On January 14th Ryan Turned 30 Years Old! We are so lucky to have such a Fun, Loving and Caring Guy in our Life! We celebrated with •Dinner at Ruth's Chris •Seeing a Great Movie... The Fighter—such an amazing Movie! (side note—Ryan has a man Crush on Mark Wahlberg! Ok we both do!) •Brownies and Ice Cream with Family •and Dinner with some Friends.
Ava's Card for Ryan... I love how she tried to Write her name in Cursive!
Gavin's Card
Ava's Beautiful Picture of her and Ryan Did you notice Ryan's Shirt... Ava insisted on drawing a Johnny Cupcakes Shirt. Cause "It's Dad's Favorite!"
Ava and the Girls Performed for Ryan...very cute and Very Entertainment! Thanks Girls!
Ryan we hope you had a Wonderful Birthday Weekend! We Love You! And HAPPY 30th!!
A couple of weeks ago Ryan got Tickets from his Work to go to the SUNSGame. It was kinda last minute so instead of finding a Babysitter and getting some friends to come with us, we decided to just go as a family. And i am really glad we did. The kids loved it—or should i say Gavin loved it. He was in Shock most of the time. He was so calm and just sat and watched the Game. Ava on the other hand was everywhere. Kept asking when we were gonna leave and wanted a treat every 10 minutes. But all together it was a very fun Family outing!
And yes, he had to Bring his Ball! There was no way he was going without it!
(That is where they filmed all the Live Broadcasts on ESPN)
A few days before the BCS National Championship Game they had Tailgate Parties going on in Scottsdale. Of course Gavin Loved every bit of it! They had a Replica of the Football Field. So yes the whole time we were there he was running drills. They had a lot going on—Different Restaurants were there, a lot of Games, booths to buy your teams paraphernalia, a BCSMuseum, Bars (not really for us), Photo Booths, Bands and ESPN!
We walked over to the Stage where they had Music playing—and of course Gavin and the Girls were Dancing. As soon as any of those kids here music they have to dance. And they are very good Dancers! While they were doing so, a Camera Crew was Filming them and Laughing. It was pretty funny. The kids thought they were pretty Special. I wonder if they ever aired it on something??
Our Little Photo Shoot!
Gavin just waiting his Turn :)
Inside the Museum...it was pretty cool. They had helmets of every team in division I, the national championship crystal football (trophy), and really cool images of the greatest national championships in history.
(don't the girls look so excited to be in the BCSmusem!)
It was fun doing something for the BCS National Championship Game! Gavin was in Heaven!... still to this day he gets his football and stands by the door. And says "Um, Bye Bye...Football Game... Real Football Game." We just wish that Oregon would have won! :(
New Years Eve we attended the Fiesta Day Parade! It was a little Cold—During Christmas Break we had a Cold Blast come through! It was cold in the 40's. But it was still Fun. The kids loved it... unfortunately Gavin didn't come...So sad cause i know he would have Loved it! But he was not feeling good with an Ear Infection. So we decided not to bring him out in the Cold Blast! He stayed home with Mimi.
Before the Parade Started these guys came by with a Big Cart full of Toys—totally Junk toys, I swear they all came from all-a-dollar and then he charges you like he got it toys-r-us! But the girls didn't care they loved there lame toys! and lets just say I'm really sick of that annoying Horn. Someone is always blowing it in my house!
The Parade— It did have a lot of Balloons, a lot of Bands...but not a lot of Floats!
The best part of the Parade was these Ladies!!
Kurt Warner was even there! Me and Ava really only know him from Dancing with the Stars! Ava was very excited to see him...I think she was star struck!
That night we all Slept up at the Big House... Gavin was not to sure about sleeping there, he just wanted his Real Bed! We Celebrated with Steak Tacos, Football, we tried to watch a movie, and hot tubbing!
We had a Great Christmas Break! We loved having family in town! And we miss them all! Here's to a Great 2011!
Christmas Morning! I love Christmas Morning with Kids... always the best! Ava is at the Perfect age for excitement and Gavin—this year is was way cute and very excited about this Baseball Bat! Ava has been wanting a doll house for so long now. And finding the perfect one (so that we could tell Santa) took time. But once we found it we knew it was the one! All the cute wood furniture, perfect size for Barbies, on wheels and being able to play on both sides was a major plus— perfect for when friends come over! I love that it is almost bigger then our Christmas Tree!
We just did our Santa presents at our house and then took the rest of the presents up to the big house with everyone to open the rest. But before we left we got to talk to my family for a little bit on iChat and Gavin really wanted to "Eat, I Eat" So we hurried and fed the kids some Banana Bread—their Favorite. Before we headed up for more Presents and more Breakfast.
Savvy got the BIG Winnie the Pooh, and lets just say it was a fight between Gavin and Savvy. they both wanted it so Bad! And Gavin with his new "Real Football"
Oh and the Real Deal Outfit. It is the cuttest thing ever. It came with Numbers and everything. So we put Braden's number 75 on the Jersey and Helmet and had Braden sign the Helmet. It was really Cute. He's not too sure about the Pants and shirt but he loves the Helmet! He looks like Lord Helmet!
Ava's other Special Present she wanted the Walking Dog! She has been "wanting it and wanting it" forever. She would always see it at Target on display and we would have to go look at it every time! (it's a remote control dog)
Relaxing on the Pillow Pets Which were a big hit with kids...all the kids got them. And its a good thing they did, cause I'm sure we would of had fights over them!
Amy and Eric sum up how we all felt after our Crazy Day. The rest of the day was filled with talking to family on iChat, Sleeping, more Presents, and a very Good Christmas Dinner! We had a Great Christmas...even though it was Different. It was still Good! Thank you everyone for all the Good Food and Presents we received! We are so Grateful for all the Family and Friends we have in our Lives! Merry Christmas!
Christmas Eve So for Christmas this year we stayed in Arizona. Ryan's family came out here and rented a house for a couple of weeks. We had a Great Christmas! I cant believe it has already come and gone. It's really weird with no Snow, being away from my family and without all the normal Traditions we have in Utah—it kinda didnt feel like Christmas. Our Christmas eve was low key. The day was filled with last minute shopping... Since the Hydes didn't get here until the night before Christmas eve—that only left one day to finish up shopping, costco, Grocery store and lots of Wrapping. So we decided with all that going on we would save our yummy food for Christmas Day. I think we just had Deli sandwiches—still very yummy in my book.
After dinner we Played Christmas Bingo. And tried to read the Christmas Story—the kids were a little too excited, and were not very interested in it... Shame Shame kids!
After that we headed back to our house to get ready for Santa.
That afternoon Ava helped me make some gingersnap cookies for Santa... We've heard that it is one of Santa's favorite Cookies! And instead of just giving him plain Milk—we decided that Santa needed Chocolate Milk, cause its our Favorite!
I love the Cute sign Ava made! Santa will love that you said Thank You—After all the Hard work he put in!
And yes my kids are wearing the same PJ's as last year— yeah they still fit, while actually they fit way better this year! I think we bought them a tad to big that year!
We found an Amazing place to watch Planes Land. It really is cool. They are so close to you and So Loud! Gavin was a little nervous at first. But even being Nervous he didn't want to leave.
