Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all our dear friends & family!!

Traveling on holiday's is so much fun! It' gives us time to visit with family, we can stay up as late as we want, and it allows us to see our very dear friends.

Happy Valentines Day

Seventeen years ago today, being Valentines ♥ Day, my dear husband asked me to marry him. I remember the day like it was yesterday! He skipped going to work that night just for this reason, and I remember asking him why he didn't go to work, proceeding to tell him he needed to be responsible .... little did I know his plans, since we had only been dating for 6 months.

This coming March we will celebrate 16 yrs of marriage. I love you my dear husband, today, tomorrow, and forever!

♥

Happy NEW YEAR!!!

WOW... Another year gone by and here we are,
at the start of 2009!!

New Years Resolutions
I don't typically make New Years Resolutions; however, I do tend to reflect back at the year gone by and think about what I want & need to improve upon.

I thought this was interesting...here is a list of the Top 10 Resolutions (in no particular order) I found as I googled this topic.

1. Spend More Time with Family & Friends
2. Get Fit
3. Lose Weight
4. Quit Smoking
5. Enjoy Life More
6. Quit Drinking
7. Get Out of Debt
8. Learn Something New
9. Help Others
10. Get Organized


I can definetly relate with 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, & 10.



Here are a few pictures of us on New Years Eve, on our way to church.

Christmas Day

This year Jason and I spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with the Rowell side of the family :-) Traditionally, we spend Christmas Eve with my family, then make the 2.5 hr drive home to be with his family. However, this is the first year that we were unable to visit my family due to Jason's wacky work schedule this holiday. In this economy, we are very thankful for his job, so I didn't do too much complaining :-) (Well, I tried not to anyways!)

I do have to say "We missed Santa this year!" (Please don't be offended if you don't believe in Santa...we don't either but it's a Salazar tradition). Every Christmas Eve, Santa makes a stop at Grandma Salazar's house (my mom) ... the kids missed it BUT they didn't forget to reminded me that at Grandma's house they always open presents on Christmas Eve...Yes, Ryan reminded me soooooo much that he almost didn't get Christmas LOL!! All the kids opened a few presents that night.

Here are a few pictures of Christmas morning. We didn't go too crazy on presents since we surprised Meg, Ryan & Korbin with Disneyland passes this year. (Actually, Korbin is 2 so he gets in FREE!! Yeah for us!!)


Daddy enjoying & helping the boys open presents

Korbin got a new guitar & drums, and Ryan got a guitar too!
We have lots of musicians in the house ... we need to start on some lessons.

Ryan helping pass out presents.

The Girls playing tea with Morgan's new tea set.

That Night....
Christmas night was spent at our timeshare ... it was nice getting out again. Meg & Ryan enjoyed their own big beds... here are a few pictures. We also had a great view of Disneyland's firework show that night.


Korbin enjoying hot coco

Ryan playing with his new toys

Late night snack

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!!

May the Lord bless you with love, joy, peace, and happiness as he has richly blessed our family.

The Rowells

Annual Harvest Festival ~ Oct 31, 2008

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Thanksgiving Day

Welcome!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Come on in and please take your shoes off.

There is plenty of great food (turkey and Honey Baked Ham not pictured :-)

... and lots of desserts. We got all our pies from Polly's Pies this year (well, with the exception of the 3 cream cheese pies we made). Here are a few pictures of our thankful day. We are blessed with a wonderful family to spend it with.

Warning: Lots of pictures ahead :-)

Kristy, Morgan, & me

"Rowell Gang"...hanging out ready to eat.

Korbin (my son) and Morgan (my niece)

Baby Jared...nap time

Ryan (our son)...in a not-so-good mood...he must have been hungry...no pictures please!

Jason's brothers...Jimmy, Jeff, & Jared (and nephew Johnathan in the background sleeping).

Shelley & Jimmy

Jeff, Kristy & Mom

Korbin, Dad, Mom, & Morgan...enjoying a funny video created by the Rowell Brothers

Jason DJ'ing the kids swim party in the backyard, and Korbin attempting to play the drums as well as ride a skateboard. (It's a tradition to heat the pool every year for Thanksgiving. It gives the kids something fun to do :-) and it entertains them ALL day long!)

And a Happy Thanksgiving to my side of the family, who live in McFarland. This is the first year Jason and I weren't able to celebrate this day with both sides of our families. Traditionally, we spend the early afternoon with Mom & Dad Rowell, then drive to be with my family in the evening. This year, my parents decided to spend Thanksgiving with my sister, Patty, in Las Vegas, and for one reason or another we weren't able to make the trip down to McFarland to be with the rest of my family.