Cruise!

The day after Thanksgiving, my parents took Ryan and I, along with Matt, Becky, the kids and Jesse, on a cruise to Ensenada, Mexico, in celebration of their anniversary. We made some great memories!


Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad! Still going strong after 25 years. What a great example!

Becky looking fashionable

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving Ry and I were able to celebrate with both of our families. We had so much fun!

The feast at my parent's house

Grandma and Grandpa
Matt and BellaAnd at the Jones'

Trevor lookin' to get into mischief

Sisters

Aww, Doug & JoAnn, still in love after 31 years together

Tara & I

Then the morning after Thanksgiving (yes, black Friday), Tara and I met at 3:50 am in order to get to Mervyns in time for the 4am sale. It was well worth it, 'cuz we got some great deals! And had fun together :) Here we are post-shopping grabbing some breakfast.

Before....

And after

What do you think?

Bachelorette Party

Enjoy some pics from Ruth's Bachelorette Party!


Yummy mocktinis

Toilet paper wedding dress game


The winners

Prize winners

Go Suns!

Ryan and I were blessed with last minute tickets to the Suns game last week! Ruth & Jeff were able to join us, and it was a blast. Plus, the Suns one!

Family Time

Sunday night Ryan and I had the opportunity to spend some time with our sister and brother-in-law and their kids. We had a great time! It was so good to catch up. Tara made this killer dinner (find it here). Here are a few pics of the cute kiddos!

Me with Taylor, Trevor, and Rylee Taylor reading like a pro

Tar being silly :P
Rylee chomping on an apple

Halloween

Some pics from Halloween

Bella as a beautiful angel

Drew as a "bad guy dinosaur"

Matt the crazy monk

Speaking of crazy...

Travis and Nora as the sophistocated David and Victoria "Posh" Beckham

The Boys

Meet my boys... the boys that I see 4 days a week, that I play with, that I love. They're very sweet, and I want to you get a glimpse of the everyday joys of being part of their lives.

Meet Gavin. He is 2 years old, and lots of fun. Generally he's very laid back, but when he's around his cousins or had too much sugar, he gets a little crazy. As you can see, he really likes cupcakes! He also loves to eat pistachios. He will hand some to me and say "aben, aben" (open). So cute! He laughs and giggles at everything, and is a very happy boy. Sweet Gavey!!

Although, he's not sweet right away....

But after a nice bottle and Dragon Tales, he's back to his normal, sweet self.

...helping NaeNae make cookiesOh, and let's not forget, climbing on things
Now meet Gavin's little brother, Dallan. Dallan is 6 months old, and is starting to do all kinds of new things, like sitting up, army crawling, and holding his own bottle (yay!). He is very into cuddling and being held.

Sleeping angel

Good morning!
Chubby cheeks

He also loves to push himself around, and being a part of all the action. And chew on his favorite toy!And, fortuately, the boys kinda like each other!

Bath time!
I love my job!!!!!