AZ Trip

So, I am a little delayed in updating, but I have a day so I should get caught up in the blogging world! At the beginning of December my mom and I flew to AZ for a whirl wind of a trip! We headed to Lyndsay's house first where we watched sweet Lexi perform in the "Nutcracker"! What a natural dancer she is! For being only 7 her stage presence is amazing! We had fun spending time with Lexi and Tessa, although the time went way too fast. We ventured on to Kristel's side of AZ. Kody turned 2 and we celebrated his birthday at the train park! The next morning, Kristel's friend Stacey threw her a surprise baby shower! And was she ever surprised! After that we were back on a plane, heading back to the OC. While it was a fast trip, we were able to do so much and see everyone! Here are some pictures from the weekend...
Mimi and her little ballerinas

The birthday boy

at the train park

HIs new bike!

Parker was a good helper!

Hudson Has Arrived!!!!

Hud and his Uncle Trav!!!

So Precious!

Little Snuggle Bug!

Such a Sweet Baby!

On November 16 our 10th nephew was born, Hudson Tine Ploog! He had the biggest welcoming party! Hud is the sweetest little boy! He loves to snuggle and it is so fun watching Vander with his new brother! Those two are going to be best buds growing up! We are so thankful for our new nephew and are so blessed for all the nieces/nephews we have in our lives....they have all stolen our hearts!!!!

Vander turns 2!

Last Saturday was Vander's 2nd birthday party!!! Time flies because it feels like he was just born!!! The party was so much fun and Vander had tons of fun playing with all his friends! The place were it was at had a massive bounce house....which the "big kids" enjoyed it too! ( Trav and I still have our battle wounds from it!) With our other nieces and nephews living out of state, it is so fun having Van be just a few minutes away and being able to watch him grow up! And to think he is going to have a new baby brother any day!!! We are anxiously waiting!

Here are some pics from the party :-)

Riding the motorcycle!

He can rock climb!

Weeeeee!

King of the table!

Make a wish!

Present Time!

Mr. and Mrs. Luster!!!!

This past Saturday one of Trav's best friends, Levi, who was his roommate and teammate at Concordia got married! It was a beautiful ceremony and reception in Temecula. Ashley, the bride, arrived in a horse-drawn carriage...talk about fairy tale! The sweetest thing was watching Levi wait for his Bride. The love and excitement he felt was shown all over his face and as he came to tears when seeing his Bride for the first time that day, I think the whole crowd did also! They are such a special couple and great friends to us. Trav was honored to be one of the best men and stand beside Levi. We are excited for the years to come with them!!!


Look at that smile!

Kiss the bride!

Trav's Best Man speech!

Looking good boys!

The beautiful bride!

Nice Levi!

CUI guys

Butterfields hit the pumpkin patch!

It's hard having all the nieces and nephews living out of state! I was spoiled when I had them here in California and now I miss them all like crazy! My sisters are good at sending frequent pictures so that we are kept up to date in their busy lives and can watch the little ones grow up. Leanna and Jon just sent some pictures from their pumpkin patch visit and I have to post them because they are so cute. The kids are growing up way to fast and I wish I could be right by them along the way!


Maddie and Huds

The Butterfield gang!

She is looking older and older!

Sweet Hudsie

Picked a Pumpkin!

Samdog

Sammy and Savi

PuMpKiN cArViNg!!!

With Trav away in Temecula for the pre-wedding events for Levi, the apartment was just too empty! So, Friday night the girls came over for some pumpkin fun! Who said carving pumpkins was just for kids? We had a fun time carefully picking out our pumpkins at the pumpkin patch! We picked up some pizza and some tools and began our challenging pumpkins. We roasted the seeds and threw in a chick flick while we carved...for about 3 hours!!!! In the end, we were pretty impressed with our masterpieces and decided this would be a new tradition...that will carry on even when we all have kids! The night ended with a scary movie....yikes. Thankfully Lindsey spent the night, otherwise I wouldn't have slept!!!! I'm so thankful for the girlfriends in my life and I cherish the times we have when we are together!

Another Disneyland Adventure!

On Friday night we got to have a "date night" with Vander! We took him to Disneyland and had a blast! He is at such a fun age.....and he is more of a daredevil on rides than I am! Thankfully Uncle Trav likes the rockets and flew up high with him! Who knew that the train could be such a fun ride too!?! The dinos were a hit! Afterwards, we went and had dinner at Chick-fil-A and he was just the cutest thing. He picked out the table, sat perfectly still, and ate his chicken and chocolate milk all on his own! When did all of our nieces and nephews grow up?!?! Here is a slide show of our Dland night....yes, I am obsessed with Scrapblog!!!! :-)