Santa Claus

Like all good parents we took Riley to see Santa Claus. We were hoping that this year he would actually tell him what he wanted. We practiced for days in advance and every time he would say "I want a Power Ranger Megazord and Diego boat." Well the day finally came and he wouldn't sit on Santa's lap without daddy being there...and as he is walking off he very quietly told Santa what he wanted. But luckily for Riley Santa did hear him loud and clear (wink wink).

Parties

The next fun thing that happened this month was the two Christmas parties that we got to attend through our mom's group. We had a great time at both of them.

Decorated tree

We got the tree decorated and it is really pretty. Riley had a great time standing on the ladder and hanging up the ornaments. As usual it was a little uneven as he likes to hang all of the ornaments on top of each other. We always buy new ornaments for us and one for Riley from Hallmark. This years new one for Matt and I was a picnic bench with little coffee cups and Rileys new one is the Ratatouie ornament.

Christmas tree

The next exciting thing that we did was go and pick out our Christmas tree. We went to the Smith Family Farm and got an eleven foot tree. It is the biggest tree I have ever had and it is beautiful.

Busy Busy December

We started out this month with the Discovery Bay Christmas parade of which our mom's group took part in. We helped get the float ready and fixed up Riley's wagon so he could be a part of it. The theme was Sharing is Caring, so our float was the Carebears. It turned out really cute and we won the award for Best Community float. Riley had a great time although he really wanted to ride on the float. But once we told him that he could throw candy to the kids in the crowd he was good to go. It was cold but we had a great time.

November

As you can tell November has been a really crazy month for us and December looks to be just as bad or good depending on how you look at it. We really feel as though we have found our home. Matt's job is going well, albeit busy busy busy. We are going to a local Presbyterian church and have just about decided to join. Riley is growing and prospering on a daily basis. I have made some great friends here thanks to the ModBay mom's group. Timothy will be going back to school soon and Thomas will be moving out here sometime next year along with his girlfriend Brandy and their new baby. Early next week we will be finding out what they are having and then I can start going crazy getting ready to be a Goddess. Love to you all from the Buckners in California.

Thanksgiving 2007

On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Matt's dad flew into Sacramento for a visit. We had a great time visiting with him and he had a wonderful time watching and interacting with Riley. It had been two years since we had seen him so Riley was a little shy at first. We just had a great turkey day here at the house but on Friday we went to the lake down the street and took some photos. Whenever we get the three generations together I try to get some pictures for Riley's scrapbook. This time around he didn't really want to cooperate but I did finally get a few good ones. We are so very thankful that we still have two grandpas but we do miss the grandmas every day. I know they are watching over Riley and keeping him safe.

We are so very thankful for our family and friends and the good that has happened to our family this year.