new recipes

Parker enjoying it all
Ryland loved the noodles
everything together
crab wontons
ginger chicken stir fry with snap peas and zuchinni
Chang Hi noodles
Vegetable fried rice( a weight watchers meal)

So my inlaws and i have started a tradition that we are going to do every week. One night a week we are going to try and make new recipes that we have never made before! We will have a theme each week and everyone will bring a small dish within the theme. We get together and cook for about 2 hours and then have a feast!! So last night was our first night. The theme was CHINESE!!

We made crab wontons and homemade sweet and sour sauce. Ginger chicken stir fry, vegetable fried rice and Chang Hi (however spelled) noodles. Everything was great. The pictures do no justice for how good it was... hope you enjoy!!

New years eve and Disney on ice

Disney on Ice Cars!!
Ryland eating a huge bite of cotton candy
Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, and Goofy
Wearing his Cars hat from his cotton candy
Only one bloody injury
Taylor waiting to shoot at someone
Ryland asking daddy if he can play too!
Cameron, Rob, Ryland, Roy, and taylor
Parker
The gang playing Yahtzee !

New years eve we had the neighbors over and had dinner and played games. It was lots of fun. Parker was out by 8:30 and The rest of us called it a night around 11:30pm. After the games the boys decided to go outside and an Airsoft Gun War.. Rob got hit in the forehead and bled a little. Roy finished with about 10 or so welts all over and taylor a shot in the bad place. if you know what i mean!!

Ryland , me, Jersie, Tracy and Phyllis all went to Disney on Ice last weekend. It was fun. Tinkerbelle lasted a little too long for Ryland and he got really bored and wanted to go home. He finished it out but was really excited to leave. The Cotton candy and cookies must have held him over a little bit!!

Christmas

Ryland got his own shaving set for christmas
Cameron got this Quad for christmas and Ryalnd loved it.. maybe for his b-day
Parker and his new car toy
Gotta love the big wheel
nana and Papa on christmas morning

Parker got cowboy Boots!!!
all the kids opening presents at Nana and Papa's Christmas morning
maybe he will be a piano player when he grows up
GG and Gpa always come and watch the kids open presents and have Chocolate gravy and Biscuits with us on Christmas morning
Ryland opening presents from Santa
Parker trying to open his stocking stuffers
Ryland knows exactly what to do with his
The Boys leaving milk and cookies for Santa

Putting Reindeer food out so they can eat it while santa is inside!!

More Reindeer food!!

Parker not too sure about Santa

Ryland does not mind Santa too much

We celebrated with our annual family party. Kids had a great time and got great gifts. Also the food was good as always!! Christmas morning we headed to my moms for breakfast and presents. Then for lunch we had Roys family over.

Polar express!!

Driving home in a snow storm
The Fam!
Daddy trying to make Ryland smile
Parker passed out on the train
Some of us Huddling around a heater that did not work, we just like to think that it did!
Waiting for the Train!
The whole group that went!!
eating at the Buffet
on the way to williams.watching a movie

So the first week in December we decided to take the journey to the North Pole on the Polar Express. We went up to Flagstaff early in the morning so we could have the day to spend in Williams before we got on the train. Unfortunately there was no snow to play in but it was still freezing cold. Parker hated to get bundled up every time we went outside. I do not know how people who live in the snow have to bundle there kids all the time!! it definitely was not the part we looked forward to every time we wanted to leave the hotel room. Thankfully we survived. That night we ate at the buffet at the Grand Canyon Hotel. It was just like having a 2nd Thanksgiving dinner!! We went on the 8 pm train, which did not actually leave til 8:30 pm and let me tell you that waiting outside in the cold and windy weather for 45 minutes with 2 little kids was not fun either. We finally made it on the train and got moving, Parker had fallen asleep 5 minutes before we boarded the train and slept the entire train ride. ryland was extremely tired and was a tad bit crabby the entire ride. All in all we had a pretty good time. Next time we will for sure consider the early train!! We left early the next morning as Williams and Flagstaff got a huge snow storm in the middle of the night and continued the next day. We did not want to get snowed in, so our trip was ended quickly.

Happy Birthday Ryland!!

Rob just shoved Rylands face in his cake!!
Charmaine, Mary, Holly, Taylor, and Natasha
Papa and Nana- nana broke her wrist the day before the party:(
Ryland blowing out his Shark tales birthday cake
Ryland and Jersie( Madi we missed you)
Steve and Charmaine
Roy, Cameron, and Rob
Opening Presents

Ryland had his 4th Birthday back in November. We decided to go to Red Mountain Park with Family and friends. That place is crowded on the weekends!! i think that was our 1st and last time doing that. Anyways we had a great time and Ryland got lots of great toys. Thank you everyone for coming!!