Dog Show

One of the more hilarious things we've done lately is attend the dog show in Del Mar. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera, so the only pictures we have are from Ryan's trusty phone.
It was so funny seeing people whip out the hair dryers, hairspray, teeny scissors and brushes to make their dogs beautiful; and, we were impressed with how the entire place didn't smell like pee (but it was just the first day).
If your dog was looking especially good you could take them to get their photograph professionally taken and blown up into a giant, awkward picture to hang on your wall.
Ryan, of course, loved the small dogs.
Logan found his best friend in one of the larger breeds - Pyrenees. The one below was especially fond of him after having his eye and nose poked for 5 minutes (the owner was loving it, seriously).

Gwen managed to find something to dress up in, so that basically made this a perfect afternoon.

Gold Diggers

Ryan's been on a quest to find every free activity in San Diego. A couple weeks ago we visited the Mormon Battalion. At the end of the tour there were some fun activities for kids like panning for gold, pretend brick making, and pumping water.

So Gwen Turned 3 Over a Month Ago

We were in Montana for Gwen's birthday, which worked out well because I think she had a certain image in her little mind of what her birthday party was going to be like (tons of little princessy girls all there to give her princessy presents), but that wasn't going to happen at our place since we recently moved and don't know very many people yet.
She loved having her great-grandmother, grandparents, aunts and uncles all showering her with attention. She got a special birthday dress, jewelry, tiara, makeup and nail polish which she basically wore the remainder of our stay.
There were also some big birthday balloons which had to be pried out of her sweaty fingers 2 hours after she went to bed because she didn't want to let them go.

A Little Montana Vacay

We spent the first week of 2011 in Montana. There were plenty of adventures to be had.
snowmobiling...
a magical family sleigh ride through the woods...



and, perhaps the highlight (at least for me), a delicious feast of fresh seafood shipped straight from Alaska and prepared by Trent - all you could eat giant crab legs, crab cakes made from scratch, and halibut.

Logan really loves crab. Now we know.

How Old?

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Christmassy Stuff - Christmas

Wonderful Christmas surprises for EVERYONE!!! Oh my...



And then Gwen spent almost the entire day watching dvd's at the table. She ate almost an entire box of peppermint bark.
Then we decorated cookies, because I guess she likes that.

Christmassy Stuff - Christmas Eve

We've started a new Christmas Eve tradition. Cozy family bonfire. Logan hates this tradition.