Shauna

Friday, January 08, 2010

Back in the Swing of Things

I can never resist a bad pun.

Owen started golf lessons (1/5).

Drew had his first day in Sunbeams (1/3).

Sally is adjusting to having a schedule again.

Justin is back to studying.
His huge final test is the end of February.

And I'm just happy that my Peace on Earth lights are still up!

It's written huge on whatever building this is by Coastguard Pier
and for some reason I'm obsessed with it.

A Week in Mesa

Rachel's birthday dinner at Bellagio's

and yummy cherry cheesecakes.

Lots of playing in the backyard.

The 2 newest additions: this ramp

and Rachel's bike (with leg cut-outs in the basket).

Sorry we can't keep her, Justin.

Tami and 7 of her 8 kids came up for a day.

I met Tanner.

Erica & Brett (Justin's brother & sister) got a new apartment

so we had a housewarming dinner.

New Year's Eve

Fizzy lifting drinks.

A fire.

A scary face.

Sparklers.

It was windy, and a no-burn day so we didn't do our tradition of torching Christmas trees at midnight. So sad. They did blow up a few gingerbread houses but I missed it!

She made it to midnight!
And was happy most of the time...just not here.
Yes Cole, you got the first picture with her in 2010.

Cousins sad to say good-bye...and also tired.

New Year's Eve wasn't the same this year. My grandma's (far right) sister Margie (next to her) passed away the day after Christmas so my dad, most of his siblings, and grandparents were in Idaho for her funeral. This is the last picture taken (by my grandpa) of all 5 sisters together. I love it.

New Year's Day we went to Jump Street (filled w/trampolines).

I wasn't in the mood to wet my pants so I was a spectator.

On that note...

Happy New Year!

Rim Country

12/21

K I just have to give one more little shout out to Payson cause I gained a new appreciation for the place.

I usually am pretty negative about how small-town it is (I wish my happiness didn't depend on Target so much), but that was before I'd seen the rim!

Why in our 9 years of marriage had I never been there before? The view was amazing! And now I understand why everything has Rim Country in the title...I'd be bragging about it, too.

We also went down to Tonto Natural Bridge (which I had been to before but not since we'd been married). That rainbow was shining pretty much the whole time.