Christmas Break 09

We were lucky and had friends come stay with us for the week between Christmas and New Years and here are some pictures of the fun!!

Dan and Leslie have more of the pics but they haven't shared yet!!!!!!!! (hint, hint)

Christmas

For Christmas this year we decided to do something strange i had never done before. NOT go to Idaho!!! weird i know but Scott had never been to AZ to visit his sisters that live there (12 yrs) and he suggested that we should go! Well i love an adventure so we drove down on Wednesday and back on Monday. We stayed with his sister Stephanie but we got to do lots of fun things with all 18 of us!! Talk about crazy i am used to 4 people going to 18 is a big change and tons of fun. Christmas Eve day we made cookies for Santa then we went to one of Kristy's friends for Christmas Eve (yes all 18 of us). They are Hispanic and had their traditional things 2 Pinatas for us and the kids then the kids watched a movie, we ate I forgot the name of the food but it was a Hispanic Soup, and played games it was very different than my normal Christmas time but tons of fun. Then on Christmas afternoon we went to Kristy's for dinner and a few games there. Then Saturday was a play and try to relax a little day! Scott thinks we should go next year but we will see where we go.

Shane was so excited for his first new big transformer!!

Christmas morning 5:30 am!!!

Kids in their new jammies on christmas eve

Tre, Katie, and Seth chilling at the christmas eve party

Ya dont tell scott i put this on here!! hehe he might not like me if he finds out! :)

Family Pictures!!!

So these are our first family pictures since we got married!! and we figured we just get them done before i looked too pregnant! hope you all enjoy and let me know which ones are your favorites!! I think we clean up pretty well for some red necks!

The baby is a......

BOY!!!! He is doing great and growing big. I am now 19 weeks! Due June 10th.

ASL immersion week

The end of June I flew to Minn. for a 5 day No ENGLISH! excursion. This was to immprove my signing skills and help me pass tests at work so i can get pay raises and higher certifications at work. Also lets not forget 5 days away from the family is an adventure any mom would love! (Just so you know i cheated I can't go 5 days without talking!) We got to go to the Mall of America, the Museum of something!! (a big one in Minneapolis), and a zoo. It was a lot of fun we would have workshops in the morning then in the afternoon we would work with Deaf Mentors to apply the skills we had learned in a hands on fun enviroment in the afternoon on the field trips.

So pictures taken while i am Interpreting are not so pretty!!! But it sure gives a lot of good laughs for you to see! I am interpreting for the seal feeding time.

This is a skit can you tell they are being a motorcycle adn the guy with his foot in the air is climbing on!


This was my skit we were a microwave I am the timer

Our big group in the museum! I am in RED on the left side

My group getting ready to go into the MOA!!!! who hoo!!

For those who dont know yet!!

We are expecting a BABY in June! Yes i know we are crazy going back to baby land but here we go. The kids call the Baby GUMMY! like a Gummy bear cause i was describing it to them as that to explain the size when we first told them. I Will let you know if it is a Girl or a Boy when we know. Here comes a new Moon into the world! :)

Well I have done it again!

I am a little obsessed with doing things in the right order when it is connected to scrapbooking and journal entries so i want to post about each thing in our lives in the CORRECT order! Well now i have waited so long i dont know if i can remember it all or even the right order which makes me not want to even post them!!! Wait i just remembered i wrote most of the big things on a calender!! okay here is a list of all my posts i need to do and the order so that i know and will get it done!!

• camping in southern Utah with Doncouse's
• My minn. trip
• I know i have a visit with grandma Gallagher in here somewhere!
  
• 4th of July in West Yellowstone
• Our Oregon and Washington trip
• first days of school
• Painted Horses!
  
• Dinosaur park
• Halloween
  
• Adrea's birthday
  
• Thanksgiving!! (I know it hasn't happened but you all know i wont be current before it does happen!)
  

Part of my problem is we have a desktop and a laptop now so i have some pictures on one and not the other so i always am working with the one that doens't have the right pictures when i need it! So in other words i am lazy and need as many excuses as i can get!! :)