12 best things of 2008!

There were so many great things that happened in 2008!

Ty and I came up with our top 12...

1. In March, We went to Goleta for Ty's Grandfather's 80th Surprise Birthday Party. There were alot of people there. We had a great time!

2. Sean and Serina's wedding, in April, was definitely one of the best things that happened this year. It was a small wedding, in San Diego. The weather was great! And Serina looked beautiful.

3. In late June, we went to the Kern River and swam in "Hansen Pond"

4. We had an awesome time at one of my favorite places,

Cottonwood Cove, NV.

We were there in July for the week of my Birthday.

5. We went to Ventura Beach a couple times this year,

mostly late July and early August.

Ian really likes playing in the ocean and building castles with Ty.

6. Ty and I found out we were pregnant again late July after the miscarriage we had in June! So far everything is good and

As of today we only have 77days to go!

7. Ian's love for Ty's airsoft guns is too cute!

He will sit in Ty's lap and help him clean them for hours!

8. Ian turned "2" August 28th!

We took him to Rosemarie's for an Ice Cream Sundae.

He got it all over the place.

9.We took Ian to the Kern County Fair in September, with my parents. We got to see alot of animals. Ian liked the pigs the best! He was still too small for the Carnival Rides, but he was able to go on the bungee jumper. He LOVED the bungee jumper!

10. Halloween was a blast! We went to Murray Farms a couple weeks before Halloween and got to play in their maze. Ian, Nathan and Teresa got their faces painted. Ian got a spider painted on his face. We decided to dress up as Army People (and dog) for Halloween. Halloween night we went Trick-or-Treating in our neighborhood before we met up with Sean, Serina, Jon, Jo,

Teresa and Nathan.

11. My Mom's 50th Surprise party was a hit! Jessica and I had a rough start, but it ended up being a real nice party. Ty had this great idea for the cake. It took awhile to make! But it turned out awesome! We also made a slide show for my Mom of old and new pictures of her, she cried
of course!

12. The whole month of December was awesome. It started with the gingerbread houses. I got to plan the party we had for work, which was fun. Ian had his first program, where he sang 2 songs. Ty, Ian and I made snowmen out of Styrofoam. Ian was a big help making cookies. We all had alot of fun playing in the snow. And we loved the time we got to spend with family!

Happy 2009 Everyone!!

Fun Holiday Pics

About a month ago I got a new camera. So for the past few weeks, Ty and I have been experimenting. Below are some of our favorites This picture was taken the day we put up the Christmas Tree! Ian's hands are in focus and the rest is blurred.

Ty took this shot of Ian and I wrestling.

Our Christmas Tree all spark lie

Ty was showing me how to blur the foreground and the background! This was his blurred foreground shot!

My blurred background shot!

This was my blurred foreground shot.

The Fudge!!!!

Ian Playing in the snow. I love the how I caught him mid-stride

Jessica's mask from New Orleans

My Mom is holding the picture of Jenn and Alan in her arms. I really like the effect Ty got from this!

Antenna!!!

This is a picture of a picture Ty took :)

I wonder who will win, Sponge bob or the #5 car?

Saturday the 27th

Saturday, Ty's family came over to celebrate Christmas. We had a turkey dinner, had some yummy desserts and then opened some gifts.

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas! Around 7am I decided to get up, Ian was waiting quietly in the living room for me. We then went and got Ty out of bed. My parents and sisters arrived shortly after and we opened our gifts from Santa and each other. After presents, we had breakfast. We had red waffles (Ty's festive idea), ham and fruit. After that we played a few games. That evening we went over Aggie and Don's for dinner! It was really good, I think Ian ate more than I did!

We hope everyone had as great of a Christmas as we did!Christmas morning about 7am!

Ian in his supercape and Santa Hat!
Ian and I opening a gift from Santa!
Ian and my Dad

Jessica, Ian and Jennifer eating breakfast

Jennifer and Alan got Jessica and I masks from New Orleans. This was Jessica's mask, the picture Ty took of me and my mask didn't turn out :(

Silly Ian

Jenifer, Ian and Jessica opening a gift at Don and Aggie's

Yummy Dinner!!

Dec 20-21 Christmas in Hesperia, CA

We drove to Hesperia on Saturday for Christmas with my Grandparents and My Aunt and Uncle. The drive was nice. We stoped in Tehachapi so Ian could see the snow (not knowing what was instore for us in Hesperia). Tehachapi thru the car window
Ian posing on a rock in Tehachapi

When we go to Kramer Junction (4 corners) we noticed there was snow! More than there was in Tehachapi. As we drove the 395 and got closer to Hesperia we were excited to see the snow got thicker! We got to my Aunt & Uncle's house aroud noon. We decided to stop at the Super Target and pick up some gloves and hats so we could play in the snow a little. Ty, Ian, Alan and Jenn made a snowman in the front yard. When the snowman was done it was taller than Ty!!!

Ian helping roll the Head!

Ty and Alan putting the body on the snowman

The snowman!

Later, Ty thought the snowman needed a hair-do!

After the snowman, we all came inside and opened gifts.

Ty and Ian playing before we left for Casey and Jordan's!

Jenn and Ian playing "horsie"

We spent the night over my cousin Casey and her fiance, Jordan's house.

Ian Playing rockband!!

Jordan and Ian playing the drums