Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Christmas eve came on so fast this year! Despite our tree being up and there being presents under the it we had a tough time feeling "Christmas-y" so...we spent the majority of Christmas eve watching Christmas classics like, A Christmas Story, Home Alone, The Santa Clause, etc... It did the trick! By the afternoon we were in much better Christmas spirits!

Our Tree

My new favorite Ornament...Emmie made it at school - I love it!

Emmie and Daddy watching Christmas Movies and snuggling

By the afternoon we were all getting a little stir crazy and decided to go to the park...Emmie insisted on sporting her Dog costume...

Big girl on the big girl swing

Going down the twirly slide

Watching the train go by with Daddy

When we got home we made Santa some cookies

That evening the fam came over to skype with Ceri and John (who were in Mississippi with John's family) so we could all open our pj's together

After opening the pj's Matt and Emmie had some fun with tape
(does this bring back any memories, Heidi? hahahaha)

Christmas Morning we had our own family Christmas first....I think this may be the last year we get to sleep in....we enjoyed it!
Santa brought Emmie a vacuum...she's in love

At Daddoo's, Santa brought Emmie a trike! totally rad!
Emmie insisted on sharing with mommy....
thank you daddoo for capturing such a flattering moment....

Later we went out to brunch - Emmie loved riding the elevator up and down about 50 times



We gave up after 3 takes to try and get a good picture in front of the tree...Emmie was ready to take a nap...so were the rest of us!

Spokane!

On Friday, right after I got off work Matt and I dropped Emmie off at her Daddoo's (my parent's) and we hopped on a plane to Spokane to see one of Matt's best friends get married. We had a great time...here are some highlights:

The happy couple: Christy & Ryan.

Matt and Ryan enjoying the Luncheon at Round Table Pizza

Waisting time at the mall before the reception...they had a super creepy santa display....Matt looks a little more disgusted in the display rather than scarred...

The Reception was a the Davenport Hotel. A super ritzy place. Matt and Ryan worked there when they were going to college. They have a lot of good stories about this place!

I think this is the one picture I was in the whole trip : ) Matt in his totally awesome vest and tie...isn't he handsome?

Ben's (Matt's other good friend) Best man speech.
too bad the lighting is so dark
We stayed with some friend of Matt's in Cheeny (the college town just out of Spokane) this is one of the roads - pretty huh? except when we went it was raining/foggy/freezing 98 % of the time

This is Brian, Matt's good friend that put us up for the weekend. He and his wife, Caroline, have two adorable children - it was fun spending some time with them!

Wasting time at the mall...again...before our flight home on Monday. Snazzy hat!

When we got home we were so happy to be with our Emmie Grace again...I missed her so much! You can tell she's probably not going to get what she wants for Christmas...We'll put that on the "when we make good money and loose our minds" list

Before I forget...Last but not least...if you're in the need for a quick good read go pick up this one:
Ceri let me borrow it and I read it in one weekend - a total page turner. Perfect way to spend an plane trip!

Boutique in the Barn

Last week at Indie Chic @ 10th went so well that Ceri and I made a quick decision to do another one this weekend!! If you're out and about Christmas Shopping today you may want to stop by!

13010 South 71st St Tempe, AZ 85284

boutiqueinthebarn.blogspot.com

Our Christmas Puppy

Now that it's Christmas time, Emmie has decided that she likes her puppy Halloween outfit that our friend lent to us. Almost every afternoon after school she'll ask to put it on then want to go outside and play. It's too cute!

Too bad she didn't like it this much at Halloween time! Oh well... On a few occasions after we're done playing we will come inside and as she takes off the costume she'll say "bye, bye doggy" then blow it a kiss. So adorable....makes my heart smile. oh...and then another time as I was helping her out of it, the legs caught on her shoes, pulling them off and she said, "no doggy! zem mine!"

eye advice....

Anyone know a good optometrist in the east valley area? I'm a REALLY horrible patient and have not seen the eye doctor since before I got married....and even worse I'm just now on my last pair of my "year supply" contacts....yikes....it's horrible....I'm pretty sure I'm going to get a good tongue lashing at my next appointment...regardless, I need to find a doctor that's not too expensive - anyone have any ideas?

Thanksgiving 2009

We spent 3 days in beautiful Oak Creak Canyon with The Bennett Family. It was a lot of fun. We feasted, we chilled (A Mythbuster Marathon was on Thanksgiving day...totally rad), the boys went fishing, Emmie played with Monson (there were lots of leaves to crunch) and Ceri and I (we roped Dana into it too a bit) crafted! It was wonderful!

I need to remember to take more pictures...but this is what I got...
Emmie and Grammy spent a lot of time snuggling
Best use of Duct tape EVER!....a dress frame! totally cool huh?

Clif caught a fish! I don't think it even took 30 minutes to go from creek to tummy...Clif felt pretty good about his catch!

The leaves were beautiful and they smelled so nice!
My two loves - aren't they cute?

Emmie wasn't so sure about jumping into the big pile...Uncle John tried to persuade her...a more "slower and careful" version of the leaf flop was more to her style. I'm good with that.