Happy Spring!!

I used to wonder why my friends wouldn't update their blogs every week with cute pictures of their kids, etc...  I get it!  My furry kid Shep and I are obviously so busy that I just don't have time to blog!  HAHA...something like that!!

February and March were pretty calm.  I got to spend a few days at the beginning of February with Chris' girls.  Holly went to Idaho for a girls weekend with her sisters and took the baby so I got to hang out with the older two girls!  We had lots of fun including a trip to Yogurtland...W's highlight from the week!!

I love having my brother closer and getting to play with them every month!!  Spencer also spent a week in Kentucky for work.  He was home for about a week before heading off to Orlando for a trade show.  He's been traveling a lot!!  

In other news, I have been called to serve as Second Counselor in the Young Women's presidency.  I am excited for the experience and getting to know the youth in our ward.  Living in California has come with its challenges but I'm really learning to enjoy our life here.

I did find out today that one of my friends here is moving back to North Carolina mid June.  I'm having mixed emotions about the move.  I know its a good thing for her and her marriage...but she is one of my only close friends here and I'm honestly not thrilled about losing someone I can go talk to on a regular basis.  Sure...technology is great, but I'll miss the face to face interactions.

We just got back yesterday from a trip to Sedona and the Grand Canyon.  Hopefully I'll get those pictures up before the end of the month...

Lyndsey Came to Visit!!

Shortly after the cousins left, our wonderful friend Lyndsey came to visit us. She had the opportunity to speak at some Math Conference in San Diego so of course we let her stay with us. The Colorado Native's request....to go to the beach of course!!  Given that Lyndsey was our amazing friend who drove out to CA with a car full of our stuff...we were more than willing to oblige. :-)

 I was NOT a happy camper...that water is COLD!!!  Yet Lyndsey made me come down to the water with her.... yeah, I'm that kind of friend!  Spencer was smart and stayed away from the water...but willingly took pictures for us.

There were TONS of sea anemones that we could play with...I just love sea life!  Especially when it won't hurt me...

I miss Lyndsey and am ready for her to come back and visit me again!!!

California Adventure

Let's be honest...the ONLY reason I was excited for Day 2 at Disney was for CARS LAND in California Adventure!!!  To say Cars is my favorite animated Disney film right now is a bit of an understatement...  

Radiator Springs looked EXACTLY like it does in the movie.  I was like a kid on Christmas!!

 I even got a picture of Mater. Lightening McQueen was there too but he had so many people around him I couldn't get a good shot. 

 The big ride in Cars Land is Radiator Springs Racers. I knew the line would be SUPER long...but convinced Spencer to come with me anyways. We stood in the "Single Rider" Line so only waited about an hour...It was TOTALLY worth it!!!

I couldn't of had a better 2 days at Disney. It was fun spending time with Spencer's cousins. As they grow older I feel like we get along with them better. Maybe because they're turning into teenagers and young adults, not the little kids they were when I first met them all 7 years ago.

We definitely started the new year off with a bang!  

How did you ring in the new year??

Happy 2013!!

I am more that a bit behind on blogging. I would blame it on something exciting, but really its just laziness. I finally got myself, the laptop, both cameras, and the external hard drive in the same place at the same time.

We flew home from Christmas in Colorado on New Years Eve.  Flying to Colorado was Shep's first airplane ride. I was SUPER stressed about it, but he was a champ. We spent New Years Eve on the couch, we watched the ball drop in New York City on tape delay. We watched both Dick Clark's New Years and someone else...we recorded both and then could skip through commercials. We got to watch the ball drop twice...hehehe.

On January 3rd, Spencer's cousins all came to Southern California (minus Emily who was missed!!). The Nashs came from Colorado and the Gublers came from San Jose. We went to Disneyland and California Adventure with them. Spencer took a couple days off so we could both join in on the fun.

 Uncle Gary, Mark, and Annie Gubler, Curt Nash, and Me!!  Waiting in line for the Haunted Mansion. Every year from mid November-early January Disneyland (and Disneyworld) are decorated for Christmas. We were lucky enough to get there just before they started taking things down.

 This is the roller coaster group!  Let me tell you that trying to keep track of 6 people in Disneyland is NO small feat!!!  Especially since it was still Winter Break so the park was SUPER crowded.  We had a blast and went on almost every roller coaster in Disneyland! Kennion didn't want to do Space Mountain so we didn't make him do it.  He doesn't know what he is missing...that's been my favorite ride my ENTIRE life!!

Spencer and I in front of the castle.  Being the Disney World junkie that I am...I was quite disappointed in the Disneyland castle... Its soooo little!!!

All of the cousins!! They were willing to take part in my request to all be wearing Mickey Ears.

Christmas Day

Christmas Day was a BUSY day!!  First we opened stockings with my family. Then we got dressed and headed to the north side of town for Christmas Brunch with the Nashs (Spencer's Aunt and family...sorry no pictures). Then we went back to my parents house to open our tree presents. Then picked up Grandpa Fergurson and Aunt Betty on the south end of town. Back to Spencer's parents house for Christmas Dinner. Dropped Grandpa and Aunt Betty off at home...then back to Spencer's parents for our stockings there and tree gifts. Whew!!  Here are a few pictures Spencer managed to snap of our tree opening.  

Poor Sherry wanted a family picture of the 6 of us, but we never got one.  Hopefully next time we're together we can do that.

We had a wonderful time in Colorado. I even got to spend 2 days with my best friend Dana and our god daughter Jordan (yet again, no pictures...oops).  It was nice to spend time with family and enjoy the holiday season. We came back to California on New Years Eve and had a couple days rest before about 2 weeks of visitors....but that's next year.  :-)  We had an eventful 2012 and are excited to see what 2013 has in store for us.

Merry Christmas Eve!!

We went home to Colorado for Christmas.  Yes, we live in California but Colorado is still home to me. Does that ever change?

Here is my sister and her family on Christmas Eve.  5 kids...not sure how she does it!  

 Christmas Eve stories with neighbor Paul and his boys.  They're good kids and have grown up so much while I've been gone.  I had fun talking with them over dinner about teachers in the Jr High and High School. Ahh the memories.

Bahpah reading Jabez Dawes by Ogden Nash.  GREAT story!!! (Click here to read it for yourself)

When you have family close by!!

My brother and his family live in LA, about 90 mins (depending on traffic) from us.  When we moved out here everyone said how nice it will be to have them so close.  Well...I guess they're close compared to the 17 hours it took before we moved to California. :-)  Anyways, we finally got to see them in December!!  

 Happy Birthday W, H (not pictured) and N!!  W got Legos, N a book and bandaids.

 Who do you think was more excited about their gift??  Sweet N loves Princess bandaids.  Pretty sure we won major brownie points with her!! W loved her lego car too...

 And here we are with out 3 nieces. Baby O was born at the end of October.  She is a sweetie and her sisters adore her.   Below is my brother and his family.  Think he's outnumbered??  HAHA.  I snapped the picture and he said "Great, there's out Christmas card!"  My sister in law wasn't as impressed.

It was great to see them....and I decided to try and see them at least once a month...being that they're so close..  hahah

Gingerbread Train!!!

After much convincing, Spencer and I decorated a gingerbread train this year!!  It was a lot of fun and given my love of trains....a much better decision than a silly old gingerbread house.

(Don't you like my chance to photo bomb Spencer...hehehe)

LaJolla, CA

I have a friend here who is always going to LaJolla and I wanted to see what it was all about.  Little did I know, the San Diego Temple (See it here) is actually in LaJolla so I've already been there.  But Spencer and I went down one Sunday afternoon to the beach.  Yes, it was the beginning of December and we went to the beach.  It was a beautiful day!!  We also drove around the UCSD campus and decided we both went to the wrong school.  Pretty sure we'd never have gotten any school work done because it overlooked Torrey Pines Golf Course and the ocean. It was beautiful.  Somewhere in LaJolla you can go see seals too. I've got to look into that... But for now...a few pictures from our beach day.