Wednesday, 23 June 2010

Grandpa Kessler...

While we were home, my Grandpa Kessler passed away at the age of 95. He was an amazing man and will be missed terribly!


Max enjoying Watermelon with Great G'ma & G'pa!

Christmas 2009 with Tessa

His Birthday 2008

Last Minute Trip to Montana...

We were in Montana for two weeks while Fred worked in LA... YES, it's SNOW... we had snow 2 or 3 times while we were there... but it didn't stop us from having fun!

Max & Poppa catching snowflakes with their tongues!

Uncle Mons needed to give it a go too!

Reading a Bernstein Bears book!!


We had LOTS of fun with Geno... check out the painting!


What will it feel like if I paint my mouth??

Wait a minute.... it's MUCH more fun to paint Aunt Erin's face!!

See our lollipops!?

Here we are at the Memorial Day Parade...

Max wanting to hold Geno's hand and Geno not too interested.

Motorbikes!!

At the cemetery waiting for Poppa & Bud to fly over in formation!



We drove over to Park City, MT and saw our GREAT friends the Gauthier's!!
Max riding a scooter with ONLY TWO wheels!

Tessa and Jake!

Rylan (10), Jake (6), Max and Tessa - what a HUGE yard they have to play in!!

Tessa's Birthday!!


Here are a few pics from Tessa's THREE birthday parties! Yes, we did a FULL court celebration....check 'em out! One thing you'll notice...Tessa LOVES cake!!

With Nani & Boomer in The Sham:
A cupcake eating family!


But Boomer, I want those cupcakes!

A camper van?!?!

Nothing better than the ribbon & wrap!

With the Grafs! Yes, we got to take a last minute trip to Montana while Fred had work in LA! AND it was just at Tessa's Birthday! We were SO lucky!!


With a few of the cousins who were in town.... Geno, Anthony, Tessa & Max!

Cuddle with her new dolly from Great G'ma Kessler!

Tessa: Why are these boys so excited to help me??

With our friends in London....
Abi & Leila

Luisa & Gabriel

Marina, Leila, Tasia, Max & GG


On the move...

Friday, 30 April 2010

Tessa Walking...

For about a month I've been trying to get video of Tessa 'walking'. Of course when she was only taking a 3-6 steps at a time, I would have had to carry the camera around 24/7 and I'm sure you'll all be surprised that I'm somehow too busy to do that! SO, in the last week she's decided to walk more than crawl and I've FINALLY gotten her on film!! She's still crawling a bit, but definitely chooses walking over crawling! Here's to TWO toddlers at 67 Colehill Lane!!



Tessa - 11 months

A lot of building towers...










London Aquarium...

Another one of our Easter Weekend activities... we went to the London Aquarium! We couldn't use a flash, but I think a couple of these will give you an idea of what we saw!