Getting Ready for CHRISTmas!

-So saturday was my resting day from alot of fun family filled dinners! LOL I got to clean house, do laundry, and YEP....Put up CHRISTmas decorations!!! I just love CHRISTmas! Our tree is small but it fits our decorations. Every year my wonderful mother-in-law gives us an ornament. Well, I have been married for 8.5 years now so between the lights, my colorful ornament balls (whatever they are called) and my 8 specialized ornaments...my tree looks beautiful and full! *I only have a 6ft tree* =) I set up my nativity set, put out the scented candles and all the other little CHRISTmas decorations that I have (not much...but enough to feel it). I can't wait until CHRISTmas and to see the excitement in the kiddies eyes. They are definately going to love this year!
-We are going to try and focus alot on giving this year. My boys already know how much fun it is to receive and open gifts. Who doesn't?!?! But I look through this past year and am just overwhelmed by all the blessings we have received and want to share that with others. I want to teach my children the JOY in giving!

*Picture to come soon*

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

-I hope everyone had a wonderful & Happy Thanksgiving! I know we did! What a super fun weekend it was. I just love being so busy I can't think!!! Sad though that it went by too fast! Thursday we got up and went up to my Gma Parry's house in Woodland Hills for Thanksgiving dinner. We got to spend time with some really cool CA people. Uncle Kenny, Aunt Laurie and our beautiful little (she way taller than me...lol) cousin Donna. It was a lot of fun. The boys LOVED (especially Logan) playing with Donna. She was a blast! For dinner (because we were doing a BIG Thanksgiving dinner at my mother-in-laws house the next day) we did something different. I got to have my first experience eating Bøf! It's like round beef patties that you cook and then boil for a bit. Then you top it with onions and gravy. It was SUPER yummy! Then we hung out afterwards and played cards. I just love it. Gpa taught my Tyler how to play kings in the corner. It was cute and he caught on quick. Now Tyler LOVES playing it. LOL

-Friday morning we woke up...got dressed and everyone met at the airport to pick up ELDER PARRY! Can't believe it has been 2 years already. My mother-in-law made this HUGE sign and all the nieces and nephews, and Martha (sister-in-law) held the sign for him. It was cute! It was so weird seeing him again. Time flew by way to fast! After the airport we went back to Janice's (my mother-in-law) house where we had a BIG Thanksgiving dinner. It was nice! So after dinner we just hung out and snacked on dessert and talked and played games and laughed.

It was good to be with family. I have so much to be thankful for! I have truly been blessed with marrying into such an awesome family!

*Pictures to come soon*

Family Pictures

We finally had the opportunity to have our family pictures done!!!

Thanks to Amy Lindsey

This picture is super cute!

Me and my best friend!
Brent and his buddies
This is the cutest picture of Tyler...Yeah, we got him to smile!
My little model man!

We has such a blast having these pictures done. It was the perfect day!!!!

We took a bunch so there are more to be posted once we receive them

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Happy New Year 2010!!!

Happy New Years everyone!!! After long thinking about a new years resolution, I figured I should not do the normal...I plan to stick to a diet and excersize plan. Every year it's the same. So, this year I have decided to....take more pictures of my children. I feel like I never take pictures of my kids. Definately not as much as I should. I can't believe my boys are already 6 and 5 and it seems like I hardly have any pictures of him. How am I suppose to show their soon to be (well...in like 3o years) girlfriends funny and embarassing pictures if I have not to share. So, my resolution this year is to TAKE lots of pictures. To not let any "picture moments" go by. I bought a smaller camera to fit in my purse...so I have no excuse. So...to start...here is the first two pictures of the year!!

me making them take a NICE picture

the boys being themselves...=)

New Year's Eve 2009

We went up to Gpa & Gma's house for new years eve. We had an awesome dinner (Gma cooked so of course it was awesome) and lots of fun playing games and being with family. What a great way to end the year. There isn't much to say so here are some pictures of the great fun we had.

The boys sitting with Brynlee

Silly Staci & Christina-what an embarassing picture of me...can't believe I am posting this. Look at those teeth! Yuck!

Playing apples to apples

Tyler reading to Jeron

Mom & Logan...party animals!!!

more apples to apples

audrey doing her pose...=)

Me and my beautiful niece Kayla

me and my beautiful sis-n-law Angela

Brenton playing with Logan

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!