Happy 15th Anniversary

This year Rob and I celebrated our 15th anniversary.  Crazy that it's been 15 years....it seems like it's been shorter and longer than that.  :)  We have been through so many things mundane and exciting, happy and scary.  But I'm so glad I've had Rob by my side through it all.  

Something I've been wanting to do is visit the Food Nanny store.  She opened a new store about 15 minutes from my house and she sells all kinds of expensive stuff there.  Ha ha.  But when we got there we saw that it was closed until after the new year.  So we just did a drive by.  

I had to hop out for a picture!

Fortunately, this store is right next to the world's biggest Costco store.  I told Rob we had to go check it out.  It really is big.  We were pretty amazed at the size of the cooler areas.  They were way bigger than the one we usually go to.  They had lots of things we've never seen.  We didn't get a cart and it's a good thing because we left with an armful of stuff.  ha ha.  If we had a cart we would have gotten a lot more!

In the freezer section, they had whole lambs you can buy.  

Emery said she really wanted to do the donut on a string game.  So we got some donuts and made that happen.  :)

Riley's strategy made me laugh!

Finley enjoyed the taco we brought home from Taco Bell for lunch.

Then we went and saw the new ghostbuster movie in the theater.  We really enjoyed it.  When they first started the previews the sound was SO LOUD.  I was thinking I was going to have to cover my ears the entire movie.  But they turned it down a bit, thank goodness.  It was a little much for my old ears.  

Anyway, then we got burgers and ate them at home.  Thanks to Sadie and good kids so we can go out and spend time alone with each other.  It's so great.  Happy Anniversary!

Also, I think it is worth mentioning that it was also the 4th anniversary of me finding out about my brain tumor.  I can't believe it's been that long!  I still feel effects of the surgery at least a few times a week.  We call it my "tubey" referring to my shunt that has a tub running from my brain, down my side and to my abdomen to drain my cerebral fluid.  It is often painful, but every time it hurts, I'm reminded of the miracle that I'm still here.  I'm so grateful for the doctors and nurses who helped me in my scary time of need.  I hope they are all doing well.  

 

Christmas 2021 post

 Yes...it took me almost a month to get around to posting these Christmas pictures.  This year, one of my goals is to stay up to date on the blog.  So, once I've caught up, I'm going to try to post at least weekly.   

Christmas this year was very laid back.  We just hung around at home and got together with Crys and Alan a few times.  This year we tried to watch as many Christmas movies as we could before Christmas.  We got the Home Alone movies, Noelle, The Santa Clause, Elf, and more that I can't remember.  (another problem with delaying posting about things on the blog) We opened our Elf chart gifts on Christmas Eve, and watched Noelle and went to bed excited for Christmas.  

On Christmas we woke up and opened our stockings and some presents.  Then Rob made Eggs Bennedict for breakfast and the kids picked out stickers for their new water bottles from Grandma.  After that, the kids got to open the big family gift.  I think they liked it.  :)  

Here are some pictures.  They are all out of order.  Enjoy.

My friend Laurel gave us this cute Bingo game with a bingo cage and everything.  It's so fun!  We will definitely be using this for parties in the future!

I got a new Dutch oven.  The first thing I made in it was Chili. 

We got these new hair curlers.  They are so easy to use!  I love it.  

We went to Crys and Alan's house on Christmas for lunch.  They got yummy barbeque food. Then we watched Encanto.  

Of course we did Christmas nails.  

Took a picture of Junie and Finley in front of my favorite wall in their house!

Crys, Sadie and I spent a good chunk of time putting this marble maze together.  So satisfying.  

They played lots of video games.  Uncle Alan has the best handheld games to play.

I didn't take lots of pictures, but Crys had everything decorated so cute.  

This was our big family gift.  

We're taking the family to Disneyland in February.  :)

First they all opened Mickey Mouse jammies.  Then we had them open a couple of Disney board games.  Finally, we sent them on a treasure hunt to find some Disney gift cards they can use at the park.  

Rob did a great job on the Eggs Bennedict.

Picking out the stickers they want for their water bottles. 

Riley had Finley for the kid's gift exchange.

Finley had Emery. She got her one of those plasma ball things.  

Emery had Riley.  She got her accessories for the doll house.  

Zac and Sadie had each other.

Christmas Eve.

They were a bit excited.

Putting snacks out for Santa and the reindeer.  

Zac and his friend got Takis and chocolate from their friend Ashton.

Elf Chart!