Thanksgiving- Always be grateful

We don't have very many Thanksgiving traditions beyond avoiding family drama, but making the dogs pose for ridiculous pictures is a tried and true tradition at its best. We're thankful for eachother, our pups, our wonderful careers, our house, and our amazing friends!

October means Murder Mystery Dinner!

One annual event we look forward to each year is Petrie's Murder Mystery Dinner. Sarah has hosted many of these types of parties in the past, so its nice to be in some where she isn't planning (and cheating by reading the revealed murderer early). Here's our costumes this year for Death of a Highwayman:

Sarah is a barwench who is friendly with all the men, and Vince is a highway man who lets his wife (played by Shannon- LOL!) do all the fighting and tough stuff for him.

Last year's costumes:

Sarah as Little Red Riding Hood, Vince as Sherlock Holmes, and Benny as Long John Silver.

We sadly didn't remember our camera for the first one. Sarah was an alchoholic 20s flapper and Vince was a loveable traincart hobo.

Second Honeymoon at DISNEYLAND!

While we don't vacation often, when we do the hubs goes ALL OUT! We flew first class to and from California and went all out in between. I don't think there is any desire/want during the trip that he didn't fulfill. We ate at fancy resteraunts, bought fun souveniers, and had the time of our lives in Disneyland! Hubs surprised me with a character breakfast but we also ate at Blue Bayou inside the Pirates of the Carribean ride- seated right next to the water! To see the new World of Color show at California Adventures Vince planned a dinner package where we got the fanciest meal of our lives and after VIP reserved seating. The only thing between us and the actual water of the show was..nothing! We were RIGHT THERE at the edge not even in the first row- special VIP platform ahead of it... and we got wet- but luckily had ponchos! AH.MAZ.ING.

We got our photos taken with some of our favorite characters like the Queen of Hearts, Tigger, Eeyore, Baloo, etc..and of course MICKEY! Mickey was the first thing we ran into on our first day. What a way to start a vacation!

11 days and counting...

We will be at the Happiest Place on Earth in just eleven days- I can't wait. I feel the blogs been a bit neglected since we've been so busy this summer getting every ounce of fun in we can before "the semester of doom" starts- when Sarah is teaching 3rd grade, finishing her teacher work sampling portfolio, and taking grad classes at night!

There aren't any pics of our recent adventures.. So just imagine a big happy smile on our faces and that will be the mental image we can leave you with.

Heres some pics of us from our last Disney adventure (DisneyWorld)

Required Post

It's father's day. I hate it as much as mother's day. But I guess its a requirementin in the blog-universe to discuss it. So here goes:

My dad blah blah blah dadness blah blah required photo:

Yeah, you can tell I'm his kiddo. I have SO MANY of the typical "Burney genes" my sass, height, and redhair come from the Burney genepool- well the redhair I have when I haven't dyed it a million times. (my dad used to be more auburn..his beard was always a bushy mountain-man red)

His name is H.R.D. it means His Royal Dadness. Salut!

CWG at Petries!

I have a gazillion words about how great CityWideGaming was this year. But since we all need to catch up on sleep from 2 days of non-stop fun here's just some pics of your two favorite game hosts.

We ran Munchkin, Catan, UberCatan, Betrayl at House on the Hill, Killer Bunnies, Civilization (well we planned to but UberCatan ran long), and Sarah and Shannon did the last event- The Pajama Party PartyGames! PartyGames included Telestrations, Thanks-A-Lot, and Balderdash to name a few! SO FUN.

Family Portriat

Last weekend Vince's family decided it was time once again for the much dreaded (by the kids) family photo. I'll post some more, but for now heres a nice one of just our family- dogs included. I love how Penny is so proper up on that little stool, its just too cute!