some pix from peytons 3rd and Turkey Day

peyton turned THREE!
she had a playdate birthday party with lil friends and their mommas...

and she also had the traditional birthday dinner with immediate fam....

she even had birthday lunch!
they went to her papa's work and bear got to tag along since i was at work
(see, his hat-- it has a propeller!)

thanksgiving.....

lotsa yummy lunchy!

new foods!

bears been doing a teeny bit better about trying new foods...
a couple weeks ago he at a couple tiny bites of cheese pizza
and tonight-- he took a couple of tiny bites of my homemade lasagna- which has spinach in it
annnnnnd he LOVED my homemade parmesean crusted eggplant slices!
woo hoo---
sloooow progression but proud of him!
tee hee heee =) go bear!

birthdays

the christmas toy catalogs are out!
and bear has been drooling over the toys!

we also celebrated my parents bdays- dad-oct and mom-sept, but she was in italy or somewhere in europe during her actual bday!

annnd reagan turned ONE!!!

and my sis and i turned THIRTY-THREE!
dessert with reen and sarah at cheesecake factory!

bday dinner with our hubbys at viva madrid!
(jino was a tropper being that he was pretty sick!)

definitely NOT the best pic of all of us, but nonetheless
happy birthdays!

ckc night

this year bear is old enough to actually participate in CKC- calvary kids club.
they learn verses and earn patches for memorization, etc

bear got to help lead pledges

and he got his very own vest that he earned along with a couple other patches

he absolutely loves wednesday nite ckc!!!

rea of HoPE!

the 1st ever 5k run/walk for HoPE in So Cal was held on Saturday, October 15th at Biola University. It was a huge success- Praise God! for more about it go here: www.reaofhope.info
this was a fam pic at the very end of the whole event! bear was super tired and cranky.. afterall, we did wake up in the 4am hour!

the registration and start of the race...

opening words from the martinez fam and from Dr Corey- the president of Biola...

and they're off!

annnnd of course- happy 1st birthday to Rea!

annd the traditional family dinner.....

happy birthday little rea!

preschool!

Last year bear was at Sonrise in San Dimas and this year he finally gets to go to our affiliated preschool campus in Chino Hills! He was so excited for his first day! Luckily, we got to visit the campus and meet his teachers yesterday. He is in Rm 5 with Ms Anderson and Ms Moreno. So far his first day went well!

Irvine Railroad Park