Christmas Vacation (part 2)

(part 1 tomorrow maybe but here's some of it...)

My Grandmother Nona, 94 has always been healthy and taken very good care of herself. Age is finally catching up with her I'm afraid. Recently, she was in the hospital for the first time that I can ever remember and is currently trying to get healthier at an assisted living facility. We were able to visit with her and take pictures. We had a good time.

while taking turns taking pictures with my grandmother, evan was showing off his tucking his sock in his plug trick. uncle isaac had not yet witnessed it for himself. we see the obvious reaction to my childs amazingness. ;)



Cousin Luke and Evan Chillin'


Thanks to my friend Heather, Mike and I were able to go to the Temple in Los Angeles with Ashley and Isaac. We had a great day.

Impromtu family dinner of "Lalo's Mexican Food" 7 of us were here for this, which is funny. If you want to know what family dinners looked like at my house growing up... it was a lot like this. Only we were smaller. ;)

I bought decorations for my parents mantle.

MY MISSIONARY BROTHER! This is #11 child in my family, Isaac. He is in the MTC headed for a 2 year mission in Ft. Worth Texas for our church. www.lds.org I got to give him his last haircut before entering the mission field and starts cutting it himself I'm sure. LOL. ;) Good luck Elder Wutkee! We love you!

Scored tickets to the Laker game while home. The biggest score for me?... I saw one of my best friends of all time that was even sitting in our exact section. ERIC SHARP! I keep in touch on email but haven't seen him since our 10 yr h.s. reunion in 02'. I got to meet his wife (who is beautiful and they look wonderful together!) and we took a buddy shot on my phone (post it later?) since my camera was with my hubby who was in his seat (we were in the lobby talking after we saw each other). Although they didn't have their 8mo old with them, we talked all about him as his name is.... EVAN! :) couldn't be happier to share the name with anyone else. :)

Yet ANOTHER haircut for my baby! What's going on with him!? I feel like I'm gonna have to start cutting it as often as michaels! ;) Well , here's a before then a close up of 'after' when I also added a "racing stripe" like in the 80's when the guys would get all kinds of designs cut into their hair. ;) Evan loves it cause it makes him SUPER fast! (speaking of fast... the kid is practically running now! sheesh! he was going up and down stairs, jumping in place or on the jog trampoline and without holding anything people! babies can't do that!? ;) lol, ok, he's a toddler, i admit it ok! he he he)

the racing stripe. can you see how fast he looks with it? probably, not cause he just went so fast, he's back already before you could blink!

Here is a short series of pictures of Evan with his cousin Liam. Liam is a January 08 baby and Evan is October 08 baby. My sister Jenalyn and her husband currently live in a guest house of my parents so we got to see her the most. She is a very good mommy and has taught her son to be very sweet too. Liam was waking up every morning saying "I want to see Cousin or play with cousin", which is adorable of course. Here are only a few of their moments together:

good bye auntie ashley, i love you...

One last hurrah before getting in the car to go back to tennessee. ;)

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