thoughtful Christmas present

Well I know that Christmas was a while ago and I am late on this post but I just wanted to write about my sweet husband. So for Christmas Forrest and I decided that we weren't going to get each other very much because we were going to Disneyland and we wanted to save our money for that...But we gave each other a limit and went looking for the perfect gifts...So when it gets time to open each other's gifts we are so excited and can't wait! Forrest is seriously like a little kid when it comes to opening presents...he loves to open presents and it does not matter who they are for or what they are...Well when I opened my present I was surprised to see a Carhart jacket! Haha it was really sweet...When we went hunting with his family, I jokingly said that I wasn't part of the family because I was the only one without a carhart...everyone was talking about how great they are and warm and how I had to get one. Forrest remembered that and now I have one too!  I know you are probably thinking I am a dork for writing this but I had to! :)

Aunt Arianna :)

So a lot has been going on lately...my sister-in-law Joleen had her adorable baby boy last week!!! I got to be there again and it was really neat. Her and James were so nice to let me be a part of their special day...the baby is so cute and his brothers love him. I love being an aunt...I inherited all of these awesome kids when I married Forrest and it has been so fun getting to know them better...I love when they call me Aunt Arianna or when Hunter and Rocky call me nana...it is so cute. And they seriously LOVE their Uncle Fofo...he is so great with them...

They make us laugh all the time and do some pretty funny stuff. I get in trouble some times for laughing too much at them when they do naughty things but I can't help it! I have given everyone permission to laugh at my kids when they are naughty...

i don't have any pictures of the new baby Duke yet...but I will!!! :)

Hey!

So it has been forever I know and this post is going to be super long because of that...(sorry in advance)...I was looking through my pictures to see what to put up and I have a million and some of them are really old so enjoy! :) Some date back to November-ish

 So these first ones are of my cousin Stephen coming home from his mission...we made shirts and looked awesome!

 Forrest's birthday dinner at Red Robin with his family...Joleen and James, Buck and Meagan, Sterling and Sheleen, Heather and Shalice and Daylon all came...it was fun

 I made our stockings this year with the help of my mother-in-law and sister-in-law...it was fun...long and hard because I had never used a sewing machine before but I think that they turned out great for my first project and will provide us with memories forever...

 Our first Christmas tree...My dad and Sharon let us use their fake tree this year and we were really grateful for that...

 Forrest's second birthday dinner with my family at Macaroni Grill...again...YUM!

 Family party for our cousin Jesse who left to Hawaii for his mission...all the cousins

 My new family at the Rogers Family Christmas Eve dinner...fun night!

 Christmas morning at my mom's house...didn't take any at my dad's or the Leavitt's

 My dad and Sharon took Daylon and Forrest to the Cardinals game on Christmas day and they had a blast!

 Calli's birthday dinner at their fav restaurant Serranos!

 My new nephew Hyrum...so cute! I had the priviledge of being in the room when Meagan had him and that was a new experience for me to say the least! :) But it was a really neat experience and I am grateful that I got to witness it...

 My other nephew baby richard...i love to play with this kid and listen to him laugh..it is the best!

 New Years Eve...we went to Forrest's parents and watched them light fireworks with the kids...they loved it! It was so fun to see the kids having such a good time

 Well most of them enjoyed it...Rocky wasn't sold on the idea...

 For Christmas my dad and sharon gave us a disneyland trip...it was such a blast...there was no one at the parks and we got on every ride super fast...it did rain though one of the days but if you wear a rain poncho then you're good! This is us waiting to get to the rides...we get there super early so we can be the first to ride Indiana Jones...we always start with that ride

 Waiting at the Matterhorn...

 Morning of the second day...first in line AGAIN! :)

 It was a little chilly for Shalice on Dumbo...  :)

Well I hope that you enjoy this post and sorry it's so long...better luck next time right? ha