Christmas Vaca

Christmas in CA was amazing this year, it was super busy but also super fun. But before we left I got Lyla an adorable Christmas dress and snapped some pics in front of our own REAL tree. We have got a real one all 4 years of our marriage and don't plan on stopping for another 40+

The bottom left is my favorite, it is so her with one little hand on the tree and making that adorable face that she loves to make all the time

Best Friends reunited once again. Lyla loved Napoleon before and still does, only this time she can crawl after him, even better. She lights up and squeals every time she sees him. Its more of a one way friendship though....

Christmas Eve we snuck over to Carolyn's for the traditional gathering of the Roskelley's

TL: Nativity scene re-enactment TR: Dicussing with cousin Katie how she can get that box ripped open
BL: Being cute as ever opening a new dolly from great gma BR: just a glimpse of the craziness

First Christmas morning in front of the tree!

Waiting for the rents to come down to open presents, her uncles adore her

TL: Opening her present from mom and dad TR:Daddy helping out
BL:The traditional after-present pic BR:Lyla feelin so big cruisin around on her new toy

Then the adventure began, we drove the day after Christmas to LA

Lyla chillin at the gas station on our way

First stop: DISNEYLAND!

Insanely busy, they even closed the park by noon, but was still a blast being at one of my favorite places in the world.
TL: Family pic! TR: Lyla checkin out Minnie since we never saw the real one
BL: 3-D movie: Captain EO (a Michael Jackson movie) BR: Cute Engaged couple

Drove down to San Diego next and stayed at a beach house at Imperial Beach

Lyla LOVED the sand and I think she would have stayed out there all day if we let her

San Diego Zoo

Petting Zoo was Lyla's fav, she was so happy when she got to get to close and pet them

These pics dont even begin to show the crazy brothers! Zoo wouldn't be nearly as fun without them

TL: Flamingo pose TR: Being seals
BL: Uncle Davis being so much fun and showing the animals to Lyla BR: Ty being sexy for some reason on a Hippo, I was cracking up for so long watching this

Scuba Diving @ La Jolla Cove

Ty giving off the vibe, four awesome bros, sexy me, & getting ready to go under

Besides more rest and relaxation we ate yummy food including the biggest pizza i've ever seen!

Lyla taste testing the sand. She actually didn't eat it as much as I thought she would

Just being cuter than ever in her little suit she got for Christmas from Aunt Lindsey

And that's the end of a great trip with lots of laughs and good times! A big thank you to Josh's parents who made it all happen :)

Ugly Sweater Christmas Party!

We hosted an ugly Christmas Sweater Party this year and had a blast

Here are our amazing sweaters, home made by me. Josh's is even better if you could see it in real life because he has Christmas lights poking out of the tree. And did you notice my fab ornament earrings?! They were straight from the tree....

Jenn in her sexy pose, that sweater brought out the confidence in her

Not sweaters, but definitely ugly shirts...that came straight from Daren's closet

Rhett had a sweater on that he actually wore about a week before to dinner, haha

We ate soup and salad and then played some minute to win it games!

Oreo cookie face! Get an oreo from your forehead into your mouth, no hands. Heather is the only one that completed this challenge!

One of my favs, we called it the panty swing, haha. Pantyhose over your head with rice in the bottom to get some weight, and knock over full water bottles by swinging your head around. This was hilarious to watch

Booty Shake, try to get ornaments out of a tissue box on your booty

Transfering M&Ms with a straw, harder than it looks

Separating M&Ms by color

Stacked ornaments in margarita glasses, 4 glasses tall. I am the only one who completed this one, woohoo!

It came down to a TIE, Harris vs. Green's, the tie breaker was the Rudolph nose transfer

With vasoline on your nose, you had to transfer pom poms from the chair to bowl, most pompoms wins

And the winner IS....

The Harris'....Josh is handing over the prize, which was a $20 gift card to the movies, we were so close to winning, dangit!

This is what Brooke did after getting bored

My creative dessert, the brownie Christmas tree! It was so much fun to make and I think it turned out pretty cute.

Getting ready for Christmas

We kept up the tradition of getting a real tree again this year. It just brightens up our little apartment and I can't resist the yummy smell of it all month long.

Lyla just watched us decorate the tree from her jumper this year but loved every minute of it and couldn't take her eyes of the tree, she thought it was so much fun.

Blurry, but Josh is letting her touch one of the ornaments

She didn't quite notice the tree (meaning try to destroy it) for about 3 days. Then I watched Claire Barney and she showed Lyla the ropes on how much fun the tree could be!

For our last year here at Gonzaga we got in our Christmas gear (mostly just Lyla) and took a pic in front of the school sign

Lyla got her first present from Gma Roskelley and loved opening it. She got a Christmas book and her First Christmas ornament!

Can't wait til Christmas...only 4 days away! Yikes, better get shopping

Carriage Ride Downtown

One of the first weeks of December we went downtown to catch a free carriage ride with our friends. It goes around downtown and shows off the lights for about 15 minutes.

After the ride caught a family pic in front of the horse

The Days. Brookie looks ticked because its cold and isnt sure what we are doing, ha

Barneys havin a good time!

Harris' enjoying the ride

The gang. We were the only ones on the ride and sang Christmas songs the whole way, it was a lot of fun. Afterward we went to Red Robin and stuffed our faces, we were all starving.

Thanksgiving

For some reason I have a ton of pictures of our trip to Utah for Thanksgiving, but none of us actually eating turkey dinner...but here are some things we did besides eat!

We were there for my side but the Green's were there also visiting Kurt and Wendy, so we saw them a few times. Went to Boondocks with the bro's and soon-to-be sister in law

Got our laser tag game-on

Then we went out to lunch to Iggy's

All the cousins got to play together, they loved it

Havin fun in the tub!

Went to jump on it, Sadie's favorite place and she showed off her flips. And yes, she is only 4 years old!

The sweetest little babies ever! Still can't believe how small Lyla is, and how BIG Crew is!

Lyla absolutely LOVES her Great Aunt Cindy. She got spoiled with new toys to play with and even someone to play them with her.

Learning from the master chef on how to make my first apple pie

Went for a ride on the suitcase because we got bored in the airport

Was a great trip and was so much fun seeing everyone. Thanksgiving dinner was at Penny's house and was delicious, can't believe i dont have a pic of that amazing food.

Gettin Into Things

Now that she's on the move she has found everything she can to get her little fingers on!

Top L: Found dad's books and chewed on them Top R: Pulled tissues out of the box and ate a few Bottom L: Love to pull the DVD's out Bottom R: The basket of diapers is the best!

And her newest face: the scrunch my noes and squint my eyes look
She does this just about 10 times a day now, she just randomly started doing it this last week, not sure where it came from

Fall & Halloween

Happy Halloween! We had a great time this year. Sunday was actually Halloween, but we celebrated on Friday with a party at the Border's house and then Saturday at the ward trunk or treat

At the party. Cow, duck, and farmer! And yes, I made my costume, it took forever to cut and sew on each spot!

Have to see the side view of the "duck butt"

Some of the people at the party. We ate lots of food, then played games and told scary stories

A few weeks ago we went to pick apples & check out the pumpkins up at Green Bluff.

Ly got to get on her first tractor. Just after this picture she leaned over to suck on the steering wheel, the true test of anything new is to eat it!

Ly got her apple

Lyla Video

So it only took me about 2.5 hours since I had to learn how to use the software, but I made my first video, and of Lyla of course. One week later she is officially crawling and already getting into everything. Here is the youtube link to the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A8Gk1De7XI