New Year

I just looked at my blog and realized, I didn't do so well in 2009. Here's to doing better in 2010 (ok, so January is almost over).

Christmas was amazing. I worked the week of Christmas, but was lucky enough to have Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. Ian got a job at UPS for December as a driver helper. He brought home tips, butcher meat, and chocolate. It was a fun time for him, but unfortunately, that job ended Christmas Eve. It was back to looking for jobs for him.

Christmas Eve my brother-in-law Shane drove up from Southern CA. He stayed with his parents, and we got to spend the day with him after Ian got off work. We went up to Dutch Flat to spend time with Ian's family. It was a very nice night with orderves (sp?) and talking. We came back down to Rocklin and walked around the neighborhood to look at all the Christmas lights and decorations people had in front of their houses. I walked that neighborhood 3 times and never took pictures :(. You'll have to wait until next year.

Christmas Day I was up at 5:30 A.M. Yes, I was up before my 2.5 yr old. I stayed in the bedroom and looked at e-mails and facebook on my phone. Hunter woke up at 7:30, Ian woke up shortly after that, and McKenna was the last to wake up. I took a picture of all the presents in front of our tree, and will post that this weekend. I didn't take any pictures of presents being opened since I played Santa. Family came over at 9:00 for breakfast and presents. It took us 1.5 to open all the presents (a lot of them were for Hunter and McKenna so it took longer, and we have a tradition of opening presents one person at a time). We had eggs, biscuits and gravy for breakfast with yulekaka bread and Goat's cheese with it. The family took off so Shane could get dressed, and they could take a nap. That afternoon we headed up to Dutch Flat again for dinner. It was a nice dinner with more orderves (sp?) and lots more talking. I always enjoy going up there.

The New Year came and went. We had the missionaries over for dinner, then played games with Ian's parents. They left at 11:00 to get home before all the traffic got bad, and we put Hunter to bed. I fell asleep on the couch at 11:45 with McKenna on my stomach. I tried so hard to not fall asleep, to make it to midnight. Ian came to wake me up at 12:00 to give me a kiss, wish me a Happy New Year, and told me to put McKenna in bed and come to bed.

Since the New Year, Ian attended 2 weeks of County supervised job workshops. The last day of class, Ian got a call for a job at Famous Footwear for Assistant Manager. He gets $9/hr and will work 30 hours a week. We were happy for him.

I promise to put pictures up this weekend of the girls (they're getting so big). Until then, keep being who you are and remember we love you.

P.S. Losing weight this year. Lost 10 lbs since November. Let's hope I'm more healthy in 2010 than I was in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Jeep

Our dash displays. The top is the CD player, the middle are the temperature knobs and the bottom display tells us if we need to service the Jeep, doors are open, or if light bulbs went out.
This is the backseat looking to the rear hatch.
Side view

Full view.

Free earring giveaway

My friend is doing a free pair of earrings giveaway on her blog. One of the ways I can win is to link this site to my blog. She has her own jewelry business. Check it out...

http://skydivingthroughlife.blogspot.com/2009/11/sassy-jewels-giveaway-2-winners.html

McKenna scooting

Here's another video of McKenna scooting. I have also included a pic of her new crib.

McKenna at 6 months

Ian took this video of McKenna giggling last night and so I thought I'd pass it along. Hope you can all see it.

Halloween

Me as Satan's wife. You can't see, but there are horns on my wig.
Hunter's a lion.
Ian's a devil with horns.
We had our ward trunk or treat tonight, so here's the pics.

Our new place!!!

Our master bath. The shower is on your left, not shown in picture.
Our master bedroom closets.
Our master bedroom. The other white chair that was given to us that has clothes on it, waiting to be put away. As you can see, we're still not fully unpacked.
This dresser we brought from CA. It's only 3 drawers so we separate the girls clothes into 2 dressers.
Girl's bedroom. McKenna sleeps in pack n play on your left. Hunter is on toddler bed straight ahead. Dresser that you see we found in front of our dumpster.
Card table that I use for ironing.
Our computer desk and computer.
Our office. White chair and bookshelf also came from members of our ward.
Girl's tub.
Girl's bathroom.
Girl's bathroom.
Washer and dryer. We wouldn't look at a place unless it came with it...
Living room. The huge hutch was free, and couch was off craigslist. Coffee table was from freeceycle. Everything else was from IA.
Dining room. This was a free dining room set from members of our ward.
Kitchen