Happy Birthday Emma and Stella!!

The whole family was over tonight to celebrate Emma's 13th and Stella's 3rd birthdays. We also celebrated Alex' 23rd b-day, which is actually today. Sahlen's hotdogs, potato salad, baked beans, mac n'cheese....yum! And three awesome cakes, courtesy of Jim, Kekoa and Costco.

Being Stella's 3rd birthday, we let her blow the candles out first. Take a look at the video below to see a true professional in the making....and then check out Emma as she shows her little sister how it's done.

Bud and Shirley Hit the RV Show!

Last weekend, we took 3 of the kids up to the 2009 Nashville RV Show. Despite the state of the industry and the economy in general, I thought they presented a really good show this year. There was a nice selection of RV's from the tiniest tent trailers for pulling behind motorcycles up to huge Class A Diesel Pushers.

Shirley likey Diesel!!

Anyways, we had a good time walking through all the rigs, and Stella had a blast checking out all the bunk beds. We also saw a couple of cool small trailers, such as the Tab and the Mojo.

While we enjoyed all the RV's, there was one travel trailer that I thought was pretty cool and unique...the Keystone Outback Loft. It's a Travel Trailer, it's a Toyhauler, it's got a Loft! Way too cool. Check out the video of it above.

New Year's Eve 2008

We enjoyed New Year's Eve at Chris and Jim's house this year, including Mom and Dad, Alex and Kekoa, and Kekoa's parents. Kekoa's mom made Hawaiian pork and rice (yum!), and Stella enjoyed two plates of the "piggie". We played Cranium, which ended with a Bud and Shirley victory!