all the usual friends and family (and kiddos!) came out to help geri celebrate her big day at the olive garden on october 30. she made out like a bandit with new shoes, clothes, decorations and a delish chocolate cake! the girls also made sure to indulge in some refreshing peach sangria…yummy! happy birthday [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 30, 2007
two magical years!
although we have no pictures from this past weekend, we did celebrate our 2 year wedding anniversary on october 28th! we took a relaxing trip back to the hollywood hills and stayed at the willows lodge near the schoolhouse that we said our “i do’s” in two years ago! here is a look back and [...]
October 30, 2007
Hullabaloo…spooky fun!
the thelen’s and the pennebakers are hosting a connection group for kids this season called, hullabaloo! this last friday night was our second gathering and it was spooky fun! we had a costume party…complete with bobbing for apples, painting pumpkins, decorating cookies, and even hide and go seek in the dark! don’t worry! all [...]
October 30, 2007
bella’s sleepover…again!
lucky, lucky us! we got to have miss bella marie for another sleepover a couple of weeks ago. she was quite a joy (most of the time)! she absolutely loves taking a bath! she laughed through the whole thing! uncle wes had a chance to do some bonding with the her…but she was too [...]
October 30, 2007
marinade…fiesta!
we had our second “marinade” themed grilling night on october 20th! a record 25 people at 5 kids cozied up in our house for chile marinated flank steak and a delish mix of fiesta inspired side dishes, desserts, & drinks! the kiddos took their wack at the pinata and the adults ate way [...]
October 30, 2007
over the hill and thru the woods…
to the pumpkin patch we go! we made our way to remlinger farms again this year to pick the perfect pumpkin! the hay ride took us to a big field and the hunt began. of course jenni picked a perfectly heavy pumpkin that wes ended up carrying back to the car. in any case, they [...]
October 30, 2007
matt turns 27! eek!
jenni’s brother celebrated his 27th birthday on october 4th! our dad and uncle jeff came up to help him ring in another year…and to catch a fish or two! we had dinner at the mongolian grill with our family and the fukutomi’s. bella loved eating the wrapping baby from her daddy’s gifts. wow, [...]
October 30, 2007
happy anniversary matt & cortney!
the pennebaker’s celebrated their 3rd anniversary on october 1st! we had them over for a fancy dinner of chicken piccata with bow tie pasta. it wouldn’t have been complete without a delicious pumpkin spice cake, just like they had at their wedding! we love having such a fun couple to do everything (and i [...]
