Christmas!

We love this time of year! The traditions, family parties, decorations, lights, smells, food, buying and receiving presents, movies, plays, carriage rides, music and the meaning for the season - Our Savior. We had a busy (but oh so worth with it) and fabulous month and Christmas! We hope you had a memorable Christmas, as well!

Santa played a joke on Ci and hid her karoke machine. She was certain Santa forgot, but we got the surprise face when she found it on camera. As you can tell by the pictures Ci has a crush on The Hulk and Justin Bieber. I think we are in trouble...she is only 4! Oh and yes I love me some Diet Coke!

 

 

 

MJ Getaway!

Matt and I were able to go on a little getaway . . . just the 2 of us!  It was so nice to be together and just enjoying being US for a few days. We had a blast going to the temple, beach, Old Town, Anthony's amazing lobster, Phil's BBQ, movies, Chargers game, and walks.

Thanksgiving

What a wonderful holiday . . . A day to reflect on all of our blessings! We truly are so blessed. We had a fun day seeing our families! I forgot to get a picture of us together:(

Mini Minerettes

We saw a glimpse of our future this week when Ci performed as a mini-minerette! She loves to dance! It is fun to have a dancer in our family. I really enjoy watching dance but have never been much of one myself, so it has been fun to have a daughter who does.

Halloween Festivities!

We had a "boo"tiful halloween...haha! We filled our days full of halloween fun - corn maze, pumpkin patch, painted pumpkins, graham cracker haunted houses, witches night out, carved pumpkins, pumpkin pizza, and our annual adult only date to Frightmares.Happy Halloween!

Flower Girl!

Ci was asked to be the flower girl at our friend's wedding. She was ecstatic about being able to get dressed up and be apart of the wedding! Her and the ring boys were so cute together.

Fall!

I love this time of year. The beautiful colors of leaves, cool weather, and college football. This last week we enjoyed a hike and picnic in the mountains.
Funny story: Ci was nervous to go on a hike because the week before her uncle saw a bear while scouting, and she did not want to have a run in with a bear. We told her that the chances of us seeing a bear our slim, and we will be ok. She then says she doesn't want to hike because she hates snakes and is afraid of them. We again told her that the chances of us running into a snake are slim, and we will be okay. Low and behold we ran into 2 snakes on our 1.5 mile hike haha! Ci was not to happy at first, but laughed soon after about it and was so excited to tell her 7 year old cousin who loves snakes about our adventure!

Pre-School

Ci started pre-school the beginning of this month. She absolutely loves it! When dropping her off on her first day, she got out of the car gave me a kiss and said,"bye mom, love you"! That sure made it easier for me-that she was excited and not scared.

LuLu is married!

We had so much fun celebrating the marriage of LuLu and Josh. LuLu is gorgeous! Their reception was so fun! It was a carnival theme. We stuffed our faces full of hot dogs, snow cones, cotton candy, and popcorn. We loved dancing the night away!

Half!

This year I set a goal to run and complete another half-marathon, and I did it! I loved this race. The course was awesome, and the scenery was beautiful! I ran this with my cousin, cousin's husband, aunt, and a couple friends. I would recommend the Timp half to anyone.

Kami's Wedding!

Matt's sister got married this last week. It was such a pretty day. Kami is Beautiful! The reception was in Matt's parents backyard. Their hardwork in the yard payed off, it looked amazing! We had a wonderful day celebrating with Kami and Rich! Ci loved to get all dressed up and be the flower girl! ( I will post pictures when I get some.)

Disneyland!

Ci and I had the opportunity to go with some family to California for my cousin's homecoming! We wish Matt could have come with us, but he couldn't get work off. We decided to make it a week long trip and stop at Disneyland for a few days before. We had so much fun! We love everything about California: the sun, palm trees, birds of paradise, seafood, The Happiest Place on Earth, the beach, etc. We could go on forever about what we like about in Cali.

Gymnastic Performance!

Cierra did so good at her gymnastics performance! We love to watch her grow and develop!

Four Already!

I was just looking through videos of Ci as she has grown up, and it makes me sad at how fast time flies. I remember being at one of my baby showers and I would recieve advice from others to enjoy each phase and moment of Ci's life because time goes by fast. I remember thinking especially on sleepless nights how fast can time really go? Well, it has gone by way too fast and I wish I can slow down time! Enjoy this cute video of 8 month old Ci learning to walk! (Ignore the annoying mom voice)

 

Cierra turns 4!

We celebrated Ci's 4th birthday this last week. We had a fun-filled day! When asked how she would like to celebrate she said a picnic at the park, a hike, and dinner at the pizza place (Pizza Pie Cafe). So that is what we did! A few days after her birthday we had family come over for a Tangled themed party. We had a great time! We can't believe our little girl is already 4. It seems like yesterday when we were waiting for her to make her grand entrance. Cierra continues to make us laugh. She woke up on her birthday and told her dad and I that she is growing big so fast and that she now needs high heels and a booster seat:) We love you, Ci! Happy 4th Birthday!