kAnSas CitY

Last Saturday we took the day to go down to Kansas City and meet up with my brother, Matt, and nephew, Hunter, who just turned 13! It was just me and the boys, poor Ryan had to stay home and study all day for finals, so we thought we would try to lessen the distractions. We had a great time seeing some of the city and enjoying the BEST BBQ!! Now, I've pretty much only had Joe Morley's (in Utah) or Texas Roadhouse, but this food was amazing. When I told my friend (who, by the way, doesn't even like meat) that we were going to KC, she raved about the barbecue and told me it was the one thing I had to do there. To say the least, none of us were disappointed! We were so glad to be able to see family, we miss you already! :)

We stopped and had some yummy ice cream at the plaza.

The beautiful Christmas lights on the plaza

Pic with firefighter uncle Matt (Those beanies are the best, Misty!:))

Gingerbread Display

Out here in Omaha we are really lucky to be close to some wonderful church history sights. Last night we were able to go to the Kanesville Tabernacle to see their annual gingerbread house display. I had heard cool things about it from people in our ward, but didn't realize until we got there how AMAZING these gingerbread houses are! I love all the detail and think it's so neat that families and wards take so much time putting these together, they are incredible.

The boys by the Winter Quarters Temple display(poor Jax fell asleep & missed it)

Me and Mr. Noah

This one was my favorite- it was called "Coming home for Christmas"

This was so cute, the fruit baskets are made with little runt candies

HaPpy ThAnKsGiviNG

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! I am grateful for so many blessings and that we can be here in Omaha. Miss and love you familia!!!

Went to the midnight showing and loved it!

Big Day

Saturday was a big day full of lots of fun events. First that morning I helped give a baby shower for our friend, Heather, who is due with a baby boy in February. My friend, Mos, hosted it at her home and we had a great time celebrating with friends. Afterwards, I came home and finished getting things ready for Noah's batman birthday party. We had nineteen cute little kiddos stuffed into our place, and had a really fun time partying! Noah received great gifts from friends and family and had an awesome birthday weekend!

Once again, Ryan made another awesome birthday cake!

Decorating sugar cookies

Noah & friends

Playing pin the bat on batman

Breaking open the awesome batman pinata that Ryan made

Opening gifts

At the baby shower
(Becca, Me, Heather, Andrea, Ali)

Us dental wives who all moved out here from Utah together, they are awesome gals
(Me, Heather, Erica, Melanie, Teddy, Ali, Tresa[addi], & Mos)

My favorite thing about the kitchen is this island Ryan built for me- I'm long overdue posting pics

It came in real handy when we decorated cookies for the party! I have one talented hubby!!

9 months

Wow! Nine months ago I had just had this little guy and now he's a whopping 25 lbs. He is still the most loving, cuddly, happy baby that he's always been, and I still wish he would just freeze for a while and stay this age, it's so fun. My favorite thing he does lately, is every single time I pick him up he molds right to me, hugging me and patting me on the back. It's a really cute thing that Ryan and I get a kick out of.

Halloween night was a blast for us this year here in Omaha. The weather was decent and the parties were hoppin'. We started off the night trick-or-treating and then going over to our friends home for a party. We ate delicious food and got lots of yummy treats. I even won first prize for my "rock star girl" costume, but I know it was really because I was with the hunkiest guy with the best mullet in town! :)

Mr. C dressed as Tigger

Me, the hub & transformer, Bumblebee

Jax man as the lion

Trick-or-treating with friends

Our friends, Matt & Melanie, the hosts

Our scrumptious Halloween sugar cookies