A Late Merry Christmas and Early Happy New Year!

Christmas seemed to come and go so quickly this year but we had a great time. We were able to go to Shelley the weekend before Christmas and celebrate early with Eric's family. They of course spoiled us rotten and spoiled baby gray as well, thank you so much for everything. Our little girl got a new red sweater, purple jacket, pj's, onesies, and an adorable dress. Then for Christmas Eve and Christmas day, we went to my parents and had a great time with all of my family that came into town. Our two nephews Treb and Aiden loved opening presents and playing with their new toys. Aiden's favorite was the Don't Break The Ice game and anything Spiderman and I think Treb really liked his variety of new toys. They are both growing so much, but are still just as cute as ever. Treb does a high five, knuckles, kiss series and it's way stinking cute. Aiden has such an amazing imagination and has a really thick Texas accent, Ya'lls house, etc. They are both quite entertaining and Christmas with children around is great fun we decided. We are anxiously counting down our last month before our new arrival. We are excited to be new parents and that is our main goal this upcoming year:) Any pointers that you could help us with would be awesome. We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and have fun plans to celebrate the New Year.

Road Trip to the Oregon Coast

Eric and I just returned from a wonderful little vacation to the Oregon Coast and to the Oregon/USC football game. It was so much fun, even though there was quite a bit of rain here and there. There was also beautfiul sunshine, great food, and of course good company. We decided that we needed one last road trip prior to our new addition because travelling with a little one might not be quite as easy as it is now. The first day we drove straight to the town of Florence on the coast and spent two nights there, then we drove to Eugene for the football game, and then on to Newport, Lincoln City, Portland, and then home. It was quite a bit of driving but was a great time! Here are some of our pics:

Two month break and now we're back

Well, where to begin....I know it has been over two months but I promise I have a good excuse....I'M PREGNANT and have been extremely sick! Our due date is February 7th and we are so excited for our new addition to our family. Eric is so excited for me to feel better and not to have to do everything in our home including cooking, laundry, cleaning, etc. To recap a little of our summer, it started off with a month full of birthdays including Eric's, my dad's, Hollie's, Chandra, Matt, and the birth of baby Hadley. Then we headed on our trip to Lake Tahoe for my brother's wedding. It was beautiful there and we had a great time. Above are some of the fun pics.....We are hoping to one day go back there to enjoy the area without pausing for me to get sick:( Then we are headed to Idaho Falls in a few weeks for a trip to Island Park and then on to Yellowstone. We also snuck in a camping trip and a little bit of sun time and boating. Overall, it has been a great summer but has flown by way too quickly.

Our One Year Anniversary

Wow, what a busy, but fun month it has been. We celebrated our one year anniversary by taking a trip to Las Vegas for some sun time, shopping, and other touring. We had a great time in Las Vegas. Some of the highlights were:

Anniversary dinner at PF Chang's and Planet Hollywood

Hoover Dam

The Broadway Lion King Show at Mandalay Bay

Sun Time and Shopping

The Cheesecake Factory and Caesar's Palace

We had a wonderful time and it was a great time away from work and the normal routine. Right when we got home we headed to Shelley and Island Park for the Memorial Day weekend and Rebecca's(my sister in law) graduation. Congrats Rebecca and there will be more pics and updates to follow soon from our weekend in Shelley and Island Park!

Eric is done with another semester, YAY!

Eric took his last final exam yesterday and is now done with another semester. His classes were crazy hard this semester and I am so proud of how hard he works at school and is able to balance his full time job, home, church, and school. We are headed to Las Vegas in a few weeks to celebrate one year down and one more to go before he finishes his MBA. Also, we can't forget that we have our first anniversary coming up, I can't believe we have been married for almost a year. It's been a wonderful year and the time has just flown by! We ate our wedding cake this past Sunday and it was still so yummy! Also, my brother, Bryan will be getting married in Lake Tahoe at the end of June so we are anxious to see all of the family and to have some upcoming fun vacations.

March Madness Fun!

Last weekend we had such a fun time in Boise at the NCAA tournament. We left bright and early on Friday morning to go to Boise. The first game we watched was between Utah St. and Marquette. Unfortunately, despite our wonderful cheering Utah State lost by one point. I still can't believe they lost....anyways the players were wonderful and so were the cheerleaders. Utah St. won the cheerleading competition by far. I am now trying to talk my lil sister into going to Utah St cuz it seems like such a fun school. Their student body does cheers like....You will miss it, You still suck, and Cut your hair. At first, I thought the cheers were kinda mean but then the whole stadium gets into it and you forget about whether it's naughty or nice.

Then we watched a game between Mizzou and Cornell and Cornell lost miserably. That's okay though because Mizzou is still in the tournament and they are a really good team. Their cheerleaders not so good though...

Then we went to our favorite restaurant PFChangs for a late lunch and it was a great day! My husband and I had a great date watching March Madness games and hopefully we will get to go again someday:)

We are off to the NCAA tournament!

Well, for those of you who don't know my husband is a huge sports fan....espn in the morning, over the lunch hour, and all throughout the evening. He even checks espn on his new blackberry and acts like its work he HAS to get done:) He was very excited to hear that Boise was hosting a round of the NCAA March Madness tournament. He woke up early Monday morning and bought our tickets. He came in to wake me up at about 6 and let me know that the tickets were a little more expensive than he original thought. Being half asleep I said okay sounds good. When I woke up I found out what the total was for the two tickets and was quite shocked that is was double the price we had thought they were going to be! The tickets sold out very quickly and I am glad Eric got them when he did. I am sure we will have a great time. Go Utah State Aggies!!!!