D-To-The-Land

And so it begins! The cruise date has finally come. December 11th we were off until December 21st. What a beautiful week and a few days it was. We left Friday afternoon towards St. George. We hooked up with Cole and Gabs, went to dinner, and then off to California that night.

Here we are! Happy for our trip.
It was a beautiful drive.
Finally together at last:)
We stayed at Cole's aunts house for the weekend. It was a lovely place and we were very grateful for that. They live about 30 minutes from Disneyland. Of course we were going to hit it up. We woke up Saturday morning and it was pouring rain! That almost stopped us but we gave in and it was a great decision. Best time ever!
"C" for Cortney and Cole
"R" for Rodger
Sorry Gabs, no "G" in California.
Christmas time at Disneyland. Can you think of anything better?

It was magical.

My prince and I in front of our castle.

Teapots were closed due to the rain....blast!

We tried to save some $ and go without the fancy rain coats. It didn't last long and we gave in and bought the over priced ones.

It was a still a busy day even with the rain, but it was perfect. We didn't wait longer than 15 minutes for ANY ride.

I formed a curly sue soon after we were there. The joys of natural curl.

Mmmmm the churros were delicious when we were wet and cold.

Looking attractive with the wet hair and runny makeup.

This is out of order and taken right when we got there, nice and dry.

This ride make me want to die.

Look at those bad boys.

And look at the fun girls.

Yes Cole is having too much fun! As was I, in the background.

I couldn't feel my toes and I wanted to cry but the fun made it go away!

They were the only characters that were out. Seeing the characters is half the fun, oh well. The rain scared them away.

Pirates of the Caribbean was the boys favorite ride.

Splash Mountain was mine and Gabs. We went 3 times in a row, didn't even get out. Jealous? I know.

It's beautiful, isn't it?

Here is the parade

Strong men are hot!

Mickey's house was fabulous.

Girls Tea Party in Minnie's house.

Oh Mickey. His outfit was cute. Do you think the Mickey behind the costume is smiling when pictures are getting taken? I don't. I bet they look like creeps.

Goodbye Mickey....until next time, which Rodger claims will be never. But Rodg Bear, what about our children? He still says no, but he'll change his mind:)

The Cruise was the next morning and boy was it fun! Pictures and details to follow....but give me time. I have a lot of pictures!

May I Not Forget

We went to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra on Wednesday before Thanksgiving. We went with all of Rodger's family, thanks to Scott and Holly. We had 2 extra tickets so we invited Jessica and Tony. We knew they would love it....and they sure did.

I didn't know what to expect, I had never seen them or heard their music. It was quite entertaining!

It made me really want to play the Violin. But then I remember back to the times where Ashley and Lindsey took lessons and I will never be able to appreciate "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" ever again.

Our Thanksgiving Weekend

Oh, hello. We are back and are alive and well. I know it has been a long time and I am sorry for that. We have been busy getting our home together and adjusting to the change. We are pretty much all set up, except for a few things. We need to hang a few more pictures and get the office painted and set up. Other than that, it looks like home and we couldn't be more happy.

We had a great Thanksgiving and mixed in a lot of other activities all weekend.

We started off Thanksgiving Day morning at 10:00 sharp for Bowling at the new Boondocks. Love it! The place is great and I can't wait to enjoy it more. We had both of our families come. It has kinda been a tradition in my family to go bowling on Thanksgiving. I couldn't let that slide by this year, it is too fun.

Above is my mom, Keat, Joe, Isaac, and Chels.

Look how adorable Chels looks! Due in March. I seriously can't wait for the little girl.

Jeff, Amber, Scott, and Holly.

Amber too is pregnant and due in March. They are having a little boy! We can't wait for this day either. We're so excited to be a new aunt and uncle.

Cindy (Rodger's mom), Rodger, Me, Lando, and Lindsey.

We got the lovely time to spend with Rodger's mom while she was in town. She has also been staying with us all weekend. It has been fun.

Dave and Ashley

Ashley's new "friend"

There's Amber's cute belly:)

Alyssa and Jamie pictured above as well.

Bowling was a blast and my new favorite place to bowl is now Boondocks. They have couches you sit on and huge screens with music videos playing in front of you. It is a really cool place. I can't wait to Mini Golf when the weather gets better.

We had Thanksgiving dinner at our place. Yes, you heard me right. But it went just great. I wasn't stressed and I was plenty prepared. I did a good job if you ask me:) It was Scott, Holly, Cindy, Alyssa, and Jamie. Rachel and Dayton came over after for Dessert and games.

I did a cute thing around the dinner table. I had 3 different colors of leaves under our plates. If your color match with another, you had to say something you are grateful for, for that person. There were some nice things said about everyone. I'm grateful for too many things this year, it has been such a good year.

Look at this pie Alyssa made! Isn't it wonderful?

I had to throw this picture in. Cole and Gabs were in town for the weekend. We hung out with them as much as we could. This was Wednesday night. Notice the TIME on the clock? Yes....this is what happens when we hang out with them. Time doesn't exist. Cole was getting pretty serious with his signing. Oh and Rodger broke our drum sticks because he was a little too into it also.

Rockin' out after our meal.

Friday Morning aka Black Friday we woke up at 5:00 AM. I can't remember the last time I was up at that unnecessary hour. We went shopping with Cole and Gabs. I swear the deals sucked this year. We bought a movie and new drum sticks. That's it. The highlight was eating breakfast. I was pretty tired the rest of the day and only got an hour nap.

That night we went to see the lights at Temple Square. We went with Jeff, Amber, and Cindy.

They were pretty and fun:)

Saturday out came the Christmas Tree! My favorite. I wish I could leave it up year round.

Later that night we had friends over for dinner and then Gingerbread Houses. This is cute little Porter (Ben and Lindsay's boy). He's getting big!

Mike and Abbie

Cole and Gabrielle

Ben and Linds (unfinished house, baby duty)

Myself and the creep.

We had a great weekend and I'm sad it's over. We do have something to look forward to though in two weeks......Hello Cruise! We can't wait.

Love to all and Happy Thanksgiving.