Christmas 2010

Warning.... SUPER LONG POST!!!!!!!
Merry Christmas!

This year we had such a fun and busy Christmas! We are so blessed to have most of our family close enough to see on these special days! Tyf and her family are here for a week, so that was CrAzY having 4 kids 5 and under opening presents!!! But it was was so much fun!

On Christmas Eve We went over to Brett's parents house to celebrate Christmas with them! It was so great to be together and enjoy the company. We ate TONS of yummy food, opened gifts and went on golf cart rides to see all the lights in their neighborhood! Of course Gage couldn't stand it any longer and insisted on sitting on Grandma's lap and driving the golf cart. TOO FUNNY!*On the golf cart, looking at lights!
*Gage got "Your Baby Can Read"!!!!! YAY!
*Aunt B got Gage an awesome tractor! He LOVES it!
*Grandma Sherri made the boys pajamas and this was late in the evening! So excuse the faces.

After Grandma and Grandpa's house we came home, and SANTA came to our house, and left Gage LOTS of fun things!!!! He got his first Tricycle!!! Once he saw the trike and got on it, it was like there was nothing else in the room but he and his trike! It was so stinkin' cute!! Gage got lots of books, a hoodie, a new chair, and maracas! He was loving the noise! We had so much fun opening presents with Gage this year! He was so in to it!*Getting on the Trike! He knew exactly what to do!
*Finally able to tear himself away from the Trike to open other gifts!
*Maracas! Gotta love it!
*So excited to find candy in his stocking!
As soon as we finished opening gifts at our house, We went to my parents house. My sister is staying there so they were all ready to go once we got there! Barbie had breakfast all ready once we got there, I so love her traditional Christmas Breakfast, Cinnamon rolls, pigs in a blanket, fruit and fruit dip, and bacon! So yummy and easy to eat while tearing in to presents!
There were so many highlights of Barbie's house for Christmas! Cash got a new Bike. Santa brought balance beams (1 for Tyf's house and 1 for Barbie's house). Cloths, goodies for our pantry, a guitar, horses on sticks that the kids can ride,crayons, bath crayons, blankets and Oh So Much More!!!!*Not excited or anything! Check out the Ear to Ear grin!

*Gage wearing his Helmet! He totally hates it.

*Family Pic! I am getting so much better!
*Gage's FAVORITE Christmas decoration at Barbie's house. This ceramic gingerbread house plays music, and he is OBSESSED with it!

Santa!

Every year we are so very lucky that Grandma Sherri has a "VERY SPECIAL FRIEND" Santa who comes to visit! It is so fun to get people together and have a photo-op and not have to go to the mall with the rest of Arizona!

This year Tyf was here with her crew and Brian and Kimberly were there with their boys, and a nurse that Sherri works with brought her daughter too! It was so much fun!
Sherri had a snowflake for all the kids to color, and they all loved it!
Then Santa called from the neighbors house and we went over there!

*Reese Telling Santa she wants the "Toy Story" set for Christmas!
*Cash telling Santa he wants an iPhone!!!
*Carter LOVED Santa! HAHAHA
*Gage LOVED him even more than Carter!
*Tyf and I trying to at least get a picture with the 4 kids... WOW that was an adventure!
*Evan came prepared, he had the booklet of Transformers to show Santa exactly the ones he wanted!
*With Barbie and Uncle too!
*Sooo Classic of Tyf's kids!
*Brian and Kimberly with Evan and Kyle.
Kyle wasn't a fan either!
*Gage was perfectly fine if he didn't have to be next to or talked to by Santa!

This was so much fun, Brett and I totally loved watching the reactions of all the kids to Santa this year...Hopefully next year I will get a picture of Gage smiling with Santa, since the Baby will be too young to care! YAY!

22 Weeks!

With our lives being so hectic this past month, I have not been paying too much attention to how fast this pregnancy is going! Already in the middle of week 22! WOW! So fast! Now that my Best Friend, Kylie's wedding is over and I don't have a dress to fit in to, I feel like I blowing up like a balloon everyday!
We decorated for Christmas last night, except for our outside lights, but, both Brett and I aren't feeling very well the past couple of days, so when Brett is up to it, that is next on our agenda!
Oh and our tree is pretty bare this year, mostly because as we were putting ornaments on the tree a certain someone was taking them off!



*22 weeks, Gage LOVES giving "Sister" kisses!

Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving my family came over and ate at my house! It was really fun, and I was REALLY excited/nervous to make my OWN turkey this year! The past couple of years My Mom has been there to:

#1 Do the gross parts!
#2 Touch the raw turkey!
#3 Tell me what to stuff it with!
But this year I did it all! Even the gross parts!
P.s. I thought the Neck came in a bag...but FYI it doesn't! haha
But it came out PERFECT! I was so happy!
I also tackled Gravy from scratch for the first time, and it was DELISH!
I was so, SOO Happy about that too!
*The Wii was on pretty much all day, and it was fun to have everyone over at our house!
After we ate We took the kids to the park to run off some of their energy!
It was so nice to have my sister and her family here for Thanksgiving this year!
I can't believe I have NO pictures of them!!


*Thanksgiving Day 2010!

Zoo Lights!

This year We went to Zoo Lights with my Parents, and My Sister, her Kiddos, and my Brother!!!

It was so much fun! And the kids all did amazing!
I so enjoy going to Zoo Lights every year, and It was so fun to go with my family and make it a fun night with everyone! We went on Members only night, the preview! And it was not busy at all! So perfect! We will go on that night every year from now on!
*Family Picture!
*Yes it is true, Austin is really that tall!
*The Kids all bundled up! It was chilly that night!
*Uncle, Reese and Cash got to ride on the Camel! They were in heaven!
*My parents!

Twenty- Four!

Happy Birthday to Brett!
He turns 24 today and I am so happy to be married to him!
He is a great husband!
He is an AMAZING Daddy!
He is a fabulous dishwasher!
He can pretty much fix anything!
He gives the best back massages! (Especially right now, He says its because I am growing a Princess!)
He loves to just be together as a family, no matter what we are doing!
I am so grateful to have a wonderful husband and partner in crime!
I am so glad that I get to raise my family with the man I love so much!
*Here we are at the Zoo last week! this is picture attempt about 127 so this is as good as it is going to get!

Happy 24th Babe!!!!
We Love You!!!

XOXO,
Me, Gage and The Princess!

Dish Washer!

Gage is very in to helping out around the house these days, as long as it does not entail picking up his own toys!
So, doing dishes is for sure a "Gage Job!"
We are so glad that Gage thinks we can not accomplish anything on our own anymore!

XOXO

My Other Children!

Anyone that knows me, know that I do have Gage, who is my own child, and I ALSO have 3 other babes that I claim!
Tyf's kids are my other little prodigies! Reese is my Mini-Me and I LOVE IT!
Well In case anyone was wondering...
They are coming on MONDAY and I am sooo Excited!
I miss these kiddos so much and can't wait to sit up late with My sister and chat!
We are really good at that...especially now that she decided it would be a good idea to live 4 hours away!

*Reese and Cash jumping from the tramp in to the baby pool at Barbie's house!
*Here is my Carter "Yoodle"! She let me do her hair for 2 minutes and then it was out and she was running away from me!
Gotta love her!

Can't wait to see them!
XOXO

Kylie's Bridal Shower

Most of you know that my Best Friend Kylie is getting married the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and I am SO excited!!! Her Fiance, Jake is such a sweet guy and we just LOVE him! Especially Gage, He is pretty obsessed with his "Uncle Jake", and can't wait for him to get home from school in Kansas!

All of Us bridesmaids held a shower for Kylie, and we had such a good time doing it! We are all pretty close anyways so it made it so much more fun!*The Bridesmaids, Vanessa, Alaina, Me, Kylie the Bride, Jessica, and Chelsea.


*Kylie with her Mom, Keisa!
*Keisa friend Chris came to surprise Kylie for her shower!
So funny that I just met her on Saturday and I feel like I have known her forever!

*Kylie and I.

Now we can all focus on the wedding! haha
Can't wait it will be so fun!
Now if I could just get Gage to put on his tie we would all be doing perfect!

Happy 2 Years!!!

I can't believe how fast these past 2 years have gone!
It has been amazing being married to my Best Friend!
We have so many great memories, and done so much in 2 years!
Including bringing Gage in to our family, and we have our little Princess on the way to add to our CrAzY around our house! I would not have it any other way!

*I feel like this picture was taken last week, Crazy how time flies when you are having fun!


*Here we are, right after we got married, Cash wanted Uncle Brett, It's really weird to look at this and think that this is exactly how old Gage is now, and He will be in Kylie's wedding in 2 weeks!


Happy 2 years Babe!
I Love You!
XOXO

All pictures taken by jannellejoyphotography.com

Big Helper

Gage is such a big helper...
*When it comes to laundry he takes 1 piece of clothing at a time drags it across the floor and puts it somewhere around the couch for me to fold.
*When it comes to dishes, He will stand on the dishwasher and pull/push the racks in/out (Always the opposite of where I need them!)
*When it comes to sweeping, he steals the broom and refuses to give it back!
*When it comes to putting his toys away, the toys just end up in the other room still scattered all over the place!
*When it comes to vacuuming, he enjoys riding the vacuum.
So of course when it comes time to help Daddy outside he is such a BIG HELPER!
He had to be in the back of truck, because that is where Brett is, and he has to have tools and of course has to be banging on stuff.
He so loves to be in the garage with Brett, and I am so grateful that Brett has the most patience of anyone I know, or else we would have some serious issues!
*The light needed to be fixed!
*Oh Yes He did get all the way up on that tool box all by himself!

We love all help that we get from our Big Boy, and someday soon...the help will REALLY be HELP!

And just a side note.... My sister is coming for the week of Thanksgiving and I can't wait for her to get here so we can start doing projects for the new Princess!

XOXO

Got to Love It!

When things happen like this around our house...We just LOVE it!
Kids are so crazy, and do the funniest things! Gage totally makes our days so much better!*Apparently he likes the 1 shoulder! haha

It's A......

It's A Girl!!!!!!!

We had our ultrasound today and we found out that the baby is a Girl!!!!
We are so excited!!!
It will be so much fun to have 1 of each!!
It is really crazy that I am already 18 weeks, it is going so fast!
I keep looking at the ticker on the side of my blog...which by the way it totally creeps my sister out...the floating baby...but thats why I still have it on there! XOXO
The days just keep slipping away...SO FAST!!!!

We can't wait for this little princess to get here in April!!!!

Halloween!

We had such a fun Halloween this year!!!
It was very low key and just perfect! Brett was able to take the day off to be there for Gage's 1st "real" Halloween experience! And we are both so glad that he did!
My Mom and I made chili and corn bread for lunch, so that there was a little bit of substantial food going on, and I am pretty sure I want to make that a family tradition! It's so easy and the crock pot is for sure a Mom's best friend!
We were able to take Gage to church for a small Trunk or Treat, He got to play games and get candy and it was all right there in the parking lot!!! So perfect!
We were also able to go visit Grandpa Dave, Grandma was working,We sure missed her! But, it was fun to go show off His costume! We also went to see Sherri and Dave's neighbors that have been able to watch Gage get big! So it was fun!

*Here is out Little Golfer in Donna and Garry's Golf cart! This was probably the highlight of Gage's whole day!

We also went Trick or Treating around Barbie and Papa's neighborhood! That was so fun! We know more people around there than we do in our neighborhood, and it was fun to take Gage in the same neighborhood that I Trick or Treated in when I was younger!
By the way... I NEVER remember feeling like I was going to die after Trick or Treating...and last night I for sure felt like I was about to die! SO MUCH WALKING!!!!
Now for some cute pictures!!!


*A family picture at the Trunk or Treat!
*Golfing Game!!! So perfect! Thanks Uncle for all your help!
*Pointing at the Airplanes... DUH haha
*Showing Barbie's neighbor Kelly, where to put the candy! TOO FUNNY!

We had such an amazing day, we can't wait to do it again next year but with 2 little ones!