Christmas 2009

We had another great Christmas this year!
Lots of Christmas parties with friends:Danelle loved hanging out with all the other kids.
And she has an insane crush on this little guy- Ty. Can you blame her though? (We love his curls!) She specifically asks for him by name- at church, when we drive by his neighborhood, etc.... I'm starting to get a little nervous ;)
Christmas morning she was very excited to see her gifts. "Santa" left a tent/tunnel system (with a little help from G & G- now I'm glad I made the effort to stuff it all in my suitcase home from Utah) and there we're a few gifts under the tree as well.We we really lucky to not have to buy her any gifts this year- she had plenty from our families!Although we kept it as simple as we could, she was still a little overwhelmed and we had to stop to take breaks and eventually a nap.I would just love to know what thoughts were going thru her head that morning- (like what she had done to all of a sudden deserve so many gifts?)

*(Video of her coming down the stairs- CLASSIC)


Hope you all had a great Christmas as well-
and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Sea World

For Danelle's 2nd Birthday we took her to Sea World (in San Antonio). She loved it and the weather was perfect!

The dolphins were her favorite:
(Click on pictures to enlarge)
But Shamu and The Sesame Street show were a close second and third.

Danelle's 2nd Birthday

Singing happy birthday (both families on speaker phone)

Thanksgiving 2009

Wow- it's been a month since i've put anything up (did anyone even notice)... it must be the busy holidays :)
Our recent trip to Utah for Thanksgiving included:

Utah State/Boise State Football
A lot of cousin time
5K Turkey TrotMmmmm food.
Christmas Lights at Temple Square.

Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving point w/ the Anderson's.
A little snow,and snowboarding.
A little lot of football. (don't ask-it was a BYU/Utah game)
And a little Christmas/December Birthday(s) celebration.

*A few others of note included IN'N OUT food, Nielsen's Frozen Custard and "New Moon" with my sisters!

Just relax

Another successful vacation.

The Destination.
The room.
The view. the ocean, not me ;)
The activities. *crocodile included free of chargeSome pampering.How did we get so lucky?

Halloween Weekend

Danelle dressed up as an old lady for her playgroup Halloween party Friday.
Then it was off for camping with some friends Friday/Saturday at Pedernales Falls.
She helped her dad set up the camper and loved the trip.

Trick or Treating was so fun this year. She was very excited and was good at saying trick or treat, and the best part was she didn't even notice that we only went to a few houses. (sweet and simple!)

Then it was off to our neighbors party to eat, watch some football, & play in the bounce house. This was her excited to see a full moon!
*(she also got really excited when our doorbell would ring- she would run to the door to see who was going to be there next!)

GO BRONCOS!

We had our first Halloween "event" on Wednesday night. It was Danelle's first ever trunk-or-treat!
We took a leap of faith by ordering her a Denver Broncos cheerleader outfit a year ago... hoping that we wouldn't be ashamed to have our daughter wear it come NFL season. Thank goodness Lane is a loyal fan though and a 6-0 start is nothing to be ashamed of!!!

Good flashback of when she got it here !

She was a little confused and overwhelmed at first...
But with the help of her buddy Ky, she figured it out and this was the moment the light bulb went off... "they're giving me candy"
By the end, she was sugared up and worn out!3 more Halloween events left to go!!!!

Catching up

We did another visit to the Children's Museum this week. They also had a guest singer that did music time and she totally looks like a groupie at a rock concert in this picture. She's singing along to twinkle twinkle little star.... :)

She did not want to leave the train section.
Mommy's little helper.I had been shopping around for trampolines for her Birthday/Christmas gift...
BUT I found a free one on Craigslist and although we wanted a little bigger and with the net, can you really argue with free?

It's small enough for our playroom and she has been lov'n every minute of it!
Finally, these are my latest sewing/craft projects.

• Tote bag
• Another apron for Danelle (can't have to many)
• Necklace for Danelle (she can't break this one) it's fabric, and plastic balls, with knots tied between them.
• Flannel board/chalkboard. (Didn't your mom have one growing up!?)

Family Photos 2009

OH YES- it's Lane's favorite time of the year... no not fall hunting. Fall family pictures. The one day the whole year where you get to wake up extra early on a Saturday, get all dressed up, and try and pose in uncomfortable positions with a squirmy 1 year old.

Now you have to just wait and see which one we pick for our Christmas card this year!