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!

Real Meaning of Christmas

Kristen's gettin' married!!

Kristen was one of my roomies (for like 3 years I think) from college and so I helped host a bridal shower for her! We are all so excited for Kristen and Dave! They are going to get married in STG on January 15, 2011!

The lovely bride to be...Krissy poo

Anyone who knows Kristen knows she is all about PINK, which was exactly how I themed the party...PINK...everything PINK!! HaHa Anyways....it was a lot of fun to get together with everyone. Kristen was showered with some fun gifts to start being married off right! :)

Here are us roomies together! Car, Ash, Krissy, & Me

ASh, Carson, Me, Kristen, CArli, & Lisa

I wish I would have got some pics of the yummy food and the PINK decor! Oh well, it was cute, the food was delicious, and the company even better! Congrats Kristen! xoxo

good laugh...

Ok I am probably the only one that gets a good kick out of watching Dog Shows on the Animal Planet, but hey it's a good laugh! Listening on the show, the commentator is usually an English male, and he sure loves it when the bitches perform well....HaHa! (female dog...get it?!)Anyways and so it became an inside joke with us and since my sister has a female English Bulldog I found this hilarious shirt for Pumpkin online.... If you need help reading from the photo her shirt says, "Bitches have more fun!" I still am laughing as I type this....



Well I obviously couldn't buy something for Pumpkin and not get something for Kruz. That is breaking like some kind of parent rule I think. Anyways, so as I continued to search the apparal I then found Kruz "his" shirt, and boy does he wear it proudly! He has always seemed to think of himself as Mr. Casanova as he struts around, so the shirt for him seemed very fitting, ya know being a lady magnet and all...so the one I found for him says, " Bitches <3 Me"... once again I am still laughing!



Now Precious, she is the puppy Bulldog, is my Mom's new pup and I had taken some of Kruz's things with me when we visited last and she will never get to fit in the Bronco Jersey again so I thought I better capture it while I could. HaHa It definately was a nip and tuck jersey for her...well if anything came from this post it was a good laugh for myself. Enough to note. :)

November where did you go?

Seriously? I can' t beleieve November has come and gone...ugh! Where did the time go?

-Christmas shopping complete before Thanksgiving....of course! Check.

-Pumpkin picked up and ready to go to Idaho with us. Check.

-Prepared to go to Idaho and freeze our rears off!. Partial Check.

-Ready to be 25?! No check.

Anyways, for Thanksgiving this year we were able to make the road trip to GF! Oh how I love to go home... However, the normal 8 hour drive turned into a 12 hour drive...ugh....yes the I-84 was closed because of the wintry wonderland that happened to come thru as we were coming thru! Of course we were not going to let this storm hold us up from getting home that night...so we made the turn off to Pokey instead! Mind you in the care was myself, Carli, Kyle, and of course the dogs...Yes, Kruz and Pumpkin could not be left behind. Yes, it was a white out driving there....semi's and cars off the road....yikes! Carli took her little green machine through it like it was nothing! So now that the 12 hours was over, we were finally "home!"

While we were at home we got to see lots of family and friends. It is always so great to get to catch up with everyone! It was so so COLD....I have become a serious wuss now that I live in STG! :( It was hard enough to take the dogs outside....they even hated it! haha On that note, we did spend quite a lot of our time inside with mom's famous hot fudge cocoa and next to the fireplace! Ahhh....I love that!

THANKSGIVING!
Funny, this year my 25th Birthday landed on Thanksgiving, November 25, 2010! Kind of cool to have my special day on another special day! ;) Maybe this is why I love Pumpkin Pie so much. I love it a lot actually...so much that I would rather have a "birthday pie" than a birthday cake! However, I will admit I felt pretty old knowing that I am officially 25! Carli reminded me that I am a quarter of a century old now...? Really!?!! Gee thanks....way to make ME feel happy, I mean crappy, j/k.

Since it was my birthday, I was fortunate enough to have gifts to open! Yes gifts...plural. I was a spoiled girl this year....oh wait I seem to get spoiled every year. I really don't deserve all I am given, but I must say I got some really great things! Thank you thank you!! xoxo I love everything! Now I can look great, walk better, and smell fabulous all through for a couple days! Haha
We quickly got a lovely snapshot of the family before we dove into our Thanksgiving meal.

Food: TURKEY, Stuffing, Rolls(thanks Bob!), Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, cranberry sauce, Cranberry/pinapple jello, Green Salad, Mandarin salad, Sweet Potatoes, ?? I feel like I am forgetting something? Anways, you get the point...a lot of yummy goodness to be THANKFUL for!
Household included: Mom & Dad, Ginny & Papa, Hailey & Steve, Tyler, Carli, Kyle & I, and of course....Kruz, Pumpkin, and Precious. :) We had a couple additions for Pie. Dustin & Megan, and Bubba came up later to enjoy the aplethera of pies that we had! We had Pumpkin of course, we couldn't go without having an applie pie, Marion-berry - we had to have a berry, pecan pie...a favorite of many, oh and of course a coconut cream pie....a family favorite! I would say we had plenty of pie...which all were very delicious might I add!
Friday came and when I say Friday I mean "Black Friday." Kyle and I were planning on going to go to Bogus to go Snowboarding, but the wind was ridiculous! :( I went back to bed....wasn't really feeling the shopping this year too early either. I was a virgin black friday shopper until 2008. I married into a family that LOVES black friday. 08 we were in Vegas. 09 in NYC. It was a lot of fun, and of course we found some really great things for some really great deals at really early hours in the morning....like 4am early! However, this year we waited til later in the day to go...Kyle was of course ready to go and shop! ;) Who would have thought my husband was the one dragging us women to go shopping?! Sounds odd I know...but true. He found some really great things. Ok I found a couple things too....;) I was so glad we ended up going because we ran into Dana and Katie! It was so so great to see them and catch up and then have them come along and shop with us too! Love them!
If you know us Noble's...we love us some movies. So of course when we are in Boise we tend to make our way over to see one....Tyler came up and met us to go and see "The Last 3 Days" with Russell Crow. Yep, it was a good one. I liked it....maybe took a little longer to get to the climax than I prefer, but hey I didn't have any say in it. Back home to GF we go.

BSU vs. Nevada = sad heart.
Once again if you know my family we are HUGE, and I mean seriously huge BSU fans. We ended up not going to the game because Dad was in corn harvest. At home we were all still in our BSU fan club gear, including the dogs cheering them on. However, as we were watching the game we just knew Boise was going to once again be vitorious and have yet another great year undefeated and play in yet another amazing BCS game. To our sad disappointment after the BSU vs. NEVADA game we were wrong. :( I feel for Kyle Brotzman. I can't imagine the pressure he was under, not just once that night, but two times. Of course he is getting blamed for the loss of the whole game and not going to a BCS game, but he can't be blamed for EVERYTHING. Unfortunately, BSU won a lot, but lost one...to Nevada none the less. I still love my Broncos!

Dad & his lil Bronco - Precious

Pumpkin wishing she was on the field playing

Me and Kruzer

Saturday with it snowing, Dad wasn't able to do corn that day, so he was able take the boys and go snowmobiling! Kyle and Steve were so excited to go. They love it. Dad loves it even more. Us girls love it too, but we decided not to go and let it just be the guys. So we all enjoyed the day! Mom took us down to the Glenns Ferry's annual holiday bazaar. It was great....the ladies in town know how to make some amazing things...it was fun to go and meander through the vendors and see what they had to offer and taste! ;) Obviously we knew everyone there...GF isn't very big ya know. So it was great to see all the familiar faces we haven't seen in a long time. One more reason I love to come home. It is so nice to feel so welcomed and loved by your community. I love Glenns Ferry.

Holiday Bazaar here we come....

Bubba and I with his new pup, Missy

Hailey, Ginny, Carli, Papa, Kylee, & Tyler
Olive givin me luvs before I leave

The dreaded drive back home came on Sunday. We got outside bliss and the roads were once again awful. Icy. Cold. Miserable. I-84 closed again! So 511 was now on my speed dial to check the road reports...awful basically all the way home...12 hours on the way was miserable we were looking at more of a 24 hour bad day coming. We called to see if it would be ok if we waited to come home on Monday, since the news was saying things should clear up. Yes we got the word to wait. THANK YOU! We turned around and went back to my parents house. We enojyed the day lounging around, watched more football, ate leftovers..yummy!, and watched the movie Grown-ups! Ha ah that was pretty funny...I hadn't seen it yet, but I liked it!

Bright and early Monday morning getting ready to leave...oh wait Kyle locked the keys in the car...oh gosh! :( Delayed departure. Luckily dad had a guy over at the shop that knew how to do that stuff...ya know get us in our car! He succeeded. On the road we went. Goal to be home by 5:15 pm so Carli could make it to class. I-84 was supposed to open by 10am so we planned to go through around that time. As we approach the junction, we stop to fill up and we find out they have postponed opening the I-84 until noon! Great, that means we have to go to Pocatello AGAIN! Ugh....in for a long day driving once again. Yes, in the car is still 3 adults and 2 dogs! :) Well the roads were tons better...so glad we waited it out! We made home at 5:05, plenty of time for Car to make it to class! Home sweet home!

Me in back with Pumpers and Kruzer boy...they slept almost the whole way! What a blessing!