Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year's Everyone!!! I can't believe that it is 2011. I don't know about you, but I am ready and excited to start a new year. This coming year is going to be great!
Yesterday, my parents came up from Tuscon and spent some time with us. We woke up yesterday and went to the Temple. It was a fun New Year's Eve activity for all of us. Later in the afternoon, we decided to drive up to Payson to see the snow. It was sooo COLD...but tons of fun. We went to Fargo Steak House, and then went to my favorite park in Payson and played in the snow. We also went to the movie True Grit in the Payson theater. Yawner of a movie, but I didn't see the original, so I had nothing really to compare it to. Then we went back to our house and celebrated the New Year with some Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. Delish!
Here are some pics from yesterday!
Here are the ducks in the freezing lake. They must have been so cold!
John and I...
Mom and I...
A Snow Angel... (created by yours truly...sooo cold)
My Dad tackled my Mom to the ground...she was not amused...lol
Throwing Snowballs...
Mom with our snowman...
John and I with our snowman...
My parents with our snowman...
Group shot. :)

The Rest of November...

One of my goals for 2011 is to be better about blogging. It should be easier because I'll be done with school in March!!! Here are some pictures from the rest of November...

Here we are at the Mesa Temple. Our nephew went through the Temple. It was nice to be in the Temple with family.

We had a family breakfast at Mannie's house. It was delish! Here we have Laura and Mannie, 2 of my sister in-laws.
Here is Ethan. He's the one that is on a mission. He is currently in the MTC as we speak. He will be a great missionary!
Here is John making his world famous BBQ chicken!!!
Here are the cousins hanging out together...
Here are some of Marvin's kids on the quads...

These are the happenings in November...hopefully December will be posted soon!!!

Thanksgiving

This year Thanksgiving was at my parents house and was a lot of fun! We met my parents at the tennis club early in the A.M. and played for a while. It's really funny to watch John and my mom play against each other...lol Alexis had her new boyfriend join our family for Thanksgiving dinner. He is from Australia and has a delightful accent. Here are some pics from the day!
Here are the plaid boys in thier cute shirts! (John and Scott)
Here are some cousins. (Ross and Nicki)
Here is a pic of John and I.
Here is my mom stirring the punch. Grandma Shipley is in the background.
Here is Rachel and Darl. Congrats to Rachel for graduating from U of A in December!!!
Here is my dad...AKA "Little Larry" rounding everyone up for family prayer.
Here is Alexis and her boyfriend Ben. They are really cute together.
Here is Grandma Dillon and her new hubby Jim.
Even Kristen was able to come to Thanksgiving...via Skype that is...lol Elle is absolutely adorable!...and Kristen too!


This next section is dedicated to my Aunt Susie. She was unable to make it to dinner because she has had a recent knee procedure. Even though she was not present, she sent her family with fantastic food to add to our Thanksgiving feast!
Here are Susie's famous caramel brownies...they are pretty much the best brownies ever...just saying... :)
Here are some of her homemade rolls.
Here are the pumpkin rolls that she made. John loves them. He actually told me this afternoon that he wouldn't mind living with Kenny and Susie due to Susie's cooking...lol

Thanks Susie for all of the delish rolls and treats! We love you and hope you feel much better soon!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!

A Little Remodeling...

Here are some before and after pictures of our guest bathroom. John painted my walls a tan color and the rest was up to me! Alexis was in town this weekend...so she was able to go shopping with me. It was a blast having her tag along. I made her go to about 5 stores with me!
Here is a before picture of half the bathroom. It was navy and cream mostly.
We added some other colors to the bathroom and some fun things from the Hobby Lobby.
Note to all Hobby Lobby Fans:the entire store is pretty much 1/2 off!!!

Here is the shower curtain. All that is left to do is add some pictures to the wall. They are coming soon!

The Rest of October...

I have been neglecting the blog lately. It has been super busy around here, as I'm sure it is for everyone else. Can you believe it is November already? Here are some things that happened in the month of October...
Alexis won tickets to a Colbie Caillat concert at the Arizona State Fair. She took me as her date and we had a great time. I heart Alexis. She is such a fun sister!


We won a frog together by playing darts!
Here is John, Charles, and Jack when we went to Miami AZ.
Scott helped us celebrate the Fall by bringing over some Candy Cane ice cream and hot fudge for sundaes...I could seriously eat the whole tub!
John and I gave each other an early Christmas present this year and got quads. John has a red one and I have a blue one. Scotty came over and was nervous about riding a quad, so...John gave him a tour of the neighborhood while Scott clanged for his life.
Happy Halloween!!! We had 2 little Bumble Bees running around all night!
I have been called to work with the Young Women in our ward as the Secretary. I'm way excited. We have great youth in our ward!
3 more classes for my Masters Program to be complete. The next couple of weeks are going to be insane with school, work, and church. School is almost over!!!

Family Reunion 2010

Here are some pictures from our family reunion back in July of this year. One of John's cousins posted them. It was when were are at the gun range.
I'm a good wife right?!?!?
Shooting clay pigeons...
Shooting more clay pigeons...


Kind of a random post, but thought I'd share.