Grandma's 80th B-day

My grandma just had her 80th B-day, so to celebrate, we had an awesome girls weekend at the Oregon coast.  I got to fly up and spend a whole weekend with my mom, aunts, cousins, and of course grandma!!  We ate lots of yummy food, went shopping, got pedicures, but the best part was just spending time with everyone that I miss so much.

Here's my grandma with her 3 girls

 This was the amazing view from our house-we were right on the beach.  It was so great to be able to sit in the nice warm house and watch the ocean.

 My grandma and her two friends Ruth and Dorothy

 Autumn, this was the first time that I've met her and she has the cutest little personality!!

 Aunt Debbie & Landen

 Grandma, Aunt Vicki and her daughter Jen

 Grandma, my beautiful mom and me

Four generations of women in our family

Vicki, Debbie, and Norma

Thank you all for a wonderful weekend, I had tons of fun and I can't wait to come visit again!!!

Train Show

The boys love trains, especially Ethan and Grandpa Bob, so we went to the expo center and saw the model train show.  It's amazing how much detail goes into their exhibits.  The boys loved looking at all the trains.  They really wished and tried to touch all the trains too!!!

 Ethan and Tanner checking out the trains

 Nadiya had to hold Eli up so he could see some of the trains

 The Giant Kurt with brand new baby Jiselle

 Here's Ethan sticking out his little finger to touch Thomas the Train as he comes by on the track

 Grandma Charrisse with Aleisha and Tanner

 Eli having fun making the trains slow down or speed up with the little lever

Eli wearing his train conductor hat, too cute!!!

Jr. Jazz

Eli played basketball this winter.  It was his 1st time and he did awesome.  The kids are so cute to watch at this age.  Half of them didn't even dribble, they just grabbed the ball and carried it down the court.  Eli got to be the point guard most of the time because he was the best dribbler on the team.  He got really good at passing the ball and even made a few baskets himself.  They had an amazing coach who was such a good teacher.  And the Assistant Coach was really good looking (it was Spencer) HA HA!!!

Here's Eli in warm ups, please don't pay attention to the ugly orange shorts he insisted on wearing 

 Eli's really getting into the game, trying to tell his Dad all about the play

Eli's being a goofball.  He's running up the court after they scored a basket

Waiting for his pass

Passing the ball in

Ethan is sitting on his Dads lap crying because he just got hit in the head with the ball  :(

 

Eli was so happy after the last game because he got the MVP of the game and his coach gave him an arm band for his prize

The boys got free tickets to go watch a Jazz game.  Here's Eli and his best buddy Josh!!

Christmas 2011

We're having a lazy day around the house today so I'm finally getting around  to posting Christmas pics.  It was a great year.  Eli was super excited of course but Ethan was just beginning to understand it all too.  We all had alot of fun opening presents, eating lots of treats and spending time with family!

 I was trying to get a picure of all 3 boys in their new Christmas PJ's that Grandma Charrisse made but it is very difficult to get all 3 to sit still AND look at the camera.

 I finished all our stockings this year too!!  I love how cute they turned out!!

 Here's Eli opening his first present, me made out pretty good with some new Beyblades, books, and clothes

 Bronson got this train that he can sit on and push around.  Him and Ethan are constantly fighting over who gets to sit on it.

 Baby Bronson 1 Year Old

 Ethan 2 Years Old

 Spencer got me a couple of REAL scarves to wear to the soccer games and he also surprised me with a new Samsung Galaxy Tablet.  It's amazing and super fun to play with.  Thanks Honey!!!

 

And here's our little man Eli - 5 Years Old