Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
The Enns' Traditional Trip To Lori's Diner
Every year, sometime right before Christmas, Nate's family makes the trek on Bart into San Francisco. We hit Lori's Diner for dinner- so yummy! We visit the St. Francis hotel elevators for a great view of the city, and some fun. And we walk through the city enjoying the lights. We walk all the way to Embarcadero to see the Christmas village set up inside the Hyatt. Then before heading back to Bart, we ride the Hyatt's elevators, and enjoy the view from way up high once again.
This year it was raining, so the challenge was to keep Alex dry and warm. He actually really loves the rain though:). I think we all managed to stay fairly dry, and it was fun all the while.
Here are some pictures, including preggo belly shots of my sister-in-law, Heidi, and I! She is due January 19th, just about a month before me!
I'm planning to post a few more pictures of the evening when I get them from Nate's Dad. Our camera battery was practically dead when we got there, so we didn't get to take a lot of pictures.
I've been a bad blogger!
I'm sorry I've been such a bad blogger! It's been a LONG time since I've posted anything new. I keep meaning to post, but life takes off and doesn't stop! So... I'm going to just summarize a bunch of our family happenings to fill you in and catch us up:
One, not-so-fun, thing that has been going on in our family since November 1st, is illness. Alex got a really bad cold that actually started with a fever, and then just as he started feeling better...I got it! And now I know why he became such a terror that week! I felt absolutely awful! It was like no other cold I've ever had in my life! Then, just as we thought Alex was finally totally better (3 weeks into it), it started all over! And just about that time, Nate got it too. And what do you know, once Nate was better, I got a mild version of it, again. It has been a rough month and a half! I think we are FINALLY all over it! And I really hope it doesn't come back in any form!
Amongst the fun colds, we've kept busy... I've continued to watch Nikki every Wednesday and Friday (having to keep her and Alex apart the times when he was sick)... Nate worked many evenings at home, and just about every Saturday in October and November... We've had a lot of fun dinners at both parents houses... I was busy singing in choir, getting ready for Christmas!
Then came Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving was awesome! This year it was at my parents house, and I think there were a total of 26 people! Nate's whole family came, Andrew and Bekah and Karis and Sophia came up from L.A., Bekah's parents came up from San Diego, Chris and his new wife, Katie came, and Katie's whole family came, and of course, my mom, dad and grandma were there! Fellowship and food were great. Also, Thanksgiving landed on Andrew's birthday this year, so we sang to him and he opened gifts.
The next day a bunch of us went into San Francisco to see the lighting of the tree in Union Square. It was WAY crowded, and over-rated, but it was fun to be with family, and dinner afterwards was delicious.
Saturday the 29th, Nate, Alex and I went to get our tree!! We got it from Home Depot- which we've done the past few years, and it is absolutely gorgeous! I will try to post pictures soon. The week following, we did a little decorating each night. It's so fun having space to decorate now!
Other than that, I've been enjoying time with family, lots of baking, a Women's Christmas Dinner at church, shopping, another night in the city with dinner at the Cheesecake Factory:), a progressive dinner with our Sunday School class, and ...FEELING BABY MOVE! It is such a joy to be pregnant. This little girl has been quite active the past few days! I'm not sure what's gotten into her? But it's sure fun.
Yesterday we went into the city again, but I'll do another post for that one...
One, not-so-fun, thing that has been going on in our family since November 1st, is illness. Alex got a really bad cold that actually started with a fever, and then just as he started feeling better...I got it! And now I know why he became such a terror that week! I felt absolutely awful! It was like no other cold I've ever had in my life! Then, just as we thought Alex was finally totally better (3 weeks into it), it started all over! And just about that time, Nate got it too. And what do you know, once Nate was better, I got a mild version of it, again. It has been a rough month and a half! I think we are FINALLY all over it! And I really hope it doesn't come back in any form!
Amongst the fun colds, we've kept busy... I've continued to watch Nikki every Wednesday and Friday (having to keep her and Alex apart the times when he was sick)... Nate worked many evenings at home, and just about every Saturday in October and November... We've had a lot of fun dinners at both parents houses... I was busy singing in choir, getting ready for Christmas!
Then came Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving was awesome! This year it was at my parents house, and I think there were a total of 26 people! Nate's whole family came, Andrew and Bekah and Karis and Sophia came up from L.A., Bekah's parents came up from San Diego, Chris and his new wife, Katie came, and Katie's whole family came, and of course, my mom, dad and grandma were there! Fellowship and food were great. Also, Thanksgiving landed on Andrew's birthday this year, so we sang to him and he opened gifts.
The next day a bunch of us went into San Francisco to see the lighting of the tree in Union Square. It was WAY crowded, and over-rated, but it was fun to be with family, and dinner afterwards was delicious.
Saturday the 29th, Nate, Alex and I went to get our tree!! We got it from Home Depot- which we've done the past few years, and it is absolutely gorgeous! I will try to post pictures soon. The week following, we did a little decorating each night. It's so fun having space to decorate now!
Other than that, I've been enjoying time with family, lots of baking, a Women's Christmas Dinner at church, shopping, another night in the city with dinner at the Cheesecake Factory:), a progressive dinner with our Sunday School class, and ...FEELING BABY MOVE! It is such a joy to be pregnant. This little girl has been quite active the past few days! I'm not sure what's gotten into her? But it's sure fun.
Yesterday we went into the city again, but I'll do another post for that one...
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Fun... in Our Backyard???
Who knew that so much fun could be had in our practically non-existent backyard?!
A couple of weeks ago- the day before Halloween, to be exact- my cousin Renee and her 4 kids, and my Aunt Joanne came to visit. They stopped by on their way to my mom's house. We had lunch and then the kids played outside while we visited inside. They had sooo much fun picking old corn and shucking it, and searching for whatever else we had growing in our garden! Other than the corn, pumpkin, squash and tomato plants, our backyard is just dirt....not a place I expected kids to have fun! But I guess it's just me, that doesn't like dirt:).
A couple of weeks ago- the day before Halloween, to be exact- my cousin Renee and her 4 kids, and my Aunt Joanne came to visit. They stopped by on their way to my mom's house. We had lunch and then the kids played outside while we visited inside. They had sooo much fun picking old corn and shucking it, and searching for whatever else we had growing in our garden! Other than the corn, pumpkin, squash and tomato plants, our backyard is just dirt....not a place I expected kids to have fun! But I guess it's just me, that doesn't like dirt:).
Thursday, October 30, 2008
The Corn Maze
Last Saturday 3 families got together for some Autumn fun! It was the "Humphreys", "Richardsons", and the "Enns". We trecked out to Dell' Osso Familiy Farms in Lathrop. This place is absolutely HUGE! The main attraction was the Corn Maze, but there was so much to do there. Unfortunately, Nate had to work, so he couldn't come...and he LOVES corn mazes. Anyway, here are some fun photos of our day...
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Nikki
About a month ago I started nannying little baby Nikki! I watch her just a few hours a week while her mom teaches piano here in Mountain House.
This was the first time Alex met Nikki! He wanted to on the chair with her the WHOLE time:).
The rest of these pictures are from this week. Alex had so much fun watching Nikki. He sat by her, touched her toes, smiled at her, and sat by her some more. It will be fun to see him with his new sister when she arrives!
Look at that big grin! 
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