Yikes!

Okay, I have learned a very important lesson about my hair recently. Apparently the color on the box of hair dye for a couple dollars at Wal-mart does not necessarily turn out the same on my hair! And it does not necessarily end up saving me money either. My hair turned this lovely shade of golden-orange, and cost me 2 trips to a professional hair dresser to get most of it toned out of my hair (I'm still not 100% happy with the color it is now.) And this picture was taken indoors in not-so-great lighting. Just imagine what I looked like in the sunlight! Needless to say, I have learned my lesson!

Batboy and Batgirl

This picture was just too cute to pass up. Cameron went through quite a lengthy phase of dressing up like Batman. We very often were spotted out in public with these or similar costumes on. Reese thinks dressing up means putting on super-hero costumes at this point. She doesn't have any need for the large drawer of girly dress-up clothes we have saved back from Becca's dress-up days for her!

Surprise!

The party continues - I also threw a surprise party for Tristan the weekend of his b'day. We had a bunch of friends and family meet us at the movies, where we saw Paul Blart - Mall Cop, then came back home for food and cake. Look how surprised he's pretending to be - what a nice husband I have!

The Big 3-0!

Here's the birthday boy having a very fancy birthday breakfast - donuts and juice! Cameron and Trister did not mind the donuts one bit!


Neither did Reese and Becca for that matter. (I really do live with these people, by the way. Apparently I'm always the one behind the camera, because I'm never in any pictures. I'll have to work on that.)

Here's one with me in it! Tyler and Amanda treated us to a Denver Nuggets game for Trisatn's birthday. It turned out to be a great game. All I remember is that we won - Tristan could probably give you more details, but hey, I'm a girl!

Tristan is officially 30! I teased him mercilessly about this fact, but he handled it really well. I think it's because he really should be proud of himself and all he has accomplished already in his life before this milestone. He has served a faithful 2 year mission for the Lord, been married in the temple to a wonderful woman =), earned a bachelor's degree while working full-time to support his family, gotten his C.P.A., has 4 beautiful children, and recently landed his dream job at Colorado Springs Utilities. He is a wonderful husband, father, and friend. I don't think there is much left undone in his 20's for him to be sad about. Tris, you are the best, and I love you! Happy 30th!!

Christmas morning

Here are a few shots of the kids on Christmas morning with their new presents.

stay tuned!

Okay, it is WAY past my bedtime, so I will resume playing catch-up with our blog tomorrow. Whew!

'Twas the Night Before Christmas...

We spent Christmas Eve at my Mom's and had a lot a fun - we had a game night, and Mom let the kids open presents before we went home.

Here's my sister Torey and Luke, and brother Ryan and his wife Cheron.

Sorry, Ashley - your eyes just looked really cool in this one! =)