The last month and a half.....

The past month and a half have been C-R-A-Z-Y here in Paradise. Case in point...I cannot get this stupid underline to go away!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh well. After spending the past hour and a half posting pictures, I am not going to allow a little line to knock me off course.

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Okay.....now that we got that out, let's begin the slideshow from January 4th through January 29th. Whew.

We started 2007 with a birthday!!! (uumm....the line is gone....I have no idea how that happened) Presley is now 3 years old *sniff*






We just had a little party with our cousins Noy, Dawn, Maiza and Bella.





Oh....presents!




He is posing for me....




More posing....no kidding. This is a typical picture around here.



New cowboy boots!!!!!!





Playing.....and playing....and playing....









On January (oh...the line is back...) 6th Stephanie, Josiah's mom, came into town. What she did not know is that Sarah (her daughter that lives in California) had flown in to surprise her! It was great...a true surprise. So after that was pulled off, Ryan came into town (Josiah's brother) and we had a really fun week together. So this is the photo chronicle of our adventures.....






First off, (oh....line is gone....hhuummm...) is was decided to potty train Presley. Now, as you may recall, I have attempted this seemingly impossible feat several times to no avail. SO....Steph took over! She did it all....and did a great job! Presley is now completely potty trained and doing fantastic. Thank you Steph!!!!!







Oh, had to throw in a picture of the Love Birds....Sarah and Brad. Brad was not here in person, but Sarah kept his spirit alive for us all :)





OH. Who are these devilishly handsome people????
Yes, I look pale. I was not sick. I was pale. The temp outside was about -4 degrees so the blood was rushing to my vital organs to keep me alive. So I am pale.





Uncle "crazy" Ryan with little Presley.





Sarah and Stephanie






Sarah and Pres






The siblings (3 of the 4) Ryan, Sarah and Josiah








You have probably gathered by now that Stephanie is a brave woman. She potty trained Pres....and now she is making Christmas cookies with the boys. Alone. (we were all out shopping)











Time to enjoy the spoils :)







There is never a dull moment around here. Below is a picture diary of a moment-by-moment dance from our little Presley. I guess he has to live up to his name :)













There was A LOT of poker played over the holidays. First with my cousins and Grandfather and Uncle...then with Nate and Courtney...and then with Josiah's mom and siblings. We all had SO MUCH FUN...and we learned quite a few new poker games. We always played Texas Hold 'Em, but now we enjoy Omaha, Cincinatti, 7 Card No Peak (my fav), Follow the Queen, Jacks to Bet Trips to Win, 5 Card Draw....etc. It was a blast!



One of the nightly winners....Miss Sarah






Another winner....Josiah. And the flying turtle was thrown by Ryan and just happened to get in the picture. Cool, hu?! Of course it is cool at 2 a.m.....




Ryan, getting his mean face on.







We decided to celebrate Stephanie's 50th birthday (that had been on Christmas Eve) while everyone was here. What fun!!!


Setting up the festivities...



The birthday gal and her 4 Grandsons!!!!




The cake...




Josiah wearing her hat...she wore it allll night! :)



Notice something....odd....about this banner???? Yeah.








Next up..............skiing for the whole family!!! For our Christmas gifts, Stephanie took us all skiing!!!! We had a BLAST. The boys did fantastic for their first time skiing....




In the van going to A-Basin



Getting the skis on...





Ryan and Sarah




Tarin's skis...


The boys getting ready to go skiing......


Tarin is a speed demon. He points his skis straight downhill and flies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Ethan is very good at skiing, but he takes a more conservative approach...slow and sure....but he does SO well.






Who are those hot snow bunnies?! WOW!




Our little Kell is also quite proficient at sking. He goes fast and has fun!!!!!!!!!!!!




Speaking of Kell.....we ended January with his birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 7 years old. WOW! For his birthday Josiah took him skiing again!!!!