we spent Christmas in California, It was tons of fun, we spent a little bit of time with Lance's family but since we did Thanksgiving with the Thorson's we spent most of the time with the Marler's. We went to the Wild Animal Park and Bates nut Farm and had a lot of fun. I was the one taking all the pictures so naturally I am not in any of them. don't worry you guys aren't missing out on anything.

My Family came to AZ for Thanksgiving, and we went to Utah. wasn't that convenient, we got to spend a day with them before we left, so we went on a small hike to a cool rock near our house, so here is Mia waring her "I'd rather be hangin' with grandpa" T-Shirt that my dad got her with her auntie Coli and Uncle Jeffy.

We went to Utah and spent Thanksgiving with Lances Mom's side of the family. We stayed in the Timp Lodge in or near Provo, Utah.

We spent New years Eve in Pine Arizona playing Rock Band, pretty much it's the funnest game ever. And when 12 rolled around we enjoyed some fireworks and Mia slept through the whole thing.

We hiked Camelback mountain with our friends Mike & Bianca Marshall, it was the hardest hike I have ever done! the Subway in Zion National Park is long and parts of it are difficult (the end) But with Camelback the whole thing is physically challenging. and we went into it thinking it was going to be a trail and it would take an hour or less (so that is what we planned for) But it took 3 or 4 hours and it was climbing big rocks up hill the whole time. I need to give huge props to Lance for carrying Mia the whole way and Bianca for doing the whole thing pregnant.

We moved to a new apartment it is just 1/4 mile a way from our old one, but we did it in hopes that we could save a little more money and get into a house sooner. This apt. is not as nice as our old one, but it does have some perks, like it has 2 bedrooms, and 2 1/2 baths, it's actually a townhouse, it doesn't have as much storage as our old place, but we are saving $ living there. Hopefully we'll be in a house by Christmas. Mia loves climbing up the stairs, it's just unfortunate that she hasn't figured out how to go down, fortunately we haven't had any big tumbles.

Arizona State Fair

We went to the Arizona State Fair and after going to the San Diego County (Del Mar) Fair I have to say it was horribly disappointing. There were no exhibit halls with cool toys, kitchen gadgets and cleaners. How sad. the food was equally fatty and greasy, but not as good, and there were no good shows to watch. So we walked around, ate part of some food, and watched a dare devil show, that had a guy who swallowed swards and a girl who held a snake, then took a sleeping Mia on the Carousel, and went home. Well, I guess now we know.

Hangin' at Grandma & Grandpa Sirrines

My Mom and her sisters always come to AZ to see their mom ( my grandma) for her Birthday So we had a little mini reunion.

Nate moved to AZ for a minute so we got to see him, that was nice, because we don't get to see him very often. He lives in Utah now, so we may see him less now. Oh No!

My Mom Came a day early to spend time with us. We went to IKEA, can you believe my mom has never been! Good thing she has me around to introduce her to wonderful things like IKEA.

Aunt Sue is my Mom's oldest Sister and she just loves Mia, she has one Grandson of her own so she has a lot of practice talking to babies. Mia really likes her.

We live so close yet we don't get to see Grandma Sirrine as often as we would like.

Happy 82nd Birthday!

Grandpa Sirrine Broke his hip in March helping a neighbor boy with a runaway ball then had a massive heart attach while he was in the hospital. Since then he has had 4 stints put in his heart to keep that arteries open, and a gazillion doctors appointments later he now has a defibrillator somewhere in his chest to help keep his heart pumping. He is doing amazingly well (he even took time to spend with Mia)and we are so grateful for that. Through all of this my Grandma has been an amazing example of selfless service. We are so grateful to their ward members for taking such good care of them through all of this. The church is a great thing!