I inspected her handiwork, my Grandma fascinates me each and every day as I learn something else about her. I am so thankful for my family and I am thrilled to be able to spend this wonderful time of year with them!

Softball With The Collins'

Amy invited me to come play a game of softball against a neighbor family that they grew up with. I had so much fun playing ball and discovered that I wasn't as horrible as I remember being! lol I took turns playing in the field and holding babies- If you ask me the holding the babies part was more fun, but we didin't have as many adults as the other team so they needed me to play. It was a really great evening and I am just so blessed to be an honorary Collins.

Both Teams all together- looks like a lot more people than it really was!

Izzy was being such a good big sister holding her baby brother Jude while her parents played in the game.

Cutie Pie Lily is going to be an all star softball player one day.

Amy and Annie Cheering on our team in the dugout

The Collins Crew -minus Dustin and Ashly's families (Sorry there are weird spots on it, the kids kicked up all the dust so it caught that in the picture)

Thanksgiving 2007

For the past several years my family on my mom's side gets together and goes to the zoo Thanksgiving morning. The boys and I rode our bikes around the zoo.

Look a wallaby!! Cool.

Me and my daddy chilling out and checking out the wallabies.

A sleepy Orangutan.

Keith cruising the zoo.

My great grandpa zipped around the place in his wheel chair.

After the zoo we all meet back at my Grandma's house for a delicious feast! My mom and her sister Jill helped set everything up in the kitchen.

Kevin took it easy and hung out on the hammock.

Me and my grandparents- represent'n ASU for the big game against USC which sadly we lost.

My dad, Grandma Betty, Great Grandpa Smokey and Great Aunt Dorthy hanging around waiting for pumpkin pie!

Chill'n in Cali

We spent our remaining time in California just hanging out and relaxing. We went to Long Beach and built a sand castle that turned out more like a buddah sculpture- don't ask me I didn't make it. We also visited some of my dad's relatives who live in Covina, CA and I had never met them before. We had such a great time but by the end of the trip I was ready to come home!!

I was just relaxing and then I decided to see if I could push Kevin into the ocean (dumb idea I know) so I walked up towards him nice and slow and just before I could shove him a giant pile of seaweed landed on top of me and I fell into the water. Keith took that pile of seaweed you see in the pic and dumped it on me. I was so mad that when I turned around to push him in he got the better of me and shoved me down into the sand- so I was wet and sandy!! Yuck.

Kev just chilling in the water

Keith building a sand dragon

Hanging by the edge of the water

Building our sand "structure"

The finished product

I got to destroy it- I thought I was so tough! lol

We snapped a pic in our great Aunt's backyard of all the relatives together (her house was up on a hill and had such an awesome view!!)

Family Vacation- DISNEYLAND STYLE!!

The 5 Kleislers

Super soaked on Grizzly



My parents and I on New Orleans Square



Soaked on Splash Mountain

True hardcore punks

Not quite punk

Kevin and I are the only brave souls willing to ride the Mailboomer- we rode it 4 times!!

On Splash Mountain

One of the seven times we rode splash mountain

Kev with Darth Vader in Downtown Disney

Me on Matterhorn

A very wet boy on splash mountain

Being super silly!



Missing his fiance so much that he has to text her while on the ferris wheel- Pathetic!

Creepy

Ice Cream on the Pier

The fam waiting to ride Indiana Jones

A picture of Kevin taking a picture- I think combined Kev and I took about 500 pictures of our trip!!

In line for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad



We had our final family trip as a family of 5 and we had a blast!! We went to Disneyland and California Adventures the weekend before Thanksgiving and it wasn't really all that crowded. The longest we had to wait in line was 20 minutes!! Several rides we just walked on!!