Christmas Wishes 2009

Harrison:

Harrison loves all things cars, airplanes, helicopters, trains, puzzles, Toy Story, and Cars, but number one on his list this year is the Geo Trax stuff listed with stars below...

*Geo Trax Fly By Bridge [click here]

*Geo Trax Airplanes [click here] and [here]

*Geo Trax trains that attach to airplane sets

- Clothes are always good (2T pants, 3T tops)

-Cute hats

-Buzz and Woody Rocket Set [click here]

-Woody Doll [click here]

-Additional tracks for his train set. He has some Thomas the Train tracks and also some Circo Target brand ones; they all fit together great and either would work.

-Additional trains for his train set

-Puzzles (24+ pieces)

-Police and Fire Station play set from Costco [click here]

-Remote control car

-Three wheeled scooter

-Any and all Disney and Pixar movies (we already have Cars, Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, Snow White, Toy Stroy, Aristocats, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Bambi, Sword in the Stone, and Little Mermaid)




Peter:

-Big screen TV

-A puppy

-Suit

-Fancy schmancy watch

-Brown/black reversible belt for work

-Work pants

-Playstation 3 with NCAA football

-BYU polo

-Tennis racket

-Gym membership

-GPS

-Digital picture frame

-Scarf

-Swimming suit

-Golf balls

-Sunglasses

-Mandoline (for cooking)

-Blazer Sports Coat

-Carry on luggage

-New car

-Casual jacket

-CDs: Parachute, Cartel

-Books: Good to Great by Jim Collins, First 90 Days by Michael Watkins




Leslie:

-New dishes

-Silverware

-New bedding

-earrings

-cute necklaces

-Cricut Expression machine

-Brown casual shoes

-More pieces to my Nativity set (Peter can tell you what I already have)

-Gift certificate to JoAnnes

-Gift certificate to Roberts

-Firewire cable

-Tripod

-Remote for my camera

-Ketti camera bag

-Cell phone

-Pampered Chef food chopper

-Silicone pastry mat

-Rotary cutter tool for sewing

-Cutting mat for sewing

-Rotary cutting ruler for sewing

-Sewing box

-Sewing scissors





We would also really love...

-2 more Wii remotes

-Tiger Woods Golf Wii game

-Mario Cart Wii game

-Super Mario Brothers Wii game

-Waffle iron

-laptop

Happy Birthday Peter!!

Wow! Peter is really getting up there... Or should I say he's finally joining the rest of us??

December 15th was Peter's birthday, and he is now 23!! Woo-hoooo! You can see his snazzy new birthday outfit in the picture, and also the drill that his mom and dad sent him - which, yes, makes him officially a man.

We went with Katie to Tucano's for dinner (it's a Brazillian place just like Rodizillo's) - her birthday was on the 13th. I had my camara in my pocket all night and I never took a picture... Oh well, there's always next year...

Happy Birthday Peter!

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Baby Boy!!

FINALLY! We got to have an ultrasound to see if baby Wride is a he-Wride or a she-Wride. Peter has been hoping for a boy, and Leslie had her fingers crossed for a girl, but all day long Leslie told Peter she just knew it was a boy. Sure enough...

WE'RE HAVING A BOY!!

He gets cuter every time we see him! If you look close, you can see him smiling... He's a happy baby already! Here's his cute little arm, and a cute little foot, and in case there was any doubt about it...


He is definetly a boy. Thanks baby for cooperating! We are so excited to start planning for a little boy and can't wait to see how much cuter he will be in person!

Happy Thanksgiving

We love vacations... We have decided that any time away from work and school is good time! We spent our Thanksgiving with the Wrides in Virginia. It was so nice!






The whole family was able to make it, and we loved the full house! There were lots of babies to play with, movies to watch, food to eat, Peter played football, Leslie took naps... What a life! We were sad to leave - the time went way too fast. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!










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Wride Family Wish Lists!

Harrison

-long sleeved onesies
-books with pages that don’t tear
-Roll-a-Rounds: Drop and Roar Dinosaur

-Amazing Animals Sing and Go Choo-choo (and some of the cute animals and attachments that go with it)

-Little Superstar: Sing-Along Stage

-Socks (seriously, all of his are too small!)
-Clothes are always good (nothing smaller than 12 months)
-Cute hats
-Any and all Disney movies (we already have Cinderella, Bambi, Sword in the Stone, and Little Mermaid)



Peter

-big screen tv
-“Planet Earth” on DVD
-xbox 360 and NCAA 2008 Football game
-BBQ grill
-a new puppy
-a house with a yard to put my puppy in
-suit
-fancy shmancy watch
-BYU license plate frame (if we live outside of Provo by Christmas)
-Brown and Black belt for work (size 36)
-Black/Brown dress shoes (size 11)
-White or brown casual shoes (size 11)
-Oil thingy for keychain
-Basketball
-Work clothes
-Secondhand Serenade CD “Awake”
-Hair Cutting Kit



Leslie

-grill pan (to bbq inside)
-salad tongs
-bigger rice cooker (I have the 3 cup one now… something bigger than that :)
-A cake decorating kit (just a small one that has bags and tips for decorating)
-skillet/simmer pan thingy… (what is that called? mom cooks spaghetti sauce in it? and stroganoff? yeah, that.)
-tall glasses/cups (I'll have to look at the name the next time I'm at Target...)
-fondue set
-rolling pin
-nice watch (gold and silver)
-blue tooth for my cell phone
-Photoshop
-Speed Monopoly
-3 drawer 12x12 storage
-fancy black marker/pens for journaling in my scrapbooks
-ink cartridges for my printer (a black one and a photo color one - I have a Lexmarx 6200, #32 for black, #35 for color)
-new bedding
-socks
-three section laundry sorter
- a subscription renewal to my scrapbooking magazine (I have a coupon to get it for a good deal, ask Peter for it if you need it :)




If you'd like to give one gift to all three of us, we would REALLY like:
(you know, in case you're feeling extra generous this year)

-HP touchpad computer
-Video camera
-Really nice digital camera
-GPS (if we move outside of Utah)

Honey... We're home!!

Moving day has finally arrived!! And luckily already passed - we moved into a condo on the third floor, and Peter was a little sore for a couple days after the move... Leslie's mom came to help with the move. Thank goodness! We would have never been able to pack up, or unpack all of our stuff nearly as quickly without her help. Now that all the heavy lifting is over with, and everything is in it's place, we are sure glad to be here. It's beautiful! We wish you could all come and see it (you are all invited!), but since that probably won't happen for a while here are a few pictures of our new home.

Living room / Dining room

Kitchen


Extra Bedroom (soon to be baby room)

We love BYU!

We just can't get enough BYU football. We decided to go watch the cougars play UNLV on the 21st of October. We ended up with some of the very last tickets sold... Our seats were way, way, way, way, way up at the very top of the stadium, the very last row. Still, we had a great view of the game and we had a great time watching the cougars beat UNLV 52-7.



Preggie Leslie couldn't resist sending Peter to buy a giant snow cone (it was delicious by the way), and Peter got a good workout going up and down so many stairs to keep his wife happy.

It's a...

It's a baby!! Boy? Girl? We don't know, but we were sure excited to get a peek at the new addition to our family. Can't you already see how cute it is going to be?! That's the most adorable profile we've ever seen. Baby is due to arrive April 26th, and we couldn't be more thrilled. Peter wants a boy, but Leslie has a sneaky suspicion that it's girl... Any votes? We can't wait to find out - which will be (hopefully) some time around Thanksgiving.

Go Cougars!!

We made the long drive down to Arizona last weekend to see the Cougars open their season against Arizona. As you can see from the picture, the stadium was quite the sea of red. We had our own BYU cheering section of about 30 people (we were pretty out numbered...), and the game turned out to be extremely close. Our poor cougars lost by a field goal in the last second of the game. We had a great time anyways, and we were glad to see that BYU beat Tulsa today. Go Cougars!


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It's about time!!

I did it!

I graduated from BYU!!

And it's about time too... There was a time out for a mission, and a little extra time to do an internship, but I'm finally finished. I graduated! Adam finally made it as well (Peter says it only took him a year shy of a decade :) - little does he know it only took Adam a year longer than me... shhhh... don't tell Peter)

Spencer arrived ready to celebrate the occasion in cap and gown as well. He was so cute! He made sure to wave at everyone that passed by, and clapped extra hard when his daddy walked. He was also sure to provide entertainment when the ceremonies got a little long.

We were so glad to have Dad Wride come all the way from Spain! He was gracious enough to provide the celebratory graduation lunch (thanks again! :) in between my 8 am graduation and Adam's 5 pm graduation. It was a long day... Grandma Wride was such a good sport and came to spend the whole day with us as well. We were so glad to have her support and cheers as we walked across the stage!

It was a great day. It felt good to officially graduate- cap, gown, tassel and all - even though I had to get a sub for two days to do it. Sigh... it's back to work on Monday.

Happy Easter!

We've got to get this thing going again! It's been a long time since we've updated...
















We made the long drive to Arizona to meet up with the Greenberg side of the family for a big Easter get-together. The Donohue group drove in from California, Rachel and Eric picked up Grandma from St. George, and the rest of the family was already there.



On Friday night we went to the Pageant on the temple grounds. And we all went through the Mesa Temple with Dallin and Rachel on Saturday - we got to be the witness couple :) The Mesa Temple was absolutely beautiful. It was so cool to have some many members of the family that were able to go inside.


We got to play with babies, play cards, enjoy family - we even had Rodizillo style meat for Easter dinner, compliments of Erik and Amy (it was DELICIOUS!). Of course there were lots of Easter eggs to dye...








Only two more weeks till Rachie's wedding, and we can't wait until everyone gets to come out here!