Superbowl!

It's Superbowl party time!!

Looks like the food is ready!

 Our host Toby

 Everyone is excited!

 Lots of food!

 Ha! this is funny!

 More food!

 Football on TV... real live football outside

 More food...

 Toby is waiting for a snack!

 A Pinterest idea..

 Looks like everyone is having a good time...

then finishing off the evening with Smores! Yum!

Another great Superbowl Party! Thanks everyone!

Veggies!

Out of my hundreds of things I pin on Pinterest... I use a couple ideas occassionally...

Here's a couple ideas I used recently when I brought some veggie trays to a RS meeting.

Kind of fun... A little more interesting than throwing veggies on a plate! Thanks Pinterest!

The rest of Christmas...

 First of all... we have to announce the Pickle winner....This year's pickle finder was ..... drum roll..... Mason!!

 So after the SKYPING with Trent we had a little deli buffet lunch...

 The hostess with the mostest!!! Ha!!

 Everyone dig in!

 Then Christmas evening when everyone was gone we opened a few MORE presents!!

 OH... there is SUCH a hilarious story behind why Brandon got this in his stocking!!! It has to do with Brandon cooking his first turkey... way too long to put on here and you really have to hear it in person. Ask Brandon sometime... or if you want to hear the really long FUNNY version ask me or Erin!!

 The guys!

 Mike got another major award!!

I got some more milk glass to add to my collection! I've got to find some more room!

Whew... Christmas season is over... we had a great time with family and friends.

So Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!! Love ya!

Bring on 2012!!

Christmas morning...Church and Skype!

I absolutely LOVE when Christmas is on a Sunday!!! LOVE IT!!! What better way to start off celebrating Christ's birth than to go to church. Reminds me of growing up... ALWAYS went to church on Christmas morning or Christmas Eve. So the day started off great..... then got even better....

 ... cuz we got to talk and SEE our missionary! Thank you technology and SKYPE!!

 We had a little bit of a bad connection but it was still great! See how happy he looks!

 Brandon and Trent spoke Portuguese... I had NO idea what they were talking about. People say Portuguese sounds a lot like Spanish... not even close!! No comprendo Portuguese!!

Here's a minute of what they sounded like...

Merry Christmas morning/afternoon!



Catching up...

I am determined to catch this blog up!!! Not that my life is all that exciting ha!... just determined to keep a record... I am sure someone out there is just waiting in anticipation of my next adventure... so I don't want to dissappoint!

One of my determined looks... attractive huh?!!!!

Adult party!!

Woo Hoo... the major award leg lamp is out again... so that means it's another adult party!! We started this tradition a few years ago when were trying to find some fun things to do on Christmas Eve while Dan was visiting... I decded it was better to stay off the streets and have our own entertainment, so it turned into an adult party... We laugh at the "adult" part ha!  While families are looking at Christmas lights and home getting out the Santa cookies, feeding the reindeer, reading Christmas stories and getting some late night elf help before Santa comes... us peeps without little kids get together and have some good food and fun time together.

 Hee hee... the famous leg lamp!

 Since it is all adults... I get out the "milk glass dishes".... oooooo... aaaaawwwwww! I did a couple fun things I found on Pinterest.... individual cheese balls... they were easy smeasy... and Olive penguins... NOT fun to make... that is why each person only got ONE olive penguin!

 YUM... shrimp cocktail to go with our dinner of steak, potatoes, brussel sprouts and garlic bread.... I was so hungry that there is not a picture of the main course!!

 The "adults"!

 After dinner we took a few minutes and SKYPED Dustin and the family so Dan could see them... Awwww technology... it's amazing!

 Ok... now it is time to play our big time game of LCR... hold us back... this is gonna get crazy!!!

 The cute girls..

 Erin about to roll the dice... notice in the background there is a table full of "high end" prizes and The Christmas Story playing on TV.... Love it!!

 Everyone has their own style for rolling the dice...

AND here they all are after a million rounds of play... all showing off their high end prizes! We had a Merry time! Just love all these guys and love our little adult parties!!

Ready for Christmas

Did a little decorating...

 My favorite... Everything on this tree is a memory! Stuff my kids have made, pictures of the family, ornaments people have given me and Ornaments Mike and I have collected... Mike and I started collecting Christmas ornaments almost everywhere we've gone since we've been married. It's amazing that ornaments can be bought all year round!

Ok... I think it is almost time for another party!!