The Ending of our Trip To San Diego

Saturday night, we all went to B.J.'s Brewery.

Can you say YUMMMMM....

Because, I love FOOD.. I gotta give a shout out to my favorite thing there...

"TOGETHER AT LAST"

They have this delic. artichoke dip with greasy chips AND Bruschetta.

You have gotta try it if you haven't yet!

Ellie & Roxy loved sitting & eating together.
I have never met someone who loves NOODLES more than NOAH!!!
AND, for those of you that know LANCE, should not be surprised!
He loves dessert.
He definitely recommends getting their PIZOOKIE (sp?).

After dinner, we had

CHEER CAMP

in my parents hotel room.

When I came in, my sisters & mom were laughing at my dads p.j.'s!

He was proud.

(They were the UNDER ARMOR stuff)
We jokingly asked him to come show us some of his "toe-touches"...

but don't dare my dad...

This is what he thought a "TOE-TOUCH" was!

He made sure to say "NOBODY else my age can even kick that high still"...

NICE!!!!

{What proud daughters you have!}

Can you tell we all don't fit on a full size bed?

HA HA...

We all gave each other these JAMMIE'S for Christmas!

My camera was low on space, so I missed:

Auburn's "spirit jump" on the bed.

Alisse led us in a stretch...

SPLITS!!!

Alisse was kinda like our UCA STAFF member.

She showed us how to spot Shalae while she stayed as

tight as possible "in the AIR"!!!

YES. We do know we are nerds.

We love to laugh at ourselves while being nerds.

("Cinders/Ella" will probably try to find something wrong with what we were doing, being rude to someone or something. We were just having a good time, being our NERDY SELVES! Like Alisse has said, we do know who "Cinders/Ella" is, and it is exactly who we thought it was from the moment we read her rude "anonymous" comment to me.)

On Sunday, December 30th, we headed home.

I just had to include the cutest ROX STAR I know!

{DOODLES!}

It was a long drive, but Ellie only threw ONE HUGE fit in the car.. (sorry BRAD!!)

But besides that, she was a good little mommy for her new BABY, "HUDSON"!

THANKS MOM & DAD for the great trip to SAN DIEGO.

We all had a BLAST!!!

OUR CHRISTMAS 2007

Santa made a stop for Ellie, since she has tried to be really good!

Ellie was so excited as soon as she woke up (at about 8:30, or so).

First thing she said was "Let's go see if Santa came to our house!!!" It was hard to hold her back, but we wanted to video tape her, so we had to make her wait a few minutes until going in that room.

I heard Santa (NO, I am not talking about Lance!) was at Shalae's for a really long time putting together a Pirate SHIP for Noah... maybe that is why he was short on time to put Ellie's things together??? HA HA..
BUT, Santa did take the time to write a nice letter back to Medusa (sp?).. I mean Ellie!
Elle loved her stalking gifts, along with every thing else Santa left for her!!

We showered and got all ready to open the presents under the tree, in case we didn't have enough time later before meeting up with the Sherwood's.
Lance & I have learned, a little girl could never have enough BABIES...
now if we could just get a REAL one! *wink!
She has not let this baby out of her sight since she got her!
Lance likes to put all of the gifts in piles.
(Usually his mom & dad come around to see what everyone opened, but we were not done in time when they did this.)
Lances pile:

My Pile:

And Ellie's PILE(S):



We were all worn out & took 2-3 1/2 hour naps!
(Now that's what I'm talkin' about!)

BUT then, Ellie was up to midnight playing with one present after an other!

I hope everyone had a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas Day With the Sherwoods

Every Christmas, we spend the afternoon with the Sherwood side.

We had a great time this year, as always!

Here are a few of my favorite pics:

STOCKINGS!!

Lots of yummy stuff & some details about our upcoming trip to San Diego for the ASU game.

Roxy & Ellie got these adorable shoes!
My mom made these DARLING tags & could not wait for her daughters to open them!
What was inside????

OH MY!!!!

WE all LOVED these:

(If you can not see it, it says She's Got It All)

Speaking of jackets....

My dad rode his bike down to Dana Landing & got this really cute jacket for my mom!

(I think it is from Black & White Market??)

NOW, don't be fooled by SAM too quick!

He gave all of the boys in the family these:

He had these big (11 x 14 ?) pictures of him or his dad, etc. fishing & he cut out each boys face & glued it to the pictures.

I do not know how he came up with this idea, but I have to say we were all laughing really hard.

(I think they were used for this fishing resort he helped out or something in Mexico...)

NOAH was so excited! He thought it was really him! He showed it to every single one of us.

(And now he has it hung up in his room!)

Noah & Ellie thanking each other for their presents.
Ellie & Roxy with their new babies from Grandma Vicki.

Auburn always comes up with really thoughtful gifts. This year, she had a DVD made for Brad & my parents of BRADLEY before he left on his mission to BRAZIL!

My mom with all her daughters.

When I walked in my moms house at the beginning of the day, Shalae & I laughed, because we were both wearing brown with turquoise tanks under our shirts... next thing we know, Alisse walked in the door wearing THE SAME EXACT shirt I had on, but in black, with the same turquoise tank top on under it!... WEIRD!!

(Auburn came looking festive, unlike the color turquoise.

I promise... we did not plan this!!!)

Christmas Eve With the Cummards

We spend every Christmas Eve with the Cummard's.

We always have a great meal, do the nativity, sing, & then open gifts.

Here are a few of my favorite shots off my camera....

This is ALL 17 Cummard grand kids with their

"Great Grandparents", aka Grandma & Grandpa Cummard.

(Congrats to Steve & Crystal who will be adding #18!!! SO EXCITED for them!)

The kids reach their hand in a bag to pick their costume.

Ellie picked out "MARY"!!

(This is the second Christmas she has got to be Mary!)

(Mary & Joseph)
singing....
Opening...

Zilla (Jackson) gave Ellie "Candy Land", which she has already opened & played & LOVES IT!!

Grandma Cheryl is very organized & gets the kids that are at the same age, the same presents (or very close). Ellie loves this backpack!

She also got TONS of great, thoughtful presents, too!

(So did Lance & I from Cheryl & Big Guy & also from Davy & Syd!)

The TRADITIONAL pinata.

All of the Cummard Granddaughters!

Grandpa Cummard had a wish to give Syd a hug & KISS.

She was a sport & granted that wish!

(LOL at Grandpa!!!!! )

Our family with the Grandparents.

Ellie's (PRINCESS) Christmas Dress

Ellie has been waiting for a month or 2 to wear her PRINCESS DRESS!!!

I let her come with me to one of those dress parties (Tiffany Kempton's)...

she picked this one out, but I told her she had to wait until CHRISTMAS to wear it.

She loves this dress.... esp. since some of her good friends in the ward have it, too!!

ELLIE LOVES TO MATCH!!

"Ellie Auburn Princess Cummard"

Progressive Dinner 07 with the Cummard's

Since the first year we were married, we have done a

TRADITIONAL PROGRESSIVE DINNER

with the Cummard side.

{It is one of my favorite traditions, & believe me... we have many!}

This is our tree in our 1st apartment, Christmas of 2002....

Pregnant with Ellie while living at my Grandma Riggs in 2003....
In our first home & Ellie's first Christmas in 2004.....
We moved (AGAIN) and we didn't actually go to our place that year..

so here is Christmas at THE GROVES in LA 2005.....

Here is our small family last year at "the rental" in 2006....

AND that brings us to this year.. 2007!!

Yep, still just the three of us... and now we live in "the rec room" (I served my brushetta.. sp?)....

Our place was actually 2nd...

So let me back up one house...

1st stop- Parker & Kanoe's where we all enjoyed some yummy hot dip & chips.

3rd Stop- Davy & Syd's to eat some delic. chicken Caesar salad from Oregano's.

Syd has a cute tree for each kid. Molly wanted to show us hers, so Ellie & Quincy hopped in the picture, too!

4th Stop- (right down the street) Jon & Summer's for all the good sweets.

While we were leaving, the "brown spots in the grass were being watered".

(2 other boys were helpin out too..)

Last stop- Big Guy & Grandma Cheryl's for some good salsa & rice pudding.

Since, we didn't go as far as "tin-buck-two",

Steve & Crystal did their photo by Cheryl's tree, too.

And of course .... the kids just being goof balls!

Christmas is only in like 2 days now!!