New Year's Eve 2011

 First item of business after a day of playing games was to send these youngins off to the New Year's Eve Dance.  Amber, Emily, Troy and Reggie.  

 I begged them to give me something crazy and Reggie is the only one who let loose.  

Big time brownie points, Amber.

 Now the real party can begin!

Luke, Cooper, Olivia, Sawyer

 And here we see where I got my moves from...

 Almost midnight....

 Last family pic of 2011...

 Nat's distributing the final preparations...10, 9, 8....

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

 There was lots of kissin going on....

 and the kisses were not limited to Nat's house...Amber got her first kiss tonight.  Awww.  

We do like that Reggie.

 And Em could not have looked more stunning!

 Troy's checkin the goods...

Thanks Nat and Stan for a rockin party!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Nicole's Day

 We went to the mall and did a little bit of playing before her big night.

Boy do we love this girl!  

Can hardly believe you're 8 already! So proud of you Nicole!! And it was so awesome to see Troy baptize you.  He is such a great example to my kids.  Thanks for letting us share your special day with you Nicole. 

We love you!!!

The Rollins hit town

Yep we were got to see my cute sis, Deidre and her family when they came to town for Zach's basketball tourney.  We saw him tear it up on the court with a sprained ankle and all.  He is one studly basketball player.  We loved getting all caught up with these guys and Davin who is soon on his way to College.  Jer and I had our first kiss when we were babysitting Davin when he was about 2. 

 That seems like just yesterday!  Love you guys come back again soon and stay longer!!!

Jer's Big Day

Actually started the night before with Jer's Birthday Eve...and Jons:)  

We took the birthday boys to dinner and Mission Impossible.  They loved getting their picture taken.

The next day we went hiking at the White Tank Mountains with my Aunt Marilyn, Uncle Gerald and Cousins Curt and Kevin and their families.  It was gorgeous!!  It's gonna be one of our new hiking spots for sure!

 Then we came home and Jer opened presents and then we headed over to Rays for some of his favorite pizza.  

And then Jer and I snuck away for a little Sherlock Holmes.

Jer, I never can quite wrap my brain around how I got so lucky to get you.

You are patient, kind, sweet, fun, athletic, brainy and you fix all the messes I get myself into. 

Thank you for putting up with me and all of my craziness. I am the luckiest girl alive and I love you!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Christmas Eve

Always a party with the Heapsters!  We ate delish prime rib, mashed potatoes to die for, and chocolate dipped everything.  Then Bingo, Fireworks and Luke II, made a perfect finish to the perfect night!  

Thanks Heaps for the amazing night we loved it!!

Christmas 2011

Christmas was so perfect for us.  We opened presents, had breakfast, went to church and came home and spent the day together. Could not think of a better way to spend Christmas.  Loved every minute!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

(My camera was missing, so we had to use my phone which sadly does not do well indoors.  

Luckily Luke pulled my camera out of the toy bench days later and (after me losing my mind trying to remember where I put it) and said "oops I forgot I put it in there.  But I took some pictures of the TV for you before I did".  I do love him.)

Christmas Eve Eve

Christmas eve eve at the McGees was a delight!  Lisa put us to the test with this Sing-a-long game that no one saw coming.  We went first to get it over with but probably should have waited to see what the competition was like because let me just say the McGees were on their A game.  Brannums, Heaps, Knueppels were pretty impressive as well although I do think the Heaps might have got random objects thrown their way.

The white elephant exchange has its own surprise gifts as well but Jer and I scored big with 2 bottles of Martinellis!  

Excellent food, fun friends, thanks McGees for letting us crash you party last minute:)!

Hiking Thunderbird and Risk

 We hiked Thunderbird this chilly morning and you'll never guess who made it to the top FIRST...

 And the boys soon followed.  The kids were troopers. 

Harry even wandered off to make his own trail (scary).

 Jer and Chad had a picnic lunch waiting for us down at the bottom and it was yummier than I ever imagined it would be.

Then the boys came over here and played Risk.  Jake and Peter had a slight edge, because Jake F. was new to the game.  But he caught on quickly and would not go down without a fight.  

Jakester, we are going to have to work on legitimatizing your rolling technique.

Peter, we loved your awesome piano playing when it was the slow poke's turn:)

Have I mentioned how much I love no school days????

And how much I love that Jake gets to hang out with some of the BEST boys in the universe?

School's Out!

Luke and I stopped by to "help" with the cookie party.  

And it was a treat to see Bree in action with her friends: 

Georgia, Kennedy, Bree, Rachel, Sabrina, and Abby.

These girls can jump rope.

So glad school's out because that means I get Bree all to myself for the next 2 weeks!