Our Little Sunbeam

Yesterday at church, Kaya moved up to the Sunbeam class. She has been so excited to be a Sunbeam with her friends. (This is the class for kids turning 4 during the year) She was such a big girl and didn't even miss going to the nursery. She is getting so big that it's hard to believe sometimes. I often wonder how our parents must feel as we grow up, get married, and move on. Thank goodness for pictures, scrapbooks, and memories!

Aaron & Heather's Trip To Denver

For Christmas, Heather gave Aaron 2 tickets to watch the Minnesota Vikings play the Denver Bronco's at Mile High Stadium in Denver. She booked flights, arranged a hotel, and transportation in order to surprise Aaron on Christmas morning with tickets to watch his favorite football team play in person. We got home from CA on Saturday night and left for Denver first thing Sunday morning. We were there just over 24 hours. We went to the game, made a stop for guitar pins & food at the Hard Rock Cafe, took a tour of the Denver Mint, took pictures around Denver, and hung out with Aaron's brother, Nick, who lives in Boulder. It was FREEZING cold and it even started to snow the last few minutes of the game. The Vikings lost by 2 in over-time, but we had a great time. We were able to leave the kids home thanks to Heather's brother & sister-in-law and Aaron's sister. We LOVE them!! Here are a few pictures:

Our Trip to California

Our family was able to drive to California this year to spend Christmas with both of our families. Heather's parents moved back to Camarillo which allowed us to only be 20 minutes from Aaron's parents in Ventura. Quite convenient. We had a fun time just relaxing and being able to visit with family and friends. We spent one day at the Santa Barbara Zoo with Aaron's family and Heather took the kids to San Diego one day to visit with her Grandma. The kids enjoyed seeing their grandmas & grandpas and visiting with thier cousin Ettoile. Everyone was pretty shocked to find out the news that we were expecting baby #3. Heather made a shirt for Logan that said, "I am the BIG brother". It was fun watching as everyone put two and two together. Heather has been pretty sick this time around, which made a long drive seem even longer. Our trip home had an unexpected delay with vehicle problems, which added an extra 2 1/2 hours to our drive. All in all we had a great time and made it home safely. We hope you all had a WONDERFUL holiday. Enjoy a few pictures from our trip.

Home Sweet Home 2008!!!!

We have finally returned home from our week-long vacation in California and an overnighter to Denver for Aaron's Christmas present. We had a wonderful Christmas spending time with family and friends and enjoyed a little get-away trip to watch the Minnesota Vikings play the Denver Broncos. We'll post more details and pictures as soon as we get a chance to finish unpacking and getting settled. We're excited for the new year and all it promises to bring our family! May you all have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Flashback Friday

Heather found a fun picture of Aaron for this week's Flashback Friday. Here he is driving a tractor. His parents actually live in the same house (not pictured) where they remodeled the front yard. Aaron still likes to work outside and drive tractors around when he has the chance. He opened an "ATV Fund" savings account today with a bonus he got from work. He's been wanting a Big Boy Toy for some time now and finally decided to start his own savings plan for it. It may take awhile to save up enough money, but he can do it. Enjoy our picture of the week.

Frosty the Snowman

This was our first REAL attempt at making a snowman. (How long have we lived in Utah already????) The snow was perfect and you could actually roll it like a ball. It was pretty sweet. You can tell this is a true florist's snowman when it has maroon colored arms made out of eucalyptus and a smile spray painted on with floral paint. We had a great carrot for the nose until Kaya ate it. Oh well. The reflection of the sun off the snow was pretty bright. The kids LOVE being out in the snow!!

Bittersweet

Heather was released from her calling as Primary President on Sunday. She served for just over 2 years and was actually quite surprised to get the phone call last week. We figured they would keep in her in for at least another year. It's been a very involved responsibility at church. It's been a lot of hard work and also very rewarding. After the shock wore off, Heather was actually quite relieved to be released. The timing is right and it will be nice spending time with the adults again. Heather was a little sad at the thought of turning over her "kids" to another set of leaders. The new women called are going to be great but she had a hard time on Sunday - giving her last sharing time as the President. The kids were really sweet. Heather tried hard not to cry but just couldn't help it. It's not like she's going anywhere, but it was hard none the less. What is she going to do with all that free time???