California Trip 2010

This summer we went to California to see my big brother and his family again. I am hoping to make this a family tradition, every summer. We had planned to go to Lego Land but decided not to go because the little kids (Ally and Liam) weren't quite big enough to go on the rides and get the full experience. So we decided to hit Sea World again. I am so happy we went. The kids had a blast. They had a new dolphin show that everyone loves. Ally love the Shamu Show even more so this year. We also spend the day at Huntington Beach, walking around. They were having an out-door fair type event. The kids got a chance to go on the big blow-up slides. We couldn't get Ally out of them. Her cousin Sierra took her on all the slides at least a couple of times each. Then we headed out to the beach. Ally has become such a fish in the water. If Cody and I weren't holding on to her she would have gone as far as she could've into the ocean. She stayed in the water till she was shaking like a leaf and her lips were purple. She was so mad when I made her get out of the water to warm up. She kept heading straight for the water. I got in the water too and Cody was able to do a little body surfing with Tyler (our nephew). They had so much fun. On our last day was hung out at my brothers house and swam in his pool. We didn't want to come home, we had such a great time and the weather was outstanding.

Some Pictures of the Boys and Ally......

Well we have been trying to get outside as much as possible. As the weather will allow. Ally has gotten into a funny habit of taking off her left sock off whenever she gets a chance. This last picture is of Little Ally falling asleep on her floor. She was playing at nap time and I just let her play figuring that she would fall asleep if she needed to. And well she did. On her bedroom floor. The other pictures are of the boys, Kramer and Newman in the back yard waiting for momma to trow their ball. The other two, of course are of Ally, just to show you how big she is getting. She just looks like a big girl.

Ally's Birthday Party............

We celebrated Ally's 2nd Birthday today with a little family party. It was fun once she got used to everyone which didn't take her too long. I think she had fun though and I hope that everyone that else had a good time. I decorated the dining room in a Tinkerbell Theme which turned out really cute. We had Jimmy Johns' (a really good sandwich place) cater the party and we got one of those good Costco cakes. It was sooo big I had to send some home with everyone. Ally got so many cool gifts I think she was a bit overwhelmed at first but she had fun with them . It was really nice to have the family over and be able to spend time with them, since we don't see them too often. I had Cody take some pictures of Ally playing with Grandma Pat, she FINALLY warmed up to her and they played for a little while. I love to see her playing with Grandma it is really cute to watch them. Thank you everyone for coming we really had fun and loved having you over. And of course Happy Birthday Little Ally. We love you so much.

Happy 2nd Birthday Ally

We took Ally to The Mayan for lunch......

A year ago today... Ally's First Birthday

One of my favorite baby pictures........

Another one of my favorite baby pictures...

Ally two years ago today. One her birthday..Feb. 20th, 2008

I cannot believe that our precious baby girl is two years old today. Where does the time go. Here are some pictures I wanted to share with our friends and family. Ally from the day she was born till now. She has and is growing up so fast, she is so amazing to us and of course so beautiful. We are so proud of her. We truly are the luckiest parents to be able to have her in our lives. She is our little miracle baby. We love her so much and I know that our friends and family feel the same.

So today for her birthday we took her to lunch at the Mayan. Crapy food but GREAT entertainment. She had a blast watching the divers and the water falls. Then we took her to Toys'R'Us so she could pick out a toy. By the end she was falling asleep in the shopping cart so we came home and will probably just hang out and play. Next weekend we are having a family party so I will post more pictures then. I am excited to have the family come up here and share her birthday with us. Should be fun.

Anyway... Ally-Pooh.. We love you so much and look forward to seeing you grow.

Christensen and Hutchins' Christmas.....

Cody and I at Blayne and Pat's Christmas Eve

Knowles Family.... and Dallin

Ally showing off her talent... hogging the mic...

Brittany, Boston and Pat......

( My Big Brother)The Hutchins Family.. Alex, Dannica, Liam, Sierra, and Tyler and us............

(My Big sister Family) The Munns Family, Sheldon, Alyssa, Seth. Spencer and Mercedes

l the kids. Spencer, Tyler, Liam, Mercedes, Seth, Sierra and crazy Ally

The three Amigos... Me, Alexander and Alyssa......

My dad (Wayne) Me, Alexander and Alyssa.....................

Alexander and Cody putting Ally's kitchen together (I cannot believe they are ready the instructions...Its crazy) All the boys putting Cody's gift together.. Beer tender together...He He funny to watch

All the big kids going sledding

Tyler with Ally in the snow.......

Ally with Sierra in the snow

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. My big brother and his family and my big sister and her family and my dad were able to come and stay with us for Christmas. I have always wanted to hosted Christmas and this year I was able to. It was so nice to have my family here with us. The kids had so much fun and they all got along so great. We had a wonderful time together. I was able to do some Yummy Home cooking which is my Favorite thing to do and I enjoy entertaining. We had a ton of great food and it was nice to be together. We spent time with Cody's family as well, which is always nice to see them and spend time with them. Ally was so lucky and had so much fun with all of her relatives and cousins. Hopefully she'll be a little warmer to family. We hope that all of our friends and family have a wonderful New Year and know that we are thinking of you...

Christensen and Hutchins' Christmas

Finally...................

What a big girl..............................

What a tired girl...............................so cute

Thanksgiving with the Christensen Clan

Cousin Logan and Ally shooting some hoops......

I apologize I have not updated our blog for so long. But here are some recent pictures. We spent Thanksgiving Day with Cody's family. We went to the Marriott for Thanksgiving Dinner. Talk about delicious food. Then we headed to Blayne and Pat's house to spend some time with the family. It was really nice. Ally and Logan played basketball together for awhile. Logan is so good with Ally. It was great to see her play with him. She warmed up to the family, which was really nice. She usually freaks out... I made a Thanksgiving turkey and potatoes for our little family the next day. Yummmm. I love making turkey and having left-over turkey sandwiches.

I did get a chance to have Kiddie Kandid pictures of Ally. They turned out great, even though she was crazy most of the time. We really haven't been up to a lot. We finally got our Master bathroom completed. It looks great. I am so pleased. Now I just have to get up the Christmas decorations up and the house and stuff ready for family. Yippee for me. I will try to do a better job of updating our blog.