Chelsey & Christian's Wedding

Congratulations to Chelsey and Christian! The happiest couple any of us have ever seen! We could not be happier for them.













Bride's Family

Groom's Family

Christmas 2010

Christmas was a little different this year. Generally we do Christmas Eve dinner but we made a last minute cancellation due to a broken water heater at my parents and a emergency back surgery for my Brother In Law. We still made sure to make cookies and watch a movie together by the tree, as a family. We put cookies and milk out for Santa and tucked Rhett into bed.
Christmas morning Rhett woke us up bright and early to open presents. He would play with each one before opening the next. It was so fun to see his excitement! We watched one of his new movies and ate breakfast together.
We got a call from Erin, my sister, that her family decided to come to California today and would be at my mom's that evening. We rearranged our plans and spent the day with Randy's family. It was a fun day together with cousins. We made it to my mom's just in time for my sister's arrival, for more presents and more food. It was so fun to be with our family. We missed Kylie and Cody this year. Kylie will luckily join us later in the week.



Opening presents from Santa

Ready to open presents at Nana's & Grandpa's

Rhett, Halle, Blake, Katie and Sadie

Movies and Popcorn

A new favorite thing to do at our house and how we have been passing some of our rainy days lately.

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

The Skirball Museum in LA has an ongoing Noah's Ark exhibit. Rhett and I went one morning and had a great time! Most of the exhibit is made of recycled materials. They can play with materials that allow them to make a storm, load the animals two by two onto the ark, climb through the ark on rope tunnels as well as a craft room and few other things.

"Snuggle Me"

This morning Rhett was in my bed watching cartoons and I was walking around the house picking up. I heard him calling, "MOM . . .MOM . . " so I went in to see what he needed. He said, "Mom, I am cold, come snuggle me" and patted on the bed next to him.
How could I resist!!!! I didn't. We snuggled. When Randy came in the room from showering he asked Dad to join in. We snuggled and watched a cartoon before Dad went off to work.

Thankful

Some of the things I am thankful for this year . . . .

1. Randy
2. Rhett
3. All of our Family
4. Good Friends
5. Church
6. Temples
7. Prophet’s Counsel
8. Priesthood Blessings
9. Prayer
10. Answers to Prayer
11. Fasting
12. Guidance from the Holy Spirit
13. Atonement
14. Jobs
15. 11 ½ months of no surgery/hospital
16. Spending time with my little family
17. Family Dinner’s in Randy’s office when he works late
18. Date Night
19. Rhett’s laugh
20. Morning cartoons on my bed with Rhett
21. Sunshine
22. Rain
23. Exercise
24. Good Food
25. Dishwasher
26. Washer/Dryer
27. Phones to communicate and keep in touch
28. Quiet
29. My Home
30. That Randy can build/fix/do anything!
31. Good Books – oh how I want time to read again!
32. Music
33. Vacations
34. Family Pictures

Saturday

We spent Saturday at home. The morning started with the traditional trip to the donut shop. Today we rode our bikes. We came home and started working on cleaning up the garage, doing some laundry, a good cleaning of the tile floor and general picking up. Rhett played on his slide and playhouse, rode his scooter and bike all around and played with the puppies. We ate dinner at home and finished off the night playing cars in the "tunnel" aka dining room table and reading books. It was a wonderfully productive enjoyable day at home as a family.