New Years Eve!!!

Cousins playing games.

Girls Dance Performance

Performance over - Encore!

Todd starting his Tom Clancy Series.

Rusty saying "Happy New Year!"

My favorite flavor!

We had most of my family over for New Years Eve. We had a lot of yummy food! (meatballs, little smokies, chicken salad, salami & cream cheese rolls, Queso dip and chips, homemade salsa, veggies, pot stickers, fruit, and of course desserts. Thanks for making all the yummy food you brought! We ate and played games all night. It was so much fun!! Kimberly had been working on a dance performance all day. When her cousins got here, they made programs "invites" for everyone. They worked really hard. They performed 5 or 6 dances. Even the little ones wanted to get in the action. It was cute!! We played ping pong, Wii, Sceneit? 2, Hand & Foot and drank Sparkling Cider while we watched the ball drop. It was neat to say I've been there "Time Square" before. My parents are off to Washington in the morning for my brothers baby's blessing, so they left early. My sisters"twins" are staying the night, my girls are excited!! They wish their cousins could stay too, but they were sick. Happy New Year!!!! I'll wish for a better year, 2010 for everyone!

King's Game!

My brothers & sisters and spouses.

Lisa, Todd & Ryan

Ryan with Grandpa Wallace



My brother Tom and his wife Marci are in town for Christmas from BYU. They wanted to go to a King's game while here. So we all got tickets together, there were about 20 of us including Marci's family. We watched a great game with the King's against Denver Nuggets. They won 106 - 101. It was quite exciting at the end. My sister let Ryan & I borrow her jerseys. Thanks!! Also, the Ruiz's from church were behind us, that was fun! It was great to be together, I'd love to go more often. I don't mind watching sports in person, more exciting. Parking is a rip off though.

Another Family Party!

Lego's "Vader's TIE Fighter"

Wii - Star Wars the "Force" Unleashed

Winter "Ski" jacket

blowing out his "11" candles

Happy Birthday smile!

We had another family birthday party tonight at our house. For Ryan, my sister Holli and my sister-in-law Marci. They all share late December birthdays, so we celebrated together. We ate tacos, taco salad, burrito bowl, etc. make it to your liking. The kids played with the new toys and the Wii. We had cake and ice cream and lots of great gifts. He also got some gift cards that he wants to buy a new game with. He got a couple more Nerf guns, mind bending puzzle and Scrabble Slam! Thank you everyone for coming and celebrating with us.

Happy 11th B-day!!!!

Lego Star Wars "Republic Attack Shuttle"

Nerf gun

I can't believe my little "big" boy is 11. Wow, where has the time gone. These years just seem to fly by. We just celebrated last year. I made his favorite breakfast "Cinnamon Pull-Aparts" and then I surprised the kids by taking them to see "Alvin & the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel" at the movie theater. It was a cute movie, they had a great time. Then Ryan got to choose where we went to lunch. He chose "Lucille's Smokehouse BBQ", it was yummy! Then we headed home to clean up a little before the cousins came. Grandma Hanson and Aunt Wendy & kids, came to visit and wish Ryan a happy birthday. They brought gifts too, Ryan LOVED them!! Thanks for helping us celebrate. He has already started to build some of the Lego's he got. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! I hope you enjoyed your busy and fun filled day! It's hard to compete with the day before.

Christmas Brunch

Hanson Grandkids!!!


We went to "Grandma & Grandpa's" mom & dad Hanson's for brunch. There's always yummy food and the kids have a great time playing with their cousins. We usually get a picture of either the kids or everyone. They are all growing up, no more "little" ones. They all get along really well. Kimberly was so excited that she picked Brandon "oldest" for the gift exchange. It was cute! We played the game I got, "Perpetual Commotion", it was a lot of fun!! The kids always get spoiled from grandma & grandpa. They loved all of their gifts. Thank you! Now we are off to the other grandparents and cousins. All but 3 of my siblings will all be together! Should be fun!!

Kimberly's gifts under the Tree

Monkey PJ's

Monkey slippers

Razor scooter!

LPS Deco "Dachshund"

Pink & Purplicious Books!! Also, Max & Ruby.

Littlest Pet Shop Cozy Care Adoption Center.

Kimberly loves to play with Littlest pet shop, so she screamed when she opened her gifts. She can't believe she got a dog like ours. She got the cutest pj's and slippers, I found them at different stores. She loves her big girl scooter, she can't wait to try it out. She wants to open them, but we are off to grandmas.

Brittney's gifts under the Tree

Fairy books

"DS" finally!

Cooking Mama game

Glasses for her AG doll.

Twins!!

Brittney had a great year too! She has wanted to Nintendo DS for a long time. She is very excited to start playing in the car to grandmas. When she got her glasses last month, I ordered some for her American Girl doll. They look so cute together!

Ryan's gifts under the Tree

Airwalk shoes!!

Black iPod nano

Lego Star Wars "Anakin's Y-Wing Starfighter"

"Real" Football

Ryan was very excited this year! Todd bought him an iPod nano, he couldn't believe it! He also wanted a "real" football, not just a kids kind. He still loves to build Lego's, so we got him another ship.

Mom & Dad gifts

Lisa's new watch!

Drill

Shoes


Tom Clancy books "Splinter Cell series"

We got some great gifts too!! Thanks for helping to pick things out, kids! You did great! We are very thankful for a wonderful day! Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas Morning!!

Stocking Stuffers:






Santa Gifts:
** NOT EXCITED AT ALL!!




We had a wonderful Christmas this year! The kids were so excited to get the Wii from Santa. They danced around and jumped up and down. We also got a new video camera, it's so small. It was a game year for us, thanks Santa! The kids liked their stocking stuffers too; R got some HEX bugs, B a Taylor Swift CD, K a DVD of Angelina Ballerina and Rusty got some new toys. He destroyed his muffin squeaker toy in 20 minutes. We have a busy day, so the kids have to wait to play the Wii. We are first heading over to Todd's parents for brunch and family time. Then we'll go to Lisa's parents for dinner and family time. Unfortuantely I did not get any pictures there, I'm sad. We had a wonderful time and the kids loved their gifts. Also, playing with their cousins.

Christmas Eve

We went to the annual Christmas Eve dinner at my parents house with my extended family tonight. We had yummy food and enjoyed visiting with everyone. We were very sad that my grandparents were not able to join us. This is the first time ever that they were not here. My grandpa fell off his ladder putting Christmas lights up a few weeks ago. He broke a few ribs and punctured his lungs. He is still in a lot of pain. He was hoping to come for dinner, but wasn't feeling well. We missed them so much!! It wasn't the same without them. I borrowed these pictures from my sister-in-law. We had a lot of fun playing games; we played Zilch and the girls played Eye to Eye. Now off to bed before the big day, Santas coming!!!