Rose Bowl

When your besties call you and ask if you want to go to the Rose Bowl to watch a football game...you GO! We scrounged for our UTES gear, cause let's be honest we are COUGS through and through, but Justin did do his residency at the U, so technically we are alumni. We are the best of friends with our favorite Ute alumn, Austen and his wife Val, and would never turn down a chance to vacay with them, so we hopped on a plane NYE and spent a memorable day in Pasadena, CA cheering on his team to a victory. I may have been there for the atmosphere and nachos too!

 

Ryan's 9th Birthday!

It snowed! What a Christmas Break treat! The boys had a great time playing in the snow while it lasted. It warmed up pretty quickly so they got a good three hours of playtime in. We celebrated Ryan's 9th birthday too. We went and saw the new spiderman movie with Christian and Anderson and came home for cake and presents. He finally got a hover board, but I made sure to get the hover buggy converter kit so hopefully there were be less injury...fingers crossed! WE sure love Ryan. His laugh continues to be infectious, he is very mellow and easy going and for the most part always pretty even tempered and a great friend to everyone, even his little brother Preston, who is relentlessly always wanting to be included in everything he is doing.

 

Christmas 2021...

We spent Christmas Eve over at Grandma and Grandpa Thompson's house. Re-enacting the Nativity is one of our favorite traditions. Even though the kids are getting older they thankfully still play along and dress up. I pray they always remember the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas Eve was followed by Christmas jammies and after a quick sleep the gifts were flowing. We clearly spoil our kids rotten, but more than the presents I really hope they remember us hosting Christmas Dinner at our house, followed by Dad's seasonal trivia, the family gift card exchange, the children's toy exchange and our lively game of LCR. Its irreverent for sure but the kids and adults all participate and its by far some of the best memories we have of who takes home the bounty!