Happy Thanksgiving!

We spent the last 2 weeks in Utah doing just what Chris wanted to... Nothing! We had a great time catching up with family and lots of good friends but I think what we enjoyed most was sleeping in and relaxing!

Here's McKenna is her Thanksgiving pajamas I just couldn't resist!... the read... Everyone is thankful for me!... and that we are!

McKenna getting ready for all the yummy Thanksgiving food!!!

She thought it was pretty fun to sit in this basket! It is such a blessing to have so many grandparents and great grandparents to love us and our baby girl!!!

She also enjoyed a little preview of what Christmas has to bring since Chris' Grandma gave her a baby doll early as well as the books and toys her nana and papa spoiled her with!

McKenna LOVED being around the puppies! The longer we were there the more comfortable she became with them!

It was so great to catch up with old friends! We made it down to Brick Oven... where it all began! I adore Cristina and Paulie... so good to catch up! Chris and I also got 2 date nights! Once to the temple and the other out with John and Bonnie! There's nothing quite like friends who no matter how long it's been... it's still the same! We enjoyed dinner and a New Moon! Thanks again for treating us to the movie guys! So nice.




Besides our car's battery dying and having the flu we had such a great time! I love the holiday season and the joy it brings in the air!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Tests, Tests, Tests

We are on the downhill slope of Chris' first finals week. He has 2 tests left of 7 total! He has done SO well on all of the ones so far and I'm sure will do great on the last 2! Finals week includes lots and lots of studying... and Caffeine!!!

McKenna enjoyed crawling for like a week... now she is dying to walk! Her newest thing is to stand by all of her toys! She thinks she is so big!!!

After finals we'll be headed to Utah for Thanksgiving! Hang in there Chris!!!

Happy Halloween!

We had a great week of Halloween festivities!!!

Wednesday we had our church party! Our friends Kristina and Derek came along with us! Chris wanted to make some chile for the chile cook off... he didn't get home until just an hour before we had to go but he quickly made it and it won a prize, a pie to be exact! He was pretty excited! We then had friends over afterwards to eat the pie!!

Derek and Kristina!

Batman and Batwoman, Snow White and two of the dwarfs, Dalmation and Bikers, and a Snow Bunny, and a Fighter Pilot!

Chris and McKenna doing the cake walk! Jessy also did the cake walk except it took her like 10 tries to actually win... it was pretty funny! Here she is enjoying the cupcake she finally won!

Friday Midwestern had a party with trick or treating at all the offices! It was pretty fun!

Here's McKenna trick or treating! Happy 1st Halloween McKenna!

She has also learned how to drink out of a straw!

Friday evening we had a party at some friends house that was so fun! I made a Halloween cake! Then on actual Halloween we went to Chipotle and passed out candy with Kristina!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 09!

Our Little Dalmation!

McKenna is a Dalmation for her first Halloween! Here are some shots from her photo shoot!!!!!

McKenna got a little frightened for a minute! Even I'll admit the photographer was a little on the strange side!

First Visitors!

This last weekend we had our first visitors here in AZ! Chris' parents and two of his sisters came down to get out of the cold and to see us. We had so much fun and we were sad they had to leave... but we'll be going to Utah for Thanksgiving so it won't be too long until we see them again! We spent time shopping at the outlets, swimming, eating out, playing cards, and being with each other!!!!

There was definitely time spent in the pool!

Madison's birthday was the day before they got here so we had a big bbq for her and I made her a zebra cake!

McKenna with her Papa!

McKenna with Nana!

Nana and Papa insisted on taking McKenna to Build a Bear and it was SOOO much fun! That place just makes you want to be a little kid again!

They wanted to make sure she got the one she wanted!... there were many choices as you can see!

They have you put a heart inside the bear... but they make you put wishes in the heart before that... unfortunately through pictures you can't see how they made them turn in circles etc... it was a little funny!

Thanks Nana and Papa for McKenna's build a bear puppy!!!

One night we went down to the new Cardinal Stadium Westgate, they have lots of stores and places to walk around!

One day his dream will come true and he will live on an island and do this all day long!!!

This elephant was at Cabelas!... It was HUGE!

We had so much fun and think people should come visit us more often!!!