Back from Oregon

We are sad to be back from our fabulous Christmas vacation we had in Sunriver, Oregon. Phil's family decided rather than trying to cram everyone together somehow in Washington we'd go stay at a huge cabin in Oregon that my sister-in-law's family owns. It was SO fun! It was the first time I actually FELT like I was on vacation because I didn't have to constantly be on Bruin-watch. Nothing was breakable and the stairs weren't steep so I could actually relax and enjoy my time. THANK YOU to all Phil's family for giving me that and helping be my eyes and ears and Bruin's playmate so I could enjoy Christmas too! He LOVED his aunts and uncles and after the confusion of grandma and grandpa having different faces (from my parents) he loved them too :)

The cabin in Sunriver is right near Bend, and we stayed for five days there. We basically played games (Spoons, air hockey, Wits and Wagers, Scrabble, and lots of Wii), got in and out of the hot tub, snacked on goodies and watched movies all day long. It was a 5bed/5ba cabin so every married couple had their own suite to enjoy.
Christmas Eve day we went shopping at the outlets in Bend, grabbed some lunch at Pizza Hut, then went bowling. I bowled a 107 and Phil bowled a 155. Then we drove back to the cabin and made sugar cookies, played Wii and a board game and hottubbed and opened our pajamas before bed.
Christmas day we opened presents and stockings (we got a toaster oven! yay!) and I was able to make my own family's traditional Christmas morning breakfast of eggs golden rod. Mmm!
After breakfast we went outside in the snow and played a game of touch football. Brianna fell and hurt her hand and had to later go to the urgent care. These are my inlaws :) They get down rough and tough, even the girls. Came in and played Wii Tennis, watched a movie, and then ate a big Christmas lunch of ham, rolls, funeral potatoes, and martinellis. The rest of the week was filled with more hottubbing, air hockey tournaments (with brackets and all), mean games of Spoons, movies, puzzles, etc.. A great Christmas!!
I think I gained 10lbs this week eating so much candy, chips, soda, cookies, etc and I definitely look pregnant now. The drive home took 10 hours but Bruin was pretty good for the most of it. Now we are back in Fresno, staring at each other wishing we lived near all our families so we could hang out and play.
Here are some pics of the week

Wii Golfing


Running for SPOONS


Wits and Wagers game... one of our favorites!


Doing a puzzle... (Sanette, Brianna, Courtney)


Bruin's gonna be a great big brother. He liked to bring Lynley toys, give her kisses, and feed her a bottle... even if she was full.

Just a quick clip of a SPOONS game

Santa Baby

This past week we attended two ward parties with Santas in attendance. The first was our ward's party where I played a duet with another sister in the ward and another song with the Primary. At the end Santa came out and we were excited to see Bruin's reaction. All month long he has been so excited for Santa and says "Ho Ho Ho" everytime he sees one. I've even heard him wake up at 4am and say "Ho Ho Ho" in his crib over and over and then go back to sleep. However, when the big day came it was the typical scary Santa moment. My camera died right as I brought it out to take a pic, of course so this is the only one we got with Phil's camera and it was after his meltdown.


Then we went to the YSA ward's Christmas party the next week because my dad is the bishop and was gonna be Santa at it. We got some of their meeting on video.




I got a pic with my dad too.. I mean Santa


And of course we got the classic "Santa is Scary" photo.



These are just photos I took last Sunday of my cute boys ready for church



And one of my growing belly. I've popped out so much faster this time, which is both embarrassing and nice at the same time. Nice, only because strangers will know more quickly that I'm pregnant when they see me and not just suffering from post Baby #1 baby fat.

I've been really bad about taking pictures lately but here are a few to document.

Thanksgiving we spent in L.A. with some family from my dad's side. We stayed with my Uncle Chris and his wife Linda and had a wonderful BBQ Turkey meal at my Grandma's house.
This is us out to dinner one night. My dad was so sweet and sat Bruin next to him at the opposite end of the table so that we could have a break and relax for once eating dinner. It was such a treat!! And Bruin loved sitting with Grandpa. He was all smiles and we even looked over at one point and he was just snuggling grandpas arm relaxing. SO DIFFERENT than how he acts at restaurants with ME!




Last week we took a road trip to Utah and visited a bunch of friends. We also made sure to hit the necessary restaurants we've missed being in California, namely WINGERS (for their sticky fingers) and CAFE RIO. My sis-in-law Courtney took me shopping to my now favorite store "Kid to Kid" and I got Bruin some cute clothes. It was sooo cold there and I felt very wimpy. I didn't have anything warm enough for Bruin so I picked up this huge marshmellow jacket for Bruin and he looked so funny in it!


I figure for $8.00 it was worth keeping him warm in Utah and in Bend for Christmas in two weeks.
All is going well with Baby #2. We find out what we are having when we get back from Christmas. Can't wait!