Aggies vs. Broncos

Every February the Aggies basketball team comes to town to take on the Broncos. We have not missed this event yet, it is always an enjoyable game. The kids always have such a hard time deciding who to cheer for. They usually end up cheering for both. I tell them this is a good way to go that way you won't be disappointed in the end. You are safe either way. I guess you could call us fair weathered fans being that we support the Broncos in football yet cheer against them in basketball when they play our Alma Mater, I take my own advice on this matter. Cheer for who you think will win, that way you won't be disappointed :)


Some Pictures of the Event:

There weren't a ton of people there which was nice the kids could kind of wander. Throw some treat in the mix and they are happy for a few hours.

Ellie took care of the rest of the popcorn for us

Family Shot

The Aggie fans are entertaining, sometimes a little ruthless, but entertaining. If you haven't heard the fans at the Spectrum doing Winning Team-Losing Team. I recommend you check it out on YouTube. It's pretty funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARpzavb7PQk

Until next year. Good Luck Ag's!

Christmas Eve 2009

Christmas Eve was a fun day. Since we don't have any family close by, therefore no Christmas Eve party to attend, we have to come up with ways to occupy the kids all day. I have enjoyed going to a movie in the past and I think we have decided to make that our family Christmas Eve tradition. We started the day with a French toast breakfast and lots of energy as the anticipation kept building.

Ryan's hygienist made the kids these cute PJ's for Christmas. The girls are flannel nightgowns made from High School Musical material, and Logan's has Curious George pants. They love them and wear them whenever they are clean.

We decided on seeing The Princess and the Frog. It was really good, I loved the music and we all enjoyed the movie. Even Logan sat through it, we had to keep feeding him popcorn, but I was happy he sat and watched the whole time.

It was a nice day and the kids were ready to get some energy out after sitting through the movie. They were so excited about everything the whole day.
After the movie we went to Costa Vida for our new Movie & Mexican food tradition. I threw in the Mexican food idea. I am really hoping it sticks I could eat Mexican for every holiday.

Logan was excited to get to some gift opening.

The kids always get PJ's and a new book on Christmas Eve. Bailey got a Katie Kazoo book (her new fave in the chapter book genre), Ellie got Fancy Nancy's Splendiferous Christmas (I was just as excited as she was,I love Fancy Nancy), and Logan's was Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear (he loves all of the books in that series).

Love those new jammies kiddos, now off to bed before Santa sees you!!

McCall

McCall 2009

After the busy month of July we were ready for a little R & R. We headed up to the little hidden treasure known as McCall. Every time I would tell someone we were going there for a week their response would be "oh I love McCall, I can't believe you have never been." Well we have a new favorite place, it is such a great town. To put in Bailey and Ellie's terms "you get the best of both worlds." It has so much to offer a beautiful lake with great beaches, golfing, biking, hiking, great food, fishing, a little shopping. Its awesome and only 2 hours away from our house. We will definitely be spending more time there. I hear its great in the winter too.
My family just stayed after the baptism and after church and Sunday we all headed up. The road on the way up is a little windey which is never good for Ellie's car sickness issue, but at least we had a bucket. Once we got there and settled ourselves into the condo, it was fun to just sit and relax.

The condo we were staying in was right on the McCall Golf Course which provided many different forms of entertainment. At night the guys would go out on it and golf in the dark, and the kids loved looking for golf balls. On Monday the guys headed to a different golf course in the area called Tamarack. Tamarack was suppose to be another resort but it ended up going bankrupt before they could finish. The green fees had been cut in half and then in half again so Ryan really wanted to play the course. They said it was awesome being up in the mountains and so isolated. Back at the condo we hit the pool with the kids and then they spent the rest of the day looking for golf balls. Later that night we hit one of the local burger places it was so good. Awesome burgers, fries and shakes. Logan has really started to have a serious love for fries and any sauce that he can dip them in and suck off.Hopefully they didn't find any that were suppose to still be in playLogan loves a ball of any variety

After dinner we walked around a little and just enjoyed looking out at the lake
The kids had fun rolling down the hill

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Ellie and Drew

Monday night Ryan headed back home to work for a couple of days. Being so close to home and not having paid vacation sent him back just for Tuesday and Wednesday. He rejoined the fun later in the week.

On Tuesday we went running through Ponderosa National Park, perfect conditions for a run great weather, beautiful scenery it was enjoyable. Later that day my dad, Dean, Spencer and Mel headed out for a hike. There is a World War II plane that crashed around the lake and it is still there and they made a little plaque about it. Spence is a huge WWII fan so they wanted to check it out. The hike was pretty long and hard and the plane was cool, but you have to really enjoy hiking if you want to take this adventure. I was happy to just see the pictures. While everyone was hiking we took the kids back to the main beach area. The had some spraying water which Logan loved and a great little beach at the lake. We had fun burying each other and rescuing Logan out of the water when he went to deep. When everyone got back from the hike we took the boat out. The lake is awesome. It is a lot warmer than I thought it would be, seeing that its up in the mountains. It is so clean, I could see my feet, and smooth too. It was perfect for an early evening ski.

Logan will play in and try to drink any water he can find

Bailey buried in the sand

Check out the beautiful scenery

On Wednesday we decided to hit the beach again. We had so much fun the day before we had to go back. We went to a beach inside the park this time, it was so nice. Great beach, plenty of room to play and bring in the boat. The kids went to town with the sand toys and swimming in the lake. They had fun on the boat too. They all went tubing by themselves for the first time. Logan just wanted to help Pops drive the boat. It was another great day at the beach.

--FUN AT THE BEACH--

On Thursday it cooled off a little. We definitely picked the best days for boating and the beach. We decided to try our hand at catching some fish. The girls were really excited to use their new fishing poles. A patient of Ryan's lives in McCall so he gave us lots of fun insights and suggestions for the town, he also told us about this fun lake that is isolated up in the mountains and a great place to catch some fish.The lake was beautiful and so were the surroundings. It was an enjoyable place to spend the afternoon, as for the fish biting.....Not so much! The kids had fun but really wanted to catch some fish and it didn't really happen. We still had a good time and learned some patience too.

Friday brought more rain and cooler temperatures which was nice for a change, and it was not cold enough to ignore the last day for golf. Bailey has started going with Ryan sometimes and she really loves it. She plays, mostly putts, and washes their golf balls, drives the cart, helps keep score, and offers lots of encouragement. She really wanted to go with them even though it was pretty cold and I hadn't packed a lot of warm clothes. So she wore a couple of jackets and anything else warm we could find and she headed out. After a couple of holes she talked Ryan out of his jacket for her legs. By the time they were playing behind the condo (hole 14) it had warmed up a little, her lips were still purple but she was having a good time. She did bow out a little early when she heard we were all at the indoor pool and hot tub.

When Logan saw someone he knew out of the course he couldn't resist running out there. He loved riding in the cart and hanging out with the big boys for a little while.

The rest of the kids spent the day at the indoor pool. They swam for a LONG time. I was grateful that the condo had an indoor pool too, it saved the day on this rainy day.

These are Ellie's FEET
WOW
The kids really did swim for a long time

Later that afternoon my mom, sisters and I took the girls to fun store where you can make your own pottery and jewelry. The girls each picked out beads to make their own bracelet and strung them all by themselves, they turned out really cute. Jenn, Mel and I all made a pair of earrings. It was the perfect way to spend a rainy afternoon.

That night the guys made dinner and did an awesome job. Steaks and dutch oven ribs. We should have put them to work a little more. After dinner we had to hit Ice Cream Alley. The ice cream shop that everyone talks about. Even though it was still a little cold, it was worth it. What people neglected to tell us was how HUGE everything is that you order. I think you have to experience the shock and awe.

If you know my dad, then you know that he experienced his own little heaven with this ice cream creation. Ice cream is his THING!

Saturday brought the last day of the vacation. We weren't quite ready to head home yet and he hadn't gone to the pizza place that everyone said we had to go to. It was perfect for lunch on the way out of town. It was so good and looked out over the lake. After lunch we walked back to the main area by the lake and took a few more photos, and then we were on our way back to reality.Any town that you have to do this to cross the street, I think is AWESOME!

The girls with cuz Drew

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GOOD BYE McCALL
WE WILL SURLY BE VISITING YOU AGAIN!

Monday June 1rst -- Fishing

It was a great night to go fishing. Some of our friends invited us to go out with them on their boat and do some fishing. Everyone was excited. It was a really nice night and once we found the right spot their were plenty of fish to be caught. Everyone caught a fish and when the night was done I think we ended up with over 40.

Logan's first time on a boat. He loved it!
He also ate some of the fish bait. So nasty!

Ellie and her friend Abby. They had fun catching a few fish but they had more fun hanging out and being silly. Bailey caught a few fish all by herselfThe girls loved watching reel some of the big ones in

One of the catches of the night

Annie

Last Monday we took the girls to see the Broadway version of Annie. The traveling Broadway does several shows a year here, and Annie was one we wanted to see. The girls were very excited. The have also been dying to use their "Book It" pizza certificates. So the night started out with a little Pizza Hut and ended with Annie. As we were walking in, Bay said "we are going to be the nicest looking people at Pizza Hut" even she noticed we were a little over dressed for the Hut, but it worked out fine. They fit right in once we got to the theatre, there were tons of little girls in dresses excited to see Annie. My camera battery died after 3 pictures so all I got was them holding their programs, but at least we captured some memories.





Not much else has been going on here, my parents came to town last weekend to watch one of Bailey's soccer games. She scored a goal so hopefully that made it worth the trip. Other than that we have just been moving stuff around trying to make room for the baby. I am so ready to be done, but we have a lot going on before he gets here so I guess I should just bide my time.