Portland Weekend

This past weekend, Greg and I were invited to go to
Portland with Ma and Papa Rose.
The highlight of the weekend
(and the reason the we went)
was seeing a production of Xanadu.
None of us really went into it with any expectations,
because most of us had never even heard of it,
but it turned out to be a really great show!
Lots of good songs and full of many laughs.
And thanks to the season ticket holders that we went with,
we had terrific seats!

We had to have our pictures taken with the cutouts!
And of course, Greg wanted to switch things up....

But I made him switch back

haha!

We hurried and got a picture in front of the stage
before the ushers caught us!

Saturday morning, we headed off to the nearby outlet mall
to do a little shopping. Can't beat outlet prices AND no sales tax!

On our way home, we stopped to experience Multnomah Falls.

It was actually my first time experiencing this particular waterfall,

so Greg and I hiked the .2 miles to the bridge.

It was such a beautiful waterfall!

After a little sight seeing, we stopped at Pietro's Pizza
in Hood River, OR for an early dinner and then headed home!
We had a great weekend - thanks Ma and Pa Rose for putting up with us :)

White Pass

This past weekend, we headed to White Pass to spend the day on the mountain.
It was suppose to be my first time skiing, but it didn't really end up that way.
Instead of being full of excuses why I didn't really ski,
let's just say that it wasn't really my thing :)
I did get a few pictures of Greg snowboarding.
(Don't ask my why I didn't get more pics, it's not like I was busy skiing or anything!)

We had one big sleepover (w/ 4 other awesome families) at Camp Zarahelma (a big lodge)
The Ostler's were so kind to invite us to join in the fun!
We ended the day with some game playing and movie watching.
We met some really fun families -
it was a great weekend and fun little get away!

Goodbye 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Hope everyone had a great night last night - we sure did!
Stacey and Dan were so nice to let us crash their house party :)
And for some reason, Greg was in the mood to take pictures
(which is pretty rare - I usually only get cooperation for about one or two)
so since he was so willing to pose for the camera,
I took full advantage of it, so prepare for picture overload.....

awe tender

There must have been a little something extra in Greg's apple cider

or he just enjoyed acting like there was :)

Megs had to resort to partying with the old married people
because all the church dances were canceled due to some pretty
treacherous road conditions.
But we were super happy to have her!

Pretty girl!

Greg really started getting crazy with his second glass of cider.

Ok, really he was just pulling up his shirt so he could show off the
wounds he received after going shot gun shooting earlier that day.

Ouch!

Sibling love

Is it sad that Greg makes a better pucker face then me?

Stacey isn't going to be too happy with me
(sorry Stace:)
but these two sisters are too cute not to show off!

And of course, I have to end on a good note, with a nice picture.
Greg is always butting into things!! haha

We wish you all the best throughout this coming year!!

Christmas Day Videos

These are our singing Christmas hats that Santa left with our stockings.

A little video clip of our singing hats



Greg wrestling with Jayce and Hudson

And in this one, Greg is "shocking" Hudson - it's too cute!

Christmas 2009

This year, our first Christmas together was spent in Washington
with the Rose side of the family. Although I missed being with my family in Idaho,
it was so much fun to join in all the fun and traditions with Greg's family.
I still can't believe how early we woke up when the youngest in the
house being in high school. It was about 7:45am when Kayleb came
bouncing in saying "It's Christmas!!"
And so the festivities began...

I was so lucky to get in on one of the
best things about the Rose Christmas -
the stocking
As you can see, they take stockings pretty seriously.
Santa packed ours with all sorts of goodies, games, and fun!

Greg trying to keep Zoe out of all our stocking stuff

Kristy just opened her iTouch that Kayleb gave her

First Christmas together!

Once the presents were opened, we moved into the kitchen for a great breakfast.
It's mostly prepared by the guys, but the girls helped out to get things moving.
We had all worked up quite the appetite.
After eggs, hash browns, sausage, bacon, cinnamon rolls, and orange julius'
we were all pretty stuffed and ready for a little nap!

We were joined early afternoon by the rest of the family!
More presents, food and games!

Dan, Stacey, and Hudson

Zoe being protective of the gifts

Kayleb was VERY excited about his new PS3

Dan and Gary loving their new ear warmers!

Megs looking adorable in her super cute head wrap

And Hudson working on his shooting skills!

After all the gifts were exchanged, we all moved into the kitchen again
to get going on the Christmas dinner.
After stuffing ourselves on some delicious food,
we ended the evening playing some games.

We had such a wonderful Christmas
and hope you all did as well!

Girls Night Out

Wednesday night, all the sister's got together
to celebrate Leslie's birthday
(which was earlier this month)
and the night started off great with
Kristy breaking here Pedi chair!
Ok, she didn't actually break it, but after she tried to
adjust the water temperature, it started leaking all over.

The leaking eventually stopped and the pedicures went on.

Our photographer there, Megs, decided to capture an adorable pic of herself :)

She did get a couple of great shots of all the girls!

Stacey, Kristy, me, Leslie, and Megan
(such gorgeous sis-in-laws!)

Our pretty toes
We did lose Kristy for awhile,
only to get her back at the end of dinner
and lose Megs.

Our dinner at the Olive Garden was delicious,
and the movie was ok,
but it was a great night out with the ladies!!