Thanksgiving !! Gobble Gobble !

The Night before Zeric and I flew down to Scottsdale Arizona, We stayed at my brother Lance's house and Zeric Just loved playing with his cousins ! Kohen teaching him how to be a pirate.

it takes no time before Zeric feels at home with Chelsea's house and jumps right into the food ! p.s. there are heaps of pictures in this blog !

Auntie Chelsea and Zeric having a cuddle and a jamba juice !!

I thought I would jump into the photo :)

The cutest Dog on the planet ! Tatum become best friends with Zeric. It took a few days, but by the time we left, Zeric had a new friend.

My 25th Birthday ! I woke up to Chelsea making me a Cup of Joe, An amazing brunch from Eric and an In-N-OUT dinner with Chelsea, Eric and Zeric. Z man loved it !

I think it's the only picture on my 25th Birthday... aha ha ha ha !!!
Eric and I smashing some yummy

Auntie Chelsea made bath time fun !!!

He looks so much like Jameso it's crazy!!!

mmmm, cats hate me... They love my son ! ESPN only likes her mama and dad...and Zeric.

A cuddle with Auntie and Tatum!!

A cuddle with Dad from 20,000 miles away !!

HA HA, I love T.T'S sweatshirt. I think she likes it too. I know Eric just LOOOOVVEEES it ;)

On Thanksgiving Day I made my Mama's Famous Almond Bark Popcorn !!!

Eric's oven roasted Veggies ! SOOOOO Amazing! Eric sure knows how to work in the Kitchen. I don't know how Chelsea and I got so lucky with our boys.

I Also Made a Christmas soup.. so yummy !!!

Now we had two days of Thanksgiving !! two full days of amazing food, cooking and snacks !!!

Eric made a Beef Wellington from Scratch !! It was so amazing !!!

Kupuna Dan keeping our little Apple Cider drinker happy !!

You can't see very good but Eric has flames sky high making his Wellington Sauce. BAM !!

Our FIRST Thanksgiving Dinner. I can tell you right now, the table was silent because we were all devouring the food that tasted just sensational !!

Dan and I getting ready to dig into the yummyness that Eric made !

Cooked to perfection!

Tutu Diane and Zeric on our walk to the big green letters.. also known as Starbucks ;)

The most beautiful pup... I think she is striking a pose for the camera

Now for our second Thanksgiving dinner... Yee haw

We had, rolls, green beans, Stuffing, Mashed potatoes , cranberry sauce, Turkey and pumpkin pie and a Napa Valley to go with all of that.

Zeric with Tutu and his holiday plate !!

can you find Dan?

Z man under the table enjoying the view!

oh yeah ! A smile from all of us ;) if you only knew how many takes this took... thanks Diane ;) ha ha ha

Dan, Me and Diane just after that gave me a pair of BEAUTIFUL earrings for my 25th. I love them so much !! Dan and Diane too :)

Eric teaching Zeric how to play baseball ! it was so cute ! Zeric would use a wooden cooking spoon for a bat and Eric was using a wine cork as a ball !! Zeric hit the cork a few times!

Our little monkey...

Zeric is my son !! he is already a Seattle Mariners fan !! He would take Eric's hat and make it his own. I must say Eric is amazing with Z man. He would be his best mate and let him jump on their bed, their couch and wear his hat !
Thanks again Eric !!

Kupuna teaching Z the sports and keeping him out of my hair ;) hee hee. Thanks again Dan ! Z man has so many people in his life that love love love him so much !!

Chelsea made a maltball cake from scratch and it was the most amazing cake I have ever had !!! In this picture, she is making the frosting from scratch... YUMMMMMMMY

Z man became Auntie Chelsea's best friend really fast... SWEET SWEET SWEET !!!

Auntie Chelsea loves to be the sweets giver ;) and Zeric just loved it too!!

I'm so happy I got to spend our 25th birthdays together. It was such an amazing time with Chelsea and family. The last birthday we spent together was our 14th birthday. Chelsea Thank you so much again for everything you and Eric and Diane and Dan did for us. We love and miss you so much !

Chelsea's final product !! SENSATIONAL !!

pure bliss

Thanks for taking hours and hours out of your day Chelsea to make this !

November hits fast !

Not long after we took the Halloween decoration down, Me and Rich brought down the Christmas decorations. All though they stayed in the boxes for a bit. We got into the Christmas spirit early !! here's the dinning room as we are getting all the Christmas stuff out !!! yee pee !!

Zeric just loves seeing the Christmas lights turn on !!! OOOOOOO !!

Helping me spot any duds in the lights

November 14th we put our Christmas stuff to the side to drive to Lima Montana for my Cousin Daniel's homecoming. I got to see heaps of cousins, Aunts and Uncles and yes my Grandparents. I like how my son some how got into Lance's family photo with my Grandma and Grandpa ;)

Zeric and his Best mate Grandpa Weeks talking a bunch of Jibber Jabber ;) Only these two really know what they're talking about ;) I love the friendship between these two.

Cousin Kory and I getting our grub on the sweets !! It looks like I only have sweets on my plate?? I swear there was other food groups on there at one point ;) ha ha !!

Two of my Beautiful cousins Brittney and Kory !!! work it ladies ;) I had heaps more photos of all the other cousins, but they were so blurry. I'm so bummed about it.

Cousin Daniel ready to take on the world

My cousin Joshia and Uncle Bob. I too had pictures of the rest of their families too!! but again... blurry :(

Back at Mama Dixie's home and putting up the Christmas Village... I had so much fun doing this with my mom. I have heaps and heaps of photos of the village, but it would take up too much of the blog.

Our Christmas tree... I'm such a Christmas nut. I love everything about it. Giving gifts, the light, apple cider, hot coco, trees, snow, music and seeing family.... and heaps heaps more... COOKIES

My old Hockey skate !!!

Zeric loved helping us decorate the tree !! every morning when he wakes up and we go down stairs. He points the living room and says "christmas tree" in his baby babble and I take him in there. As he points the the tree, He then sayd "lights !!" or "yights" in his language ;)

A trip to Salmon Idaho

The night before we took off to Salmon, Zeric decided to get a few minuets in on the drums... he says "brums" and is always trying to go the to "brum" room

At Grandma and Grandpa Weeks house in Salmon and here we are with the most amazing dog... ACE.

it look's like Zeric is going in for a tackle ;)

In front of the grand parents house. Zeric LOVED going out side to play with Ace and run up and down these stairs.

come here puppy ;)

Another Story with Grandpa weeks

Me, Grandpa and Zeric.

me and my BEAUTIFUL Grandma... I love them so much.

In my Grandparents back yard... the Salmon River

Walking back to the house from the river. I love the view from every window in that house. I would have to say, this is my favorite place to visit, Always feel at home here.

Grandpa and Grandma's famous pancakes... I mean poocakes ;) this picture is before the bacon and heavenly syrup.

Down in Grandpa's dungeon, Zeric is getting a lesson on English, Hunting and Fishing. Zeric's new favorite thing to say is "well ding my doggies" well he says it more like "dee doo dee" we're closer then you think.
We all agreed on this one thing... Grandpa has finally met his match. Z man would not let anything slide and just loved to follow Grandpa around talking like him.

I HATE GOODBYES... there is no such thing as a good one... I cry every time I leave Grandma and Grandpa's home.

Zeric, me and Grandma before leaving... put on a straight face Amy ;) We had such an amazing visit with them, it was only a few days, but every minuet was special. If there wasn't snow on the road I would drive over there right now ! I miss them already.

Aunt Sharon .. I mean Aunt Shoe Saying goodbye to my son the flirt... he is such a crack up around the ladies

Back in Mammoth at my mom's house and the snow started dumping ! you can't see in the picture,but the flakes are big and Zeric had no clue what to think.

He loved the snow ! he kept trying to grab it and when I brought him inside... talk about being upset, the kid through a true fit... until I let him have a sip of my Cider.

Getting ready for a day in Bozeman... Baby it's cold out side.

Zeric got into the Christmas decorations and made this his new toy... it fits the season.

My Mama's Home after a little snow.

Zeric loved to drive and turn the music up... he thinks he's so funny when he turns it right up !

With Uncle Robbie and his Girlfriend A.D. I'm so mad I didn't get any other pictures of all of them !! grrr. But Zeric would flirt with A.D. and just be cheeky with Robbie.

I can't take great photos and all I wanted was a good picture of the tree !! if you can see at all, it was such a great view from lunch. I loved this back yard.

Shopping at barns and noble and Z man taking charge of the kids area.

The end of our Bozeman trip and meeting up with Uncle Bryce for Dinner. Z man knows Bryce from a mile away. He saw Bryce drive in to the parking lot and said "BRY BRY BRY "