Christmas 2011

Bittersweet... the best way to describe this Christmas.  All the changes seemed to hit...  I'm usually ok with sharing but sharing my baby boy for the holidays was a bit rough on me...  We did our gifts a bit different this year as I didn't think I was going to have Ryk at the family gathering on Christmas afternoon.  We went and had dinner at Ky's and let Ryk give the kids there gifts and they gave Ryk his gifts the Wednesday before Christmas and the kids had a blast!  Ryk was pretty stoked that Auntie got him his very own copy of CARS!!!  Christmas day was a bit of a struggle - I dealt with a severe migraine from the time I got up and it kept me down all day :'( I made breakfast in the morning and watched my sweet boy open his gifts, Ryan came and got him around 12 but I was ok with it as my head hurt so bad by this time I was in tears...  Dan came over and we headed to Ky's house for the family dinner.  I made a pumpkin roll, oreo pudding cake, sticky buns and homemade crockpot mac n cheese!!!  All were a big hit, wish I was feeling better so I could've enjoyed it all as well!  Great to spend time with the whole family, Grandpa Chandler came, a couple of uncle's and of course June, Dus and the precious 3 kiddos!  So fun to see all the little ones enjoying Christmas!!!  Fyn got an IPOD touch from Santa so her and I played with that a lot!  Then to my surprise Ryan called and said he was on his way over with Ryker!  So even though it was Ryan's day I got my baby boy in the morning and the night!  I had Monday off work as well so we had a great day playing cars, the Wii, UNO Moo, Hex Bugs and so much more!
I hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas with there loved ones!!!

 Ryk's very own version of Cars!!!

 Ryk's very 1st set of army men!

 Nanny Soup and Papa Dean got him his very own Cabela's set with truck, motorcycle, 4wheeler, dog and trailer - he loves it!

Nanny Soup and Ryk cooking Christmas goodies on Friday before Christmas!

Ky surprised us with a special treat on the Wednesday before Christmas!  Downtown Caldwell lights!

Santa brought Ryk a Wii - he's still trying to figure it out!

UNO Moo - what a great game!  Ryk loves it!  And well so do I LOL

We got our Christmas Tree!!!

What a great time in Idaho City with my baby boy and family to get our Christmas trees!!!  Loving this tradition more and more each and every year!!!

Ryk and I rockin' it on the sled!

Silly kid!

Me and my sweet boy!

Absolutely love this picture of my little dude - he's so happy!

"Miss Independent"

Lovin' my tree!

After getting the tree set up Ryk was in a picture mood which never happens so I took advantage!

He loves me!!!!!!!!!

It was so much fun - this is the 1st time in a long time that I've actually enjoyed Christmas time for all the right reasons!  Though 2011 has been the toughest year of my life I'm on the right track to make 2012 an amazing year!!!!

Thanksgiving 2011

What a great Thanksgiving, possibly the best one ever!!!
I was lucky enough to host this years Thanksgiving at my house and it turned out great!  Mom and Dad decided they wanted to do the turkey and Aunt Wanda decided to do the ham so really I got off quite easy!!!

Thought I would share some photos!!!

All of my parents Grandkids!  (Paxi-Poo (3), Rocky (Almost 1), Fyni-Foo (9), Baby J (2 months), Ryk (3) and Kyst (2.5)

Great Papa Chandler with all the crazy kiddos!

Kyst and Ryk - mechanics hard at work!  Typical boys!!!

A couple of the hors d'oeuvres!

Hope everybody had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

PS: So we decided to do some "Black Friday" shopping - technically Thanksgiving night shopping!  I got everything on my list but 2 things!!!  It was quite entertaining to say the least but I was back home and in bed by 11:45pm!!!