Merry Christmas ... A little late

Here are some pictures from our Christmas!

Muah Muah -kristin

And a little video of some family singing....

The Best News of the Month

So my best friend got engaged this past weekend. It's been almost six years of waiting for the most important question to come up in Erin's life... Nate asked and Erin said YES!!!!! We are so so so excited...that makes four weddings for us for 2010 and we couldn't be happier. Congrats to our friends and family- Erin and Nate, Kaitlin and Paul, Amanda and Bill and Kris ad Derek!!!!

Muah, Muah- Kristin

A Full New Home!

After Thanksgiving day, Aaron and I headed up to the Temecula Area to visit some of the girls from APU. Sara had brought Isabella down from Canada, and the day we arrived, so did her husband Matt. We had such a good time with everyone! Matt and Aaron took off one day, to hang at a local brewery (Aaron is brewing his own beer, and take a great interest in how other places do all that stuff) and Shauna, Sara, Isabella and I took to a little pre-Christmas shopping! Spending time with each other was so wonderful, and continues to remind of us of why we are all friends, and have stayed friends almost 5 years after college graduation.

The other reason we took a detour up to the Temecula area was becuse Shauna had just bought a new house!!! How exciting!! She has worked so hard these past 5 years and it has finally paid off. She is now the owner of a beautiful two story- four bedroom- two & a half bath- home, and has it fully outfitted!!! What a joy it was to get to share in the new step of her life, and her totally blessed home!

Muah, Muah- Kristin

A Lot to be Thankful for

This past Thanksgiving Aaron and I headed down to LA to spend some time with my Dad's side of the family (we also had an alterior motive to see the APU girls as well- but more to come on that subject). We had such a great time with them as always, and to make our time down there even better, my cousin who is a Manager of The Riviera Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, hooked us up with a totally huge pad (see posting "A Sweet Suite"). The food was great and the company even better. Here are a few pictures from our fabulous Thanksgiving:

A New Addtion!

WOW! It is hard to believe that two years ago Jessi had Sienna and now she has given birth to a new little boy! Introducing Jonah Anthony Shaefer! What a cutie! Jonah and Mommy are healthy and happy, and Big sis and Dad are taking good care of them too! Hooray!

To Mothers House We GO!

We are heading to my mom's for our annual trip, this year a little later than last. We are really excited to get to spend time with her and Emery and are really looking forward warm days, filled with Tennis and more!

We are brining some extra baggage along with us too, as Katie will be in tow for her last trip to see mom before she departs for Bristol England for a year! I can't believe we won't see her for a year! That is crazy!!!! But never fear, we have big plans a-brewing...plans to see Katie just slightly before a year! woo hoo!

Stay tuned for updates from our trip DAILY! YES! DAILY!!!!

Donner Party- Going Home!

On Sunday, after the Reunion, we packed up the cabin and headed out to Truckee for the rest of the day. We walked around downtown Truckee which has seemed to really grow in the last 5-10 years. It's full of shops and eateries and has a general happy buzz. With the whole fam. hangin' around we decided to ditch Truckee and head back to the lake.

We went to the Donner State Park area of the lake and found a great little spot on the beach. The weather was overcast, yet warm and it looked like a storm was about to blow in. We hung out there for an hour or so, made friends chip....or was it dale....?....a chipmunk at any rate and skipped some stones along the waters edge. We had such a good time hanging out as a family together, ther is something to be said about family time....something good!

We packed up David, Davina and James in our car and prepared ourselves for an easy car ride home....that was not to be. After 4.5 hours on a regular 2.5 hour drive we finally made it home. I dropped Aaron off and went to gas, but it wasn't to be had....the gas cap was stuck on the car and our tank was rediculously EMPTY! We ended up breaking the gas cap, not getting any gas, and leaving the Mazda in the "Cash for Clunkers" car lot across from the dearlership overnight....what a day.....

Donner Party....Family Reunion!

So You FINALLY Get to Here about our trip to Donner Lake! How excited are you?!! HAHA I know not really at all...hahah!

Aaron's family was celebrating his Grandfathers 80-Something birthday and decided to make a full family reunion out of it! We had such a blast! Our immediate family (Aaron's parents, siblings and significant others) all went in on a cabin so we could make the most of the weekend. We stayed 3 blocks from the lake and were able to walk back and forth super easily! I would say that there was a pretty great turnout- all in all I think we were missing about 6 direct family members- that is not bad for this EXPANSIVE family! We spent the day at the West End Beach and played Volleyball (yeah right-I didn't, the rest of them did!), Tennis, swam, ate and Erin S. Kaitlin and I (yes we are all GREAT friends AND SOOOOO Close to being ALL family!!!) took out the Challenger 2000....a rubber boat and cruised the lake with a Corona in hand for about an hour. Erin S. was nervous that we weren't going to make it back to shore, but with my direction and her and Kaitlin's paddling we were VERY successful!

We had such a good time with the family and friends. I got to meet some of Aaron's cousins that I had never met before which was fantastic! Of course I got harrassed about "when are you going to have a baby!!" , but I cooly shrugged them off saying "LAY OFF ME! GEEEEZ!" Hahaha Ok I wasn't that harsh, but it was close with a good laugh at the end...EVERY time!

I am so excited for the next family gathering and to get to spend more time with my new family, and now friends!