Well...consider this your Christmas card!

Apparently I am not going to get a Christmas Card out this year, soooooo...here ya go! Christmas came and went too quickly, but we enjoyed every moment of it. I especially liked opening presents for Baby Austyn...I think she's going to be one spoiled little girl! We can't wait to open gifts WITH her next Christmas!

Boomer, Tonka, and Lacey

Our attempt at Christmas photo

Lacey's favorite new gift

Opening presents

Christmas Eve at Calvary

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice...

That's what OUR little GIRL is made of! Yes, that's right...Matt and I found out yesterday that this baby is a GIRL!! I asked the ultrasound technician to verify the sex a few times...she assured me there was "no tescticles or penis." :)

I cannot even begin to tell you the sense of relief I felt the moment I saw her moving around...apparently she is quite the mover! The ultrasound tech was so nice. She explained everything we were seeing, waited for good pictures, and even called the baby's little belly "beautiful." She said everything looks good...I saw 2 hands, feet, 10 little toes, 10 little fingers, and a great heartbeat so, needless to say, Matt and I are thrilled!

This was when the ultrasound tech pointed out her "tiny labia." I was laughing so hard the whole screen was shaking!

This was Matt's favorite...her little hand came out of nowhere

She looks like Matt, right? :)

Pretty Pretty Princess

Lacey REALLY wanted me to post some pictures of her Christmas photo shoot. I couldn't help it, she's my only child for the time being!

Baby Pics!!

Here is the first of many I'm sure! This was our 9 week ultrasound. I am currently 16 weeks pregnant. Three and a half more weeks until we find out if it's a boy or girl, although I'm leaning toward boy because that's what everyone else says!!!

So You Think You Can Dance 2009

By some crazy twist of fate, my friend Sara and I got front row seats and backstage passes to the Season 5 So You Think You Can Dance Tour. I have been to the past 3 tours and they are always incredible! This one was no exception. Meeting the dancers was a great experience and one I will never forget! I only took 118 pictures...I'm not obsessed or anything.

Sara, Evan, and I...he was so sweet and down to earth

Jason!!

Janette and Sara...Janette is one tiny girl!
Sara, Phillip, and I

Sara and Kayla...she was absolutely beautiful in person

Jeanine, the Season 5 winner and one incredible dancer

Randi and Sara

Kupono and I...I didn't like him much on the show, but he is a very humble and thankful person. My opinion has definitely changed!

Brandon and I...I think he might be about 5'2...couldn't believe how little he was

My hero Ade! He was GREAT to watch in person!

The whole crew after the last dance. This was their last show, so there were quite a few tears. Pretty cool to be there for that!Kayla and Kupono in the addiction dance

After the first dance

Our INCREDIBLE seats!!

Sara and I in front of the stage

Spooner Farms 09

On Friday our group of friends met up for our fourth annual trip to Spooner Farms Pumpkin Patch. As usual, everyone had a great time. The weather was perfect, it hadn't rained so there wasn't any mud, the kids were all happy campers, and we went so early that the patch was completely full of pumpkins! I love fall and this is always one of my favorite days of the year...can't wait to do it again next year!

The whole gang...we have gained a new baby every year!

All the ladies

Most of the kids...Blake wasn't too interested at this point

Heavy Pumpkin

Colby, Cam, Emme, and Brian...so cute!

The Dyers

Jakey, Blake, and Brett

Colby...such a great pic

Cam and I driving the car

Us...again

The Fosnicks

The Schakels

The Muehlenbruchs

The Bellerives

Blake and I on our cow chair

California Vacation

In August, Matt and I were fortunate enough to go on another vacation, but this time with my parents. I flew out a few days early and met my parents for some Disney fun (we're obsessed), then Matt joined us on our last morning in Anaheim. My mom gave Matt her ticket, so we were able to go into the parks together for a few hours. Matt has never been to California Adventure, so it was fun to take him there. After leaving Anaheim, we drove north to Solvang which is a little Danish town. We were hoping it was going to be like Leavenworth, but no such luck...it was a lot of little knick-knack stores and pretty uneventful. Good thing we were only there one night! The next day we drove north to San Jose to stop at the Winchester Mystery Mansion, then on to Monterey and Carmel. Matt got to see both Pebble Beach and Spyglass hill golf courses on the 17 mile drive...he really enjoyed walking the grounds and looking at the incredible greens. We spent a couple of nights in Monterey, enjoying the ocean and the great places to eat. Matt and I even took in an IMAX movie, Sharks in 3D! Fun times! We left Monterey and headed further north to San Francisco. We stayed in the most AMAZING hotel right in the middle of Union Square. We were a short walk to all the major shopping, the cable cars, the F-Line that took us to Fisherman's Warf, and Chinatown. We walked miles and miles and shopped until we dropped! I won't tell you how much I spent on jeans, but I was a patron at both the Seven for All Mankind store and the True Religion store...whoops! Needless to say, my husband was very generous and tolerant of my overindulgence! The highlight of the trip was our tour of Alcatraz Island. I have been there before, but not since they have added the audio tour with clips from former inmates and guards. I could have stayed there for hours. The best part was that we happened to be there for the 75th anniversary and the last guard to leave the island when Alcatraz closed as a Federal Penitentiary was there signing his book, "Last Guard Out." We got to talk to him for quite some time. He had some truly incredible stories about life on the island and what it was like to live and raise a family on Alcatraz. The trip was one for the memory books. We had a great time and loved seeing all the beautiful sights California has to offer.

The Family at the Golden Gate Bridge

The Last Guard Out

My Dad and I listening to the audio tour

On the boat to Alcatraz

Waiting in the FRIGID COLD for our cable car

We love the Hard Rock!

Matt and I in our hard hats on the Winchester Mystery Mansion tour

In front of our hotel in Monterey

Pebble Beach

A Veiwpoint on Highway 1

Bulldog Espresso...we missed Lacey

My Dad and I on California Screamin

The first time the whole family has seen our tile...I got to see it when we took the dance team to Disneyland

The tile!

First day in the park...the traditional Mickey Garden picture

The Fam

My Dad was tired of the "boring" poses

Another Disney shot at California Adventure

With Tinkerbell...yes, of course Matt liked taking this picture