Thanksgiving and Christmas Tree Decorating

This year we spent Thanksgiving with the Lopez family. We had an amazing meal which included turkey (of course), corn, veggies, mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, bread, cranberry relish, and red chili. Issac LOVES red chili on his Thanksgiving dinner. I prefer traditional gravy, which was also provided... and was amazing! Dessert was pumpkin pie with whip cream... also amazing! We had a really fun time hanging out with everyone, telling jokes, and watching Andy wrestle all the kids until they almost pee-ed their pants.. haha!

On our way back to Santa Fe, we stopped by the Rivera house and had a little more pumpkin pie and set up dominoes and pushed them over a few times. It was awesome to spend time with both families.

We also set up our Christmas Tree during the Thanksgiving holiday. We like to have it up as long as we can. It's pretty and brings a lot of color to the house, plus it's just another reminder that Christmas is coming soon! The kids did most of the decorating. I put on the lights with help from Courtney and Savannah. Issac put the tree topper on and explained to the boys how that's their job when they get older - only the man of the house puts the topper on, not the wife... haha! He also told the girls that they should never try to put a topper on, that's their husband's job! We had a good time decorating the tree and enjoyed the fire in our fireplace.

~Kristi

It's About Time....

After a month or so, I FINALLY have some time to blog! So much has happened in the last month, I don't even know where to start. Sports are over now and Issac and Courtney had a great time playing. Issac's team did pretty well overall. They won most of their games, but I wasn't allowed to keep score or anything. Here are some pictures of one of his last games: (you can click on the picture to make it bigger)

Courtney's team ended up being the elementary school champs for her age group. They're going to have a pizza party soon. When they do, we'll post the pics.

Issac and I just got back from another fun and amazing trip to Disneyland! We went without the kids, which was sad at first, but it ended up being a great time for us to hang out. Some of our friends (Eli and RoseAnn) went with us, without their 4 kids too, and we had a blast. We spent most of our time in Pooh's Corner where they make the most amazing desserts ever!! We also rode Splash Mountain multiple times, ate way too much food, shopped at Sephora (RoseAnn), and experienced Disneyland during the Christmas season (a first for us). Here are just some of those pictures:

Well, I hope that satisfies your blogging taste buds for now. I will continue to post more pics of Disneyland, Christmas decorating, and other random things recently taken. P.S. Hope you like the new look ;-).

~Kristi =)

Bummer

Bummer that we've turned into the people that don't update their blog. I swore I would never be one of those people and it's come to this. LAME!! I promise that I will make a better effort to blog and keep everyone updated. Please forgive me for neglecting our blog.
~Kristi

Rockin...

Issac's Soccer Team

"The Dragons"

From left to right: Saif, Oliver, Nicolas, Elijah, Lindsay, Issac

Coach Kristi and Coach Issac

Courtney's First Basketball Game

So Courtney had her very first basketball game this weekend and she did pretty well! They all play at least one quarter and Courtney played the third. She did really well. She grabbed the rebound and dribbled all the way down the court and put up a lay up twice. Unfortunately she missed both times, but it was her first game and I'm sure the pressure was pretty intense. Anyway, she did really well. She's got another game on Wednesday, so we'll see how it goes. I think she'll do well. It's her very first year playing with absolutely no experience and she seems to have some natural talent! It's pretty cool. I took some video before and after the game with my flip video. I'll try to get some footage of her next game, but I don't know how good the quality will be. Anyway, I hope you enjoy her before and after sentiments. God bless!

~Issac

Soccer Updates

Unfortunately I failed to give everyone an update on last week's soccer game and I apologize! So, here is an update on the last two games...

Last week our team did really well! Issac scored 4 goals, so he met his standard of scoring the same amount of goals as number of games (game #4, 4 goals). I'm pretty sure Lindsay, the only girl on our team and one of the best players, scored 10 goals, but I didn't count. Needless to say, the other team wasn't the best in the league. Oh well, it was still fun!

Today we played what I think has to be the tallest/oldest team in our division. It was pretty much rediculous. I didn't have my camera on me, but I found a picture that sums it up nicely....
Imagine our team as the short guys and the other team as this big guy. Anyway, Issac scored one goal and was very aggressive against those tall guys. He didn't care if they were 10 feet tall, he still took the ball from them! That's my boy!

So there you have it. I'll keep you posted on the next game's results!
~Kristi