SNOW DAY!!!!

Woke up to this, this morning Dressed and ready to play in the snow
Me working hard on the snowman.... Brady watching over
Snowball fight
Watch out... my dad's got his ammo ready!!!

Brady pulling me down into the snow. Contrary to any former belief... snow is NOT soft... there is hard ground underneath all the fluffy white stuff. Brady helping by "sprinkling" snow onto the snowman's head
Our little baby snowman we built. We were out there for a good hour or so, and thats all we could make, the snow wasn't packing enough to make a bigger one.
Here is Brady and I in the snow after Brady tackled me down

Me making a snow angel
We had a good time playing in the snow!!!! It was nice to feel like a kid again on a snow day!!! Just going out and having a good, silly time!!! We topped off the snow with a nice warm and toasty grilled cheese for lunch! It was perfect!!!!

New Years Eve Celebration

Brady wake up... its almost new years...
This is what the boys did all night...
Lounging and watching TV
Happy New Year!2008!!!!

This is how the evening went... Went to dinner... then to the Williams.... we played a VERY VIOLENT game of spoons... in which Brady did attack me to get the spoon, was trying to grab it out of my hands, tried to tickle me to make me let go (all the while Dawn was yelling.... "bite him, bite him" haha) one thing led to another, and I fell off of the chair and onto the floor, bruised my arm... but I held onto the spoon, and Brady lost... so it was all worth it!!!!! hahaha. Then the boys were lazy and watched football pretty much the rest of the night, while the girls played yukor (sp?) and talked. Finally we got everyone together to play a few games of Catch Phrase, of which the women won all three games, then said happy new year and went on our way!!!!

Yep... Another Bball game...

Go State!!!
Brady and I in front of the Breslin Center
Mom, Brady, myself, and Christina
Christina and I in the Breslin Center
Brady and I looking over the Media Guide

Spartans!!!! What is your profession??? (From the movie 300)
The man: Tom Izzo
Getting pumped and ready for the game
The one... the only... Drew Neitzel

Yet another fabulous victory by the Spartans. The Spartans defeated UWGB 93 - 75.

GO STATE!

Christmas Cookies

Frosting the Christmas Cookies after church... tradition.
Christina and goofing off... I am showing my Michigan State Christmas tree cookie, while Christina snuck behind me with two Christmas stars.
Christina and I trying to hide my dad's ugly shirt with our Christmas cookies.
Our Christmas noses
Christina and mom goofing around...

Christmas Eve

Brady and I
Mom and Dad
Christina and I
The ladies in the family
The whole family; Brady, myself, Mom, Christina, and Dad

Longhorns versus Spartans

Getting ready for the basketball game!!!! Go State!!!!the Spartans versus the Longhorns
GO STATE!
Getting ready for the tip off
And Michigan State wins the tip off

Christina and I at the Palace in the Michigan State Christmas hats that Dan and Leesa got for Brady and I. I was putting good use to the hats.Check out Sparty with his Santa outfit!!
Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas!
....and the final score.... Spartans 78 Longhorns 72....
Sold out at the Palace

Spartans basketball game

We went to the San Jose State versus Michigan State basketball game at the Breslin Center. It was the Spartans versus the Spartans. Turned out that the San Jose State Spartans were not quite as good as the Michigan State Spartans. The final score of the game ended up being 85-45. Yet, it did not seem as boring of a game as the score sounds, the Spartans (the MSU ones, that is) had some great alley oops, great dunks, and great fast breaks. Those types of things always make for a fun and exciting game no matter what the score. The thing I like the most about MSU Spartan basketball, is no matter what the score is, the players and the coaches treat it like the game is tied. MSU was so excited about a three point play Morgan made, yet the team was up by twenty or so at the time... how they reacted to the play was like they had just won a championship... I love it!!! And of course when a bad play happens, or a turnover happens Izzo looks like they just lost by forty instead of being up by forty.

Christmas in California

After tearing through the presents. Notice all of the green wrapping paper.

Brady and I and all of the nieces and nephews.... and Mitz... you wonder why we are not in any hurry to have kids!!!!
Megan and her new doll, with the clothes that Brady and I got her for Christmas (we didn't get the doll.... just the clothes!!!)
Nathan wanted a picture taken with his doll and matching pj's.....
The snowman cupcakes for desert... How cute is that?
...and Logan with the umbrella we got him for Christmas. I know everyone in Michigan is scratching their head about this one, but ya know, rain and umbrellas don't really happen out here, so an umbrella is a rare thing!!!! Hahaha.

I am leaving for Michigan on Wednesday, so I will be missing Christmas with the Mandels and Burrills, so we had an early Christmas with them today, so we could give and receive our gifts! We had a great time as always!!!! Thank you to everyone for the wonderful gifts!!!! We will great use out of all of them.