Family photos, Dec '09

Happy holidays everyone!

Ready, set, decorate!

One of the best things about buying a new home is decorating it! We broke out the Christmas tree just a couple days after Thanksgiving, and have been slowly decorating ever since! Now that we have more room; I feel like we need more stuff! And I love that Rowan is at the age where he can appreciate it. It's hard to think that last Christmas, he couldn't even crawl! My oh my he is growing fast! If you ask him what Santa says, he'll tell you "ho ho ho". He picked that one up form nona in about 5 seconds flat!

We decided to put the tree in fromt of the window in the upstairs family room, but will probably open our presents downstairs near the fire!


Aaron being brave and putting up the lights


I have re-decorated the mantel since this picture was taken, but I fell in love with this sign at Festival of Trees and had to have it. So funny!


And here is the house at night...so festive!


While we're at it, he is our picture of Rowan and Santa. I was secretly hoping he would cry, but he just plain wasn't impressed at all. I think he knew it wasn't the REAL Santa :)

Wow, look how little he was last year!!!! (I just had to add this one for comparison)

Gobble gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We hope that you had fun and were able to spend some time with family and friends. We had a wonderful feast at our new home, and were fortunate enough to spend the holiday with Aaron's parent, Rob and Linda, as well as my parents, Mickee, Aponi, and her brother Jed. I stiffed and roasted a turkey, and Aaron fried another turkey. I think we tied in the duel; they were both fantastic!

Here are some pictures of the dinner and the great time we had at the cabin towards the end of the weekend.

Twenty pounder!


Handsome boy!



His new toy...a turkey fryer!


Papa and Nona


Rob and Linda


Mickee and Aponi


I'm ready to ride the snowmobile! Let's go!


Cutest cousins


Chaos!


And all of the grandkids got to spend a little time with my Grandpa, who we haven't seen in a long time. It was very nice to be with him.

Happy Halloween!

We hope everyone had a happy Halloween! We sure did! Rowan was a pumpkin this year, and although he wasn't crazy about wearing his costume, he sure knows how to say "pumpkin" now! He is talking up a storm! Here are a few of his newest words:
Football
Broncos
Buckey (the broncos mascot)
set...go!
truck
bus
cereal
meme (pacifier)
monkey
lion
doggy

The list goes on and on, and he adds a new word everyday!

Anyway here a a few pics of our Halloween holiday. Enjoy!


The cutest dang pumpkin you ever did see!



We were clue characters, I was Ms. Peacock and Aaron was Mr. Green



Our 5 minute pumpkin masterpiece



We gave out good candy to the young kids, and soda to the older kids, and asked them not to toilet paper our house :)



A yummy pumpkin pizza!



Rowan loves candy!

Our new home!

Wow! Moving into a new home really is one of life greatest times! After 2 1/2 months of negotiation and waiting, we finally moved into our new home! We painted Rowan's room, our room, and the upstairs bathroom. Forest green just isn't our style. I must say, it feels so right. Nice and warm and cozy just like our last home. The only difference is now we have more room (1350 more square feet!) and luxuries such as a 2 car garage with a pad for Aaron's trailer, Rowan has his own playroom, 1 1/2 more bathrooms, 4 more bedrooms, I have my own workout area, and a park in our back yard. We also adopted a whole clan of birds who hang out on our patio. But the most important thing is that it is in a good area, and we are still living within our means. I will post more pictures as we put the final touches on the place, but here are just a few for you to enjoy.

Try a Tri

I did it! My very first sprint triathlon! I still haven't decided whether I will never do it again, or am completely hooked. This was a sprint version, so it was a 400 meter swim, 9 mile bike ride, and a 5k run. I am not sure what my exact time was because I took a couple wrong turns. But all in all, I finished and I feel I did pretty well! You would think that I would be a good swimmer, but I could definitly work on it!

Update

Hey everyone!

I really need to start updating this more often to keep all of you posted on what is going on. So that is my promise to you. Whether it be a big deal, or just a general update to keep you in the loop.

Today is pretty big, or at least I think so! We locked in on the loan, which brings us one step closer to our new home. This is taking forever but is worth the wait. We have been at my parents for about a month and a half now and it has actually gone by fast. Thanks again mom and dad for being so welcoming and generous!

So that's the news of the day. I will keep you posted!

Cheers,
Sarah