Christmas Vacation....
ok, so here it goes...the morning after Christmas...bright and early..we headed to California to see my fam!! It was sooo much fun!! We got see see my nephew that got home from his mission, and see my other one before he leaves! We had a big post Christmas dinner at my brothers with the whole fam, with an intense game of RISK!...which in turn set a pattern for many for late nights, of intense games...of RISK! I think Matt holds the title for now...but thats ok...(keep practicing rolling those dice..haha). We spent some time with my pop dad, which is always great! We let the kids run wild in his yard, and loved it!! We even got to see my uncle Kevin and aunt Camille! My other nephew took us to eat at some cool lil place at the end of Avila pier. It was even warm enough for the kids to play at the beach! We took the kids on a lil drive down the beach too...which they loved! The boys got to go to the shooting range, and the girls got pedicures!! Everything was perfect! We cant wait to plan our next trip!

Merry Christmas!

here are our 3 munchkins on Christmas eve in their "Christmas eve jammies" they got to open....before heading to bed of course! They were all soo cute and excited!! Everyone was thrilled with what Santa brought them the next morning and couldnt be happier!! Christmas wouldnt be Christmas without the little ones! They bring so much excitement and magic to the holidays!! (Ill post more pics later)

December Doings......
We have stayed pretty busy over the last few weeks...This month has gone by really fast! so, in between the normal craziness, we threw in some holiday fun too...besides seeing Santa a few times, and going to the usual town holiday festivities...we've managed to make a gingerbread house(it lasted a day, the candy all got devoured), we made some frosted sugar cookies (the kids did everything for 'their' cookies..all except putting them in the oven)..and we even had a tiny bit of snow! December wouldnt be complete without at least a tiny bit of snow (even if it does have allot of dirt in it!)....

family photos..........
Here is a couple of our pics from our family photo shoot...thanks to my fabulous photog friend... christina...of ChristinaP.photography! We had lots of fun!! Between her singing and her dancing,....and her super cool sunglasses...how could you not smile! Im sure Ill be posting more soon...so keep checking!

daddy's girl...........

Happy Turkey Day!!!

Zions
Last weekend the kiddos and I drove up to Zions with my mom, "grama donni" and one of our life long family friends...also "grama". We headed to Springdale to another good friends house. It was gorgeous!! The kids were in heaven...as usual whenever we get the chance to make it up there! The river runs behind the house and we gave the kids rides on the rhino in the backyard. The leaves were beautiful....i took this first pic out the window while we were driving! I couldnt help it! It was such a fun day....even the drive home was gorgeous....the sunset was amazing! The last picture is just straight out of the camera....(no photoshop...no added colors)!

Happy Veterans Day Daddy!

ramadi, iraq 2005