Good Bye 2009

It has been a busy couple of months. I know I am behind on my blogging but I am hoping this will catch us up to date. We started off holidays with Grandma Audrey's 75Th birthday party. We all pitched in to make it a great party. Thanksgiving we spent the day with the Radford's. Food of course was always good. I made the pumpkin pies this year from scratch. The easiest part was boiling and smashing the pumpkin. They tasted so good. The evening finished off with the most important part, the black Friday ad event. We scope out all the ads and hit the sales asap. Some started at midnight and other didn't start till 6am. It is an all night event. Unfortunately I was unable to attend but I was able to meet up with everyone the next morning. We finished it off with leftovers and games.
Dave and Erin came to Utah this year for the holidays. They had to go to Vegas for her friends wedding so we took Royal for the weekend. He was so much fun and so entertaining. Ike couldn't get enough. They played hard and slept well. It was so nice!
Christmas Eve we spent the evening with the Radford's and did our gift exchanges. My mom flew in that night but we didn't meet up with everyone till the next morning.
We got to try Erin's fabulous sour dough pancakes and just hang out. Dinner was at the Linthorst's and finished off with a fun game of White Elephant exchange. New Years for us this year was real mellow. It was just Coleman, my mom, and myself. Ike was in bed early due to lack of a nap. We ordered out Chinese and played card games. It was a perfect end to a busy week.

We are excited for the New Year and what is has to bring. We hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!


Grandma Audrey and cousin Tessa blowing out her candles.

Cousin Love!

I love this picture...Isaac kept hiding behind Royal and whispering "hide hide." It made Roy laugh so hard.

Dinosaur museum...one of our many adventures during Royals stay with us.

Christmas morning and Ike's attempt to smile for the camera.

An attempt at a cousin party...Erin and the girls are the only ones that came through.

New Years with Grandma Mary.

And last but not least...cousin picture of Ike and Spence and....

Ike's announcement to the world!

(hint: his shirt)

Happy New Year!