Happy 8th Anniversary Chris!

Chris and I celebrated our 8th year anniversary. I can't believe it has been 8 years already. I wish that we were able to go back to Hawaii where we got married, but maybe some day we will get back there. Here are some pictures of us on our wedding day. I was 22 and Chris was 24. We were very young.

This year we couldn't decide on what to do. Should we stay home or go away somewhere for the weekend? We decided to stay here to save some money. We decided to got out to dinner at Tuscany restaurant. The food wasn't to bad, but the best part was the dessert! The restraunt was OK, but it wasn't very private. We were place in the middle of a big room in the middle of 7 other groups. I don't think that I enjoyed it very much. I think that we will go somewhere else next year.

Chris and I infront of a fountain at Tuscany.



Here is a picture of the kitchen from the front lobby. It was really a pretty place.

For our appetizer we got the Chiefs Hearthbread selection. It was really good,

but it was bigger than we thought and it filled us up so much that

we forfeited the salads.

This was what I ate. It was the pan seared chicken picatta with olive oil

mashed potatoes and asparagus in a light caper butter sauce.

It was really good. I have tasted better mashed potatoes, but it wasn't that bad.

This is what Chris ate . He has the pan seared veal picatta with mash potatoes

and asparagus in a creamy red sauce. He said that he liked it, but I tasted it

and it tasted weired.

For Dessert we didn't want to share, so we got different ones.

I got an Old Fashion Chocolate Cake with
Ganache Frosting and Vanilla Bean Gelato.

It was so yummy in my tummy!

Chris got the Peanut Butter Moose Tower. It was yummy also.

I went back and forth between both of the desserts.

After Tuscany we went and saw From Paris with Love. It was a pretty

good movie, but it had a lot of violence. We had a good time. We ended

up having a quiet night at home with out Triston. It was nice to

be able to sleep in and not be worrying about Triston.

Learning to Drive!

On January 17th, Triston was being very antsy and so I decided to bundle him up and take him out side to learn how to drive his new power wheel. He had a blast! He had no problem pushing down the gas pedal, but he doesn't understand how to steer. He got frustrated because he wanted to go one way and he was heading the opposite way. We ended up making it around the church parking lot. When we got inside he passed out!

This is my favorite picture that I took with my new camera.

He looks like he knows what he is doing.

Watch out CrAzY Driver!


Hi mom!

I am out of here!

Grandma Swenson's New Years Party!

This year my Grandma Swenson had her New Years Japanese party. Everyone loves her cooking. I ended up working the night before, so I got there later and I didn't get pictures of everyone. But I had fun anyways. I love having a big family and getting together. Triston was very daring he tried everything. My favorite food is my Grandma's gyoza and inari sushi.

Christmas Day

On Christmas morning we went over to my brother Sam's house to open presents with my family. Triston wouldn't take off his Buzz Jammies, so we let him wear the all day. He loves his cousins so much he always has fun with them. I was a little snap shot happy on Christmas, because my husband bought me a Cannon Rebel EOS T1i. I was so excited to take pictures. I think that I did a good job, but I will keep practicing.

My true Love!

Cash, Triston and I and Shara.

My family

My Brother Sam put on some music down stairs and the kids went hog wild!

Opening presents was a blast this year. The younger kids really got into it.

SILLY KIDS!

We found them laying on the stairs pretending to be sleeping.

We ended up going to my Grandma Swenson's house later on in the afternoon. She was excited to see us. We visited with her for a while and ate some food. I love my grandma. This was the first Christmas with out my Grandpa, so I felt sad for my Grandma.

Later on when we got home from Chris' parents came over. We exchanged gifts and just visited for a while. We were exhausted by the end of the day.

Santa Came

Christmas morning, we had to wake Triston up about 9:30 am. When he finally woke up he noticed the many presents under the tree! He was so excited! He had so much fun taring the wrapping paper and openning the presents. Every present he opened he wanted to get it out of the box and play with it immediately. We had to convince him to keep opening all his other presents. He kept saying "my presents, my presents." I think that this years was the funnest Christmas, because Triston was so excieted and his expressions were priceless!.

He wasn't even afraid of Santa this year.

I tought him to say "Ho Ho Ho merry Kiss-mas."

He was so cute when he said it, and his grin showed his excitment!

Santa brought him:

A Jeep Power Wheel,

Leap Frog My First Computer,

a New Buzz Lightyear gun,

board games, and clothes.

Few pictures of him opening his presents. He tried to

drive his jeep, but he kept running into things.

I hope he learns how to drive and steer soon.

Christmas Jammies

So I started a Christmas tradition with Triston opening up a present on Christmas eve. Of Course it was Christmas jammies. Triston had fun opening up the present, but he was more excited when he saw "BUZZ LIGHTYEAR" jammies. He wouldn't take them off on Christmas morning!

Christmas Eve 2009

This year we were up in the air about were we were going to go for Christmas Eve. I tried to leave it up to Chris to decided if we were going to do anything with his family. But I finally made the decision the night before, and my gracious Aunt Collette said that we could still come over. It was nice to see my family. Triston had fun making blocks and staking them up and knocking them down.