Jared and I in Victoria BC

Rock climbing on the Mariner of the Sea

Our last and favorite day on the ship

Jared and Emillee before we went to a show.

Formal Night on the ship

Update on us...Our fabulous cruise to Mexico has been replaced with a less exotic trip to Canada, Seattle and San Fransisco. We are still excited and will have a great time no matter what but talk about a let down.

Hello to our friends and family who frequent our blog. I saw this on my Sister-in-laws blog and thought it would be fun to try. So here goes...

OK! So this is how this works...the first 5 people to respond to this post will receive something made by me for you. my choice. made especially for you.of course there are some restrictions and limitations:~
1 .I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. what I create will be just for you.
3 It will be done sometime this year.
4 you have no clue what it will be... it may be a story. It may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may draw or paint something. I may bake something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure. ;-)
5 I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.The catch? The catch is that you must repost this on your own blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog.The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did will win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!! Oh! And be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

33!

I have always liked that number. This is going to be a FANTASITIC year.

Happy Birthday Baby Girl

Christmas 2009

Christmas was awesome. Everyone was pretty good at our house this year so we were all happy with what Santa brought. After opening presents we ate sausage and peaches with the Stokes', Allen's and the Clayson's. We love sharing our favorite Christmas tradition with our very brave and willing family and friends.

Wynne got this Barbie car from Jacks and Orion. She was so funny she kicked Barbie out and immediately hopped in. She was pretty frustrated with the comfort of it (if you could only see her face). She had us laughing so hard.

He's so cute and such a great kid.

Very cool Jacks!
The Stokes'

The Allens' and the Clayson's

Christmas Eve we spent with the Stokes'. We had a fabulous dinner and enjoyed the traditional acting out of the Nativity. Jacks, Orion and Sam played the shepards and the Wisemen and Wynne played both baby Jesus and the Angel. Jared and I were Mary and Joseph. We were a little short on numbers and missed having Joli and Rob and the girls and Jacob and Yvette and their kids here, We missed you guys. Tessa read us a story called "Teach the Children" and both Taylor and Sam played "Silent Night". Taylor on the guitar and Sam on the harmoinca. We had a great night celebrating and honoring the birth of our Savior.

The Narrator and his beautiful wife

Orion, Uncle Sam and Jackson
Tessa
Taylor