Christmas

We started the morning at about 8 am. As you can see Owen wasn't quite awake. He said it was too bright.




Stephen was about the same way. We woke him up so that we could get going.


Owen was so excited! I didn't quite capture his reaction good on camera.

Tt and Owen

Owen and Dallin caught in a good pose

Dallin opening his presents

Dallin and Stephen (Tt)

Stephen got the Dark Knight (Great movie!)

University of Utah, Sugar Bowl shirt

Oh, the precious iPod. Stephen was very excited


The boys all made out really good. Owen got his race track and helicopter that he asked Santa for, plus a few more items that we was excited about. Dallin got a skate deck and a new bike, plus a really big NERF gun called the Vulcan. Dart wars are a major part of our household. Stephen got all the U of U stuff a boy could ever ask for, plus the iPod. My dad gave both Stephen and Dallin signed U of U flags by the whole football team. They were pretty stoked.

After we opened our presents we made our rounds to the rest of the family. We also go over to Shane's mom's house for breakfast. She always makes apple fritters. They are soooo delicious. We hung out there for a few hours and then made our way to my parents. By the time we got there everyone took naps and eat more food. We snacked on the leftovers from our Christmas Eve dinner. YUM!

Next stop was to meet the boys mom in Centerville, so they could spend some time with her and get their Christmas. They will be gone the rest of the weekend and probably will be going snowboarding. Shane, Owen and I were hungry and didn't really have anywhere else to go so we drove into Layton to see if any place was opened for dinner. It was slim pickens, but we found a place, CHINA Hill on Hill Field Road. We thought we would go for duck, Hahaha (A Christmas Story salute) Here are some pics from our dinner,

Hot and sour soup

Pot stickers

Asparagus, chicken, beef and shrimp dish (It was very tasty!)

Overall, it was a great day! We all got to hang out and share each other company. We don't always get to do that. It was especially nice that it snowed. It always makes it seem like Christmas when it snows. Got to love that! Hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

Look what I did......

I just changed my blog background by myself!!!!!! I was just excited that I finally did it. I am sure that I will play around with this more over the weekend. I'm a NERD!!!!! Thanks Kerstin, you're the BEST!!!!!

Tepanyaki

(Kerstin, Elsha, Me and Stacey)


Friday night we got together for dinner at Tepanyaki with our husbands. It was a lot of fun to see everyone again. It has been years since we all worked together, but really nice that we all stay in touch. Shane admits that I worked with the hottest girls. LOL I have to agree with him. They are gorgeous. Working at the Yaki was some of the funnest times and most stressful. I don't miss waiting tables like Kerstin says in her blog, but I do often find myself thinking I could be making a lot of money during this holiday season because of the parties!!!!! Maybe we should all apply, Tonya would seriously FREAK OUT! I am totaly kidding. It was a lot of fun to get together with everyone and I am glad that we had brought our guys with us. We really need to do that again.

December 1st

I can't believe it has already been a year, but it has. We made it through, it has been busy and Jeff has really been missed. This is a picture of Jeff taken at Shane's sister's house. He is holding Owen. This picture was given to us just after he died, framed and with a sweet message on the back. It is a very precious picture to me and the rest of our family. It just captures such a sweet moment in time and I absolutely love the expression on Jeff's face.

Just want to thank all of our friends and family for their support and helping us through. Jeff would be so proud of everyone and the things they are accomplishing in their lives. We went to his grave today to visit and Owen was climbing all over his grave stone. It would of just been like he was climbing all over him. Owen thinks that everyone is his own human playground. I couldn't help but laugh. I am sure Jeff was smiling at that.

Here's to another year!!!!!!

Windy in South Weber

I got a phone call from Shane and work on Thursday saying that our fence had blown over. These are the pictures he took. PRETTY CRAZY!!!!!!

Sweet Ride

Here are some pics of Shane's D.A.R.E. car. It is a Saturn Sky and it was donated to the Sheriff's Office for a penny. This car just won Utah's D.A.R.E. car of the year. Pretty sweet, huh?!?!?

More Pics from Hawaii

Scandinavian Ice- HUGE shaved ice!!!!





Shane taking a pic of us and trying to get the waterfall in the back ground


This is the crater in the volcano park





These next pics are of the lava flowing into the ocean











Watching the lava at night hit the ocean was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. The way it would just spew the lava up in the air and the bright red color of the lava. It is a must see!!!!















I thought these were the coolest flowers we saw

Just some of the beautiful sunsets we saw

Happy Halloween

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Halloween today. It has been such a crazy week for us since we got back from Hawaii. It was the greatest trip I have ever went on. It was nice to spend that time with Shane and just be a couple. We didn't have to worry about entertaining anyone but ourselves (No offense to our kids). Everyone needs to have a get away like that. I totally recommend it. Here are some pics of our adventures. These are only from my camera. I will have to get Shane's on here as well. So there will be more to come.



Airport- it was all outside









Curise ship that arrived Monday morning right outside our window




Shane loved these trees




Sea Turtles- they came right up to you. This is when we went snorkeling


Luau we went to that was a lot of fun


AWE!!!


Pig






Made this angel fish out of a banana leaf












Had to take a picture of this street sign




Beautiful waterfalls


These next pictures are from the zoo in Hilo




















Kona temple








Taken from looking into the water. It was that clear, CRAZY HUH!!!


Spinner Dolphines- We saw these when we went on our glass bottom boat tour.