The Phillips Family

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Mom Book 2010

Below is an attempt to catch up on lost blog posts since Halloween of 2009... After over a year of non-blogging, it's better than nothing!

You should be able to check out the annual Berry/Phillips photo book created by Dave, Tristen and me for my mom's birthday coming up in January, but it's a little tricky. Don't click "play" or the play symbol- they don't seem to work. Instead, scroll down to the link that says "click here to view this photo book larger"- That should take you to another site where you can view the book. It's all the missing photos since late 2009! The best way to view the book is full screen and single page view.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Click here to view this photo book larger

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Halloween 2009

Halloween this year was definitely a treat! Nana came to visit for the weekend and together we enjoyed the holiday with Ryan and Amy McGuire at their home in Fresno. Like every year since kiddos, we also made a visit to the pumpkin patch, so those pictures are in this post as well.

Susie as Chiquita Banana and our little kitty cat Claire

Trick or Treat, Godmama and Godfather!

We were instructed to bring a "spooky" appetizer, so this is what came about: a cream cheese/pepper jelly with crackers appetizer of sorts. The brains are chopped baby corn, olives for eyes and nostrils, asparagus eyebrows, bell pepper lips and pea puke. The blood is the pepper jelly. Eat your heart out, Martha Stewart!

Baby Jack enjoying his first Moscow Mule?!

Nana, Doug and the girls out for a few treats

Ryan and Amy with Incredible Hulk

Mr. Incredible aka Godfather

As always Mr. Incredible was incredibly fun....

.... even despite his incredible wedgie!! (Sorry Ryan, I couldn't help myself!!)

And finally, Pumpkin Patch 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Go Dogs!

Although I will always be a Cal Poly Mustang at heart, it was fun to root, root, root for the home team last weekend at a Fresno State football game. We kicked off the night by enjoying a tailgate party with Godmama and Godfather (we're thinking of renaming him Naughty Goddy), Baby Jack, and Ryan's parents Rick and Kathy McGuire. Thanks for inviting us! Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Diver Dave were at the game as well and were nice enough to let Susie sit with them during the game. Sweet!

Tailgate with the McGuires

Luckily the girls had plenty of pre-game warm-up time on a big open field before we headed into the stadium. It's always good to get a little energy out before being confined to bleacher seats with children!

Claire's latest very cheesey "say cheese" smile alongside Susie's "I'm a glamour girl" pose.... heaven help us!

After many attempts, this was the best shot I could get- thank goodness for digital

Now here's a cute little kiddo!

Now look who's hamming it up for the camera! Naughty Goddy...

Happy Birthday Daddy-O

Dougie turned 29 this month, so the girls and I helped him celebrate with a birthday party lunch. Susie and Claire helped me bake a cake, which Claire had a really tough time keeping her hands out of... good thing we only had to make it to lunch and not all the way to dinner!

The "caught red handed" smile

Susie made sure daddy got his very own birthday door sign. It's a little hard to read, but in true Berry family fashion it simply says "Daddy is 29"

For dinner Doug and I got to celebrate with a night out on the town. Since we were without kiddos, we opted for some of the fun stuff we can't do with the girls: Suhsi at the actual sushi bar (highchairs don't work too well at the sushi bar and chopsticks become a weapon with Susie and Claire) and cocktails at the Vintage Press (I doubt they even have highchairs!). We had a blast!

Birthday Boy Doug enjoying his new favorite cocktail- the Moscow Mule. You'll have to come to the VP in Visalia and try it out!