Christmas Party #2

The Goodmans are always starting fun traditions. On Monday night we had a progressive dinner including stops and all our homes for: appetizers, salads, hot chocolate, soup and dessert. All of it was really good and I have not been that full in a long time! We are singing "Must Be Santa" at Sunni and Travis's house

the kids dressed up the parts of the navity (Lane was digging it, wink, pictures are not his thing right now)
Lanes cousin Randon. The Goodmans have 8 grandchildren. They are the only boys out of the bunch. Luckily the are only one month apart.

Christmas Party #1

Tonight we went over to grandma and grandpa Udall's house for our annual cousin gift exchange. This has always been one of my favorite traditions and look forward to it every year! We all eat dinner then clear out the room to make way for all the presents. The little kids have a gift exchange, then the "grown ups" do a white elephant gift game. It is always so nice to be with family to celebrate the holidays! my sister Marcie and brother David
I think Lane was in wrapping paper heaven!
This is what we got for the white elephant gift. Casey is happy because I stole the M&Ms from my cousin who had already started eating them. Plus it came with a gift card for iTunes.
My sister Stephanie and her husband Travis ( who just got accepted to Buffalo NY for dental school, congrats!), one of my favorite cousins Leah with her husband Shaun and son Ryker
All of the first cousins who have children, two of them are pregnant with their second

Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we spent it with the Goodmans. We went out to Casey's uncle and aunts new house in CasaGrande. They celebrate Arizona style so instead of turkey and potatoes, we ate mexican food. I guess they have been doing it this way for a long time but it was my first mexican Thanksgiving. The kid's ran wild while the girls talked and the guys played pool and crashed on the couches watching football. Lane was lucky and caught a ride on the tractor with papa.

I like Thanksgiving because the next day I actually get a husband at home for once. I have never done the black Friday shopping thing, but I went to the gym today and next door there is a Joannes fabric. I said "what the heck, I will go in really fast". Let me just say... there was some good deals. I got a lot of good stuff. Maybe next year I will attempt waking up early and brave the crowds and go shopping! Now it's time to bust out the christmas stuff, I can't wait!

Birthday Boy!

Lane had his first birthday today! We had everyone over to my in laws and we ate ice cream sundaes and cookies to celebrate. Lane got his own cake to eat and he thought it was very yummy. I am so mad because I forgot my memory stick at home so I couldn't take lots of pictures, so here is what I got. Luckily my family came prepared with theirs.

Before he dug in he decided to touch the candle and burn his finger (poor guy) so we had to calm him down with some ice cream. So now it's official, I am the mother of a one year old! This past year with him has been the best. Happy birthday Lane!

Veterans Day

My family went out the desert to ride quads and dirt bikes for Veterans day. Of course Lane loved every minute of it. Poor Casey had to stay home to finish home work, but we had a moment of silence in his behalf. And we couldn't of gone to the desert without going to Mi Amigos after for dinner! We had alot of fun, plus the weather was awesome. We didn't even need jackets. I love Arizona. grandpa Lindblom, uncle Craig and Lane
uncle Christopher and Lane
At least it matches his shirt

Chick or Treat !

Last year on Halloween I was 8 1/2 months pregnant and ready to pop at any given minute, so this year was a whole lot more enjoyable. Lane was so much fun to dress up and was such a good sport to wear his costume even though he was sweating to death in it. I think we stripped him down about 3 times. I even had a bonus this year because Casey actually "dressed up" which he normally refuses to do. Deep down inside I know he thinks its fun.


I know I was the boring one, but I have dressed up all the other years. We enjoyed going to our parents houses, eating taco soup, drinking home made rootbeer, dry ice bombs (courtesy of Casey's dad) and having all the candy you want! Happy Halloween!

Oh what a night!

The past few days Lane has been a little under the weather. The first day he was running a fever but seemed to be ok. Next day, still has a fever, so that night I decide to take him into the doctor just to make sure he wasn't starting anything. So around eight o'clock Casey and I take him down to twighlight hours at our pediatricians office which is first come first serve. Lane fell asleep on the way so Casey stays in the car while I check in. I go back out to the car to tell Casey how long it will take and I can hear all the air going out of my back tire. No big deal right? Just change it and were done. Wrong. I guess the lug nuts on my tires are a different shape and you have to a have a certain kind of jack to take them off and we didn't have one. So to make a long story short ,we have to call triple A to tow my car and they couldn't come till 9:30 which turned into 10. In the mean time my father in law came to our rescue and picked up Lane and Casey to take them home so Lane could go to bed. I had to stay because our triple A card is in my name and I had to be there. My father in law comes back to pick me up to go back to their house so I can borrow a car. My mother in law drives back with me so I won't be alone. Tow truck comes, loads up my car then I take my mother in law back home and I arrive at home around eleven. The good thing is, Lane is ok and just has a little virus and will be good as new in 3-5 days.

Schnepf Farms

This was my first time going to Schnepf Farms and it was so much fun! I don't know why I had never been before. I think I just thought it was a place to pick pumpkins and they had a haunted house during October and that was it, but I was way wrong. There were so many fun activities to do and the price is great. Lane's favorite was playing in the pumpkin patch. He played with the pumpkins for a good twenty minutes. I will definitely be going back every year! Us with my twin Stephanie and her husband Travis
waiting in line for the "spooky" train ride
roasting a marshmallow

pumpkin patch kid

Family Fun

One of my very organized cousins, Leah, decided to get together all of the Udall girl relatives to go out to dinner after the RS Broadcast on Saturday. As you can see we had a great turn out. BJ's restaurant had no idea what was in store for them that night. Nothing is better than having such a big wonderful family to spend time with.
My fun aunts and mom ( in the middle) with their reading glasses on to see the menu

Tamale Day

It is a Goodman tradition to make green corn tamales every year. Saturday was the big day, we made 50 dozen yummy tamales! It took from 6 in the morning till about 6 at night. It was fun being with the family and catching up with Breanna who came down
from Utah for the weekend.



Lane tuckerd out from all of his hard work

savoring the sun

Unfortunately summer is going to be over soon so we have been trying to swim as much as possible. Lane loves swimming with his dad and going down the slide.

Life Saver

One of Lanes favorite things is this dvd called " A Day at Old McDonalds Farm" by Kidsongs. Kidsongs has been around for forever, I used to watch them growing up. It is a dvd filled with the cutest sing-along songs for children of all ages. Each dvd has a theme to it and there are ton's to choose from like "Cars, Boats, Trains & Planes" (great for boys) or my favorite was " A day at the amusement park". I order mine off of amazon and the best part is that they are CHEAP! I am talking the most expensive I have seen was $10. Lane was hooked on them at 7 months. It is so nice for me because I can put it on and know I have at least half an hour to do what ever. He is so cute, he just sits on his Mator toy and dances along with the kids. They can be kind of cheesy but that's what makes them good!

Our first blog!

Thanks Brooke for helping me start our blog! I feel like I am up with the rest of the world now, and it only took me the whole day to learn. Obviously by the look on your face, you are ready for me to leave your house. I owe you big time!

Lane waiting for me to finish. What a good sport. Brody and Ridge kept him busy and taught him big boy things!