New Years Baby!

Yes, I am finally getting around to posting about New Years. Better late than never, right?

This year our friends Greg and Arianne come down to bring the New Year in. I turned out to be a lot of fun! (at least I thought so!) And of course I didn't take many photos. I have really slacked off in that department lately. :P

Greg and Arianne arrived around 3:30 on Wednesday. We hung out, chatted and just caught up on life. It was good to hang out with them again. I decided to make an early dinner so that we would be able to snack on yummy snacks all night. Arianne come in to help/chat with my while the boys played the Wii. We made Hawaiian Haystacks. They were alright, but don't you hate how when you are cooking for someone else, nothing seems to turnout how you wanted it? :P Oh well, luckily they survived. :) After dinner we ran up to my parents house to watch the kids open their presents. It was good to see the kids and hang out with them.

We headed back to our house and I made a few snacks. Spinach Dip with bread, Cranberry Salsa on Cream Cheese with crackers, and veggies. Of course the Cranberry salsa was my favorite. I love that stuff!

Once the food was ready, we decided to let the games begin! We played Boxers and Briefs. That game is so funny. I love it.

Then it was off to become Guitar Heros! We ended up playing Guitar Hero all night. We turned it off long enough (like 2 minutes to midnight) to watch the ball drop.

Miss A is even a Guitar Hero!

Dustyn is very serious about his guitar skills! I love how he gets into it.

Arianne even gave it a try!

Miss A even got to drive on the race track! Dustyn must think she is pretty cool!

There were so many cute pics of her, but they didn't work to well. :P

Dustyn playing Miss A's favorite game of the night. Spoons!

The last minute of 2008! YAY!

It's now officially 2009!

Miss A stayed up and brought in the new year with us. Once it was all over she went to bed. We played Guitar Hero for a few more hours. Finally it was bed time... but not for Dustyn and I. We played Dr. Mario for awhile and then chatted all night. lol. We finally went to bed sometime after 3:00. Fun night for sure.

Thursday morning!! I made German Pancakes and bacon. Remember how every time I use my oven the smoke alarm goes off, even if nothing is burning at all? Yah, they got to listen to my smoke alarm all morning. I finally turned it off. I really need to move it a little. It is totally in the wrong spot. :P

Greg and Arianne decided to stay one more night. We were excited.  That means more games! We are totally games sort of people. Love them! My mom got a new game over the holidays called Quelf. If you have not played this game before, you should. It is CRAZY!  Crazy I tell you. We decided to play Quelf. It was fuuuny. My abs definitely had a work out. Wow. Crazy game. You really should give it a try.

Miss A helping Greg out with one of his stunts! :)

Greg and Arianne would rather color than play Quelf?!?!

For dinner we had soup and salad. Miss A helped me make the breadsticks. Yum! It turned out pretty well. Then we played more games. I don't really remember what, besides Racko, but it was a good time anyways.

Friday morning we had breakfast and then Greg and Arianne left around 10-ish.

It really was a fun weekend! Thanks for coming down guys! Come again! Soon.

Class of 2008!

Lets start with graduation!

It was fun to go and see Chet and Kelsey graduate!  We are so proud of both of them!  It was fun to spend time with family and friends and celebrate a great accomplishment!

Almost there . . . 

Tada!  Can you believe Chet is old enough to graduate?  I can't believe it either!  Congrats Bud!Smile!  (He wasn't much for smiling up there!  Dad had to yell "SMILE" but I guess he still didn't hear, so at least we got a smirk!

And cute Kelsey!  I can't believe that when I met her for the first time, she was in middle school!  Time flies!  Congrats Kels.  

It was a super busy, but fun day!  Before graduation we went over the Kelsey's house and had a family luncheon.  Jer had made 5 super yummy salads!  After graduation we went to Wingers with my family and Dustyn and I ate as fast as we possibly could in order to get to SSHS graduation on time.  The graduation at SSHS was long.  :P  The keynote speakers were long winded.  But we survived.  

Here is a picture of Dustyn chillin' in line shaking the graduates hands ( I was really really far away, so it's not the best picture).  The student just happens to be Whitney, Kelsey's cousin.  Dustyn enjoyed having her in class, although there are times I am pretty sure she did not enjoy him.  Ha ha. :)  But she was the first student to send Dustyn a graduation announcement since he started teaching.  It made him feel special.  Congrats Whitney!

And one more of the entire (well almost) graduating class of SSHS.

2008 Photo Challenge!

*Remember*  It's not to late to join in on the 2008 Photo-A-Day / Week Challenge.  It is a lot of fun and I am learning a lot already.  It's always nice to see what other people were thinking when they were contemplating the subject at hand.  It gives you a new look on plain ordinary things.  Anything can become a interesting photo!  

So far we have 3 brave souls!  Ruthanne, Jan, and Dustyn.  And of course, Me.  If you would like to join, just leave me your blog address and I will add you to the list!  :)  It's a lot of fun!  You can do it as much as you like or as little.  If you miss a day or two or ten, we won't be mad.  I promise.  And if you start and decide it not as fun as I made it sound... no biggie!  We'll still love ya!

If you want to see the schedule, you can like on Kamie's World in 365 Photos or more details!

Why Adoption?

Wow, it's officially 2008! I can't believe a new year is ready to start. I have so many goals and hopes for this year! I am so excited to get it started!

In the January 2008 Ensign there is an article entitled "Why Adoption?"

If you haven't had the opportunity to read it, you should! It's a really good article. I love finding articles about adoption! (Thanks Libby) It makes this whole experience a little easier. I love finding encouraging words from the leaders of our Church. It makes me excited to adopt!

I hope you have a good year and that you had a great New Year's Eve! We did! We went to Dustyn's brother's house and enjoyed a Hawaiian Luau! It was a lot of fun full of games and food! Good food! It was a great way to bring in the new year! We also had some awesome fireworks (even in the 3 or so degree weather). We played lots of games and watched "Night at the Museum". I didn't take too many pictures, but I did get the girls making Dustyn a princess!

And we can't forget Guitar Hero's. Tyler spends way to much time practing.... or we just suck! Ha ha! Must be that we are really crappy guitar players.

This is when Dustyn just gave up! (and Tyler plays without looking at the screen)

Now I better get started on my "L" Composition Photo! Remember to check out our Photo-A-Day blogs! And feel free to join us! It will be lots of fun! ;)
Kamie's World in 365 Photos
Dustyn's Creating 365 Photos

I just found this little video! Ha ha! I was going to take pics of the food that I made for the party, just for the heck of it... but I had my camera on Video Mode and then the battery died... so this is all you get. But we made Sarah's Coconut Cake (really, really good, by the way), Tropical Salsa (YUM!!!), Pickled Asparagus and Ham Rolls (as seen in the video), and some fun Island Way Sorbet Treats. (we found them at Costco) They are really good sorbets that are in real coconut shells, orange shells, lemon shells and pineapple shells. They were fun!