Bringing in the New Year! Hello 2009!

New Years was great! Lauren and Mal, Paul and Amber,Shawn (from Nebraska) and Nate and I all got together at our house and ate, played some Rock Band (thanks Mark and Gayle for the Wii) and brought in the New Year!


Me, Amber and Lar-Lar

The Boys-Mal, Nate, and Paul

Rockin out-we totally look like we belong in a band!

Paul and Shawn, just like old friends :)

Dreamy...

Traditions

Long, long ago, (just kiddin Mom)my Mom started a tradition of baking about a billion sugar cookies and then having all of us kids join around and frost our little hearts out! It's something we still do. Lets just say the cookies have got a bit more interesting since Nate and Mal joined the family. It just gets better and better every year!


Dad and Mom, I love you both!

Spongebob and Patrick

It's the most Wonderful time of the year!

Merry Christmas! We had an amazing Christmas this year! We are so blessed and it sure shows at this time of year! Nate and I did our own little thing in the morning, before heading off to both our families homes. Even though it's just the two of us (well lets not forget our doggies) we always love the time we have to spend at our own house. We're such home bodies!

Nate cleaning up all the paper...where do you recycle this stuff!?

As always, nothing makes him smile bigger than anything UTAH JAZZ

My sweet Harley and me. I love this Dog!

Nate loaded my stocking with these. Honestly, do I need a stash of extra large size Christmas trees stuffed with reese's peanut butter?! So good though...

Re'kindle' the LOVE

Something Nate and I always used to do, camping! We decided it was time to start 'rekindleing the love' of the long lost things that we used to do! Even when things get busy with school, work and life, we must not forget the little things that make us happy! Just the two of us went, together, and it was absolutley beautiful!

Here we are, 2 miles into our hike to crystal lake. The round trip was 8 miles. There truly is beauty all around.

I could do this all night long! My favorite part of camping-when the sun goes down, the stars are owh so beautiful, and the marshmellows come out!

We did a lot of reading, (or I did) I just started New Moon, and yes, this is my first time reading all the books from Stephanie Meyer so shhhhh...

Nate forgot the propane tank for the stove top, and it couldn't have been a better mistake! We were 'forced' to cook everything by fire and it was so delicious! Here's breakfast.

Nate AKA Paul Bunyon, you should have seen him with his hatchet! He needed something to entertain him while I read!

Nate and our babies...Harley and Boozer

The dogs couldn't wait to get into the lake, Harley was quit the swimmer!

ALOHA!

Out for our neighborhood Luau! Good grub, lots of friends and a beautiful night (even if it was a bit windy...)

Sista Friend and me!

THE CLAN! Mal, Lauren, me and Nate. And little Lilly all wrapped up, can't forget that little bundle of sugar!

The wind blown look is in, right?! Nothing feels better than my hair lightly flowing through the wind on a flawless star lite night!

We took Nate's old Jeep, now owned by his little brother, the night of the Luau. To some this may look like just your average jeep, but to us- this is where it all began. This is the same jeep that pulled us together the day we first met in Moab. Good memories. I'm always amazed how something can bring back such emotions and feelings. Everytime we ride together, holding hands, and I look over and see my baby, wind whirling around us, I fall in love all over again! I remeber those butterflys..

Paul (our neighbor-we're so lucky)Mal, and Nate

Oh yeah, that's little Hallie at the bottom there!