Baby Grahm!!

My cousin Skye and her husband Cody finally (born a little past his due date - Skye was pretty ready to have him out already!) had their little boy arrive on December 28...he is too cute for words! I was able to go and visit them at the hospital the next day and spend a little time holding the little guy! He is such a good baby and soo stinkin' cute! I just love him! He was born to a mommy and daddy who love him very much - what a lucky lil guy!

Baby Grahm is FINALLY here!!

Grahm Cody Howick

Born - December 28, 2010

Me and sweet baby Grahm

He definately gets my vote for "the cutest baby in the nursery" (see the tag!)

Love you Skye - You are already such a great mommy! xoxo

Disneyland on Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

As we entered the "Magical Kingdom" I saw this beautiful Christmas tree! Ahhh it is Christmas! :) I was absolutely shocked at how many people there were at Disneyland on Christmas! HaHa til today I would have though it was closed for Christmas! Boy was I wrong!

We started out doing all the fun and crazy rides in the Disneyland Park - Space Mnt., Splash Mnt., Thunder Mnt. - and a whole handful of others!

I of course wanted to go over into "Toon-town" to make a visit to my very good friend (a friend since I was little tike), GOOFY! He has always been my favorite!

In case you don't know, Goofy is an extremely wanted dog...I mean I saw a line to go and get a picture with him and Kyle was like uhhh...can we come back later?! I couldn't believe it - deep down my heart was broken...but I agreed to come back later only if we could finish walking through the rest of "Toon-town!" We meandered through there and laughed at parents and children ---uhh what a nightmare we both thought! Anyways, as we are headed out I see Goofy leaving his line!! So I immediately rushed over to him as he was walking away from that dreaeded line and I asked if I could quickly get a snapshot with him...oh my I think he had a new crush on me!! Haha...he got so excited and grabbed me by the arm and we took off and left my hubby in the dust! Kyle said it was pretty funny! Anyways he must have just been moving to a new "picture taking" location - so lucky me I got to walk with him to his new spot and be first in line!! Yes it did make my day!

Goofy and I taking a stroll :)

Goofy and I

Ky @ "Its a small World"

a "princess" at her castle :) j/k haha

Kyle hitting every target :)

Standing in line for the girls' first ride - Pirates of the Carribean!!

Rhett & Sara taking Klara and cozette on their first ride - "Pirates of the Carribean!" I think they liked it - lots of moving things...noises....and a few dips on the ride! What's not to love?! :)

The Steamboat

In line to head on to "Thunder Mnt." Haha I think Amy and Sara are a little excited?! What do you think? Kyle and Rhett are looking a little sketched out!

THUNDER MOUNTAIN

Ky & I

I always think that the flowers they plant right when you enter/leave Disneyland of MICKEY is so cool! I love it!

CALIFORNIA ADVENTURES!

So later in the afternoon we headed over to C.A. for some more of the rides that awaited us!

Merry Christmas my love!

Sara & I

Mickey Ferris Wheel

everyone got soaked riding this ride...I opted not to go this time since I got so wet on Splash Mnt. earlier and was wet/cold the rest of the day! :(

Steve, Rhett, Kyle, and I went on this awesome roller coaster ride together...then Kyle and Rhett went like 3 more times....I love this picture of them on the ride...it cracks me up!

Farewell Goofy...

To say the least...we were all a little tuckered out and filled with junk food as we left to go home at like 8pm! We were there all day long! Thank you Steve & Darci for the fun day at "The Magical Kingdom!"

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Christmas in Newport

We arrived to stay with Kyle's family in Newport on Thursday. They had rented a house on Newport Beach for us all to stay at while we were there for Christmas vacation. It was fun to get together with everyone and be at the beach.
Our first night there we went and walked through this outside garden area and then went to dinner at "The Crab Cooker" - oh man...it was so YUmMMY!! Kyle ordered the crab legs and they were so dleicious...I ordered the scalllops and they were just as yummy!! AMAZING!
We spent a lot of time down on the beach...luckily the weather was so nice so it was really great to be out in the sunshine! We took Cozette down to put her toes in the sand....I think she liked it!

Klara and Cozette - they are such good little babies. It was so much fun to get to be around them since we don't get to see them too often. They have gotten so big and are getting their own personalities! I just love them to pieces! :)

All the guys got these RC cars and trucks that they took down to the beach and built up ramps and raced them against eachother. It was fun to watch them all get into it.

Of course down at the beach there are always beautiful sunsets....but I was pretty impressed each night with the beauty that surrounded us down at the water! REally pretty. :)

Jor, KY and their uncle curtis headed out to surf and skim

See what I mean?! So PRETTY!!

I love this picture of Kyle...he is on his longboard just got done boogie boarding and surfing, which i=he is carrying both boards! AHah quite skilled I think ;)

We went on lots of rides on the boardwalk on the bikes and longboards. The girls had a little cart they could lay in or in their stroller where they could come along too! We were pretty lucky to have such nice weather while we were there!

Las Vegas Bowl

Dec. 22, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!! Today was my Mom's birthday so it was extra special since we ALL were able to be together and celebrate and head to Vegas to watch BSU play!

Mom, Carli, Hailey, & Me

Mom & Erin

BSU got put in the Las Vegas Bowl to play UTAH!! It was so much fun to get to go to another bowl game to watch our Broncos :) The Base near by did a huge fly by with 3 jets...it was awesome...but then 3 of the men from the group "Boys II Men" sang the National Anthem! It was pretty cool...my sisters and I really liked them growing up! It was a great way to start the eveing for sure!

Boys II Men

Ky, Cody, Me, & Car

Steve & Hay

Ky & I

So Chubbly off of "Pawn Stars" was sitting near by us and so Carli was able to stop him to take a quick snapshot as he informed us he informed us to "hurry" because he had to go to the bathroom. HaHa...really?! She and Kenny both got a picture with him.

Bubba & I

Steve, Ky, & Cody

Kenny and Dad - 2 very excited Broncos :) Big Papa insisted on wearing the orange poncho. HaHa...everyone else had blue ones!

SISTAS!!

We had to get a pic with our cute Thompson sisters....sadly Kayla wasn't there to be in it with us... :( - Me - Kelsie -Kylie - Hailey - Carli

Celebrating a great VICTORY over UTAH..again! :)

BSU had another great win over UTAH! the 1st quarter was quite sloppy for both teams, but the broncos soon figured it out and got their game on. :) BSU beat 26-3! YEAH!