Well Christmas has come and gone. All the decorations are down at my house. I was really in the christmas decorating mood this year, but by the end of december it just felt like clutter. I did my annual trip to Tia Pan the day after christmas and got some really fun christmas decorations for next year!!(it gives me something to be excited about for next year) We had a grat Christmas we spent time with both our families, It is soooo nice having them both so close! We had great food and lots of fun presents like I got a kitchen aid mixer, we got wii, matt got a shotgun, carson got many many toys and we all got lots of clothes. Every year our parents both do the most amazing christmas's we love you guys and are so thankful for all you do!! The day after Christmas we went up to utah to my parents cabin and spent the weekend with my moms family, it wasn't the same without everyone that was gone (jordan, Brooke, Jordan, kristin, steve, and nicole) we missed you guys! I also came to the conclusion that I HATE the cold, I hate the snow too, Don't get me wrong it is very pretty to look at, but it is messy and cold, and slippery, and cold cold cold. I have decided I like las vegas it has been sooo beautiful here this week, i will remind my self of this come August!!! well here are a few picts from Christmas and a couple of carson's 1 year pics, I also need to give a shout out to my friend Courtney who did all these pictures she's not even a photographer, I was so proud of her, i love you Court!!

cars in one of his new christmas outfits


matt loves the packers and so my brothers decided to buy him this hat, they think they are really funny

he got this and a basketball hoop from my mom, the hoope he hasn't quite figured out yet, but me and matt are having alot of fun with it!!

the new wii (this is what we have been doing ALOT lately)

a little activity table from matts parents, even after its been set up his loves to climb up it and stand on top, lets just say he's been spending alot of time in his time out chair!! Naughty little boy!

Cars in his Christmas jammies

DON WE NOW OUR GAY APPERAL

3 posts in 1 day, that is some kind of record!! We went to an ugly sweater party this weekend, and it made the line from "deck the Halls" really come alive for me "don we now our gay apperal. It was sooo fun!! Matt was very sad he won 2nd for the ugliest outfit!!! Thanks Charlie for the fun night!


I'm even embarrased to put this picture up, Matt's pants may look like scrubs but they are actually slacks AWSOME!!

Nikki and Aaron

Josh and Charlie

Jen Colin and baby Irie

Mike and Angela

Me and Bri ( we looked like school teachers from the 90's)

Jamie's wedding

Over thanksgiving my cousin Jamie got married. All the family was in town and after Thanksgiving dinner we all went over and set up for the reception, we turned on the music and had so much fun, even my grandma was dancing!!! It turned out to be such a beautiful wedding!!! Good luck Casey you've got your hands full!! j/k i love you jamie!!! SO here are a few pics from the wedding and the reception

All I want for Christmas is a box!!!

This picture is at the rebel game in carsons new rebel warm up's he looked like a real rebel fan!!! Mike and Angela this picture is for you!!!

How easy Carson is to please right now. We were at my parents house and they were putting up there tree, so we put Carson in the empty tree box and he played it that thing forever!! If only he could just be happy playing in a box forever!!!

I really hate blogging so the only time I do is when I have something exciting to post, which is what alot of you do too. So it really looks like we live these magical lives with vacations and birthday parties, and everyone is always smiling and happy. Well on Saturday I asked my friend Courtney to take a family picture of us for Chritmas cards. Matt HATES taking pictures and complains the whole time and does the strangest things in pictures. So this picture is of us arguing about having to take this picture. I'm trying to make the point that we are doing these pictures wether he wants to or not and the sooner he realizes this, quits goofing around, and smiles nice we can be done. And Courtney thinking she is sooo funny decides to capture this magical moment. So yeah we fight, we argue, we annoy each other (Matt says that all I ever say to him is that he is annoying!) and here is the proof!!!

Now that Carson is one I wanted to make a list of things we was doing, and his favorite things. So thats just a warning to you all so you don't have to continue, because everytime I write this stuff down i always misplace it, so now that it is in cyber world its there FOREVER!!! What a fun year it's been to be with this wild child that doesn't ever stop moving. He's always happy and loves to play, he should have had older sibilings, but his dad is pretty fun to play with so I guess he's ok with that!!!
~he started really walking last week hes so funny its like a drunken sailor. If he needs to get somewhere fast he still crawls, the kid is a speed deamon.

~ this kid loves to climb on or into anything. He also loves the dishwasher and loves to try to help me unload it.




~ he loves attevtion and thinks he is soooo funny
~ He has 5 teeth, and didn't get his first one til August
~lately Cars has become this supper chatty thing. Most of the time it's just mumbo jumbo but I have been able to pick out a couple words lik....
-mamma
-dadda
-ba ba (bottle)
-ba (ball) those two sound alot alike
-goggie (dog)
-hey
-hi (that's his favorite)
-buh bye, with the floppy hand wave
~for any of you that know Carson you know he LOVES to eat, he's not at all picky and eats usually everything but here are some of his favorites
peas, any kind of fruit, baby mum mums, water, ice cream, bread,and peanut butter and jelly sanwiches
~his favorite person is his Dad. Nevermind that I'm the one that takes care of him EVERY stinkin day, he would choose Matt over me anyday, it's kinda sad!
he's my boys on the way to Carson's first UNLV basketball game (notice the shirt, we start them young)


~he loves toys, books, baby einstein movies, his woobie (a litle blanket that has ribbon out the sides its a perfect take along blanket), and his binkie
~His favorite song is the theme song to "the Girlmore Girls" I love this show and it comes on everyday at 5, and no matter what kind of trouble he is getting into, or even if he is crying. He stops goes over to the tv and dances the whole time. It's so funny
~He loves to go out the doggie door, and has it down to a science he is quick
GOING, GOING, GONE





~his favorite time of the day is when he takes his baths. Since he is always so dirty it's sometimes twice, but he loves to play with his toys, and when we start to drain the tub and he's not ready to get out he goes over and pushes the thing back down so the water won't come out!!
~he loves to go up and down the stairs, a while ago my mom taught him how to turn around and go down them and let me tell you the kid is soooo fast
~he loves to play in our dog Stella's food. He like to stick his hands in the water, eat the dog food, and just dumo it everywhere. Atleast 4 times a day I dig dog food out of his mouth.