Wild Walla Walla

YAY! Another wild weekend in Walla Walla. We went for Lydia's baptism and here's a little of what we did while we were there:

We baked so many cupcakes and goodies for the baptism we had absolutely no room for them in the house, so here's where they ended up, haha

Besides baking, we also did barf clean up. Lyla got her first stomach flu. It was fun....

Although barfing all night long and morning, Lyla was exceptionally happy and still loved playing with the kids anyway.

This is what Dallin did, at least every other minute, and all the minutes in between he checked his phone, in case he missed a text

Lyla got to meet cousin Samantha for the first time, Sam loved it, until she got barf buckets too

Josh still had school work to do of course, so Elijah kept him company

Little Miss being cuter than ever even when she was so sick

The fam at the baptism. Got to see grandma too, which was great

The cutest little 8 year old ever, wearing Bridget's dress, but wasn't too excited about that part

Lyla

Lyla's New Do:

This is what the lint looks like after a load of Lyla's laundry, all pink

Came in to check on her and found these little fingers poking out

Since she has FOUR teeth now, I figured we better start brushing, this is her 1st time

Goodbye 2010

2010 Memories:

-Prepared for an upcoming event that we were ignorant about
-I worked up until the last day to keep myself busy
-Our lives changed forever when Lyla came into the world
-We lost a LOT of sleep
-Had an amazing blessing day for Lyla w/family & friends in town
-Crew Roskelley joined the world & our family
-Lost more sleep
-First road trip as a fam to OR for cousin Karli's wedding- went surprisingly well
-Moved to CO
-Lyla learned to roll and sit
-Introduced the bundle of joy to all the Green's at Almanor
-Started getting more sleep
-Moved back to Spokane, gma and gpa were sad
-Josh started his LAST year of school, whew! Busiest semester by far
-Big Red blew up, we had a funeral, and were graciously introduced to Stella the Stallion
-Crew was sealed to his fam, what an amazing blessing
-Lyla learned to crawl...therefore got into everything
-Farmer, duck and cow for Halloween
-Thanksgiving in Utah @ Aunt Penny's
-Lost more sleep due to teething....
-Had an amazing week and a half with the fam in CA for Christmas


We had a hard and challenging year with lots of ups and downs, but out of these challenges came patience and we learned to enjoy the small moments more than ever. Love for each other grew and found that the hardest challenges turn out to be the ones most worth it. As we finish up our last semester in school we are hoping 2011 to be one with success and rewards for the hard work done. I know that if we have faith that everything will work out and that this year can even be better than the last!

HELLO 2011

Lyla Video

Most of these pictures are already posted below, but the video has the addition of a little booty shake!

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