2010

In memory of 2010,

we've compiled a few of our favorite pictures

Christmas 2010

Sorry for the delay in the post...we've been a bit busy :P

Leah came into town with her husband and 6 kids on the 22nd. We had a birthday party on Wednesday for the two youngest (Jessica and Suzzana) and we also went to the movies and saw Megamind. Thursday, we had dinner at our house (there were 23 people here!!). Friday JJ and Sam came to visit us, while Mom and Dad took the others to Hollywood and Santa Monica. Friday night Santa came to our house, Ian was very upset he didn't drink all his milk! Saturday was super-fun, the boys loved all their gifts from Santa :P Sunday, Jennifer came over and we played board games all day...Ian even got to play a couple.

Christmas with the Hansen's :P

Yesterday, we had Christmas with Ty's side of the family. We had pizza for dinner, opened some gifts, then had some dessert.

Starting the Holidays off Right

Saturday morning My Step-Mom (Jeannette), step-sister (Angela) and my Neice (Audrey) came into town. We had breakfast at IHOP and then headed back to our house to open some gifts.

Audrey and I

Luke opening his gift...and then trying to get into one of mine

Ian and Audrey

Later that night, Ty and I went to the bowling alley to have a little holiday party with some of his co-workers. We had a fun time...even though we didn't get very high scores :P

Cookie Deliveries

Yesterday the boys and I delivered some of our cookie baskets (well there more containers than baskets).

Luke and Ian outside Ty's work

Luke and Joe at Clark's (My Mom's work)

Luke and My Mom

The back of my car...of course I couldn't fit all the cookies into my car in one load. So we went out today for a bit as well.

We're Bakin' Cookies

The last couple days we've been pretty darn busy...makin' goodies!!!

Day 1 (Monday)-fudge (Luke loved the marshmallow creme~pictured above), gingerbread cookies and pumpkin bread

Day 2 (Tuesday)- almond cookies, snicker doodles, chocolate cookies and oatmeal chocolate/peanut butter chip cookies

Day 3 (today)- chocolate covered pretzels and decorating the gingerbread cookies

And somewhere in between, I was able to make these "delivery" hats for the boys (I'm still working on my)

Our deliveries start tomorrow :P So look out for two super-cute boys wearing these hats!

Graham Craker Village

Luke's house (left) Ty's Lighthouse (right)

Ian's house (left) My boat (right)

The whole village (you can't really see Luke's in this picture...it's behind the farm house)

Yesterday we went over to Jon & Jolene's house to make our Graham Craker Village, it's something we've been doing for quite a while.

Goodies, Wine and Awesome Friends

Last night Gail, my Mom and I hosted our 2nd Annual Cookie Party. This year we decided to expand and people we able to bring more than just cookies. Oh, and we added a wine contest.

(Thanks again Gail for letting us use your amazing house)

Craftin'

I love Daddy & Son projects! Ian and Ty did a super-awesome job!

Our House

Holiday Lights at CALM

Last night we went to the California Living Museum to see the Holiday Lights. This was the first time we've ever been, and I must say there are a lot of lights! Along with seeing all the lights, we were able to ride the train and ride the carousel (we rode that 2 times) and visit with Santa.

Candy Train

Last night, my Mom and I took Ian to Michael's to build a candy train. He had tons of fun and did an awesome job decorating the train.

Family Pics

Yesterday, we took our family picture for our Holiday Cards.

Of course, these are the bloopers...You'll have to wait to get the "Good One" in the mail :P

Our Super-Saturday!!!

Not sure how we crammed everything in...but we did! (Thanks Mom for going with me in the morning).

Our morning started at Home Depot. Ian got to make a picture frame.

After Home Depot we went to Lowe's to make a Train Caboose. We were a little early so we had some Hot Chocolate and looked around a bit.

After Lowe's we went to Michael's to make an ornament. They turned out super-cute! Little Reindeer.

We dropped my Mom back off at her house then we headed home to change. After changing into warmer clothes we went to Macy's to see Santa (the one from the Macy's Day parade). The boys weren't able to sit with Santa, but they were able to write him a letter.

Afterwards, we left to go to Tehachapi for dinner with Ty's parents and then the Tehachapi Christmas Parade. After the parade we went back to Ty's parents' house for yummy pie!!! Then we went home.