Time to catch up!

A lot has happened since I wrote last. Lets go down the list:



Halloween: We spent our Halloween night trick-or-treating down Main Street, eating pizza and going through a scary haunted house. Ryann was a baby cow and Tyler and I were farmers, she looked so cute.






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Trip to Sacramento- We went to Sacramento for Tyler’s grandpa’s funeral, it was a beautiful service and it was so nice that all the family was able to come. We stayed in a beautiful hotel and hung out at Uncle Garry and Aunt Sonny’s beautiful estate. We watched movies in their movie theater (who has a movie theater in their home), rode go-carts and had the time of our life. But the best part of the trip was how all the little cousins just could not get enough of Ryann.









Twilight: I went to opening night to see Twilight with Diana West, Christi and Matt Pobst. Going to the opening night was a great experience, the energy of the audience made all the difference we all gasped, laughed and applauded together. I had such a fun night.



Skateboarding- Ryann got her first feel for skateboarding when dad strapped her little feet to a “Build-A-Bear” skateboard. I think she was a little scared but I think she will warm up to it after time.

Garage Sale- We had our very first garage sale and it was a success. I am not very good at these kind of things so I just sat back and relaxed and let Ty work his magic.

Ty’s B-Day- was the day of the garage sale. So I made him breakfast-in-garage, he had french toast, bacon, fresh fruit and hand squeezed orange juice. Then we went to the Aquarium of the Pacific with Korry, Shannon, Hunter and Brody. Then we went to Outback, which is Ty’s favorite restaurant.

Christmas with Tyler’s side of the family- We celebrated Christmas with Ty’s side of the family the Saturday before Christmas. It was held at our house, the kids decorated cookie, then we ate an amazing breakfast, opened tons of presents and then played on the beach.

The Famous Christmas Eve Party- Every year we go to Tyler’s dads family Christmas Eve Party. We ate cookies, all the kids act out the Nativity Story (Ryann was baby Jesus)and then Santa comes and passes out presents to everyone. After the party we have another tradition were we go to Denny’s and leave our server a Christmas card with a pass-along-card and a crisp one hundred dollar bill. Then we drove around Newport and looked at the pretty lights. Christmas Eve is one of my favorite days of the year.

Christmas- Christmas morning we woke up and opened presents. As I was getting ready Ty went for a Christmas morning surf and then we were off to my parents home. All 40 of my extended family members came over and we enjoyed my grandma’s famous hand made tamales. Ryann looked so adorable and she had so much fun tearing open her gifts.


Moving Day- We officially moved on December 27th but we had been packing our belongings ever since the 1st. You never know how much you have till you are trying to pack it all. We moved into my parents home till Tyler is finished with school (this is Ty’s last semester :). We really miss all of our friends in HB and miss living so close to the beach but it was the right move for our family. We are so thankful for my parents for making us feel so at home. We couldn’t thank them enough.

New Years Eve- On New Years Eve we came back to our apartment and brought in the New Year with our wonderful friends the West family, Pobst family and the Sundberg family. We had a delicious dinner, wrote out our New Years resolutions and brought in the New Year with sparklers. And since the apartment was still ours till the 1st, we slept at our apartment for the last time.