Where I've been?!!

I know that it has been a while since I have posted but I have a good reason! Rylee and I have been in Alabama at my sisters house since the 19th of Jan. For those of you who don't know my Nephew Quincy found out this last summer that he only had one kidney and that it was in failure. Well this last Thursday ( Jan. 22nd 2009) my sweet, loving & caring sister Heather donated her kidney to my amazing & brave nephew Quincy! The transplant was a success and they are both recovering well. My sister was released from the hospital the day after the surgery and has been at the children's hospital since then with Quincy. She is taking it easy and has been there (along with Kelly my awesome bro-in-law) to help Quincy recover. We are so excited to announce that they are all coming home tomorrow (Thurs. Jan 29th) exactly one week after the surgery! Rylee & I along with my parents have been here with the other 3 kids taking care of them. It has been a blast! The kids have all been so good and have enjoyed playing together, but they are all super excited to have there Mom, Dad & brother home!!! I will post again when I get home and add pictures so you can see everyone and everything that we have been doing!

New Year's Eve!

For New Year's Eve this year we spent it with Dustin's Family in Utah! We also used that weekend to do our Christmas gift exchange! We had a blast. Rylee stayed up to watch the ball drop and we had party poppers and noise makers!! The neighbor even lit off some fireworks! We ate awesome food (Thanks Lindsay!)After we finally got the kids to bed we stayed up until 4:00a.m. playing a bunch of different games on the Wii! We really enjoyed the time that we got to spend with family. We had all of Dustin's Family there for that weekend and it was really fun. It was great to build on our relationships and to just enjoy each others company.

This is when we pulled the string on our party poppers, It kind of scared Rylee at first!


Me and Rylee's New Year's Kiss!!


Me and Dustin's New Year's Kiss!! ( I know, it's a little steamy!)


Dustin, gettin' his party on!



Fun with the party blowers!