Got milk?

David's way of telling me we need more milk. Mind you... I woke up to this and laughed so hard!

Family Pictures '09

My favorite of our Tracy Family Pictures... in no particular order :)

awesome-ness

As most of you probably already know... because I am very proud of the fact- I am on vacation for an entire 9 days!! Amazing! What is better than paid vacation?? This is not a trick question... pretty sure it's the best feeling the world... getting paid for all the things I like to do or anything I choose to do really. This year it was a take it or lose it situation so of course I took it, in perfect timing if you ask me. We've got almost all, I would say at least 90% of our Christmas shopping done in the last 2 days. Plus, I have my to-do list I am still checking things off one by one. Those include things like oil change, rotating tires, laundry, bills, organizing, rolling piggy bank, finding a home for all my pictures you know the things that always get pushed to the side.
So hum... what was the point of this post? I forgot. Have a good day :)

good clean fun...

aka recipe swap! We had such a fun time, these girls definitely know how to have a good time and make some good munchies. Just in time for the holiday's... now we have new recipes to take and wow our families :)

this was the party... gathered around the yummies...

And my very own plate... dessert before dinner- love it!
Steph won the best dessert... she made a banana split... something it was amazing!!

O Christmas Tree...

This year's tree process was hard... I hate real tree's... hate them! But David insisted on us going and finding the perfect one in the wilderness and chopping it down to bring it home and decorate it- not my idea of a Christmas tree! However, he caught me at a weak moment and I said fine as long as you help (meaning do most of the work) we can have any kind of tree you want. But when I want something done, I want it done NOW not in a few hours hunting around in the mountains in the cold so we agreed on a real tree from the local department store :). This was a tough decision... we went to Lowe's, Wal-mart (who knew they didn't sell real trees?), finally to Fred Meyer and found the perfect one!! But then back to Lowe's to get the perfect stand :) Needless to say all our Christmas decorations and tree is up before the first of December so we can enjoy it all month long!

We re-decorated the thing about 5 times before it was "perfect" in both our opinions. Who knew I would marry a man as picky as myself... he still doesn't have the living room furniture "quite right" so I will probably come home tonight to a complete different look.

we were both losing our patience... so we opt to take a fun photo shot

This is Dave playing a Christmas Tree :)

The final product!

It's no wonder...

I am the best aunt in the whole wide world!!

* The girls didn't want dinner while I was babysitting them... so we had ice cream instead!! I love being an auntie :)

Sing Star...

We found a new game at our house- Sing Star! Love it :) So much fun and my parents enjoyed it just as much if not more than us! It's basically karoke but you have to get the words and pitch right. Turns out I am not tone deaf, my parents should have been some famous duo, and as for Jeral and Dave... they should stick to their day jobs!!

The big 3-0!!

My favorite sister turned 30 last week-end!! So we helped her celebrate at Garcia's and then for a night out on the town! We had so much fun- it's weird to have a 30 year old sister :) I kept remindering her life is now officially one-third of the way over and she can no longer say "word" :) Now all she needs is to find a nice, patient, caring, handsome, mature, man- any ideas?!?!

Love ya sis! Glad you let us party harty with you!!

Four wheel fun!!

Dave and Jeral playing on our toy!

David and I went up to Kilgore area with his friend elk hunting... mostly we went to break in our four wheeler but it was fun and this is the only picture that was taken me... mid yawn!

bomb cookies...

These amazing cookies deserve their very own blog. Nestle Toll House filled with Caramel... yum! They are on sale at Fred Meyer for $2 and have a $1 off coupon right on them meaning a buck and you have yourself 12 amazing cookies that satisfies your sweet tooth in one bite!! Delish.

Shout out to GC...

This blog is a bit of a bragging session! We raised $1393.00 for the Children's Miracle Network in just one month in our salon only!! My girls definitely deserved to win this we worked our tails off to be #1- awesome! I heart all the girls I work with so much and love our drama free zone. I hear a lot of people say working with girls must be hard but I admire the ability the girls in our salon has to leave their problems at the door and come into make money and cut hair- Love it! So... great job girls!! Our prize: Jeans every Saturday in November (which is huge for us) and boss man buys us lunch on the last Saturday... priceless!!

and it's over...

After all the excitement and days of planning, one night and Halloween is gone yet again. We had such a fun night with our fam. I forgot to take a picture but we got pumpkin pizza's from Papa Murphy's :) They were delish.

Salt, Cinnamon, and Pepper

Our adorable nieces!

Daniel's whole fam dressed up! I love it!

Pumpkin treats...

I love cooking snacks and especially treats on cold days, there is some weird comfort feeling when the oven is going and it is cold outside. Could be the smell, might be it helps warm up the house. So this last week I have also been known as Betty Homemaker :)

Pumpkin muffins I got from my friend Val's blog- they are amazing!

My awesome pumpkin chocolate chip cookies I have altered the recipe to make them my own

And of course the famous sugar cookies are always a huge hit!

Our new investment...

Hubby gets what hubby wants...

Enough said :)

Halloween time!

We went to a Halloween Party last week-end dressed as "cowboys" Everyone said we looked like "hicks" so I guess we played the part well :) It was a lot of fun we even won a game! Dave wrapped me in 1 roll of toilet paper the best he could to look like a mummy! It was awesome! These unfortunately are the only 2 pictures I got before we left.Last night we carved pumpkins, David definitely keeps me a kid at heart. About once a week I think or say "we don't have kids yet we shouldn't have to do this?" Ei: pumpkins, frightmares.

I hate "carving" so I bought these cute little faces and I was literally done before hubs even got all his guts cleaned out. I did end up gutting mine so he could do this with his pumpkin! I know I am a nice wifey :)

I hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!!

Frightmares...

Last week-end David, Tricia, Jeral, & I took at day trip down to Lagoon. We had a lot of fun other than Jeral "doesn't do rides" and getting a sour carmal apple. That is basically that... not feeling like story time today so just look at the pictures and knew we had a good time :)

Deer Season...

Which is usually a time I do not care too much about but Jeral has taken a like into it so I have too! We went up where the cows were Wolverine or Taylor where ever it is to find us a deer. No such luck but we had a good time and spotted a huge bull moose just about 20 yards off the trail it was awesome! I kept saying deer, moose, bear when really it was just a cow so when I did spot a different moose first and said moose no one even looked! I had to say it like 5 times before they decided maybe it really was more than just a cow. My question is... why do moose stand there and look at you while deer take one peek and run? Getting unloaded. Jeral's hat was almost as cool as mine!

Spike & I on the back of the 4-wheeler while David drives taking a moment for a quick photo :)

So much snow up there already! Love it!

David & Jeral! After this picture David said... "did that look gay?" Ha ha! Slightly.

Sad this picture is so dark but that's us and I love the hat I found to borrow in the back of my dad's truck!

About us...

What are your middle names?
His Scott. I don't have one.

How long have you been together?
Married? A year 2 months and a week

How did you meet?
At a local gathering place.

How long did you know each other before you started dating?
We dated once when we first met and it didn't work out so hot, luckily the second time around was a little better!

Who asked who out first?
He asked me, of course!

How old are each of you?
I am 22 and he is 24

Whose sibling do/did you see the most?
Kinda depends... I see mine a lot and so does he but we love his siblings too :)

Do you have any children together?
Nope, not yet!

What about pets?
Oh yes, we will have a puppy Roxie!

Did you go to the same school?
Nope!

Are you from the same hometown?
Ririe? Ucon? Kinda similar and not too far

Who is smarter?
Ummm… I think David is really smart at certain subjects, but mostly me!

Who is more sensitive?
Dave is definitely the sensitive one!

Where do you eat out most as a couple?
um... we heart Garcias!

Where is the furthest you two have traveled together?
Vegas for honeymoon!

Who has the worse temper?
This would be Dave too!

Who does the cooking?
Dave is actually really good about cooking when I work late and making easy things when I try to talk him into going out because I don't want to come home and cook after a long day at work.

Who is more social?
Me, Dave is kinda shy when he doesn't know people.

Who is the neat freak?
Me, There is a place for everything I or we own, but his personal stuff... not so much!

Who is more stubborn?
I probably am, but we both have our moments!

Who hogs the bed?
Depends on which one of us is on the outside of the bed for some reason our mattress is dumb and we fall into the center which means bed hog.

Who wakes up earlier?
If I have to open me, if I work late... David!

Where was your first date?
Johnny Carino's and David told me he was glad I had an appitite, rude!

Who has the bigger family?
We both have a sister and brother, he has more nieces... if that counts!

Do you get flowers often?
No, Valentine's Day 2 years ago...

How do you spend the holidays?
Usually celebrating with our families!

Who is more jealous?
Dave! That's that.

How long did it take to get serious?
Not very long after we started dating the 2nd go around. When you know you know.

Who eats more?
I eat throughout the day and Dave eats dinner and all night because he usually doesn't get a lunch. His portions are usually bigger but this is a good thing!

Who does the laundry?
Me. Everyone once in a while he will wash his work clothes but he is horrible about putting them away after I fold them. Grr...

Who's better with the computer?
We are both pretty savy.

Who drives when you are together?
David mostly. He is a good driver :)

Birthday parties & Nieces Night!

Gaby turned 10 this weekend so we had cake and celebrated before the "nieces night" began! We also went skating Friday night- which was a blast and I dominated :) it is kinda like riding a bike you don't really forget how to do it after all these years. Skating pictures to come, I forgot my camera so I need to borrow some from Tricia :)

Gaby and her Hannah Montana cake!

Elise enjoying "Hannah's head"

Cookie making and decorating!

Our girls night begins rockin 80's style with headbands. They loved them!

Uncle Ducks huge cookie- the girls thought he was the coolest!

It kept them busy for a long time decorating and the kitchen showed it!

Cookie cutter time!

They have a thing with hiding under the table? Not really sure, but it's cute!!



The Girls Cookie Outcome!

This was such a fun week-end the nieces love getting together and we love them all so much. Some more than others this time around we had a few whiney one's :) Maybe next time we will split them up but that would require 2 week-ends in a row instead of just 1 crazy busy! I dunno we'll see!

And at last... Bed Time!!