Its begining to feel a lot like Christmas!!

As Christmas traditions go, today was the day my family and I loaded into the truck and headed out past Redland to get our Christmas tree! This is one of my favorite parts of the Christmas season. Haha, so, the one and only request Todd had, (being the one who had to carry the tree back) was that we don't pick one all the way out on the "North 40"(my mom's slang for really far away, dont' even ASK where that saying came from) and that it wasn't too heavy to load. So we spend about 15 minutes looking for the perfect tree, when out of the corner of my eye, I see the most beautiful tree in the WORLD! The only problem was... it DID happen to be out on the "North 40" and it was HUGE!!! We're talking about 11ft tall and big and fat and perfect as far as Nobles go. It only took me a little coercion on my part I finally got mom to agree on this tree (she's the official tree Nazi... we've NEVER had a tree mom wasn't happy with) Haha.. it only took Todd 20 minutes to saw through this fatty of a tree trunk, and then While he went and got the truck, Wendy and I drug it about 50ft, and MAN THAT SUCKER WAS HEAVY! HOLY KATZ!!! Hope you enjoy the pictures, and are enjoying this Christmas season!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Seriously, what more could you ask for then good food, good company and a great nap? This year was a little more low-key than most Thanksgiving's that I've had. We only had Brelan, Lacie and Ryder as far as my siblings. Also we had Lena, Gary and their bunch, as well as my Uncle Bobby and Aunt Gena Raban. I will say I am looking forward to Christmas because this year we get ALL my siblings at our house. The holiday's make me greatful for having such a rad (Yeah, that's right I said RAD!) family. Not many people can say they actually LIKE all of their family (yes, I even like Becky... most of the time :P) and its a blessing. Here is me wishing everyone Happy Thanksgiving! (p.s.... can I just point out Google offers an extremely low plethora of funny Thanksgiving comics! Good night Google, c'mon!!!)

Babies, Babies everywhere!

Our house has been buzzin' the last couple of months. In addition to our 2 1/2 year old niece Hallie Larie (I always tell people she's named after me, even though TECHNICALLY she's named after our Grammy Raban... details details... ) First we welcomed Jayce Dean to Wendy and Todd, then 6 weeks later on the same day, arrived Avery LuAnn to Casey and Adam and Ryder Joseph to Brelan and Lacie. Its awesome having a bunch of kids around, and Hallie is HILARIOUS! This girl is absolutly in love with disney princess' and funny one liners her dad teaches her. She's like a spunge soakin' up everything! Anyways, hope ya like the pictures!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! I love getting decked out and having fun! This year a bunch of friends and I went out to dinner and to a Halloween party in Lake Oswego. I was the sweetest Mario you've ever seen! There were tons of great costumes! More picturse coming soon!!