Thursday, April 29, 2010

Cars smash, Birthdays bash, Computers crash, Holiday re-hash, and End of year dash!

We may have been a little banged up over the past few months, but we are back in the blogging world at least for today! The end of 2009 was just full of excitement as usual around here!
On our way to grab a bite to eat to celebrate our December birthdays, a gal hit us as we were at a stoplight. We think she may have been TEXTING and didn't even see us! Steve is SO DONE with being hit, I think this is the third or fourth time in the last few years! Thank goodness he hasn't been hurt!
To top off the night, we think the gal was trying to do a hit and run as she didn't pull over to the side of the road when we did. She went speeding off and it took us honking and flashing our lights at her to pull over. Nice try hun-but we were not in the mood to just "take your insurance info and let you get to your boyfriend's family dinner:)"
We finally made it to Texas Roadhouse and partied like it was Kennedy's bed-time!
Steve making sure Kennedy doesn't get bucked off the horse!
45 Years!
Posing for me!
Steve & Kenz always sharing their b-days 24 hours apart!
5 years old!
Licking the candles after is the best part!
Mikelle was so great to think of a girls' night out for our family b-day for Kennedy this year.
We all had pedicures...
Then we were off to "Color Me Mine" to have the girls paint ceramic plates.
So cute!
So fun!
So pricey! I was great to just be the assistant:).
We left the plates to be fired and picked them up a few days later.
For her b-day treat, Kennedy just wanted a shake that you make at the gas-station! Sounds good to me! Happy B-day Kennedy!
Over the holidays, we tried to work on a few projects like cleaning out the storage room. It always takes so much longer than you think to go through your stuff!
All of the memories girls! I can't believe how fast time is flying! Looking at tons of old pics from college, early married/family years...where did all of the time go?
Even though we have had multiple computer crashes, I found that I had downloaded pics of our BFF's visiting over the holidays onto a laptop...YEAH!! I won't have any such luck with our Disneyland pics, but at least we have these! The Gandolas were in Utah over the Christmas Break and we have a tradition of going to eat at the Mayan Restaurant in Sandy. Michael and Kennedy already starting in on the flirting:).
The boys always teasing each other.
The firework dessert tradition for Kennedy's b-day. That thing really sprays the sparks! We need to have her back up next year!
Catching up!
Kennedy hopes she marries Michael! We would love it too!

The girls!
We miss the daily chats but can always pick up right where we left off!
Sledding and playing in the snow up at the park behind us!
More time together:) wink wink!
Cameron taking a break doing the snow angel thing!
Marissa & Mikelle!
Aww! We miss having you guys here!
Brrr!
Everyone had their party plans for New Years! Mikelle was up at cousin Lexie's and I am not sure where Cam went for this picture!
It was my holiday to work this year and the co-workers never disappoint!
Rhianne and Mel crack me up SO bad! They are gals you could just sit and listen to for HOURS!
More of the festivities!
The crew!
Vendla was SO SWEET to bring us cinnamon rolls at work when she was OFF! They were delish!
Jodi and Nat posing for me! Happy New Year!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Steve and Kennedy took down the last tree!
So cute of Kennedy to help with the ornaments:).
Here is my A-D-D, not concentrating when blogging and adding this pic twice:).
I think this might be our only Christmas pic that wasn't lost? Our Christmas is going to California in February. Here was the cute countdown chain Mikelle made to get us even more excited!
The trip was so fun!
Last but not least, the boys were able to burn off holiday calories by helping our neighbor Talmage with his science project. They went several mornings to run the mile at the Rec. Center with different things to drink 30 mins before running. I think his research proved that actually drinking water (vs. gatorade, fasting etc) before running yielded the fastest times:).
The boys were troopers! Christian is always so great to help out others!
Through the project, Cameron discovered he is a great runner. He had some fast times!

3 comments:

Kimi said...

Annalee! I didn't know you were hit in December! How did I miss that?

Those plates were darling. I haven't heard of that place, but it sounds really fun.

Toni said...

I didn't know you were hit either. Glad everyone was okay. Thanks for catching us up a little.

Jennie said...

Fun updates! It was fun to look back at all you guys have been doing. I had forgotten some of that... like the accident! No fun!