Christmas Eve

These pictures are a little backwards but I forgot when you upload them you should do them backwards and I don't feel like switching them around - lol.

On Christmas Eve Rob's family tradition is to have a big family gathering. Usually it is hosted at his Grandma's house, but she passed away a couple of years ago. It's hard to keep up the traditions with her being gone. They know that this is what she would want so this year Rob's cousin Dusty (aka Bud) and his wife Hope hosted the event. A fun time was had by all!

This is Frank and his Uncle David being silly.

This is Carla (Rob's sister in law) and Rob's cousin Tiffany's son Tanner.

Rob and Tanner
This was a group shot of all the cousins
Ken, Dusty, Nicole, Tiffany, Rob, and Frank.
Rob's brother Frank and sister in law Carla Rob's brother Ken and Ken's girlfriend Andrea

Rob's dad holding Dusty's son Harry

Rob's mom and some of her siblings with their dad (who just had hip replacement surgery a couple of weeks ago and just got out of the hospital on Christmas Eve night after getting a pacemaker.)

Heidi and her sister Mony

Rob's nephew Lane and Bobitz

Bob and Flea

On Christmas Eve, Lane got to *open* up one gift......Rob had given him his truck this summer - but it needed new wheels and rims and the bumper needed a little touch up. So Frank fixed the bumper and got some rims for him and we all pitched in for some new wheels. This was us surprising Lane with his upgrades.

This is Lane practicing driving with Bobitz as a passenger!

A group picture of the boys! A chance in a lifetime opportunity! I wish my brother was here to take some pictures of their family. Group shots would have been awesome, but I did my best.
Bob and his cousin Flea

The day before Christmas Eve

Today Rob's dad had an appointment in El Paso for some routine bloodwork. So we offered to take him so that his mom could have a little break and time for herself at home. Rob's brother Ken and Ken's girlfriend Andrea live in El Paso (about 1 1/2 hours away from Alamogordo) so while we were down there we had lunch with Andrea. Ken was on his way to pick up his son Lane from Kileen, Texas so they weren't able to join us.

Ken, Andrea, and Lane will be coming to Alamogordo later tonight after their plane lands so we told them that we would take their lab LeRoy (we call him Flea for short) to Rob's parents so they would have one less thing to worry about.

Here are some pictures of our trip back to Alamogordo.

This is Flea giving me kisses on the way home.

This is Flea giving Uncle Rob kisses on the way home.

Flea with Auntie Carla
"I'm a good boy!"

"HI! My name is Flea!"

Rob's Dad - Frank

My crochet.....making progress.

My cute little husband and his signature pose.

This was Bob last night......tired after a long day.

He's so cute!

Bob and Torque

We are at Rob's parents house for Christmas in Alamogordo, New Mexico. His brother and sister-in-law are here from Idaho Falls, Frank and Carla, and his brother Ken, Ken's girlfriend Andrea, and Ken's son Lane will be joining us in a couple of days.

Below are some pictures from last night.

Frank and Carla have a St. Bernard named Torque. He's HUGE!!

Rob loves his nephew Torque.

This is Bob bonding with his Uncle Frank.

Bob had fallen asleep whilst bonding with his Uncle Frank and Aunt Carla

Bob's not too sure about his cousin!

Torque and his Cran-ma
Bob and his Daddy

Arthritis Walk

Every year we support our very good friend Tammy who has had arthritis her basically her whole life through a fund raising walk. This year the weather couldn't have been better and the turnout was fantastic! A BIG thank you for all of you who sponsored me for the walk.

This was our group shot!

Me and Tammy

My cute husband taking a break with Bob

This is our friend Jaimee and Brian's son, Mica

Rob's always making people laugh. He sometimes doesn't think he's funny or much of a people person, but he really can entertain a crowd. Here he is with Tim, Finley, and Sarah Fitzpatrick.

Here is Bob and his new friend Sonny

Me and my friend Gloria and her daughter Stephanie

This is the adorable Jackson! Check out his shades!

Anniversary continued

We almost forgot about the cake that had been in my brother and sister-in-law's freezer for the past year!!! We decided to give it a try and have a piece of year old cake! And guess what.....it was delicious!
You've got to love anniversaries!! Happy Anniversary to the best husband in the world

~ I love you!!

One Blissful Year!

Our First Anniversary was simply spectacular! We have been wanting to see Wicked for a very long time, so we figured that our anniversary would be the perfect time justify the amount of money we spent on the tickets! The play was awesome! HIGHLY recommended to everyone. The talent was amazing.

It is leaving LA in Janauary so I'm so glad that we took the opportunity to go and see it.

This is our self-portrait outside of Pantages Theater in LA.

This was taken inside the theater. It's beautiful!

Our friends happened to be going to see Wicked as well that same weekend, but a later show. So they invited us to meet up with them for dinner. We hadn't really heard of this corner joint before, but it sounded like fun.

They told us to meet them at Pinks.....and gave us the address. We really weren't sure where we were headed, but we put the address in our GPS and off we went! Apparently this hot dog place is famous and has been featured on the Travel Channel and the Food Network. We waited 2 1/2 hours for our meal!! The line wrapped down the street and all the way around the building!! CRAZY! But fun and GREAT memories!

Side Note: Their one year dating anniversary was November 9th - same as our wedding anniversary! Michelle came to our wedding and then after she met up with him for their first date! We thought it was appropriate that we celebrate together!


Our lovely anniversary dinner.

Bobby!

Here's our little baby boy Bob on Halloween.