The Best Christmas Ever!

This year Christmas was UNBELIEVABLE! After opening presents in the morning with Rusty and the girls, we went down to his parents house for breakfast with them and his brother Jesse and his family. We started helping in the kitchen when people started to kind of disappear and someone (i can't even remember who) told us to go outside. I figured Jesse and Wendy had gotten a four wheeler for one of their kids or something. So when we walked outside and saw the parked bright and shiny silver minivan, i burst into tears. Because, you see, i KNEW no one else in the family had been wishing for the "mom mobile". I knew it was for us and couldn't believe how wonderfully sweet my family is. So here are a few pictures of my "SWEET RIDE".

The Big Game

Rusty and I went to our first (of hopefully MANY) NFL game earlier this month. I got Rusty the tickets for his birthday back in September and thought that an Arizona Cardinals game would make the most sense because it would be the closest to where we live, and when I saw that they would be playing the Minnesota Vikings on December 6th, I saw it as my chance to finally see my "other boyfriend", Brett Favre, in action. It was sooooooo fun that we've decided to do it every year! Hear are a few pictures from our fun fun fun night!

Sorry it's so dark, but this is the Vikings sideline during the national anthem. I'm also a big fan of number 69, Jared Allen. He's a first class farm boy from southern Idaho. He appreciates the Anthem as much as I do.

This is Larry Fitzgerald. He ruined my night. He was unstoppable and enabled his team to stomp on my Vikings. :(

the big entrance of he cardinals. the cardinals cheerleaders have nothing on our JSA girls!

Here he is with his bullet arm.

These two "old guys" with grey hair chatted it up in he middle of the field for a while before the game started. It was really fun to watch them be so friendly before they become opponents.

We arrived an hour and a half early to watch the boys warm up and take pictures. It was really fun to see how many people had purple Farve jerseys on, myself included.

Our Getaway

we recently had the opportunity to "getaway" for awhile. we had a blast visiting family and friends. here are some pics from our great escape.

uncle alan met his niece, roxie.

uncle rusty met his nephew, adam, and . . .

his nephew, andrew.

cousins, alayna and mercedes got to play together

and play in the snow

we visited with beautiful cousins.

took some time to relax and enjoy some shows with cousins emily and natalie.

and slept in strange places

and then there are these two wonderful people. this is aunt lulu and uncle darron. they live far far away in a remote state called georgia, where they don't get visitors very often. but somehow they still manage to pull off being the best aunt and uncle there ever was. i'm so glad we got to see them and all of our family members. i apologize to aunt janice and uncle brad, and my dad who seemed to get by without a single picture taken of them. don't worry, i'll get you next time.