Spring Fling - AZ Style

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

This spring we were blessed with visits from Amanda's parents and cousin (Christine) from the nether parts of the U.S. where it was still a balmy 15 degrees. AZ? 80 degrees and sunny! As always, it was a blast having everyone visit - of course Amanda goes crazy for the two weeks before the visit trying to come up with fun and exciting activities for the visitors so that they just might want to visit us again (and again). The week was packed with the following activities: Day trip to Sedona, two Spring Training games (Cubs, Giants), Botanical Gardens (glass exhibit), and good ol' fashion sunbathing. This was the first time Christine had ever been west of Texas, and judging by all the fun our kids had with her, we hope she makes the trip again very soon. Take a look...

Two (2) 20 Oz. Breast Augmentations - $2.89

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Get yours now! Available only at Peter Piper Pizza. Limited quantities available. May leak. Sassy look not included.

M.I.C. - See you real soon! K.E.Y.....

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Yes, its taken us a month to recover from our trip to Disney World. (Actually, it only took us a week but we couldn't find the power cord to charge up our camera so we couldn't download the pictures). Simply put - we had a BLAST on our trip to Orlando. The entire Toskovich clan was in attendance (except for Kevin who was having just as much fun in the MTC I'm sure).

In short, this was our itinerary: for New Year's Eve we hit Disney's Hollywood Studios - probably the best place in Florida to ring in the New Year. We were at the park until 3 a.m., spending most of our time scaring other riders on the Tower of Terror; New Year's Day we slept in and took it easy the whole day; on Friday we went to the Magic Kingdom - we hit all the great rides without much waiting by using our trusty Un-official Guide to Disney (highly recommended); on Saturday we took a brief break from Disney and visited Adam and Renee Garrett in Lakewood, FL - we had a great time reminiscing about Suriname (Adam was my greenie) and took the kids out for a spirited boat ride on the lake; Next the boys and girls split up and had separate "character breakfasts" - the girls dined with the Disney Princesses and the boys hooked up with Minnie & Mickey; On Monday we got our growl on at the Animal Kingdom (Simba 1, Simba 1 - poachers ahead!!!). We then topped off our trip with an amazing private dinner at Epcot which concluded with the IllumiNations fireworks show.

If you can wade through the entire slideshow you'll see what a great time everyone had. Grandpa and Oma sure do know how to throw together AMAZING vacations. From start to finish the entire week was Magical - good ol' Walt would have been so proud.

Birthday Sisters

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Amanda and her sister, Allison, share the same birthday and they've managed to be together on that day for the last 25 years. Its quite a feat when you consider they've lived in different parts of the country for a good part of the last 12 years. It took a lot of effort, surprises, and love to keep the streak going this long. Today the streak finally comes to an end. But they'll be together in 3 days at Disney World!!! (so stop the tears ladies) Their consolation this year was that Allison was able to come visit Amanda in Arizona for 10 days a few weeks ago and they (we all) had a great time.

So here is a little birthday tribute in honor of the Toskovich girls.

Let's hope we start a new streak next year...

Papa T's Birthday Tribute

Thursday, December 25, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAPA T!!!!!

Jumbalaya Birthday Post

Sunday, December 21, 2008

This is totally lazy blogging, but in the past 5 weeks all of our kids have had their birthdays. Lincoln had a cul-de-sac birthday party and all his friends and cousins brought over their bikes and scooters. They mostly ended up playing with Bakugons in the driveway.

Noelle had her birthday bash at Peter Piper Pizza with all the little princesses. They feasted on a delicious cupcake tower (Note to parents - midweek-afternoon is the only time to visit this place. It was totally empty).

At Henrik's birthday party he nearly ate himself drunk on cupcakes. He preferred an intimate "family only" gathering with special guest "Oma" via iChat.

Christmas Lists...

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Lincoln, Noelle, and Henrik officially whispered in Santa's ear and informed him of their deepest Christmas desires. One of Santa's helpers relayed the message to us, this is what they asked for...

Lincoln asked for a bottle of Drakkar Noir cologne (he's old school like that). It never hurts to add that little extra scent when trying to smooth the ladies on the playground (circa 1987).

Noelle asked for a day spa package complete with hot stone massage, avocado face mask, mani/pedi, and a cut and style.

Henrik asked for a Hewlett-Packard Officejet 6310 All-in-One Printer/Fax/Scanner/Copier. This kid is constantly on the move and this will surely take his multitasking to light speed.