Weekend in Utah!

This past weekend we took a very short family trip to Utah. Went to visit some friends and family. Here we are on the plane:

We flew in early Saturday morning and got to visit the Gunthers (Kasey's cousins). They have a brand new addition to their family, little baby Callie!! It was so nice to meet her finally.

Ryder had a blast playing with Will, Mick, and Boston at Chuck E Cheese.

Later that day we made our way to the Londons, our friends whom we crashed with for our stay. Their daughter Mycah wants to marry Ryder I'm pretty sure. She even asked if Ryder could sleep in her bed with her! Tooo funny.

Sunday we made the rounds with Kasey's grandparents. Had breakfast with Granny W (Kasey's maternal grandma) and Aunt Wendy. Then we picked up Kasey's littlest brother Austin and headed to Granny M's (Kasey's paternal grandma) & Aunt Terry. We took Granny and Austin to lunch where Ryder showed off his ranch-eating skills. The kid DRINKS ranch. Very gross and fun to watch. Here he is showing off his ranch'stach:

After lunch, we headed to Royce & Shann Munns to play Wii with the family and catch up with those cousins. After that exhausting day, we headed back to the Londons for a good night's rest. Although sharing a full sized bed with 6'4" Kasey and spaz Ryder doesn't exactly equal a good night's rest! LOL

Monday, Michelle London treated me to a spa treatment! Now that is what I call a vacation!! We then took the kiddos to play in the snow and go sledding. The kids hated the sledding and played on the jungle gym instead. The adults however, loved the sledding! Then we said a quick goodbye to the Gunthers and headed to the airport.

A whirlwind 3 days for sure!!

You can visit our friends' blog and see a slideshow of some pics she took while we were sledding:

http://mycahlondon.blogspot.com/2009/01/fun-weekend.html

Who Doesn't Eat Their Yougart Naked?

So Ryder is in this new "streaking" phase. I can't get him to leave his clothes or diapers on most of the time!! Just the other day I give him a go-gurt and leave him be. A little while later, I go back and he is butt-naked sitting on our kitchen table! Boys will be boys!!!

1 Reason to Hate AZ

Woke up to do dishes and what do I find in the sink?!?! Let me just put this in perspective... that spoon is one of those large serving spoons, not your normal "eat cereal with it" spoon. I turned on the garbage disposer and shoved him down it. GROSS.

Ryder's FIRST Snow Experience!

Believe it or not, Ryder has never been in snow!! So this weekend my mom, sister, aunt, cousin, and the "boys" (Ryder & Jordan) took the 2.5 hour drive up to Flagstaff and got a hotel room. Here is the amazing part: We arrive in Flag and I get Ryder out of the car. Snow is piled EVERYWHERE and he immediatly says "Momma Snow, SNOW Mama". Now this kid has NEVER seen snow, how on earth did he know what it was?? The only thing I could think of was the cartoons on TV this time of year feature snow and Christmas-y stuff and he had to have learned it from cartoons!!

On Sunday we took the boys sledding and had a blast. Ryder LOVED it. He couldn't get enough of the snow. And when I wasn't fast enough to "reload" the sled, he would lay on his belly like a penguin and try to go down the hill on his belly. He would get frustrated at his mittens and take them off, then the snow was so cold it hurt his hands and he would cry! Poor kid couldn't figure the whole "mittens-are-good-for-you" thing out.

Jordan on the other hand did not like the snow at all. One trip down on the sled and he was done for the day. He begged NOT to go again.

Here are the boys all bundled up:

Santa Came!!

With the Nish family living next door and me too lazy to put up a tree this year (don't shoot me!) we wrote Santa a letter and asked if he could deliver our gifts to the Nish household so we could do Christmas together. He must have gotten the letter! Sheri & Adam's living room was full of presents. To top it off we had to set our alarms for 6:30 and do Christmas unwrapping that early as poor Jandi had to work at 7:30! We got up, woke the kids and it was still dark outside. ALL the Munns' children (6 of them) plus their significant others and three kids. It was a full house. Again, the kiddos made out!! :ater on we all took naps after that very early morning start.

Merry Christmas to you and yours. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas with your families too!This is a picture of Kasey breaking into our house! About 8am after all the presents were unwrapped and it appeared that Christmas had thrown up in Sheri's living room, we head home only to realize we were locked out. Mindy's boyfriend Matt didn't understand our lock apparently and locked us out. With no way in since all our keys and such were inside. Luckily, Gerald recalled not locking the balcony door after plugging in Christmas lights the night before. So we borrowed a ladder and Kasey was brave enough to go up. Thankfully the door was unlocked. The one time I am happy Gerald didn't lock the door! Ha Ha

Christmas Eve 2008

This is the night we all await in anticpation. We fall asleep wondering if we were good enough the past year to have Santa bring us presents. Or are we to expect coal? Well before Kasey and Ryder and I tuck ourselves in bed this chilly night (trust me 50 in Phoenix is chilly!) we head to the Buskohl house for some Christmas Eve festivities. My mom and dad had all of her family and all of Kasey's family over. It was a pleasant sort of chaos. Today is also my mom's birthday, so we get to celebrate that as well. The kiddos made out of course! Rest of us got quite a bit too. Kasey and I left with a Wii Fit which I promptly ran home and set up. It is so much fun!! I have no balance and the damn thing even told me so and asked if I tripped often! (Somewhere in Texas I think I hear Scotti chuckling at this. Thanks.)

Nana (aka Kasey's mom Jeri) got the three kiddos matching "pimp" jammies as we like to call them. Their little silk button up jammies were very festive and they all looked so cute wearing them. Kasey called Ryder "Baby Hef" all night in honor of Hugh Hefner. Too funny! Well we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I hope you wake up to lots of goodies tomorrow!

Happy Birthday Mom! XOXOXO

Sheri & Kasey:

Baby Hef:

Dani, Michelle, and Dyan:

My Loves

My two men in my life getting ready for a bike ride to the park. Love you guys!!