Gavin's First Date!!

Okay so it wasn't really a date but Gavin and Brooke sure acted like it was. We went to the Temple Lights with Chari, Wade, Cindy, and Brent (oh and all the little ones)! Well it was a fun night but I couldn't help but notice that Gavin and Brooke wouldn't leave each others sides and held hands the entire time, it was so cute. Cindy took a picture of the two standing under the Christmas wreath however; Cindy forgot to include the wreath in the pictures so you can use your imagination. It was s great night!

Oh and a little side note that I thought was so funny. As we were waiting for Cindy and Brent to arrive a group of mutual kids had just finish walking the grounds. A diver in a car stop in the middle of the road (he had just finished walking the grounds as well) to yell at a young man who had flashed him with a laser. The Leader of the young man said I will take care of this and that he was sorry. You would think that comment would have satisfied this driver but it didn't. He proceeded to tell the Leader to control his youth and that he wanted to make sure he took care of it. After a very uncomfortable 5 or so minutes of this driver glaring at the Leader talking to the young man he yelled "you are not taking care of this properly." The leader then walked up the man to try and diffuse the situation. This not only mad me laugh that the annoying man thought he could handle the situation but that he also stopped in the middle of the road for five minutes. I tell you if I would have been the driver behind him I would have gotten out and yelled at him. I am not one who diffuses situations to well I guess. It was pretty funny :)!

Birthday Dinner!!

So tonight was my birthday dinner with my family. My sister and her family along with my parents came out to my house for dinner. Troy, Wade, and my Dad went pheasant hunting a few weekends ago and shot some birds so tonight that is what we had. To be perfectly honest it wasn’t that good it was a little dry but I still ate it. The best part was of course the cake; Troy bought two different kinds from cold stone since he wasn’t sure which one I would like. Well, I enjoyed them both and so did everyone else. It was a nice change to have my family come to my house since every Sunday we go to my parent’s house and then we have to drive the forty minutes home. I am so grateful for my family they truly are some of the most good hearted people I know. By the way if you are wondering why I am wearing such festive pj’s they are complements of my mother, it was part of my birthday present. They look extremely comfortable so I had to wear them for dinner. Thanks mom I have always loved flannel pj’s. I also thought it would be cute to get a picture in front of my Christmas lights which I am so proud of. I helped hang a few but Troy did most of the work. I just love this time of year and love decorating for Christmas. Also last Thursday was cowboy day at Gavin’s preschool so I took some pictures because he looked so cute. I didn’t have any boots for him (considering who my family is aka Saba’s you would think I would have a pair for him) so I had to make due with his skater shoes as Troy likes to call them. They learned all about the letter “C” and took some pictures on a saddle his teacher decked out with ropes and everything. It was a really fun day for him and he played the cowboy part perfectly!

Playing in the Rain & Tag Questions!!

These pictures are from last week when it rained. Since rain is an infrequent sight in this lovely state I decided to be a non obsessive mother and let Gavin enjoy this rare occasion. He had a blast and played in the rain for at least an hour. Being that I had some where to go that night I choose to stay inside and keep the door open. Although I hate the summer and can’t stand June, July, August, and September’s radiant heat, I do love that it is so spectacular when it rains.
I also want to say that I had a wonderful dinner tonight with some awesome friends. Thank you so much Chari, Regan, Tricia, and Kristen for taking me out and I appreciate your friendships so much. I also want to add that although one of my dearest friends Lynn lives out of state and was not able to come I announced that she was there in spirit.



Okay now it is on to the tag that I need to get done!! Six interesting facts about me:

1. I hate FEET!!! I can stand my sons and a few other people’s feet (this includes my own) but other then that I can’t stand them. I tend to actually stare at them if they are exposed and really would break up with a guy if he had ugly feet. It is a problem I have been dealing with my whole life.

2. I don’t like it when anyone touches my face. My esthetician being exclude of course. I can’t help but think about all the germs and oils that are on peoples hands and am terrified that I will break out because of it.

3. This brings me to my next fact I am obsess with popping zits ask any of my friends (I use tissue so the oils on my hands don't get on there face too). I have popped many peoples zits only if they ask me of course. I have no clue why I feel the need to find one. It is a sense of accomplishment if something comes out, Gross I know!!!

4. I have this wired fear of dying. Well not just dying being murdered, since I was a little girl. I think it stems form all the horror movies I watch as a child. When Troy goes out of town and if I don’t have Gavin that weekend I sleep with my gun loaded next to me. I also stuff pillows under the covers to make me feel like he is home. I have a good aim so if some one does break in I am prepared. I need to clarify that I will not just shoot at anything that moves, I do understand gun safety and practice it.

5. I am particular about what my son wears. I feel it is completely justified being that I don’t have a girl and don’t get to experience that fun of dressing them up. So because of this I find a lot of satisfaction dressing up Gavin. Boy clothes are not nearly as fun to buy as girls though.

6. Finally I am crazy about my family and my friends. If someone hurts them in ANY way I get EXTREMELY protective. I care and love them very much and will hold a grudge against that person of a long time. It is a fault I am not saying that this is a good thing I am just warning people not to hurt my family or friends. To also clarify this I am an adult and let needed things go…… well not too much!!

I TAG LYNN, KRISTEN, TRICIA, REGAN, GINA, CHANTEL, TRICIA G., MARIE, MARIE C., CINDY, AND ANYONE ELSE I HAVE FORGOTTEN!

It's Christmas!!!!

This past weekend we put up our Christmas tree, YEA!!!! Well to be perfectly honest my husband put it together because I am too short and I had to unfold all the branches and decorate the tree. Gavin did help by putting a few ornaments up. I love this time of year and I love my Christmas tree. I know so people have to have real trees but I like the fake ones. I much rather not worry about keeping the tree alive. Anyways here are a few pictures of the tree. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Oh and I almost forgot that big red snowflake ornament was a gift from Kristen, it's a friend ship ornament and I love it!!

No More Soccer :( !!!

Last Saturday was Gavin’s last soccer game, they will be greatly missed! He scored two goals (although one was in the other teams net), it was awesome. He had some much family there that it was a little distracting for him. At the end of the game he got a trophy which is now proudly displayed in his room. I am going to miss the games but will be sure to sign him up for more sports now that I know he loves it so much.

Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving we went to Saba’s for dinner and the Alvarez’s for games. It was a blast my Aunt Alison and Uncle Roger hosted. It was a great meal of course and even better dessert. The amount of pies we had was insane; I couldn’t help but take a picture of this memorable moment. Roger and Alison have horses on their property and my nephew Weston got to feed them. It was such nice weather that most of day I was outside. That evening we went to my other family and played scene it battle of the sexes. Well, the women lost but I am bound and determined to win the next time. We didn’t have Gavin Thanksgiving which was a bummer but I know he had fun. He also came home with a big bruise on his ear which being a typical mother I over reacted and was so scared he would lose his hearing. It was a great Thanksgiving and I can’t wait until next year when I have another excuse to eat myself into oblivion. This is my Cousin DeaAnna and her Husband Jacob and their cute little girl Brooklynn.This is a picture of where most of the men spent Thanksgiving!!

Field Trip to BASHAS

Yesterday I went with Gavin and his class to his first field trip. We went on a tour of Bashas, I really didn’t know what to expect, but it was so neat and all the kids loved it. I never knew you could get a tour of Bashas and that it is free, they also give you pizza and cookies for FREE! First they watched this lady make cakes, she was so fast it took her five minutes to make one cake ( to decorate ). They gave all the kids little turkey rings then it was off to watch then make pizza’s. I still can’t get over that they just gave us two large pizzas for taking a tour. The tour guide took the kids to the sea food area and let the kids touch a lobster. It was really a lot of fun and the kids enjoyed themselves so much. At the end of the tour they brought the pizza and cookies out for everyone to have. By the way my kid was the only kid who asked for FOUR slices of pizza. I only gave him three but he still wanted a fourth. I have no clue where he puts it?!

My little Minja!!!

Gavin was able to have two costumes this year one a postman (he was this for actual Halloween) and a ninja. According to Gavin it is a minja anyways, he had a Halloween party at preschool so he got to dress up. I let him pick out his costume and he was so excited, I of course wanted him to be a zombie doctor who had blood every where and his organs falling out but he wouldn’t even try on the costume.
He wanted to keep the mask on all and a kept doing karate poses. It was so skin’ cute. I don’t have any pictures of him in his postman costume yet but as soon as I do I will post them.

On Halloween we went to my cousins house for a little get together. I have the cutest nephew ever he was JIM from The Office and Wade was Dwight. I can't get over how awesome those costumes were. If you don't know who I am talking about you really need to start watching The Office, IT'S GREAT!!!

ONE FAST TRIP!!

If you know me well you know I am obsess with Disneyland. This past Saturday Troy and I decided to make a day trip to Disneyland with three other couples. Well, the original plan was only three couple to begin with which would make driving to Disneyland and back in one day less difficult. However another couple decided to come so we had to take two cars.
So on Friday we go to bed around midnight and I get up a 2:30 to get ready to leave by 3. Well to no surprise people ran late so we didn’t leave until 3:45am. I figured if I drove most of the way up there that it would give people a chance to sleep and would allow me to sleep the drive home later that night. I drove most of the way up about 4 and ½ hours and couldn’t drive anymore. We got to Disneyland and spent all day there and at California Adventure Park.
We ended up leaving the parks around 11:30pm; I was excited to be able to sleep on the way home. Troy started off driving and it took him about 40 minutes to figure out how to get back on the I-10. I finally suggested asking someone and he took my all knowing advice. No soon did we get on the road did I look over to see him almost falling asleep. So once again I had to drive. I though I will drive for about 3 hours and some one else can take over. I did just that and Troy drove, then other 20 minutes passed and he was about to fall asleep. ONCE AGAIN I drove but this time I just drove all the way home. I almost died because I was so tired. I love Disneyland but will NEVER do that again. I got to sleep Sunday morning around 7:30am!

PINETOP

On Monday my cousin Giselle called me and told me that I should come up to the cabin for a mini vacation. Well I wasn't planning on going anywhere but I got the urge to go so Gavin and I packed up early Tuesday morning and left. It was only an over night trip but it was so relaxing. I love it up there, it's so peaceful and a lot cooler. Gavin played with Elijah and Sammy while I hung out on the porch reading my book. Gavin did everything that the big kids did, it was so cute . I love that he wants to copy them, especially when he eats everything on his plate because Elijah did. He was even brave enough to eat peppercinnis. It was a great little get away.